The Best Simulation Games for Linux - Page 4

Update : Blacksmith Master added at rank #19.
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Idol Manager (2021)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Step into the thrilling world of pop stardom in Idol Manager! As a talent agency manager, you'll scout and train young stars, navigate their personal lives, and make tough business decisions. Experience a unique blend of management simulation and visual novel, all while dealing with the dark side of the entertainment industry. Can you handle the pressure and lead your idols to fame and fortune?

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What we like:
  • Challenging and engaging gameplay
  • Ability to shape your business practices and policies
  • Well-written story with multiple endings
  • Variety in gameplay through random events and interactions
  • Customizable idols with unique attributes and goals
What could be improved:
  • Technical and design issues affecting gameplay
  • Balance issues with budgeting and salary management
  • Small interface and calculation problems

  • management
  • business
  • simulation
  • anime
  • visual-novel

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Prison Architect (2015)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox 360 Xbox One IOS iPhone

Prison Architect is a management/strategy game where you must manage an unwilling and unruly population in a prison setting. You must establish order from cooperative parts, feed and house prisoners, and even "get rid of them" them if necessary. There is also an economy of contraband that you must manage, as well as a metagame of making your warden rich by selling the prison to others.


What we like:
  • Engaging story with R-rated elements
  • Challenging economics of running a prison
  • Deep customization of prisoner treatment
  • Dark and realistic atmosphere
  • Metagame of making your warden rich
What could be improved:
  • Limited hotkeys for power users

  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • management
  • construction
  • strategy
  • building

33

Dog Brew (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

Dog Brew - a light indie adventure where the main character, burdened by debts, decides to settle them through the art of brewing beer.

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  • simulation
  • farming
  • cooking
  • rpg
  • trading
  • crafting
  • 3d
  • privacy-policy
  • cute

34

AI WAR (2022)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

The exciting shooting game, AI WAR, is a war game where players need go through a hail of bullets and blow up the master control base of the intelligent robots. This game is full of uncertainty, where players seem to be in a real war field and the unexpected may happen any time. Wish you good luck!


  • automobile
  • hero
  • fmv
  • wargame
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • simulation
  • superhero
  • tps
  • cinematic
  • robots
  • sniper
  • shooter
  • action-adventure
  • empire

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Project Hospital (2018)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS

Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.


  • medical
  • simulation
  • management
  • building
  • business
  • economy
  • resource-management
  • city-building
  • education
  • sandbox
  • base-building
  • open-source

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Heart Fragment (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

In Heart Fragment, you play as Xani, a character struggling to cope with their past, a friend's disappearance and their own identity crisis. As you make choices throughout the game, you shape Xani's personality and influence the outcome of the story. With over 40 different endings, including romantic, platonic and family-based paths, Heart Fragment is an adventure full of mystery and unexpected twists. Gorgeous artwork, a beautiful soundtrack and a cast of diverse characters make for an immersive and unforgettable gaming experience.

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What we like:
  • More engaging story than a book with dozens of choices and stats management
  • Plenty of save features
  • Features a social media app and the ability to look into people's hearts for certain objectives
  • Attractive UI and beautiful CGs
  • Easy recommendation with lively characters, solid partial voice acting, and intriguing mystery
What could be improved:
  • Slow pacing and meandering plot with lengthy infodumps and low action scenes
  • Self-centered internal monologue of main character makes it hard to connect
  • Repetitive expressions of opinions by some characters
  • Lack of chemistry between main character and love interests
  • Odd lack of tension with main antagonist not appearing often or making a strong effort to kill main character

  • simulation
  • visual-novel
  • rpg
  • otome
  • dating-sim
  • romance
  • psychological
  • choices

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Happy Room (2016)

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PC Windows Linux IOS iPhone Android Mac OS

Welcome to the laboratory! Here tests are taken upon highly durable human clones using newest weapon technologies. Your goal is to head these tests.

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  • simulation
  • blood
  • social
  • sandbox
  • gore
  • violent
  • funny
  • physics
  • driven

38

Liftoff: Micro Drones (2021)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Explore the world of FPV like never before! In Liftoff®: Micro Drones any indoor area becomes an exciting aerial playground. Explore, customize and compete in this simulator dedicated to the micro drones class.

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  • esport
  • racing
  • simulation
  • sport
  • third-person
  • 3d
  • controller-support
  • first-person
  • physics
  • action
  • relaxing
  • multiplayer

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The Language Of Love (2019)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Mitsuki, an aimless young man studying to take his university entrance exams, falls for a young single mother who lives in his apartment complex. A relationship develops between these mismatched social outcasts, and then...

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  • romance
  • visual-novel
  • simulation
  • anime
  • education

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The Escapists 2 (2017)

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Xbox One Android Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows

The Escapists 2 is a thrilling prison escape game that will put your creativity to the test. As a prisoner, you must sneak your way out of some of the toughest prisons in existence by creating intricate plans and crafting clever weapons. You can even team up with friends to escape together! With a diverse range of levels, crafting items and interactive combat, you'll be hooked in no time.


What we like:
  • Multiplayer adds value to the gameplay
  • Exciting new combat system
  • Fun mechanic of knocking out guards and swapping outfits
  • Opportunity to use creative strategies to escape
  • Includes a Prison Map Editor
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive prisons
  • Goofy escape routes feel unimportant
  • Co-op only levels make single player feel limited

  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • cooperative
  • simulation
  • strategy
  • multiplayer
  • online
  • pixel
  • local
  • stealth
  • retro
  • difficult
  • crime

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