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%

We Need To Go Deeper (2019)
We Need To Go Deeper (2019)

Action

DIVE. DISCOVER. DIE. Crew a submarine with friends in We Need To Go Deeper - a 2-4-player cooperative submarine roguelike set in…
Oxygen Not Included (2019)
Oxygen Not Included (2019)

Indie

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science,…
The Blackout Club (2019)
The Blackout Club (2019)

Action

The Blackout Club is a first-person co-op horror game centered around a group of teenage friends investigating a monstrous secret beneath the…
60 Seconds! Reatomized (2019)
60 Seconds! Reatomized (2019)

Adventure

The post-apocalyptic dark comedy is back - remastered and even more radioactive than before! Scavenge supplies, rescue your family, and stay alive…
Supremacy: 1914 (2019)
Supremacy: 1914 (2019)

Free To Play

Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 1 in the biggest WW1 strategy…
Storm Chasers (2019)
Storm Chasers (2019)

Action

Be one of those intrepid storm chasers in this online multiplayer video game. Your goal is to shoot the best twisters pictures…
Steel Division 2 (2019)
Steel Division 2 (2019)

Action

Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time…
Fantasy Girl (2019)
Fantasy Girl (2019)

Adventure

Fantasy Girl is a jigsaw puzzle. There are many different roles. Mother Cat, Black Wing Angel, Royal Sister, Silly Lori.