List of simulation video games

This is a list of notable simulation games for all video game platforms.

Battle simulators

 * Dota Auto Chess (2019) (Mod for Dota 2)
 * Dota Underlords (2020)
 * Gratuitous Space Battles
 * Gratuitous Space Battles 2 (2015)
 * Teamfight Tactics
 * Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
 * Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator
 * Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2 (2023)

Biological simulation

 * Catlateral Damage
 * Creatures series
 * Creatures
 * Creatures 2
 * Creatures 3
 * Dragonseeds
 * Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs
 * E.V.O.: Search for Eden
 * Eco
 * Empire of the Ants
 * Empire of the Ants (2024. Remake.)
 * Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life
 * Goat Simulator 3
 * Lion
 * Monster Rancher series
 * Monster Rancher 2
 * Monster Rancher Battle Card Game
 * Monster Rancher Explorer
 * Monster Rancher 3
 * Monster Rancher 4
 * Monster Rancher EVO
 * Monster Rancher Advance
 * Monster Rancher Advance 2
 * Nanocrafter
 * Niche – a genetics survival game
 * Odell Lake
 * Saurian (video game)
 * Science Horizons Survival
 * Seventh Cross Evolution
 * SimAnt
 * SimEarth: The Living Planet
 * SimLife
 * Spore
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Gungan Frontier
 * Wolf

Social simulation

 * Aa Yakyū Jinsei Itchokusen
 * Alter Ego
 * America Daitōryō Senkyo
 * Animal Crossing series
 * Chibi-Robo! series
 * Chibi-Robo!
 * Chibi-Robo!: Park Patrol
 * Crime and Punishment
 * Desperate Housewives: The Game
 * Executive Suite
 * GiFTPiA
 * Gossip
 * Jones in the Fast Lane
 * Little Computer People
 * My Life My Love
 * Real Lives
 * The Sims series
 * The Sims (2000)
 * The Sims: Livin' Large (2000)
 * The Sims: House Party (2001)
 * The Sims: Hot Date (2001)
 * The Sims: Vacation (2002)
 * The Sims: Unleashed (2002)
 * The Sims: Superstar (2003)
 * The Sims: Makin' Magic(2003)
 * The Sims 2 (2004)
 * The Sims 2: University (2005)
 * The Sims 2: Nightlife (2005)
 * The Sims 2: Open for Business (2006)
 * The Sims 2: Pets (2006)
 * The Sims 2: Seasons (2007)
 * The Sims 2: Bon Voyage (2007)
 * The Sims 2: FreeTime (2008)
 * The Sims 2: Apartment Life (2009)
 * The Sims 3 (2009)
 * The Sims 3: World Adventures (2009)
 * The Sims 3: Ambitions (2010)
 * The Sims 3: Late Night (2010)
 * The Sims 3: Generations (2011)
 * The Sims 3: Pets (2011)
 * The Sims 3: Showtime (2012)
 * The Sims 3: Supernatural (2012)
 * The Sims 3: Seasons (2012)
 * The Sims 3: University Life (2012)
 * The Sims 3: Island Paradise (2013)
 * The Sims 3: Into the Future (2013)
 * The Sims 4 (2014)
 * The Sims 4: Get to Work (2015)
 * The Sims 4: Get Together (2015)
 * The Sims 4: City Living (2016)
 * The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs (2017)
 * The Sims 4: Seasons (2018)
 * The Sims 4: Get Famous (2018)
 * The Sims 4: Island Living (2019)
 * The Sims 4: Discover University (2019)
 * The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle (2020)
 * The Sims 4: Snowy Escape (2020)
 * Singles series
 * Singles: Flirt Up Your Life
 * Singles 2: Triple Trouble
 * Space Colony
 * Trust & Betrayal: The Legacy of Siboot
 * Stardew Valley
 * Viva Piñata series
 * Viva Piñata (2006)
 * Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (2008)
 * Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (2008)
 * Wall Street Kid

Business simulation

 * Virtonomics series

Airport management

 * Airline Tycoon (series)
 * (1998) Airline Tycoon
 * (2001) Airline Tycoon First Class
 * (2002) Airline Tycoon Evolution
 * (2003) Airline Tycoon Deluxe
 * (2011) Airline Tycoon 2
 * SimPort

City-building

 * Anno (series)
 * (1998) Anno 1602 (in the US and Australia released as 1602 A.D.)
 * (2003) Anno 1503 (known in the US as 1503 A.D.: The New World)
 * (2006) Anno 1701
 * (2007) Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon
 * (2007) Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery
 * (2009) Anno 1404, known in North America as Dawn of Discovery
 * (2009) Anno 1404: Venice
 * (2009) Anno: Create A New World
 * (2011) Anno 2070
 * (2013) Anno Online
 * (2015) Anno 2205
 * (2019) Anno 1800
 * Cities XL series
 * Cities XL
 * Cities XL 2011
 * Cities XL 2012
 * Cities: Skylines (2015)
 * Cities: Skylines II (2023)
 * Construction Simulator (2015)
 * Constructor (video game) – PC (1997)
 * Islanders (video game) – PC (2019)
 * RimWorld
 * The SimCity series – PC (1989–present)
 * SimCity
 * SimCity 2000
 * SimCity 3000
 * SimCity 4
 * SimCity 5
 * Surviving Mars – 2018
 * Outpost
 * Outpost 2
 * Townscaper – 2020
 * Utopia: The Creation of a Nation – 1991

God games

 * Black & White – 2001
 * Black and White 2 – 2005
 * Dyson Sphere Program – 2021
 * From Dust
 * Godus
 * Reus – 2013

Government simulation

 * Balance of Power
 * Commander in Chief
 * Masters of the World (video game)
 * CyberJudas
 * Democracy series
 * Democracy
 * Democracy 2
 * Democracy 3
 * eRepublik
 * Floor 13
 * Geo Political Simulator series
 * Global Domination
 * Hidden Agenda
 * President Elect
 * President Forever 2008 + Primaries
 * The Cardinal of the Kremlin
 * The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter
 * The Political Machine
 * Tropico series
 * Tropico
 * Tropico 2
 * Tropico 3
 * Tropico 4
 * Tropico 5
 * Tropico 6
 * Europa Universalis series
 * Europa Universalis
 * Europa Universalis II
 * Europa Universalis III
 * Europa Universalis: Rome
 * Europa Universalis IV
 * Superpower series
 * Superpower
 * Superpower 2

Baseball

 * Baseball Mogul series
 * Diamond Mind Baseball series
 * MicroLeague Baseball
 * Out of the Park Baseball series
 * PureSim Baseball series
 * PureSim Baseball 2007
 * Franchise Ball

Cricket

 * International Cricket Captain series
 * Don Bradman Cricket

Football (American)

 * Football Mogul series
 * Front Office Football series
 * Front Page Sports Football
 * Madden NFL series
 * Madden NFL '95
 * Madden NFL '96
 * NFL Head Coach
 * Retro Bowl

Football (Association)

 * Championship Manager series
 * Championship Manager
 * Championship Manager 93/94
 * Championship Manager 2
 * Championship Manager 96/97
 * Championship Manager: Season 97/98
 * Championship Manager 3
 * Championship Manager: Season 01/02
 * Championship Manager 4
 * Championship Manager: Season 03/04
 * Championship Manager 5
 * Championship Manager 2006
 * Championship Manager 2007
 * Championship Manager (PSP)
 * FIFA Manager series
 * FIFA Soccer Manager
 * FIFA Manager 06
 * FIFA Manager 07
 * FIFA Manager 08
 * FIFA series
 * Football Manager series
 * Football Manager
 * Football Manager 2005
 * Football Manager 2006
 * Football Manager 2007
 * Football Manager 2008
 * Football Manager 2009
 * Football Manager 2010
 * Football Manager 2011
 * Football Manager 2012
 * Football Manager 2013
 * Football Manager 2014
 * Football Manager 2015
 * Football Manager 2016
 * Football Manager 2017
 * Football Manager 2018
 * Football Manager 2019
 * Football Manager 2020
 * Football Manager 2021
 * Gazza's Superstar Soccer
 * Hattrick
 * Let's Make a Soccer Team!
 * LMA Manager series
 * O'Leary Manager 2000
 * Player Manager
 * Premier Manager series
 * Premier Manager
 * Premier Manager 2
 * Premier Manager 3
 * Premier Manager 64
 * Tactical Manager
 * Ultimate Soccer Manager
 * Winning Eleven

Hockey

 * Eastside Hockey Manager series
 * Eastside Hockey Manager
 * NHL Eastside Hockey Manager
 * NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2005
 * NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2007
 * Franchise Hockey Manager

Racing

 * Formula One series
 * F1 series (Codemasters)
 * Grand Prix Manager series
 * Grand Prix Manager
 * Grand Prix Manager 2
 * Grand Prix World
 * Motorsport Manager

Miscellaneous

 * Blockland
 * Blocksworld
 * Chaos League
 * Extreme Warfare / Extreme Wrestling
 * FortressCraft
 * Gladius
 * Minecraft
 * Minetest (Free and open source clone of Minecraft)
 * Prison Architect
 * Prison Architect 2 (unreleased)
 * Roblox
 * Title Bout Championship Boxing
 * Total Miner

Bus simulation

 * The Bus
 * Bus Driver
 * Bus Simulator 16
 * Bus Simulator 18
 * Bus Simulator 21
 * City Bus Simulator
 * Desert Bus
 * Fernbus Simulator
 * Tourist Bus Simulator

Car simulation

 * BeamNG.drive

Racing simulation

 * ARCA Sim Racing
 * Assetto Corsa Series
 * Assetto Corsa
 * Assetto Corsa Competizione
 * Codemasters F1 Series
 * F1 2010
 * F1 2011
 * F1 2012
 * F1 2013
 * F1 2014
 * F1 2015
 * F1 2016
 * F1 2017
 * F1 2018
 * F1 2019
 * F1 2020
 * F1 2021
 * Colin McRae Rally Series
 * Colin McRae Rally
 * Colin McRae Rally 2.0
 * Colin McRae Rally 3
 * Colin McRae Rally 04
 * Colin McRae Rally 2005
 * Dirt Series
 * Colin McRae: Dirt
 * Colin McRae: Dirt 2
 * Dirt 3
 * Dirt 4
 * Dirt 5
 * Dirt: Showdown
 * Dirt Rally
 * Dirt Rally 2.0
 * EA Sports F1 Series
 * F1 Challenge '99–'02
 * Enthusia Professional Racing
 * Forza Motorsport Series
 * Forza Motorsport
 * Forza Motorsport 2
 * Forza Motorsport 3
 * Forza Motorsport 4
 * Forza Motorsport 5
 * Forza Motorsport 6
 * Forza Motorsport 7
 * Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix Series
 * Formula One Grand Prix
 * Grand Prix 2
 * Grand Prix 3
 * Grand Prix 3 2000
 * Grand Prix 4
 * Gran Turismo Series
 * Gran Turismo
 * Gran Turismo 2
 * Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
 * Gran Turismo Concept
 * Gran Turismo 4 Prologue
 * Gran Turismo 4
 * Gran Turismo HD Concept
 * Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
 * Gran Turismo 5
 * Gran Turismo 6
 * Gran Turismo Sport
 * Grand Prix Legends
 * GT Legends
 * GTR Series
 * GTR - FIA GT Racing Game
 * GTR - FIA GT Racing Game 2
 * Indianapolis 500: The Simulation
 * IndyCar Racing Series
 * IndyCar Racing
 * IndyCar Racing II
 * iRacing.com
 * Live For Speed
 * NASCAR Racing Series
 * NASCAR Racing
 * NASCAR Racing 2
 * NASCAR Grand National Series Expansion Pack
 * NASCAR Legends
 * NASCAR Racing 1999 Edition
 * NASCAR Craftsman Truck Racing
 * NASCAR Racing 3
 * NASCAR Racing 4
 * NASCAR Racing 2002 Season
 * NASCAR Racing 2003 Season
 * NASCAR Heat Series
 * NASCAR Heat
 * NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona
 * netKar Pro
 * Project CARS series
 * Project CARS
 * Project CARS 2
 * Project CARS 3
 * Need For Speed Series
 * RACE Series
 * RACE - The Official WTCC Game
 * RACE 07 - The Official WTCC Game
 * Formula Raceroom
 * GTR Evolution
 * STCC – The Game
 * Raceroom Racing Experience
 * Rally Championship Series
 * Network Q RAC Rally (video game)
 * Network Q RAC Rally Championship
 * International Rally Championship
 * Mobil 1 Rally Championship
 * Real Racing Series
 * Real Racing (video game)
 * Real Racing 2
 * EA Real Racing 3
 * rFactor Series
 * rFactor
 * rFactor 2
 * Richard Burns Rally

Miscellaneous

 * My Summer Car
 * Racer
 * Rally Trophy
 * Richard Burns Rally
 * Simraceway
 * SODA Off-Road Racing
 * Spirit of Speed 1937
 * Stormworks: Build and Rescue
 * Stunt Car Driver
 * The Open Racing Cars Simulator
 * Viper Racing

Farming Simulation

 * Farming Simulator series

Flight simulation

 * Ace Combat series
 * Air Combat
 * Ace Combat 2
 * Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
 * Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
 * Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
 * Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
 * Ace Combat Advance
 * Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
 * Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
 * Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
 * Su-27 Flanker (video game)
 * Flanker 2.0
 * Flanker 2.5
 * Lock On: Modern Air Combat
 * Digital Combat Simulator
 * Falcon series
 * Falcon 4.0
 * Falcon 4.0: Allied Force
 * FlightGear
 * Fly! series
 * Fly!
 * Fly! II
 * Flight Unlimited series
 * Flight Unlimited
 * Flight Unlimited II
 * Flight Unlimited III
 * IL-2 Sturmovik series
 * Kerbal Space Program
 * Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator series
 * Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator
 * Combat Flight Simulator 2
 * Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe
 * SubLogic Flight Simulator series
 * FS1 Flight Simulator
 * Flight Simulator II (Sublogic)
 * Microsoft Flight Simulator series
 * Flight Simulator 1.0
 * Flight Simulator 2.0
 * Flight Simulator 3.0
 * Flight Simulator 4.0
 * Flight Simulator 5.0
 * Flight Simulator 5.1
 * Flight Simulator 95
 * Flight Simulator 98
 * Flight Simulator 2000
 * Flight Simulator 2002
 * Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight
 * Microsoft Flight Simulator X
 * Microsoft Flight
 * Flight Simulator 2020
 * Microsoft Space Simulator
 * X-Plane series

Motorcycle simulation

 * Superbike 2000
 * Superbike 2001
 * Superbike World Championship (video game)
 * SBK-07: Superbike World Championship
 * SBK-08: Superbike World Championship
 * SBK-09: Superbike World Championship
 * SBK X: Superbike World Championship
 * SBK 2011
 * SBK Generations
 * SBK 22

Submarine simulation

 * 688 Attack Sub
 * Jane's Combat Simulations: 688(I) Hunter/Killer
 * Aces of the Deep
 * AquaNox
 * Barotrauma
 * Dangerous Waters
 * Enigma: Rising Tide
 * Gato (computer game)
 * The Hunt for Red October (1987)
 * Red Storm Rising
 * SSN-21 Seawolf
 * Shells of Fury
 * Silent Hunter
 * Silent Hunter II
 * Silent Hunter III
 * Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific
 * Silent Hunter 4: The U-Boat Missions (add-on expansion pack)
 * Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic
 * Silent Service (video game)
 * Silent Service II
 * Silent Steel
 * Sub Battle Simulator
 * Sub Command
 * Tom Clancy's SSN
 * Treasures of the Deep
 * WolfPack
 * Sub Hunt

Ship simulation

 * Ship Simulator series
 * Ship Simulator Extremes
 * Virtual Sailor
 * Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm
 * World of Warships (2015)

Tank simulation

 * World War II Online (2001–2012, virtual battlefield)
 * M4 (1992)
 * Panzer Front
 * Steel Beasts
 * Steel Fury
 * Wild Metal Country (A.K.A. Wild Metal)
 * World of Tanks
 * War Thunder

Train simulations

 * Densha de Go!
 * Mini Metro
 * Microsoft Train Simulator
 * OpenBVE
 * Run8 Train Simulator
 * Train Fever
 * Train Simulator 2013
 * Trainz Simulator 12
 * Train Simulator
 * Train Sim World
 * World of Subways

Truck simulation

 * 18 Wheels of Steel series
 * American Truck Simulator
 * Hard Truck series
 * King of the Road
 * Euro Truck Simulator
 * Euro Truck Simulator 2
 * German Truck Simulator
 * UK Truck Simulator
 * Rig 'n' Roll
 * Rigs of Rods
 * Street Cleaning Simulator
 * Spintires
 * MudRunner
 * SnowRunner

Miscellaneous

 * FlightGear
 * Infinite Flight
 * Top Gun: Danger Zone
 * World of Warplanes
 * War Thunder
 * Prepar3D
 * WarBirds

Programming Games

 * Colobot
 * TIS-100

Trade simulation

 * Discovery: In the Steps of Columbus
 * High Seas Trader
 * Merchant Prince series
 * Merchant Prince
 * Machiavelli: The Prince
 * Merchant Prince II
 * The Patrician
 * Patrician II: Quest for Power
 * Patrician III
 * Port Royale 2
 * Potion Craft
 * Uncharted Waters series
 * Uncharted Waters
 * Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
 * Mobile Uncharted Waters II
 * Daikoukai Jidai Gaiden
 * Daikoukai Jidai III: Costa Del Sol
 * Daikoukai Jidai IV: Porto Estado
 * Daikoukai Jidai IV: Rota Nova
 * Uncharted Waters Online
 * Uncharted Waters Online La Frontera
 * Trade Empires

Photo simulation

 * Afrika (PlayStation 3)
 * Pokémon Snap (Nintendo 64)
 * Gekibo: Gekisha Boy (PC Engine)
 * The Cameraman: Gekisha Boy Omakefu (PlayStation)
 * Polaroid Pete (PlayStation 2)
 * Rilakkuma na Mainichi (Game Boy Advance)
 * Wild Earth: African Safari (Wii)
 * Sea Life Safari (Xbox 360)

Medical simulation

 * Emergency Room series
 * Hospital Tycoon
 * LifeSigns: Surgical Unit
 * Life & Death
 * Life & Death II: The Brain
 * Plague Inc.
 * Theme Hospital
 * Trauma Center series
 * Trauma Center: Under the Knife
 * Trauma Center: Second Opinion
 * Trauma Center: New Blood
 * Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
 * Trauma Team
 * Two Point Hospital
 * Surgeon Simulator 2013
 * Microsurgeon (video game)

Motion simulators with screens

 * Typhoon (simulator)