Simulation games
Explore the top 25 Simulation games, ranked by Metacritic score.
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Games are ordered by Metacritic score, highest first. Games without a Metacritic score appear last.
1. Dwarf Fortress
~75 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
2. Out of the Park Baseball 17
~34 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
3. The Sims™ Legacy Collection
~2.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
4. Thief Gold
~20 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
5. Against the Storm
~30 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
6. Crusader Kings III
~74.8 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
7. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
~11 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
8. Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
~62.6 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
9. Satisfactory
~96.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
10. DAVE THE DIVER
~25 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
11. Factorio
~47.8 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
12. Factorio Demo
~1 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
13. Into the Breach
~5.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
14. IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
~15 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
15. Opus Magnum
~15 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
16. Silent Hunter III
~66 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
17. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
~4.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
18. The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
~20 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
19. Desktop Explorer
~8 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
20. F1 2017
~24.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
21. I Expect You To Die 3
~3.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
22. Kynseed
~9.6 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
23. Pinball FX3
~2.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
24. Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
~18.9 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
25. Cabernet
~8.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 88