The Best Simulation Games - Page 5

Update : Lushfoil Photography Sim added at rank #29.
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Wanderstop (2025)

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Xbox Series X Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Playstation 5

From the creator of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide comes Wanderstop, a narrative-centric cozy game about change and tea.

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  • farming
  • simulation
  • narrative
  • fight
  • management
  • shop
  • cozy
  • story
  • life
  • colourful
  • fantasy
  • arena

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Palia (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 Android PC Windows

Discover a welcoming world in Palia, a free-to-play fantasy life sim adventure where you can craft, explore, and create the life and home of your dreams. With nearly endless ways to make Palia your home, you’ll find relaxation and joy in every corner of this vibrant, heartwarming world.


  • multiplayer
  • mmo
  • simulation
  • farming
  • life
  • crafting
  • cozy
  • cooperative
  • building

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Prison Architect 2 (2024)

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Android

Design and develop your own personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect 2. The classic prison-builder has broken out into 3D, and it's up to you to contain it!


  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • management
  • construction
  • building
  • strategy
  • top-down
  • base-building
  • economy
  • real-time
  • dog

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Cat Cafe Manager (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Cat Cafe Manager is an adorable and relaxing business sim that lets you manage and rebuild your own cat cafe in a small country town. Make friends, adopt cats, and manage resources like wood, gems, and cloth to expand your business. The game offers depth and RPG elements, making it accessible to players new to the genre. The controls are generally responsive, and the original soundtrack and SFX give off a cozy vibe. Get ready for hours of fun with a heartwarming storyline and cute cats.


What we like:
  • Variety of choices on how to progress, including hiring staff and adopting cats
  • Relaxing and adorable game with heartwarming storyline
  • Addictive gameplay with challenging resource management
  • Customer system offers a standout feature with each type paying with a different currency
  • Appropriate difficulty level with enough challenges to keep players engaged
What could be improved:
  • Visual glitches and bugs can hinder the overall experience
  • Building mechanics can be tedious and confusing
  • Main music may become repetitive

  • simulation
  • management
  • cozy
  • cute
  • wholesome
  • cats
  • cartoony
  • life
  • time-management
  • building
  • capitalism
  • relaxing

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APICO (2022)

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APICO is the latest game in the sims genre, combining elements from Stardew Valley, Graveyard Keeper and Animal Crossing. Join your grandfather's beekeeping business on an island and craft, build and breed bees to discover extinct species. Experience a chilled adventure as you create your own unique world.

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What we like:
  • Crafting and building features are easy to pick up on
  • Chilled experience which allows you to complete the game at your own pace
  • Incorporates science into fun gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Initial NPCs lack personality compared to similar games
  • Tasks can be time consuming once you have a rhythm going

  • simulation
  • relaxing
  • education
  • farming
  • nature
  • immersive
  • management
  • crafting
  • cute
  • sims
  • building
  • exploration
  • life-sim
  • sandbox
  • top-down

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Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator (2022)

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Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator is a thoughtful, intelligent crafting title that offers a deeply-robust gameplay experience. Players take on the role of an alchemist in Medieval times, gathering herbs for recipes, forming bonds with merchants and experimenting with potion combinations to create the Philosopher's Stone. Interacting with ingredients to see what combinations are most effective is at the heart of the crafting system and failure is rewarded as players learn from their mistakes.


What we like:
  • Unique crafting system
  • No punishment for failure
  • Thoughtful and intelligent game design
  • Visually appealing artistry and cozy atmosphere
What could be improved:
  • Limited access to ingredients due to limited resources and money-management
  • Haggling can affect shop reputation over time

  • simulation
  • crafting
  • relaxing
  • medieval
  • life
  • management
  • resource-management
  • sandbox
  • table
  • investigation
  • hand-drawn
  • farming
  • casual
  • book

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Hamster Playground (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Prepare for cuteness overload, relentless training, and fierce rivalry as you and your hamsters take on challenges while traversing the maze and riding a skateboard, with more modes coming soon! Be the first to cross the finish line to earn rewards and yummy treats!

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  • simulation
  • character
  • life
  • immersive
  • time-management
  • customization
  • building
  • family-friendly
  • isometric
  • skateboard
  • platform
  • comedy
  • cute
  • racing
  • relaxing

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On Your Tail (2024)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

A cozy detective adventure where you play as a vacation-bound writer who stumbles upon an idyllic town plagued by an enigmatic thief. Crack the case in this charming seaside town, build relationships, and unravel secrets in a world full of quirky characters and heartwarming stories.

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  • mystery
  • simulation
  • fishing
  • detective
  • cozy
  • life
  • cooking
  • investigation
  • crime
  • romance
  • immersive
  • story
  • narrative
  • open-world
  • adventure

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House Flipper 2 (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Android Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.


  • simulation
  • relaxing
  • sandbox
  • illustration
  • design
  • building
  • destruction
  • immersive
  • family-friendly
  • education
  • base-building
  • cooperative
  • colourful

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Aquarist (2022)

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A relaxing sandbox casual simulation game where you perform various, even strange, aquarium-related tasks on very diverse levels. As an Aquarist you must create and manage a home to amazing fish🐟, sea turtles🐢, sharks🦈, octopuses🐙, and more🐬. Aquarium is their world and life. Make it worth...


  • simulation
  • fishing
  • underwater
  • relaxing
  • immersive
  • nature
  • education
  • building
  • family-friendly
  • naval
  • life
  • collector
  • creature
  • casual
  • tanks

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