Best Simulation Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated simulation games.

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Sakura Angels 日本語バージョンダウンロード開始されました。Two girls, blessed with magical powers, are faced with the task of saving the lonely protagonist from the clutches of a mysterious witch and ancient evil, sealed away long ago by his ancestors. What does this sorceress want from our protagonist?

Price -89% 1.13€
Rating 8.0
Release 16 Jan 2015
iRacing We are the world’s premier motorsports racing game. An iRacing membership provides entry into the newest form of motorsport: internet racing. Internet racing is a fun, easy, and inexpensive way for race fan and gamers alike to enjoy the thrill of the racetrack from the comfort of their home.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.3
Release 12 Jan 2015
Xsyon - Prelude Xsyon is a player driven apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG, set in a living and evolving environment. Players create the world they want to live in as they form tribes, construct towns, shape landscapes, create quests, hunt, farm, gather, build societies and develop a New World.

Price 27.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 29 Dec 2014
Nameless ~The one thing you must recall~ Nameless ~The one thing you must recall~ is a visual novel game designed for female audiences. It was distributed by the publisher, Cheritz, in English, Korean, and Japanese on Nov. 11th, 2013 and now it is available on Steam.

Price 27.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Dec 2014
Assetto Corsa Assetto Corsa v1.16 introduces the new "Laguna Seca" laser-scanned track, 7 new cars among which the eagerly awaited Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio! Check the changelog for further info!

Price -89% 2.29€
Rating 9.2
Release 19 Dec 2014
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition Take to the skies in the World’s favourite flight simulator! The multi award winning Microsoft Flight Simulator X lands on Steam for the first time. Take off from anywhere in the world, flying some of the world’s most iconic aircraft to any one of 24,000 destinations.

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 18 Dec 2014
The Talos Principle The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Price -93% 2.21€
Rating 9.3
Release 11 Dec 2014
StarMade The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!

Price -61% 5.85€
Rating 6.6
Release 04 Dec 2014
Dead State: Reanimated Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 04 Dec 2014
If My Heart Had Wings An animated visual novel of a lovely and bittersweet tale of youth, you play as Aoi Minase in this romantic-comedy as he meets various young girls in his hometown and works together with them to revive their school’s glider-flying “Soaring Club” in order to realize their shared dream of flight.

Price -96% 0.72€
Rating 8.9
Release 24 Nov 2014
Craft The World Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

Price -95% 1.06€
Rating 8.6
Release 24 Nov 2014
Battle Fleet 2 Welcome Admiral! Select your fleet, assign weapons, and sink the enemy fleet by controlling each of your ships down to setting the aim and range of each weapon's shot. Features include full open world Pacific & Atlantic campaigns, cross-platform multiplayer and awesome turn-based naval battles.

Price 12.49€
Rating 7.0
Release 20 Nov 2014
Celestial Command Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.

Price 19.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 20 Nov 2014
Construction Simulator 2015 In Construction Simulator 2015, you take the controls of 16 realistic construction machines made by LIEBHERR, STILL and MAN with high-quality 3D graphics.

Price -80% 3.10€
Rating 8.0
Release 18 Nov 2014
Airline Tycoon Deluxe Airline Tycoon Deluxe is a funny economy simulation proceeding in realtime and assigning you the complete responsibility for an airline.

Price -94% 0.62€
Rating 7.9
Release 14 Nov 2014
This War of Mine In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Price -96% 0.88€
Rating 9.2
Release 14 Nov 2014
Assassin's Creed® Unity Paris, 1789. In this action-adventure game, experience the French Revolution through the eyes of Arno Dorian. Become an Assassin and expose the true powers behind the Revolution for the fate of a nation.

Price 29.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 Nov 2014
Merchants of Kaidan Regain your riches, restore your honor and avenge your father's murder. A challenging trading game with lots of RPG elements.

Price -96% 0.74€
Rating 7.5
Release 10 Nov 2014
Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space.

Price -97% 0.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 31 Oct 2014
Farming Simulator 15 Welcome to the new generation of Farming Simulator!With a brand new graphics and physics engine, Farming Simulator 15 offers an immense open world, filled with details and visual effects transporting the Farming Simulator franchise to a new era.

Price -76% 4.18€
Rating 9.0
Release 30 Oct 2014
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is the continuation of the legendary IL-2 Sturmovik series that has set the standard for PC combat flight games for more than ten years. This new entry into the series will offer virtual pilots an even more accurate simulation of the most famous air battles.

Price -85% 7.46€
Rating 7.7
Release 22 Oct 2014
Door Kickers Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Price -70% 5.72€
Rating 9.2
Release 20 Oct 2014
Supreme Ruler Ultimate Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!

Price -22% 14.06€
Rating 7.4
Release 17 Oct 2014
Ultimate General: Gettysburg A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.

Price -85% 3.02€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Oct 2014
Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic) The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you.

Price -90% 0.71€
Rating 9.0
Release 09 Oct 2014
Dandelion - Wishes brought to you - Dandelion -Wishes brought to you- is a female-oriented game developed by Cheritz. The game was released in South Korea in August, 2012. The English translation for Dandelion was released on Nov, 2012. Dandelion is known as a unique dating simulation with a sensational storyline and charming characters.

Price 27.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 29 Sep 2014
Starpoint Gemini 2 Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.

Price -98% 0.78€
Rating 6.8
Release 26 Sep 2014
TransOcean: The Shipping Company TransOcean – The Shipping Company is your ticket to the world of gigantic ships and transnational transport empires. Build a mighty fleet of modern merchant ships and conquer the seven seas.

Price -98% 0.41€
Rating 7.1
Release 23 Sep 2014
Stronghold Crusader 2 Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.

Price -98% 0.86€
Rating 7.1
Release 22 Sep 2014
Bridge Constructor Medieval Bridge Constructor Medieval turns back the clock a few centuries to the time of knights and castles. Build sturdy bridges to supply your city with provisions - or cunningly constructed bridges that collapse under the weight of attacking troops, sending the horde of enemies into the abyss below.

Price -96% 0.40€
Rating 7.7
Release 15 Sep 2014
Reprisal Universe Reprisal Universe places you in charge of the very elements themselves. Raise and lower land to expand your tribes, harness the power of fire and water. Explore the hidden mysteries of the Universe and gather your people together once again.

Price -88% 0.88€
Rating 7.2
Release 15 Sep 2014
Rising Angels: Reborn Despite determination and skill, Natalie Puccile, a Special Investigations and Tactics officer, has spent her career watching over a listening post in the middle of deep space. After the orders that she has always dreamed of arrive, she finds herself in charge of a small destroyer and tasked with discovering the fate of a missing...

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 12 Sep 2014
The Guild Gold Edition It’s the year 1400- the late Middle Ages. Europe sees the dawn of the golden age of the new departures and the free spirit. Under the rule of the bourgeoisie and businessmen, more and more towns are emerging from the clutches of the aristocracy and are achieving independence, power and wealth.

Price -93% 0.70€
Rating 7.1
Release 09 Sep 2014
Hatoful Boyfriend Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.

Price -44% 4.51€
Rating 9.1
Release 04 Sep 2014
Train Fever It’s the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people’s needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.

Price -92% 1.65€
Rating 6.3
Release 04 Sep 2014
Anarchy Arcade Turn your entire digital life into a game. AArcade is a 3D desktop that launches shortcuts to absolutely anything you like. Join the anarchy of the persistent online metaverse, or remain in your own private reality. Casual in-game building features, plus hundreds of thousands of addons.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.7
Release 03 Sep 2014

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