Classification Archive

Simulation

1,059 titles indexed

Titles indexed

194

Avg Steam rating

79%

Median reviews

20.0k

Avg Metacritic

75

Avg playtime

62h

Avg price

$12.59

Genre leaders

Most-reviewed

  1. #1Hearts of Iron IV342.2k reviews
  2. #2Cities: Skylines275.8k reviews
  3. #3Stellaris185.4k reviews
  4. #4EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23151.4k reviews
  5. #5Europa Universalis IV134.4k reviews

Highest-rated

  1. #1Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)98% · 19.8k
  2. #2TCG Card Shop Simulator97% · 39.5k
  3. #3BAD END THEATER97% · 8.3k
  4. #4Hypnospace Outlaw97% · 4.8k
  5. #5Aviassembly97% · 4.1k

Most-played

  1. #1Fisher Online1203 h avg
  2. #2Football Manager 2024487 h avg
  3. #3Football Manager 2023417 h avg
  4. #4Football Manager 2022413 h avg
  5. #5Football Manager 2021378 h avg

Rating distribution

  • Overwhelmingly 90+19 · 9.8%
  • Very positive 80–8949 · 25.3%
  • Mostly positive 70–7964 · 33%
  • Mixed 60–6938 · 19.6%
  • Negative <6024 · 12.4%

Release cadence

  • 3
    2011
  • 1
    2012
  • 8
    2013
  • 9
    2014
  • 9
    2015
  • 16
    2016
  • 14
    2017
  • 9
    2018
  • 11
    2019
  • 14
    2020
  • 21
    2021
  • 16
    2022
  • 18
    2023
  • 27
    2024
  • 10
    2025

Prolific studios in this genre

Firefly Studios

7 titles · avg 77%

Sports Interactive

6 titles · avg 91%

Dovetail Games

6 titles · avg 78%

Giants Software

5 titles · avg 91%

Frontier Developments

5 titles · avg 80%

Paradox Development Studio

4 titles · avg 77%

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.

4 titles · avg 61%

Haemimont Games

3 titles · avg 81%

The Crust (2024)
The Crust (2024)

Early Access

Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade…
City Bus Manager (2024)
City Bus Manager (2024)

Casual

Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown…
Gladiator Guild Manager (2024)
Gladiator Guild Manager (2024)

Indie

A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters,…
Dystopika (2024)
Dystopika (2024)

Casual

A city-building sandbox for futuristic cities. No goals, no management, just creativity and dark cozy vibes.
ASKA (2024)
ASKA (2024)

Adventure

A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim.…
Drug Dealer Simulator 2 (2024)
Drug Dealer Simulator 2 (2024)

Action

What turns a drug dealer into a drug lord? Find out in DDS2, a first-person co-op sim set in a dynamic open…
Chained Together (2024)
Chained Together (2024)

Adventure

From the depths of hell, climb chained to your friends through diverse worlds. Solo or co-op, try to reach the summit and…
Bodycam (2024)
Bodycam (2024)

Action

Bodycam is the first tactical multiplayer FPS with a true body-camera view in Unreal Engine 5. Close-quarters combats feel raw and loud.…