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%

Yog-Sothoth’s Yard (2023)
Yog-Sothoth’s Yard (2023)

Indie

Manage a hotel and hire employees including Death, a dragon, a Demon-Slayer, and a bioroid maid. Build your wealth through various means…
Love Is All Around (2023)
Love Is All Around (2023)

Adventure

The player becomes Gu Yi, uses the first-person perspective to immerse himself in meeting six beauties, and embarks on a joyful and…
Outpath (2023)
Outpath (2023)

Adventure

An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Nuclear Option (2023)
Nuclear Option (2023)

Action

Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics on intense battlefields, facing land, air and sea threats. Wage war against AI or other players…
Star Trek: Infinite (2023)
Star Trek: Infinite (2023)

Adventure

Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy experience that lets you play your own Star Trek story as the leader of one…
Thief Simulator 2 (2023)
Thief Simulator 2 (2023)

Action

The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills,…
dotAGE (2023)
dotAGE (2023)

Indie

Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving…
Cricket 24 (2023)
Cricket 24 (2023)

Simulation

Cricket 24 is the culmination of a decade of Cricket video game development and includes teams from every corner of the globe.
Quasimorph (2023)
Quasimorph (2023)

Indie

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship…