The Best Simulation Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator added at rank #33.
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Elasto Mania Remastered (2022)

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

The original cult classic returns. A blast from the past, better than ever. Are you ready?

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  • racing
  • cult
  • simulation
  • casual
  • old-school
  • retro
  • 2d
  • sport
  • platform
  • classic
  • challenging
  • online

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My Time At Sandrock (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Android j

Step into the boots of a visionary builder in My Time at Sandrock! Rebuild a desert town, craft ingenious machines, forge friendships, and battle foes. Your creativity fuels this charming life-sim RPG, where every crafted item tells a story and every friendship opens new adventures. Dive in and transform Sandrock into a thriving community!


What we like:
  • Engaging crafting and building mechanics
  • Rich character interactions and storylines
  • Improved graphics and world design
  • Variety of activities and side quests
  • Refined resource gathering and farming systems
What could be improved:
  • Simplistic combat system

  • farming
  • simulation
  • crafting
  • post-apocalyptic
  • dungeon
  • romance
  • life
  • rpg
  • life-building

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Spirittea (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X m Nintendo Switch

Hey human, we've got problems! This town is crawling with troublesome spirits, and you're the only one who can see them. You'd better get that old bathhouse up and running, maybe that'll help them chill out!


  • simulation
  • life
  • pixel
  • relaxing
  • farming
  • ghibli
  • management
  • fantasy
  • rhythm
  • building
  • colourful
  • laid-back
  • rpg
  • valley
  • sims

24

Lemon Cake (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Lemon Cake is a charming indie bakery management game where you bring an old bakery back to life with the help of a friendly ghost. From growing your ingredients to baking over 40 mouth-watering pastries, you'll have fun juggling orders, keeping customers happy, and managing your daily menu for bonuses. With adorable art style, cute animal characters, and fun features like a cat cafe and greenhouse, this is a game that will keep you entertained for hours!


What we like:
  • Adorable art style
  • Relaxing gameplay
  • Charming atmosphere
  • Satisfying simple mechanics
  • Cute animal characters
What could be improved:
  • High difficulty level
  • Steep upgrade costs
  • Awkward hitboxes
  • Limited content
  • Wonky controls

  • simulation
  • management
  • bakery
  • cooking
  • cute
  • time-management
  • casual
  • farming
  • relaxing
  • life
  • agriculture
  • business
  • asmr
  • cozy
  • family-friendly

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Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator (2023)

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Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X/s

Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.

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  • simulation
  • cooking
  • management
  • inventory
  • immersive
  • life
  • quick-time-event
  • family-friendly

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Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator (2021)

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85
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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Buy, sell, and trade organs in a strange and evolving universe. Dive into the quivering innards of alien capitalism in the sci-fi body horror market tycoon game you didn't know you needed.


  • space
  • medical
  • simulation
  • trading
  • moddable
  • economy
  • cyberpunk
  • management
  • surreal
  • funny
  • aliens
  • horror

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Grow: Song of The Evertree (2021)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Grow: Song of the Evertree is an awe-inducing experience firmly planted between an adventure game and a sweet casual farm game. The game is beautiful with opportunities to explore the world around you and keep it casual with the gameplay, whilst feeding you the story. You get to customize your character and go on a journey to save the Evertree and nurture the world back to health from the Withering. You even get your very own sweet dragon companion!

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What we like:
  • Beautiful art style & music
  • Customizable character
  • Relaxed gameplay
  • Dragon companion
  • Non-binary characters supported
  • No punishment or rush for doing things wrong
What could be improved:
  • Slow going
  • Not strictly accessible in terms of customization options

  • farming
  • simulation
  • city-building
  • wholesome
  • open-world
  • management
  • sandbox
  • exploration
  • agriculture
  • cute
  • life
  • world-crafting
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • nature

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Forklift Extreme (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch

Get ready to rev your engines and stack your way to glory in Forklift Extreme Deluxe Edition simulator! Master unique forklifts in hyper-realistic warehouse environments. Multiple camera angles, challenging missions, DLCs, and gameplay modes make it the ultimate forklift simulation experience.


  • simulation
  • physics
  • driving
  • 3d
  • isometric
  • auto
  • precision
  • transportation
  • platform
  • customization

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Chinese Parents (2018)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Android IOS iPhone

Chinese Parents is a life sim game about growing up in a Chinese household and juggling parental expectations while dealing with immense academic stress. It offers an accurate and detailed representation of the quirks, joys, and tribulations of childhood. Players must collect coloured gems to upgrade their stats and purchase skills in order to ace their exams and fulfill the ultimate goal of passing the annual university entrance exam known as the gaokao.


What we like:
  • Accurate portrayal of Chinese parenting
  • Humorous storytelling
  • Resource management challenge
  • Unlocking hidden skills to boost stats
  • Random events with multiple choice questions
  • "face" stat that affects social standing
What could be improved:
  • English localization may miss out on some nuances of jokes or instructions for puzzles may be unclear

  • simulation
  • life
  • memes
  • psychological
  • casual
  • horror

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EarthX (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Android

EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars. Create your own Internet constellation, develop new technologies, supply the International Space Station and terraform Mars!

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  • space
  • simulation
  • family-friendly
  • colony
  • management
  • grand-strategy
  • base-building
  • immersive
  • building
  • education
  • competitive
  • minimalist
  • atmospheric
  • 3d
  • relaxing

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