Some simulation games strive for extreme accuracy, like Football Manager 2024's realistic player stats. SnowRunner challenges players with offroad terrain decisions, impacting the driving experience.

There's a crystal-clear reason why simulation games are popular: they allow us to experience things we'd otherwise never be able to try, all without risk and for a small cost. Indeed, we do these ...

Game enthusiasts and industry personnel pose for a photograph with "The Sims 4," one of the best simulation games, during the EA Play event at the Hollywood Palladium on June 08, 2019 in Los Angeles.

Maddie Fisher is a writer, journalist and game developer. She was born and raised on the east coast, having started working in games journalism over ten years ago. She tends to enjoy musical theater, ...

InZOI, a potential competitor to The Sims, offers detailed character creation and world customization. Animal Crossing: New Horizons remains a top life simulator in the 2020s due to island control and ...

We want to give an honorable mention to Game Dev Tycoon (Google Play). It’s a top-tier simulation game. However, it hasn’t seen an update since 2020 as of this writing, and we try to suggest only ...