| 1 | [[quoteright:349:[[VideoGame/MowingSimulator https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_mowing_simulator.png]]]] |
| 2 | ->[[caption-width-right:349:"It's like I'm really there... doing chores no one else wants to do..."]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | While most early VideoGames fit into some category of "simulation" (flying games are Flight Simulators, racing games are Car Simulators -- even ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' was basically a virtual simulation of table tennis), the term "Simulation Game" usually refers to a genre of programs for which the term "game" can be somewhat misleading: a simulation game is more of a "toy" (by the definitions used by those who study such things academically) than a "game", more akin to an Erector set than to a Chess set. |
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| 6 | Traditionally, a simulation game places the player in a managerial role over some set of resources, with which they are charged to build or do something -- the game might set some criteria for a "win" state, but this is far from compulsory; the player can generally build/do whatever they want and measure their own success by whatever metrics seem best to them (so long as he doesn't trigger a [[GameOver "lose" state]] through long-term mismanagement, whether accidental or [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential deliberate]]). The player may or may not have no direct control over individual agents inside the game world -- thus their role, depending on the scope of the game, tends to be labelled something ranging from "business owner" or "mayor" to "president" or even "god". |
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| 8 | With that in mind, this type of gameplay can be [[StealthPun virtually]] applied to any job or activity. Even something as low-end as "gas station attendant" still needs to watch over money earned, fuel supply, car and gas pump maintenance, consumer satisfaction, etc, to make sure operations run smoothly. The obvious advantage of the simulation is that you're unikely to get in trouble for failing stuff that could lead to disastrous results in real life. |
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| 10 | Probably the first game in this tradition is ''VideoGame/LemonadeStand'', written by Bob Jamison sometime between 1973 and 1979. The player, based on the daily weather report, decided what supplies to buy and how much to charge customers at their virtual lemonade stand. Variations appeared for years on various platforms, even surviving into the 1990s as their requirements were so low that ports could even run on programmable calculators. More complicated simulations started appearing in the early 1980s, such as the Platform/Commodore64 game ''VideoGame/LittleComputerPeople'', where the player was responsible for the care and feeding of a virtual person. "Digital pet" keychain devices, such as ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}'', descended from this line. |
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| 12 | But the game which really brought the modern Simulation Game into its own was Maxis's ''[=SimCity=]''. In this game, the player took the role of mayor, and was in charge of building a city. Among the Mayoral duties were zoning areas for commercial, residential or industrial use, building public utilities, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick rebuilding after Godzilla attacks]]. |
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| 14 | ''VideoGame/SimCity'' was enormously popular, spawning a number of clones and sequels. ''[=SimCity=] 2000'', ''[=SimCity=] 3000'', ''[=SimCity=] 4'', and ''Streets of [=SimCity=]'' all expanded on the original. Maxis also produced a number of other concepts within the franchise: ''VideoGame/SimEarth'' placed the player in charge of the development of an entire planet; ''[=SimLife=]'' narrowed the focus, with the player guiding the specific evolution of a species; ''VideoGame/SimAnt'' placed the player in charge of an ant colony. Other games explored different domains in the same style: ''Roller Coaster Tycoon'' had the player develop an amusement park, balancing thrills with the chance to kill patrons in spectacular roller coaster derailments; ''Afterlife'' had the player build a heaven and hell suited to the needs of the incoming departed. |
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| 16 | While the later games did well enough, neither Maxis nor its imitators were quite able to bring about the kind of huge-scale genre-defining success of ''[=SimCity=]'' until Maxis brought the social element into the equation with its blockbuster success ''The Sims''. Rather than focusing on an entire city or civilization, ''The Sims'' and its sequels put the player in charge of managing a single household, keeping the characters employed, buying them playthings, adding extra living space, occasionally locking them in a room with a bunch of ovens until they inevitably immolated themselves and, perhaps most importantly to the players, coaxing each other into bed. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Another incarnation of ''The Sims'' is a massively multiplayer on-line game, where players maintain their households in a shared community, and their characters can interact to, well, buy more swag and coax each other into bed. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | A SubGenre of Simulation Games (usually rolled into the larger genre category) are Flight Simulation Games, which can include anything from a game with very lax flight controls and a more "arcade"-like experience, to [[HardCore ''true'' simulations]] (i.e., the non-toy kind) that accurately recreate how an aircraft flies, and [[CrackIsCheaper depending on how far you're willing to go]], incorporate an actual aircraft's flight deck and motion control and can even be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for certified flight training. May or may not also include shooting things as a typical gameplay objective. Driving Sims are cut from the same cloth, applied to ground vehicles, and once again can range the entire realism (and shooting stuff up) range. |
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| 22 | RaisingSim is a sub-genre of this, focusing on "building" an individual person or animal. DatingSim is another sub-genre, where the focus is on leveling up your RelationshipValues with possible {{Love Interest}}s. LifeSimulationGame is a sub-genre focusing on raising characters and FarmLifeSim is a sub-genre of that sub-genre focusing on rural farm life; there's an overlap between Life Sims, {{Raising Sim}}s, and {{Dating Sim}}s. |
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| 24 | ---- |
| 25 | !!Examples include : |
| 26 | |
| 27 | [[index]] |
| 28 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder:Resource, Settlement, Farm, Business and City Management Simulations]] |
| 31 | * ''[[VideoGame/ATrain A-Train]]'' |
| 32 | * ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' (with ActionGame elements) |
| 33 | * ''VideoGame/{{Aerobiz}}'': an Airline simulation game. |
| 34 | * ''VideoGame/Afterlife1996'' |
| 35 | * * ''VideoGame/AirConflicts'' |
| 36 | * ''Videogame/AlienLegacy'' |
| 37 | * ''VideoGame/AnimalRestaurant'' |
| 38 | * ''VideoGame/AnnoDomini'' |
| 39 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Anno1404}}'' |
| 40 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Anno1800}}'' |
| 41 | * ''VideoGame/{{APICO}}'' |
| 42 | * ''VideoGame/ArtemisSpaceshipBridgeSimulator'' |
| 43 | * ''VideoGame/AtlantisUnderwaterTycoon (Deep Sea Tycoon)'' |
| 44 | * ''VideoGame/{{Automation}}'' |
| 45 | * ''VideoGame/{{Banished|2014}}'' |
| 46 | * ''VideoGame/BarOasis'' |
| 47 | * ''VideoGame/BattleTech2018'' is half this, half TurnBasedTactics: you're responsible for managing your mercenary company's finances and equipment between missions. |
| 48 | * ''VideoGame/BearAndBreakfast'' |
| 49 | * ''VideoGame/{{Beholder}}'' |
| 50 | * ''VideoGame/BiingSexIntrigenUndSkalpelle'' |
| 51 | * ''VideoGame/BigPharma'' |
| 52 | * ''VideoGame/BitLife'' |
| 53 | * ''VideoGame/BlackAndWhite'' |
| 54 | * ''VideoGame/BloodyHellHotel'', mixed with SurvivalHorror. |
| 55 | * ''VideoGame/BloonsMonkeyCity'', with a bit of TowerDefense in it. |
| 56 | * ''VideoGame/BuildingsHaveFeelingsToo'' |
| 57 | * ''VideoGame/TheBurnableGarbageDay'' |
| 58 | * ''VideoGame/{{Caesar}}'' |
| 59 | * ''VideoGame/CartelTycoon'' |
| 60 | * ''VideoGame/CasinoEmpire'' |
| 61 | * ''VideoGame/ConflictSeries'' |
| 62 | ** ''VideoGame/ConflictDesertStorm'' |
| 63 | ** ''VideoGame/ConflictDesertStormIIBackToBaghdad'' |
| 64 | * ''VideoGame/ChromaSquad'' is part business simulation, and part StrategyRPG. |
| 65 | * ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'' |
| 66 | * ''VideoGame/CityBuildingSeries'' |
| 67 | * ''VideoGame/ClockworkEmpires'' |
| 68 | * ''VideoGame/CowboyLifeSimulator'' |
| 69 | * ''VideoGame/{{Cuisineer}}'' is part restaurant simulator, and part {{Roguelike}}, where you gather ingredients and other resources by dungeon delving. |
| 70 | * ''VideoGame/DarfurIsDying'' |
| 71 | * ''VideoGame/DeadwaterSaloon'' |
| 72 | * ''VideoGame/{{Dorfromantik}}'' |
| 73 | * ''Videogame/{{Dungeons}}'' |
| 74 | * ''VideoGame/Dungeons3'' |
| 75 | * ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' |
| 76 | * ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' |
| 77 | * ''VideoGame/EmperorRiseOfTheMiddleKingdom'' |
| 78 | * ''VideoGame/{{Equilinox}}'' |
| 79 | * ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' |
| 80 | * ''VideoGame/FalloutShelter'' puts you in the shoes of a Vault overseer. [[note]]Your vault's social experiment is to run it as well as possible despite being understaffed- most vaults are allowed 1000-2000 dwellers. You're allowed 200 max.[[/note]] |
| 81 | * ''VideoGame/FarmingSimulator'' |
| 82 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesMyLifeAsAKing'' |
| 83 | * ''VideoGame/FishTycoon'' |
| 84 | * ''VideoGame/FromDust'' |
| 85 | * ''VideoGame/FortuneBuilder'' |
| 86 | * ''VideoGame/{{Foundation}}'' |
| 87 | * ''VideoGame/GameDevStory'' |
| 88 | * ''VideoGame/GameDevTycoon'' |
| 89 | * ''VideoGame/GasStationSimulator'', puts the player into the role of a gas station manager who must restore a deserted gas station and satisfy its customers' needs. |
| 90 | * ''VideoGame/GhostMaster'' |
| 91 | * ''VideoGame/GleanerHeights'' |
| 92 | * ''VideoGame/GraveyardKeeper'' |
| 93 | * ''Videogame/{{Gnomoria}}'' |
| 94 | * ''VideoGame/{{Godus}}'' |
| 95 | * ''VideoGame/{{TheGuild}}'' series |
| 96 | * ''VideoGame/{{Hamurabi}}'' |
| 97 | * ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonNatsume'' |
| 98 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTheLostValley'' |
| 99 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonSkytreeVillage'' |
| 100 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonLightOfHope'' |
| 101 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonOneWorld'' |
| 102 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTheWindsOfAnthos'' |
| 103 | * ''VideoGame/HarvestTown'' |
| 104 | * ''VideoGame/HayDay'' |
| 105 | * ''VideoGame/HighSchool'' |
| 106 | * ''VideoGame/HometownStory'' |
| 107 | * ''VideoGame/HoneyIJoinedACult'' |
| 108 | * ''VideoGame/HouseFlipper'' |
| 109 | * ''VideoGame/HunieCamStudio'' |
| 110 | * ''VideoGame/IdolManager'' |
| 111 | * ''Videogame/ImmortalCitiesChildrenOfTheNile'' |
| 112 | * ''VideoGame/JurassicParkOperationGenesis'' |
| 113 | * ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldEvolution'' |
| 114 | * ''VideoGame/KaijuAGogo'' |
| 115 | * ''VideoGame/KittyPowersMatchmaker'''s sequel, ''Kitty Power's Love Life'', has you running a "Love Village" and helping your couples with their relationships when they move in as tenants. You also build facilities to help keep them satisfied. |
| 116 | * ''VideoGame/LenEnCafeBookOfTheCafe'' |
| 117 | * ''VideoGame/LittleKingsStory'' |
| 118 | * ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'' |
| 119 | * ''VideoGame/MadTV1991'' |
| 120 | * ''VideoGame/MegaMallStory'' |
| 121 | * ''VideoGame/{{Majesty}}'' |
| 122 | * ''VideoGame/MarsHorizon'' |
| 123 | * ''VideoGame/MaxGentlemenSexyBusiness'' |
| 124 | * ''VideoGame/{{Megaquarium}}'' is a simulation game where the player has to build aquarium parks. |
| 125 | * ''VideoGame/MoonbaseAlpha'' |
| 126 | * ''VideoGame/MoonTycoon'' |
| 127 | * ''VideoGame/TheMovies'' |
| 128 | * ''VideoGame/MyCafe'' |
| 129 | * ''VideoGame/MyLittlePonyGameloft'' |
| 130 | * ''VideoGame/MyTimeAtPortia'' |
| 131 | * ''VideoGame/MyTimeAtSandrock'' |
| 132 | * ''VideoGame/NavalOps'' |
| 133 | * ''VideoGame/{{Northgard}}'' |
| 134 | * ''VideoGame/OmertaCityOfGangsters'' |
| 135 | * ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'' |
| 136 | * ''VideoGame/ParkBeyond'' |
| 137 | * ''VideoGame/{{Parkitect}}'' |
| 138 | * ''VideoGame/{{Patrician}}'' series |
| 139 | * ''VideoGame/PCBuildingSimulator'' |
| 140 | * ''VideoGame/{{Pharaoh}}'' |
| 141 | * ''VideoGame/PizzaTycoon'' |
| 142 | * ''VideoGame/PlanetCoaster'' |
| 143 | * ''VideoGame/PlanetZoo'' |
| 144 | * ''{{VideoGame/Plantasia}}'' |
| 145 | * ''VideoGame/PocketArcadeStory'' |
| 146 | * ''VideoGame/PocketStables'' |
| 147 | * ''VideoGame/{{Populous}}'' |
| 148 | * ''VideoGame/PotionCraft'' |
| 149 | * ''VideoGame/{{Potionomics}}'' |
| 150 | * ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'' |
| 151 | * ''Videogame/PrehistoricKingdom'' |
| 152 | * ''VideoGame/PrisonArchitect'' |
| 153 | * ''VideoGame/PrisonTycoon'' |
| 154 | * ''VideoGame/ProjectHighrise'' |
| 155 | * ''VideoGame/PyramidBuilder'' |
| 156 | * ''VideoGame/RailroadTycoon'' |
| 157 | * ''VideoGame/RailwayEmpire'' |
| 158 | * ''VideoGame/RecettearAnItemShopsTale'' |
| 159 | * ''VideoGame/{{Reigns}}'' |
| 160 | * ''VideoGame/RestaurantEmpire'' |
| 161 | * ''VideoGame/RimWorld'' |
| 162 | * ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon'' |
| 163 | * ''VideoGame/RootsOfPacha'' |
| 164 | * ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'' |
| 165 | ** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory1'' |
| 166 | ** ''VideoGame/RuneFactoryFrontier'' |
| 167 | ** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory2'' |
| 168 | ** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory3'' |
| 169 | ** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' |
| 170 | ** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory5'' |
| 171 | ** ''VideoGame/RuneFactoryOceans'' |
| 172 | * ''VideoGame/SeaWorldTycoon'' |
| 173 | * ''VideoGame/{{Segagaga}}'' |
| 174 | * ''VideoGame/TheSettlers'' |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowPresident'' |
| 176 | * ''VideoGame/ShepherdsCrossing'' |
| 177 | * ''VideoGame/ShopHeroes'' |
| 178 | * ''VideoGame/SimAirport'' |
| 179 | * ''VideoGame/SimAnt'' |
| 180 | * ''VideoGame/SimCity'' |
| 181 | ** ''VideoGame/SimCity2013'' |
| 182 | * ''VideoGame/SimEarth'' |
| 183 | * ''VideoGame/SimFarm'' |
| 184 | * ''VideoGame/SimTower'' |
| 185 | * ''VideoGame/{{Simutrans}}'' |
| 186 | * ''VideoGame/{{Snapimals}}'' |
| 187 | * ''VideoGame/SnowpackPark'' |
| 188 | * ''VideoGame/SpaceColony'' |
| 189 | * ''VideoGame/{{Spinnortality}}'' |
| 190 | * ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' |
| 191 | * ''VideoGame/{{Startopia}}'' |
| 192 | * ''VideoGame/StartupCompany'' |
| 193 | * ''VideoGame/StickyBusiness'' |
| 194 | * ''VideoGame/{{Stonehearth}}'' |
| 195 | * ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'' (with DatingSim/Social Management elements, formerly known as ''Harvest Moon'') |
| 196 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon1'' |
| 197 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon2'' |
| 198 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon3'' |
| 199 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' |
| 200 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature'' |
| 201 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' |
| 202 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonSaveTheHomeland'' |
| 203 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody'' |
| 204 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' |
| 205 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonIslandOfHappiness'' |
| 206 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonSunshineIslands'' |
| 207 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility'' |
| 208 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAnimalParade'' |
| 209 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonHeroOfLeafValley'' |
| 210 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonGrandBazaar'' |
| 211 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns'' |
| 212 | ** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning'' |
| 213 | ** ''VideoGame/InnocentLifeAFuturisticHarvestMoon'' |
| 214 | ** ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons2014'' |
| 215 | ** ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns'' |
| 216 | ** ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsPioneersOfOliveTown'' |
| 217 | ** ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsFriendsOfMineralTown'' |
| 218 | ** ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsAWonderfulLife'' |
| 219 | * ''VideoGame/{{Stronghold}}'' |
| 220 | * ''Videogame/StrongholdKingdoms'' |
| 221 | * ''VideoGame/StyleSavvy'' |
| 222 | * ''VideoGame/SurviveMolaMola'' |
| 223 | * ''VideoGame/SurvivingMars'' |
| 224 | * ''VideoGame/TavernMaster'' |
| 225 | * ''VideoGame/TerraGenesis'' |
| 226 | * ''VideoGame/ThemeHospital'' |
| 227 | * ''VideoGame/ThemePark'' |
| 228 | * ''VideoGame/{{Thrillville}}'' |
| 229 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tinytopia}}'' |
| 230 | * ''VideoGame/ToTheRescue'' |
| 231 | * ''VideoGame/{{Towns}}'' |
| 232 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tradewinds}}'' |
| 233 | * ''VideoGame/TransportTycoon'' |
| 234 | ** Transport Tycoon Deluxe |
| 235 | ** [=OpenTTD=], an open source remake which makes the original obsolete. |
| 236 | * ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'' |
| 237 | * ''VideoGame/TristiaOfTheDeepBlueSea'' |
| 238 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tropico}}'' |
| 239 | * ''VideoGame/TwoPointHospital'' |
| 240 | ** ''VideoGame/TwoPointCampus'' |
| 241 | * ''VideoGame/TheUniversim'' |
| 242 | * ''VideoGame/UrbanEmpire'' |
| 243 | * ''VideoGame/VerdantSkies'' |
| 244 | * ''VideoGame/VivaPinata'' |
| 245 | * ''VideoGame/WorkersAndResourcesSovietRepublic'' |
| 246 | * ''VideoGame/WorldsDawn'' |
| 247 | * ''VideoGame/YesYourGrace'' |
| 248 | * ''VideoGame/ZeusMasterOfOlympus'' |
| 249 | * ''VideoGame/ZooTycoon'' |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Life / Social Management Simulations]] |
| 253 | * ''VideoGame/{{Academagia}}'' |
| 254 | * ''VideoGame/AlterEgo1986'' |
| 255 | * ''Franchise/AnimalCrossing'' |
| 256 | ** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing2001'' |
| 257 | ** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingWildWorld'' |
| 258 | ** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingCityFolk'' |
| 259 | ** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'' |
| 260 | ** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingPocketCamp'' |
| 261 | ** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' |
| 262 | * ''VideoGame/AvatarHigh'' |
| 263 | * ''VideoGame/{{Cattails}}'' |
| 264 | * ''VideoGame/CielNosurge'' |
| 265 | * ''VideoGame/CozyGrove'' |
| 266 | * ''VideoGame/CuteKnight'' |
| 267 | * ''VideoGame/CuteKnightKingdom'' |
| 268 | * ''TabletopGame/GameOfLife'' |
| 269 | * ''VideoGame/{{Graduation}}'' (A teaching simulation with an emphasis on cute young anime girls. The localized version of Sotsugyou 2 ~Neo Generation~, and the only video game published by Mixx/Tokyopop.) |
| 270 | * ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'' |
| 271 | * ''Sandbox/TheGuild'' |
| 272 | * ''VideoGame/ImagineBabyz'' |
| 273 | ** ''VideoGame/ImagineBabysitters'' |
| 274 | ** ''VideoGame/ImagineBabyzFashion'' |
| 275 | ** ''VideoGame/ImagineBabyz3DS'' |
| 276 | * ''VideoGame/ImagineTeacher'' |
| 277 | ** ''VideoGame/ImagineTeacherClassTrip'' |
| 278 | * ''VideoGame/ImagineMakeUpArtist'' |
| 279 | * ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'' |
| 280 | * ''VideoGame/KosodateQuizMyAngel'' is rather unusual, since they have to raise a child by answering questions correctly. |
| 281 | * ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'' |
| 282 | * ''VisualNovel/LuckyRabbitReflex'' |
| 283 | * ''VisualNovel/MagicalBoutique'' (a freeware game created by Chibi Goddess) |
| 284 | * ''VisualNovel/MagicalDiary'' |
| 285 | * ''VideoGame/MagiciansQuestMysteriousTimes'' |
| 286 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterLovesYou'' |
| 287 | * ''VideoGame/MySims'' |
| 288 | * ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker'' |
| 289 | ** ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker1'' |
| 290 | ** ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker2'' |
| 291 | ** ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker3'' |
| 292 | * ''VideoGame/RealLives'' |
| 293 | * ''VideoGame/{{Redshirt}}'' |
| 294 | * ''Spirited Heart'' |
| 295 | * ''VideoGame/TheSims'' |
| 296 | ** ''Videogame/TheSimsMedieval'' |
| 297 | ** ''VideoGame/TheUrbz: Sims in the City'' |
| 298 | ** ''VideoGame/TheSimsFreeplay'' |
| 299 | * ''VideoGame/SuperStar2016'' |
| 300 | * ''VideoGame/TailOfTheSun'' |
| 301 | * ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' |
| 302 | * ''VideoGame/VirtualVillagers'' |
| 303 | * ''VideoGame/WanderingWillows'' |
| 304 | * ''VideoGame/WhatDidIDoToDeserveThisMyLord'' |
| 305 | * ''VideoGame/WolfDOS'' |
| 306 | * ''VideoGame/WolfQuest'' |
| 307 | * ''VideoGame/YoutubersLife'' |
| 308 | * For more links, see DatingSim and RaisingSim |
| 309 | [[/folder]] |
| 310 | |
| 311 | [[folder:Sports / Sport Management Simulations]] |
| 312 | * Tecmo's ''VideoGame/CaptainTsubasa'' uses "cinematic soccer" system, which some people categorize as a simulation game. The system lets you input commands to control your player's actions and witness outcomes against the opponent team. |
| 313 | * ''VideoGame/DeerHunterSeries'': Simulates the sport of hunting. |
| 314 | * The ''Extreme Warfare'' / ''VideoGame/TotalExtremeWrestling'' games put you in charge of a ProfessionalWrestling promotion. |
| 315 | * ''VideoGame/FootballManager'' |
| 316 | * ''VideoGame/IDomination'': a popular mod to ProfessionalWrestling promotion simulator ''VideoGame/TotalExtremeWrestling'' . |
| 317 | * ''VideoGame/MotorsportManager'' |
| 318 | * ''VideoGame/NCAAFootball'' |
| 319 | * ''VideoGame/NFLHeadCoach'' by Creator/ElectronicArts, which was essentially ''Madden'' [[AC:[[RecycledInSpace as a coach]]!]] |
| 320 | * ''VideoGame/RetroBowl'' |
| 321 | * ''VideoGame/VenusElevenVivid'': Like VideoGame/CaptainTsubasa above, but with women's soccer. |
| 322 | [[/folder]] |
| 323 | |
| 324 | [[folder:Flight and Combat Flight Simulations]] |
| 325 | * various professional flight training software and simulators |
| 326 | * ''1942 : The Pacific Air War'' and ''European Air War'' |
| 327 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' series (with arcade leanings) |
| 328 | ** ''VideoGame/AirCombat'' |
| 329 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombat2'' |
| 330 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombat3Electrosphere'' |
| 331 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies'' |
| 332 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'' |
| 333 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombatAdvance'' |
| 334 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' |
| 335 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation'' |
| 336 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombatXSkiesOfDeception'' |
| 337 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombatXiSkiesOfIncursion'' |
| 338 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombatJointAssault'' |
| 339 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizon'' |
| 340 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizonLegacy'' |
| 341 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombatNorthernWings'' |
| 342 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombatInfinity'' |
| 343 | ** ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'' |
| 344 | * ''VideoGame/AcesHigh'' |
| 345 | * ''VideoGame/AfterBurner'' (arcade) |
| 346 | * ''VideoGame/AirfixDogfighter'' |
| 347 | * ''VideoGame/AirforceDelta'' series (also with arcade leanings) |
| 348 | * ''VideoGame/AirplaneMode'' - simulates the passenger experience of flight |
| 349 | * ''Apache Longbow'' |
| 350 | * ''VideoGame/ASPAirStrikePatrol'' (blend of this and ShootEmUp) |
| 351 | * ''VideoGame/B17FlyingFortress'' |
| 352 | * ''VideoGame/BattlestarGalactica'' |
| 353 | * ''VideoGame/BirdsOfSteel'' |
| 354 | * ''VideoGame/BlazingAngels'' (arcade) |
| 355 | * ''Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer'' and ''Chuck Yeager's Air Combat'' |
| 356 | * ''TabletopGame/CrimsonSkies'' (the original PC game, even though it was slightly arcadey) |
| 357 | * ''VideoGame/{{Darker}}'' |
| 358 | * ''Dawn Patrol'' and ''Flying Corps'' |
| 359 | * ''VideoGame/DigitalCombatSimulator'' - Absolute Hard on a scale of simulator realism. This series has a mix of WWII to near modern aircraft. Sometimes leads to RockBeatsLaser. |
| 360 | * ''VideoGame/DogFighter'' |
| 361 | * ''VideoGame/DragonStrike'' - dragon flight/combat simulator set in the ''Literature/DragonLance'' universe. |
| 362 | * ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' - an EasternRPG/aerial combat game with [[GarnishingTheStory dragons]]! |
| 363 | * ''VideoGame/EagleOneHarrierAttack'' |
| 364 | * ''VideoGame/EnemyEngaged'': ''Apache vs. Havoc/Comanche vs. Hokum'' |
| 365 | * the ''very hardcore'' ''Falcon'' sim series, most notably ''Falcon 4.0: Allied Force'' and ''Falcon BMS''. |
| 366 | * Fighter Ace, although the multiplayer part as now closed, the game itself is for free. |
| 367 | * ''First Eagles : The Great War 1918'' |
| 368 | * the ''Flight Unlimited'' series |
| 369 | * ''VideoGame/{{Heatseeker}}'' (arcade) |
| 370 | * ''Jane's Combat Simulations'', featuring: |
| 371 | ** ''AH-64 Longbow'' and its sequel ''Longbow 2'' |
| 372 | ** ''Navy Fighters'', ''Advanced Tactical Fighters'', ''Isreali Air Force'', VideoGame/JanesUSAF, ''F-15'', and ''F/A-18'' |
| 373 | * the ''VideoGame/IL2Sturmovik'' series (hardcore simulator with fully customizable difficulty levels) |
| 374 | ** ''VideoGame/JASFJanesAdvancedStrikeFighters'' |
| 375 | * ''Knights in the Sky'' |
| 376 | * The ''VideoGame/LandingSeries'' (''Midnight Landing'', ''Top Landing'', ''Landing Gear'', and ''Landing High Japan''; arcade flight sims that focus on landing passenger jets) |
| 377 | * Many titles from {{Creator/MicroProse}}, including: |
| 378 | ** ''[[VideoGame/F15StrikeEagle F-15 Strike Eagle]]'' |
| 379 | ** ''F-19 Stealth Fighter'' and its sequel ''F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0'' |
| 380 | ** The ''Gunship'' series |
| 381 | ** ''Fleet Defender'', an F-14 simulator. |
| 382 | * the ''VideoGame/MicrosoftFlightSimulator'' series (hardcore simulator) |
| 383 | ** ''VideoGame/MicrosoftFlight'' |
| 384 | * the ''Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator'' series (hardcore simulator) |
| 385 | * Any combat flight sims by {{Creator/NovaLogic}} |
| 386 | * ''VideoGame/{{Pilotwings}}'' |
| 387 | * ''Videogame/ProjectWingman'' (Action/Arcade) |
| 388 | * the ''VideoGame/RedBaron'' series |
| 389 | * ''VideoGame/RCHelicopter'' |
| 390 | * ''VideoGame/RescueOnFractalus'' |
| 391 | * ''VideoGame/RiseOfFlight: The First Great Air War'' (''Iron Cross Edition'' bundles some of the DownloadableContent planes released since its debut) |
| 392 | * ''VideoGame/SabreAceConflictOverKorea'' |
| 393 | * ''VideoGame/SecretWeaponsOfTheLuftwaffe'' |
| 394 | * ''VideoGame/SecretWeaponsOverNormandy'' |
| 395 | * the ''VideoGame/{{Sidewinder}}'' series (Released in the west as ''Bogey Dead 6''/''Raging Skies'' and ''Lethal Skies'') |
| 396 | * ''VideoGame/SkyOdyssey'' |
| 397 | * ''VideoGame/SpaceWarAttack'' |
| 398 | * ''Videogame/StrikeCommander'' |
| 399 | * ''VideoGame/StrikeSeries'' (blend of this and ShootEmUp) |
| 400 | ** ''VideoGame/DesertStrike'' |
| 401 | * ''Videogame/TakeOnHelicopters'', a spinoff from the ''Videogame/{{ARMA}}'' series. |
| 402 | * Tom Clancy's ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}}'' (arcade) |
| 403 | * ''VideoGame/WarThunder'' (free to play World War II multiplayer air combat game) |
| 404 | * ''{{Videogame/Wings}}'' |
| 405 | * ''VideoGame/WingsOfGlory'' (World War I sim using the Videogame/StrikeCommander MediaNotes/GameEngine) |
| 406 | * ''VideoGame/{{X Plane}}'' (Notable for certain implementations being [=FAA=] certified) |
| 407 | * ''Videogame/VectorThrust'', a fanmade SpiritualSuccessor for the ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' series. |
| 408 | [[/folder]] |
| 409 | |
| 410 | [[folder:Spaceflight and Space Combat Simulations]] |
| 411 | * ''[[VideoGame/ZeroXOneZeroC 0x10]][[superscript:[[VideoGame/ZeroXOneZeroC c]]]]'' |
| 412 | * ''VideoGame/Allegiance2000'' |
| 413 | * ''VideoGame/BlackMarket'' is somewhere between this as a resource sim. |
| 414 | * ''VideoGame/ChildrenOfADeadEarth'' is like an even more technically rigorous KSP with space battles. |
| 415 | * ''VideoGame/{{Chorus}}'' |
| 416 | * ''VideoGame/DarkStarOne'' |
| 417 | * ''VideoGame/DeltaVRingsOfSaturn'' simulates parts of the ships like the reactor's sensors. |
| 418 | * ''VideoGame/{{Elite}}'', also blends a little bit with the resource management category above |
| 419 | ** ''VideoGame/EliteDangerous'', a sequel to the above |
| 420 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Oolite}}'', an open-source remake of the above |
| 421 | * ''VideoGame/{{Eterium}}'', a blatant ''VideoGame/WingCommander''-like |
| 422 | * ''VideoGame/{{EVERSPACE}}'', a 3D simulator set in space with roguelike elements. |
| 423 | * ''VideoGame/{{Everspace2}}'', the sequel to the above, ditching the roguelike elements and procedural generation in favor of a handcrafted, more simulation heavy experience. |
| 424 | * ''VideoGame/{{Evochron}}'' series |
| 425 | * ''VideoGame/{{Freelancer}}'' is a free roaming space trader/combat sim |
| 426 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Starlancer}}'', its predecessor, is a traditional mission-based space sim |
| 427 | * The ''VideoGame/FreeSpace'' series (not to be confused with ''VideoGame/{{Freelancer}}'') |
| 428 | ** ''VideoGame/AncientShivanWar'', a fan-made prequel depicting the war between the Ancients and the Shivans. |
| 429 | ** ''VideoGame/TheBabylonProject'', a standalone game based on ''Series/BabylonFive'' built using the ''[=FreeSpace=]'' engine |
| 430 | ** ''VideoGame/BluePlanet'', a fan-made ExpansionPack |
| 431 | ** ''VideoGame/WingsOfDawn'', a GameMod |
| 432 | * ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'', which simulates management of starship operations rather than flying it, as it is 2D. |
| 433 | * ''VideoGame/GalacticEmpire'' |
| 434 | * ''VideoGame/GalaxyOnFire'' |
| 435 | * ''VideoGame/GratuitousSpaceBattles'', aside from being ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is notable in that the player truly controls nothing once the battle is engaged. Ships are "[[ProgrammingGame programmed]]" with certain aggressive or defensive behaviours and let loose on the battlefield to fend for themselves. |
| 436 | * ''VideoGame/{{Hardwar}}'' |
| 437 | * The Long Night of Solace level in ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' |
| 438 | * ''VideoGame/IndependenceWar'' |
| 439 | * ''VideoGame/IndependenceWar2'' |
| 440 | * ''VideoGame/JunoNewOrigins'' |
| 441 | * ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'' |
| 442 | * ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram2'' |
| 443 | * ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' |
| 444 | * ''VideoGame/{{Orbiter}} : The Free Spaceflight Simulator'' |
| 445 | * ''VideoGame/ThePrecursors'' |
| 446 | * ''VideoGame/ProjectSylpheed'' |
| 447 | * ''VideoGame/RebelGalaxy'' |
| 448 | * ''VideoGame/ScrumbleShip'' |
| 449 | * ''VideoGame/SierraOps''. Like ''FTL'' above, it is 2D and deals with the management of a starship’s operations as much as with flying it. |
| 450 | * ''VideoGame/SpaceSimulator'' |
| 451 | * ''VideoGame/StarCitizen'' |
| 452 | * ''VideoGame/StarCommand'' |
| 453 | * ''VideoGame/{{Starfighter}}'' |
| 454 | * ''VideoGame/StarLuster'' |
| 455 | * ''Starpoint Gemini 2'' |
| 456 | * ''VideoGame/StarRaiders'' |
| 457 | * ''VideoGame/StarTradersFrontiers'' |
| 458 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekBridgeCommander'' |
| 459 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekLegacy'' |
| 460 | * ''VideoGame/StrikeSuitZero'' |
| 461 | * ''VideoGame/TachyonTheFringe'' |
| 462 | * ''VideoGame/TerminalVelocity1995'' |
| 463 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Fury 3}}'' |
| 464 | * ''VideoGame/{{Terminus}}'' |
| 465 | * ''VideoGame/VegaStrike'' |
| 466 | * ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' |
| 467 | ** ''VideoGame/WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga'' |
| 468 | ** ''VideoGame/WingCommanderIVThePriceOfFreedom'' |
| 469 | ** ''VideoGame/WingCommanderPrivateer'' |
| 470 | * ''VideoGame/{{X}}-Universe'' series, which especially in later games is also a MegaCorp-management sim. |
| 471 | ** ''VideoGame/XBeyondTheFrontier'' |
| 472 | ** ''VideoGame/XRebirth'' |
| 473 | * ''VideoGame/XWing'' |
| 474 | ** ''VideoGame/TIEFighter'' |
| 475 | ** ''VideoGame/XWingVsTieFighter'' |
| 476 | ** VideoGame/XWingAlliance |
| 477 | [[/folder]] |
| 478 | |
| 479 | [[folder:Driving and Racing Simulations]] |
| 480 | * ''VideoGame/AssettoCorsa'' |
| 481 | * ''[[VideoGame/BeamNG BeamNG.drive]]'' |
| 482 | * ''VideoGame/BusSimulator'' Series |
| 483 | * The ''VideoGame/ColinMcRaeRally'' series |
| 484 | ** ''VideoGame/DiRT'' |
| 485 | * ''Desert Bus'', the infamous game from ''VideoGame/PennAndTellersSmokeAndMirrors'', is a DeconstructionGame based on this genre -- the game is claimed to be the first Verisimulator ("Games Stupefyingly Like Reality"), and a standout example of MarathonLevel. As the game's instruction manual describes: |
| 486 | -->Verisimulator is derived from the Latin ''verus'' (true) and ''similis'' (similar, like). A Verisimulator gives you an experience ''truly similar'' to real life, and [[ThisIsReality sometimes life is truly grim]]. |
| 487 | * ''VideoGame/EuroTruckSimulator'': A hybrid driving sim and business-management sim. |
| 488 | ** ''VideoGame/AmericanTruckSimulator'' |
| 489 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{Forza}} Forza Motorsport]]'' |
| 490 | * ''VideoGame/GrandPrixCircuit'' |
| 491 | * ''VideoGame/GrandPrixLegends'' |
| 492 | * ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' |
| 493 | * the ''GTR'' series |
| 494 | * ''VideoGame/IndyCarRacingII'' |
| 495 | * ''VideoGame/{{Interstate76}}''[[/index]] |
| 496 | * ''VideoGame/JunkyardTruck'': A hybrid truck driving, business management, and life sim. |
| 497 | * ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed''[[index]] |
| 498 | ** ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedProStreet'' |
| 499 | ** ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedShift'' (both ''Shift'' and ''Shift 2: Unleashed'') |
| 500 | * Professional driving training software and simulators |
| 501 | * ''Rallisport Challenge'' |
| 502 | * ''VideoGame/RallyTrophy'' |
| 503 | * ''VideoGame/RebelGalaxyOutlaw'' |
| 504 | * ''VideoGame/RFactor'' |
| 505 | * ''VideoGame/RichardBurnsRally'' |
| 506 | * ''VideoGame/SnowRunner'' |
| 507 | * ''Streets of VideoGame/SimCity'' |
| 508 | * ''VideoGame/TestDrive'' |
| 509 | * the ''TOCA Touring Car'' (''TOCA Race Driver'') series |
| 510 | * the ''[[UsefulNotes/WorldRallyChampionship WRC]]'' series |
| 511 | * ''VideoGame/XCarExperimentalRacing'' |
| 512 | [[/folder]] |
| 513 | |
| 514 | [[folder:Miscellaneous Vehicle Simulations]] |
| 515 | * Most of the games published by Excalibur Bublishing which include but are not limited to: |
| 516 | ** ''Bagger Simulator'' series. |
| 517 | ** ''Farming Simluator 2011'' |
| 518 | ** ''Garbage Truck Simulator'' |
| 519 | ** ''Snowcat Simulator 2011'' |
| 520 | ** ''Street Cleaning Simluator'' |
| 521 | ** ''Woodcutter Simulator 2011'' |
| 522 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tracks}}'' |
| 523 | * ''VideoGame/TrainSimulator'' |
| 524 | [[/folder]] |
| 525 | |
| 526 | [[folder:Soldier and Police Simulations]] |
| 527 | * ''VideoGame/OperationFlashpoint'' series |
| 528 | ** ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}}'' series |
| 529 | * ''VideoGame/AmericasArmy'' |
| 530 | * ''VideoGame/BlackCommand'' (A [=PMC=] simulator in a mix of this and Real Time strategy.) |
| 531 | * The ''VideoGame/DeltaForce'' series |
| 532 | * ''VideoGame/FlashingLights'' is an open-world first responder simulation game. |
| 533 | * ''VideoGame/FullSpectrumWarrior'' |
| 534 | ** ''VideoGame/FullSpectrumWarriorTenHammers'' |
| 535 | * ''VideoGame/GhostRecon'' series |
| 536 | * ''VideoGame/HardTime'' (Well, it's a ''prison'' simulator. From the view of the ''criminal''.) |
| 537 | * the ''Hidden & Dangerous'' series |
| 538 | * the ''{{VideoGame/Police911}}'' series |
| 539 | ** ''VideoGame/Police9111'' |
| 540 | ** ''VideoGame/Police9112'' |
| 541 | * ''VideoGame/PoliceSimulatorPatrolOfficers'' is a career simulator that puts you in the role of an American police officer. |
| 542 | * the ''{{VideoGame/SWAT}}'' series |
| 543 | ** ''{{VideoGame/SWAT 3}}'' |
| 544 | ** ''{{VideoGame/SWAT 4}}'' |
| 545 | * ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' and its sequels, but only up to ''Raven Shield'' and its expansions. |
| 546 | ** ''VideoGame/RainbowSix3'' |
| 547 | * ''{{VideoGame/Squad}}'' |
| 548 | ** ''VideoGame/Squad44'' |
| 549 | * ''VideoGame/{{Vietcong}}'' series |
| 550 | * ''VideoGame/WartranTroopers'' |
| 551 | [[/folder]] |
| 552 | |
| 553 | [[folder:Military Ground Vehicle Simulations]] |
| 554 | * ''VideoGame/ArmoredWarfare'' (Cold War to modern era MMO tank simulator) |
| 555 | * ''M1 Tank Platoon'' by Creator/MicroProse, possibly the first realistic modern tank combat simulator (released in 1989). A sequel was produced almost a decade later. |
| 556 | * ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'' (Giant Mecha simulator) |
| 557 | * ''VideoGame/MobileSuitGundamSideStory0079RiseFromTheAshes'' (Giant Mecha simulator) |
| 558 | * ''VideoGame/NewGundamBreaker'' (Giant Mecha simulator) |
| 559 | * ''Spearhead'' (Tank simulation) |
| 560 | * ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion'' (Giant Mecha simulator) |
| 561 | * ''VideoGame/SteelBeasts'' (Military grade Tank simulator) |
| 562 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'', (Interwar to post-WWII era MMO Tank simulator) |
| 563 | * ''Steel Armor: Blaze of War'' (Cold War-era Tank simulator) |
| 564 | * Tank levels in the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series |
| 565 | * ''VideoGame/PanzerFront'' |
| 566 | * ''VideoGame/TerraNovaStrikeForceCentauri'' (powered armour combat simulator) |
| 567 | [[/folder]] |
| 568 | |
| 569 | [[folder:Naval and Submarine Simulators]] |
| 570 | * ''1914: Shells of Fury'' (World War I sub sim) |
| 571 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Aquanox}}'' series (has some hints of this, but is somewhat arcadey - think ''TabletopGame/CrimsonSkies'', [[JustForFun/XMeetsY but with futuristic submarines]]). Also, ''VideoGame/ArchimedeanDynasty'', which is the direct predecessor to ''Aquanox'' (introducing some of the characters and the setting). It also has more simulation elements. |
| 572 | * ''VideoGame/DangerousWaters'' |
| 573 | * ''VideoGame/DeepFighter'' |
| 574 | * ''VideoGame/ColdWaters'' |
| 575 | * ''VideoGame/{{Harpoon}}'' (based on a miniatures game) |
| 576 | * VideoGame/NavalWarArcticCircle |
| 577 | * The ''VideoGame/NavalOps'' series. |
| 578 | * ''VideoGame/SailawayTheSailingSimulator'' puts the player in control of a real sailboat. |
| 579 | * The ''VideoGame/SilentHunterSeries'' |
| 580 | * The ''Silent Service'' series from Microprose |
| 581 | * ''VideoGame/SunlessSea'' |
| 582 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarships'' (pre-WWI to post-WWII era MMO naval simulator, with some early 20th century naval warships) |
| 583 | [[/folder]] |
| 584 | |
| 585 | [[folder:Pet Simulators]] |
| 586 | * ''VideoGame/OneHundredAndOneSharkPets'' |
| 587 | * ''VideoGame/{{Aquarist}}'' |
| 588 | * ''VideoGame/DisneyFriends'' |
| 589 | * ''VideoGame/{{Finch}}'' |
| 590 | * ''VideoGame/{{Kinectimals}}'' |
| 591 | * ''VideoGame/LittleFriendsDogsAndCats'' |
| 592 | * ''VideoGame/MyLittlePonyFriendshipGardens'', where the player can raise their very own Little Pony. |
| 593 | * ''VideoGame/{{Nintendogs}}'' |
| 594 | * ''VideoGame/{{Petz}}'' |
| 595 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonMagikarpJump'', where you raise a Magikarp you fished up and train it to make it jump as high as possible. |
| 596 | * ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}'', a series of toys where you raise a pet Tamagotchi from an egg into an adult. |
| 597 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' (GB), a video game adaptation of the aforementioned Tamagotchi toys. |
| 598 | * ''VideoGame/{{Furdiburb}}'' where you take care of an alien child left on Earth, while helping it find pieces of its spaceship to return home. |
| 599 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fishkeeper}}'' where the player is tasked with building and maintaining aquariums. |
| 600 | [[/folder]] |
| 601 | |
| 602 | [[folder:Artificial Life and Evolution Simulations]] |
| 603 | * ''VideoGame/TheArchotekProject'' will allow the creation of a full prehistoric ecosystem. |
| 604 | * ''VideoGame/ConwaysGameOfLife'' was the first of this genre, although it's anomalous as it has no heredity or evolution. |
| 605 | * ''VideoGame/{{Creatures}}'', an artificial life simulator. |
| 606 | * ''VideoGame/{{DinoSystem}}'', a late cretaceous ecosystem simulator. |
| 607 | * ''VideoGame/ElysianEclipse'' |
| 608 | * ''VideoGame/TheSapling'' |
| 609 | * ''VideoGame/SimLife'' was the first popular evolution game. |
| 610 | * ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' |
| 611 | * [[http://www.webearthonline.com/ Web Earth Online]] |
| 612 | [[/folder]] |
| 613 | |
| 614 | [[folder:Politics and Government Simulations]] |
| 615 | See also the PoliticalStrategyGame genre. |
| 616 | |
| 617 | * ''VideoGame/TheCampaignTrail'', a game where one has to play a candidate to the United States presidential election in several historical dates. |
| 618 | * ''VideoGame/{{Clout}}'' is a politics simulator and a darkly humorous version of the United States Congress. |
| 619 | * ''VideoGame/CrisisInTheKremlin'' |
| 620 | * ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'' |
| 621 | ** ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'' |
| 622 | ** ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsIII'' |
| 623 | * ''VideoGame/{{Democracy}}'' |
| 624 | * ''VideoGame/HiddenAgenda1988'' |
| 625 | * ''Roleplay/ModelUSGov'' is a political simulator [[Website/{{Reddit}} Subreddit]] where you can run for office, write for a fictional counterpart of a real newspaper, etc. |
| 626 | * ''Website/NationStates'' is a browser-based "nation simulation game," albeit with a lot of exaggerated satirical/tongue-in-cheek elements. |
| 627 | * ''VideoGame/OstalgieTheBerlinWall'' |
| 628 | * ''VideoGame/RepublicTheRevolution'' simulates a post-Soviet Eastern European republic where you must overthrow the corrupt PresidentEvil. |
| 629 | * ''VideoGame/RulersOfNations'' is a nation simulator that covers domestic policy, foreign policy, popularity, infrastructure, economy, trade and much more. |
| 630 | * ''VideoGame/YesYourGrace'' |
| 631 | [[/folder]] |
| 632 | |
| 633 | [[folder:Miscellaneous Simulations]] |
| 634 | * ''VideoGame/NineOneOneOperator'' puts you in the role of a 9-1-1 Dispatcher. |
| 635 | * A lot of WideOpenSandbox games, most notably the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, are essentially a mash-up of various different simulation aspects (driving, flight, social management, and resource management in the case of ''GTA'') with a driving storyline and RPG elements. |
| 636 | * ''VideoGame/AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaARecklessDisregardForGravity'': A game that has the player character jump off buildings, do various things on the way down, and to make sure to use a wingsuit to not die upon hitting bottom. |
| 637 | * ''[[VideoGame/ThiefSimulator American Theft 80's]]'' is an open-world stealth simulator set in the 80s. |
| 638 | * ''VideoGame/AnimalShelterSimulator'' puts you in the role of an animal shelter caretaker. |
| 639 | * ''VideoGame/BeeSimulator'' puts you in the role of a honeybee colleting nectar and defending your hive. |
| 640 | * ''Videogame/BridgeBuilderSeries'': Bridge engineering simulator. |
| 641 | * ''VideoGame/BuilderSimulator'' allows thew player to construct an entire house from start to finish. |
| 642 | * ''VideoGame/TheCallOfKaren'' puts the player in the shoes of a 1950s housewife called Karen who contends with housework and an eldritch being. |
| 643 | * ''Videogame/CartLife'', a combination business/life/social simulator that involves you taking on the responsibilities (and [[DysfunctionJunction emotional baggage]]) of a street vendor. |
| 644 | * VideoGame/CarMechanicSimulator: is a series of games that puts the player in the role of a car mechanic. |
| 645 | * ''VideoGame/CoalMiningSimulator'' is a WideOpenSandbox that puts the player in the role of a coal miner. |
| 646 | * ''VideoGame/ConstructionSimulator'' is a series of games that put the player in the role of a construction worker. |
| 647 | * ''VideoGame/CookingSimulator'' is a career simulator that puts you right in the kitchen of a professional chef. |
| 648 | * ''VideoGame/CrushCrumbleAndChomp'' is a humorous "simulation" of a giant monster attack on a major city. |
| 649 | * ''VideoGame/CultistSimulator'' is about juggling resources to delve into eldritch stuff. |
| 650 | * ''VideoGame/DenshaDeGo'' (arcade like but contains sim elements) |
| 651 | * ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicalWorld'', Described as an expy of ''Franchise/AnimalCrossing'', whose residents are replaced with Disney characters. |
| 652 | * ''VideoGame/DrunkOnNectar'' is a nature simulation game that explores the life of arthropods in a fully replicated garden world. |
| 653 | * ''VideoGame/EatTheRevolution'' is about eating various foods. |
| 654 | * ''VideoGame/ElectricianSimulator'': puts the player in the role of an electrician working for a company. |
| 655 | * ''VideoGame/{{Emergency}}'', a series of games that places the player in control of EmergencyServices in the capacity of an incident commander. |
| 656 | * ''VideoGame/EscapeSimulator'' allows the player to construct a virtual escape room and then escape from it. |
| 657 | * ''VideoGame/{{Everything}}'', an existential experience where you can be anything you want. |
| 658 | * ''VideoGame/TheFermiParadox'' allows you to foster up to 10 different alien civilizations and influence the course of their history, in hopes of eventually getting them to meet one another. |
| 659 | * ''VideoGame/FishingPlanet'' |
| 660 | * ''VideoGame/FireFightingSimulatorTheSquad'' is a career sim where multiple players take on the role of a fire brigade. |
| 661 | * ''VideoGame/FireworksManiaAnExplosiveSimulator'', a game where you can create your own virtual fireworks shows, or complete and total destruction! |
| 662 | * ''VideoGame/Floor13'', a GovernmentConspiracy simulator. |
| 663 | * ''VideoGame/FoodTruckSimulator'' puts you in the role of a food truck owner and driver. |
| 664 | * ''VideoGame/{{Freeways}}'' is a mobile drawing simulation game. |
| 665 | * ''VideoGame/GardenSimulator'' allows you to build and care for your own garden as well as make a profit from it. |
| 666 | * ''VideoGame/GaryGadget'' series, vehicle, and, in the case of the fourth game, house building simulators. |
| 667 | * ''VideoGame/{{Hacknet}}'' a hacking simulator [[SpiritualSuccessor in the vein of]] ''Videogame/{{Uplink}}''. |
| 668 | * ''VideoGame/HappysHumbleBurgerFarm'' a fast-food tycoon simulator with a survival-horror element. |
| 669 | * ''VideoGame/HeistSimulator'' has the player create a team of thieves to steal expensive items from a museum. |
| 670 | * ''VideoGame/TheHunterCallOfTheWild'' a hunting simulator |
| 671 | * ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw'', a {{Retraux}}-style [[TheNineties 1990s]] internet simulator |
| 672 | * ''VideoGame/JobSimulator'', a tongue-in-cheek career simulator |
| 673 | ** ''VideoGame/VacationSimulator'', a sequel by the same developers that simulates typical vacation activities. |
| 674 | * ''VideoGame/KeyWe'', puts you in the role of post office employees, who happen to be Kiwi birds. |
| 675 | * ''VideoGame/KittyPowersMatchmaker'' is a dating agency simulator where you match your clients with their candidates through [[MinigameGame a series of minigames.]] |
| 676 | * ''VideoGame/LawnMowingSimulator'' puts you in the job of a lawn worker that has to take jobs mowing lawns. |
| 677 | * ''VideoGame/LifeAndDeath'', a surgery simulator. |
| 678 | * ''VideoGame/LostInBlue'' and its predecessor ''Survival Kids'' are wilderness survival simulators. |
| 679 | * ''VideoGame/MillenniaAlteredDestinies'' has the player guide four different races from primitive existence to space age through the use of TimeTravel. |
| 680 | * ''VideoGame/MillenniumReturnToEarth'' is a resource management game with some strategic elements. |
| 681 | * ''VideoGame/MonBazou'' |
| 682 | * ''VideoGame/NSFWNotASimulatorForWorking'', where you try to alternate between watching NSFW content and actually working. |
| 683 | * ''VideoGame/OperationFlashpoint'' and the ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}}'' series are notable in that they combine soldier, flight, ground vehicle, and naval simulation aspects. Various NATO states even use a version of its engine (Virtual Battlespace) for training simulations. |
| 684 | * ''VideoGame/{{Orwell}}'', play as a government agent who trawls the web and social media looking for any sign of terrorist activity. |
| 685 | * ''VideoGame/PowerShovel'' for Arcade and the PSX, in which the player carefully drives a shovel tractor to destroy targets or pick stuff to drop somewhere, all under a strict time limit. |
| 686 | * ''VideoGame/PowerWashSimulator'' puts the player in the role of a cleaner who is tasked to various jobs cleaning items with a power washer. |
| 687 | * ''VideoGame/PriestSimulator'' puts you in the role of a priest--with no spiritual boundaries! |
| 688 | * ''VideoGame/PrisonSimulator'' puts the player into the role of a prison guard. |
| 689 | * ''VideoGame/ProGymnastSimulator'' puts the player in the role of a professional athlete. |
| 690 | * ''VideoGame/RoadMaintenanceSimulator'' puts you in the role of a German road worker. |
| 691 | * ''VideoGame/SapperDefuseTheBombSimulator'' puts you in the role of a bomb sapper. |
| 692 | * ''VideoGame/{{Saurian}}'' is a survival simulator that has you playing as a dinosaur in what would later become the Hell Creek formation from hatchling to adulthood. |
| 693 | * ''VideoGame/SignalSimulator'' |
| 694 | * ''VideoGame/SodaDrinkerPro'' puts the player into the role of a man who goes around various locales drinking soda. |
| 695 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekStarfleetCommand'' tends to fall somewhere between a flight simulator and resource management. It was officially described as a [[SpaceIsAnOcean naval combat simulator]]. |
| 696 | * ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'' puts the player in the role of a surgeon. |
| 697 | * ''VideoGame/ThiefSimulator'' puts you right in the shoes of a criminal thief working to steal good and sell them on the Black Market. |
| 698 | * ''VideoGame/Tower2011'' puts you in the role of an air traffic controller and features voice control. |
| 699 | * ''VideoGame/{{Trainz}}'', a series of railway simulators that are a lot more "serious" than Densha De Go, yet still more like a sandbox game. |
| 700 | * ''VideoGame/{{Transarctica}}'' (an AdventureGame with sim elements) |
| 701 | * ''VideoGame/UltimateFishingSimulator'' |
| 702 | * ''Videogame/{{Uplink}}'' could best be described as a hacking simulator. HollywoodHacking, of course, because trying to simulate the real thing would be impractical at best. |
| 703 | * ''VideoGame/VoicesOfTheVoid'' |
| 704 | [[/folder]] |
| 705 | [[/index]] |
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