The Best Simulation Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

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My Child Lebensborn Remastered (2023)

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My Child Lebensborn is a story-driven nurture game based on real events. Play as the adoptive parent of Karin or Klaus, and experience the struggles they go through alongside them. Balance your time and resources wisely, while helping your child cope with the effects of hatred.

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  • simulation
  • life
  • emotional
  • immersive
  • story
  • choices
  • war

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Tropical Resort Story (2022)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

In Tropical Resort Story, you get to develop your own lush island full of nature and create the most luxurious resort possible. From building accommodations to discovering great travel packages, you can make your guests' dreams come true. Improve the ocean water quality by adding marine plants and rocks in the ocean, and releasing fish you've caught while fishing. With more tourists visiting your island, you get to open stores and restaurants, and even create new products. This game will keep you hooked on creating your tropical paradise!

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What we like:
  • Ability to create immersive natural environment
  • Opportunity to collaborate with business partners
  • Discovering winning combinations of features
  • Colorful and appealing graphics and sound effects
  • Easy to learn and play
What could be improved:
  • Janky handling on desktop
  • Narrow grid range makes building efficiency difficult
  • Limited challenge, low pressure gameplay

  • colony
  • simulation
  • city-building
  • 2d
  • casual
  • nature
  • building
  • pixel
  • cute
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • fishing

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Tiny Bookshop (2025)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows j

Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.


  • management
  • simulation
  • book
  • relaxing
  • cozy
  • collectathon
  • bookeller
  • resource-management
  • life
  • cute
  • customization
  • character
  • inventory
  • percentage
  • nature

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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!


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

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Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation - The Endless Seven-Day Journey (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

Shin-Chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation -The Endless Seven-Day Journey- is an adventure game with a heartfelt summer vacation vibe. Join Shin-Chan and his family as they explore Japan, meet unique characters, collect bugs and plants, and help the mad scientist bring dinosaurs to life. Experience a peaceful world filled with stunning scenery, funny dialogue, and time travel.


What we like:
  • Fun dialogue
  • Beautiful scenery
  • Engaging side quests and activities
  • Time travel elements
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive tasks at times
  • Not all lines of dialogue are voiced

  • simulation
  • 2.5d
  • collector
  • creature
  • anime
  • 3d
  • cartoony
  • life
  • dinosaurs
  • farming
  • immersive
  • battler
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • story

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Zoo Park Story (2023)

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Well, what are you waiting for? Build a top-ranking zoo, set social media ablaze, and show the world your wild side!

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  • simulation
  • colony
  • zoo
  • zoo-goers
  • top-ranking
  • nature
  • life
  • city-building
  • pixel
  • casual
  • top-down
  • building
  • snow
  • romance
  • 2d

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Beastie Bay DX (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows IOS iPhone Xbox One Xbox Series X Android

Develop a deserted island and collect rare monsters!

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  • simulation
  • colony
  • city-building
  • economy
  • rpg
  • farming
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • casual
  • battle
  • strategy
  • 2d
  • cute
  • survival

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Hard Time III (2024)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The toughest prison sim in the yard is back to serve its 3rd consecutive sentence - combining classic moments from the OG with the best aspects of 2D, while putting out a few hits of its own! Tackle crime from either side of the prison fence, while a larger world beyond it makes life worth living.


  • crime
  • humor
  • wrestling
  • simulation
  • customization
  • life
  • character
  • gun
  • sentence-combining
  • investigation
  • conversation
  • dark
  • crafting
  • choices
  • open-world

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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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My Child Lebensborn (2018)

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PC Windows Android IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Experience the emotional and challenging journey of raising an adopted child in post-WWII Norway in My Child Lebensborn. Balance your time and resources to provide for your child's needs while navigating a world filled with hate and bullying. This BAFTA-award winning game offers a genuine and immersive nurturing simulation that will tug at your heartstrings.

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What we like:
  • Impactful story
  • Emotional journey
  • Realistic characters
  • Meaningful choices
  • Good replay value
What could be improved:
  • Fairly linear gameplay
  • Some may find it too emotionally taxing

  • simulation
  • war
  • emotional
  • time-management
  • choices
  • life
  • hand-drawn
  • story
  • social
  • historical
  • casual
  • crafting
  • atmospheric
  • management

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