The Best Simulation Games

Update : Lushfoil Photography Sim added at rank #1.
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Lushfoil Photography Sim (2025)

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

A tranquil exploration and photography experience set across a vast selection of faithfully detailed landscapes.

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  • ambient
  • simulation
  • walking-simulator
  • snow
  • nature
  • illustration
  • design
  • immersive
  • nonlinear
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • realistic
  • sandbox
  • first-person
  • hidden-object

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Schedule I (2025)

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95
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PC Windows

From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

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  • crime
  • simulation
  • open-world
  • cooperative
  • management
  • crafting
  • empire
  • business
  • comedy
  • automation
  • first-person
  • full-blown
  • base-building
  • shooter
  • drug

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The Darkest Files (2025)

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85
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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?


  • detective
  • simulation
  • historical
  • noir
  • political
  • immersive
  • investigation
  • atmospheric
  • first-person
  • nonlinear
  • puzzle
  • story
  • 3d

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Mudborne: Frog Management Sim (2025)

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90
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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Mudborne is a casual nature management sim about discovering & breeding frogs! Awoken from hibernation you find your pond abandoned. Through the genetic keys of new species you must unlock the paths between the waking & dreaming worlds, and embark on a journey to restore lost populations.

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  • simulation
  • farming
  • management
  • collectathon
  • immersive
  • education
  • casual
  • pixel
  • crafting
  • base-building
  • nature
  • manipulation
  • cute
  • colourful
  • science

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ROGUE LIGHT DECK BUILDER (2025)

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96
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PC Windows

Your house needs a deck. You have a hammer. Freedom is $1,000,000.

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  • time-management
  • clicker
  • building
  • deckbuilder
  • life
  • simulation
  • job
  • rhythm
  • rogue-like
  • economy
  • surreal
  • crafting
  • management
  • funny
  • physics

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Wanderstop (2025)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

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
  • management
  • fight
  • shop
  • cozy
  • story
  • life
  • fantasy
  • colourful
  • adventure
  • arena
  • funny
  • book

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My Summer Car (2025)

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PC Windows

My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.

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  • auto
  • simulation
  • open-world
  • survival
  • driving
  • drunk-driving
  • building
  • vehicle
  • realistic
  • funny

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Closer The Distance (2024)

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85
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Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.

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  • narrative
  • life
  • simulation
  • emotional
  • story
  • point-and-click
  • drama
  • choices
  • philosophical
  • isometric
  • emotionally-driven
  • slice-of-life
  • stylized
  • narration
  • casual

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On Your Tail (2024)

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80
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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

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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Novice Dungeon Master (2024)

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early access PC Windows

[Novice Dungeon Master] is a dungeon management simulation set in a fantasy world of dungeons and adventures. Turn your beginner dungeon into the ultimate dungeon of your dreams. Greet adventurers who come to visit your dungeon, grow herbs, summon monsters, and more!

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  • simulation
  • management
  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • pixel
  • multiple-endings
  • tactical
  • 2d
  • top-down
  • single-player
  • pve
  • medieval
  • dungeon
  • fantasy
  • achievements

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