Simulation 2012 for Xbox 360 — top best games in the Simulation genre

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars - a game in the Simulation genre

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Historical, Simulation, Arcade

Game released: Xbox 360 → 10 April 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 56/100

This arcade flight simulator stages aerial combat during World War I and World War II. Its seven campaigns, based on resistance movements of the Second World War...

Tropico 4

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Sandbox, City Building, Simulation

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 October 2011

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Tropico 4 is a continuation of the banana republic dictator simulator. You will take on the role of the newly elected El Presidente. The main task is to make candy...

Pool Nation

Sports game, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 31 October 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This sports pool simulation features physics designed to make the balls behave realistically. Pool Nation lets players turn off aiming assistance and choose between...

Birds of Steel

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 September 2012

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Birds of Steel — the gameplay is a further development of another game developed by Gaijin Entertainment — IL-2 Sturmovik: Winged Predators. Unlike the...

Cabela's Hunting Expeditions

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Sports game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 23 October 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Cabela's Hunting Expeditions is an exciting hunting simulator where you will travel to the vast expanses of North America and Africa to fully experience all the...

Rocksmith

Arcade, Simulation, Music game, Educational game (Education)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 13 September 2012

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Rocksmith is a unique music simulator that will teach you how to play a real guitar. The game offers you the opportunity to quickly and joyfully master the skills...

London 2012 – The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games

Simulation, Third-person view, Sports game, Casual game, Racing

Game released: Xbox 360 → 26 June 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This sports game is based on the 2012 Olympic Games in London, with players competing for their countries across more than 35 events. The disciplines include track...

Iron Sky: Invasion

Action, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Simulation

Game released: Xbox 360 → 13 December 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 49/100

This sci-fi space action game centers on an invasion of Earth by the Fourth Reich, launched from a lunar base in 2018. The player takes control of a pilot and...

Pinball Arcade

Simulation, First-person view, Top-down view, Pinball, Free game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 April 2012

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Pinball Arcade is a modern arcade pinball simulator with a top-down view. You will find many themed tables with beautiful visuals and many interactive elements on...

MUD: FIM Motocross World Championship

Simulation, Racing, Motorcycle racing, Sports game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 26 February 2013

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 55/100

MUD: FIM Motocross World Championship — You can race on accurate recreations of official circuits around the world. All 3 official competitions — MX1...

Crash Time - Undercover

Simulation, Racing, Online, Action, First-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 2 October 2012

Steam: 82/100

Players take on the role of a police officer and take part in a dangerous covert operation to take down a criminal gang. A variety of cars and armored vehicles will...

DiRT 3: Complete Edition

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection

Game released: Xbox 360 → 9 March 2012

Players: 7.6/10

DiRT 3: Complete Edition is a complete edition of the rally racing simulator with third and first person views. The edition adds 12 roads in two locations, new cars...

Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 May 2012

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 55/100

A strategy and business simulation about maritime trade and the struggle for influence in the Caribbean during the 17th century. Players take the role of a young...

Battlefield 3: Armored Kill

Simulation, Action, Shooter, DLC

Game released: Xbox 360 → 25 September 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An expansion for Battlefield 3 focused on large-scale battles fought with vehicles. Across four new maps, players can use tanks, ATVs, mobile artillery and other...

Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII

Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Historical, Action, Simulation

Game released: Xbox 360 → 28 August 2012

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 49/100

This flight-combat game with shooter elements is set in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Players pilot fighters, dive bombers, and torpedo bombers in battles...

F1 2012

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 September 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

F1 2012 is a simulator of one of the most spectacular and dangerous forms of motorsport — F1 car racing, in which all the main teams, drivers and F1 tracks...

Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters

Arcade, Simulation

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 October 2011

Steam: 36/100

Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters is an arcade game from the masters from the Trickstar Games studio. The game is published by Evolved Games and Koch...

Dogfight 1942

Arcade, Flight Simulator, Simulation, Action

Game released: Xbox 360 → 5 September 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 59/100

This arcade flight game features aerial combat and fighter missions across the major theaters of World War II. Players pilot historically accurate aircraft in...

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 23 October 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 — The game begins with young brothers Jacob and Luke Marshall going hunting in Alaska with their father, a park ranger. The...

WRC 3: FIA World Rally Championship

Simulation, Racing

Game released: Xbox 360 → 12 October 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 62/100

A racing simulator based on the 2012 FIA World Rally Championship, featuring its official teams, cars, and locations. The game also includes additional content such...

Armored Core 5

Simulation

Game released: Xbox 360 → 16 January 2012

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Armored Core 5 is a mech action game built around battles between combat machines, combining one-on-one duels with large team engagements. Players customize their...

Puddle (2012)

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Xbox 360 → 25 January 2012

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This physics-based puzzle platformer challenges the player to guide a puddle of fluid to its destination by tilting the game world. Friction, momentum, and the...

Nascar The Game: Inside Line

Racing, Third-person view, First-person view, Simulation

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 November 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

A racing simulator based on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the game lets players compete on the track behind the wheel of series cars alongside its drivers and...

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

Simulation, Action

Game released: Xbox 360 → 19 June 2012

Metacritic: 38/100

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor — the story follows Sergeant Powers, a VT pilot, and his VT crew as they battle UN forces. The original team consists of Natch...

World Rally Championship 2

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 16 February 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 65/100

World Rally Championship 2 — The single player mode includes many options such as single stage mode, single rally mode, championship mode, time attack mode...

Kinectimals

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox 360 → 10 April 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

A virtual pet simulator in which players raise more than 20 types of cats. The animals include cheetahs, lions, and tigers, and interaction is based on motion...

Tropico 4: Gold Edition

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Collection, Tactics, City Building, Simulation

Game released: Xbox 360 → 28 November 2012

Steam: 91/100

A strategy and city-building simulation about ruling an island nation, where El Presidente develops the economy and seeks public support amid shifts in global...

Battleship: The Video Game

Simulation, Warships / Submarines

Game released: Xbox 360 → 15 May 2012

Players: 10/10

Battleship: The Video Game is a simulator with elements of a warship simulator from the studios Double Helix Games and Magic Pockets. The main publisher of the game...

WRC 3: East African Safari Classic

Simulation, Racing, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 December 2012

WRC 3: East African Safari Classic is a first-person simulator with racing elements from developers from the Milestone studio. The main publisher of the game is...

World Rally Championship 2011

Simulation, Racing, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 14 October 2011

World Rally Championship 2011 is a first-person simulator with racing elements from the masters from the Milestone studio. The main publisher of the game is Black...

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Best Games in the Simulation genre of 2012 for Xbox 360