Software:List of simulation video games

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This is a list of notable simulation games for all video game platforms.

Biological simulation

• Catlateral Damage
• Creatures series
  • Creatures
  • Creatures 2
  • Creatures 3
• Dragonseeds
• Dragon Throne
• E.V.O.
• Eco
• Empire of the Ants
• Evolution
• Lion
• Monster Rancher series
  • Monster Rancher 2
  • Monster Rancher Battle Card Game
  • Monster Rancher Explorer
  • Monster Rancher 3
  • Monster Rancher 4
  • Monster Rancher EVO
  • Monster Rancher Advance
  • Monster Rancher Advance 2
• Nanocrafter
• Niche – a genetics survival game
• Odell Lake
• Saurian (video game)
• Science Horizons Survival
• Seventh Cross Evolution
• SimAnt
• SimEarth: The Living Planet
• SimLife
• Spore
• Wolf

Social simulation

• Aa Yakyū Jinsei Itchokusen
• Alter Ego
• America Daitōryō Senkyo
• Animal Crossing series
• Chibi-Robo! series
  • Chibi-Robo!
  • Chibi-Robo!
• Crime and Punishment
• Desperate Housewives: The Game
• Executive Suite
• GiFTPiA
• Gossip
• Jones in the Fast Lane
• Little Computer People
• My Life My Love
• Real Lives
• The Sims series
  • The Sims (2000)
    • The Sims (2000)
    • The Sims (2001)
    • The Sims (2001)
    • The Sims (2002)
    • The Sims (2002)
    • The Sims (2003)
    • The Sims(2003)
  • The Sims 2 (2004)
    • The Sims 2 (2005)
    • The Sims 2 (2005)
    • The Sims 2 (2006)
    • The Sims 2 (2006)
    • The Sims 2 (2007)
    • The Sims 2 (2007)
    • The Sims 2 (2008)
    • The Sims 2 (2009)
  • The Sims 3 (2009)
    • The Sims 3 (2009)
    • The Sims 3 (2010)
    • The Sims 3 (2010)
    • The Sims 3 (2011)
    • The Sims 3 (2011)
    • The Sims 3 (2012)
    • The Sims 3 (2012)
    • The Sims 3 (2012)
    • The Sims 3 (2012)
    • The Sims 3 (2013)
    • The Sims 3 (2013)
  • The Sims 4 (2014)
    • The Sims 4 (2015)
    • The Sims 4 (2015)
    • The Sims 4 (2016)
    • The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs (2017)
    • The Sims 4 (2018)
    • The Sims 4 (2018)
    • The Sims 4 (2019)
    • The Sims 4 (2019)
    • The Sims 4 (2020)
    • The Sims 4 (2020)
• Singles series
  • Singles
  • Singles 2
• Space Colony
• Trust & Betrayal: The Legacy of Siboot
• Stardew Valley
• Viva Piñata series
  • Viva Piñata (2006)
  • Viva Piñata (2008)
  • Viva Piñata (2008)
• Wall Street Kid

Construction and management simulation

Business simulation

• Virtonomics series

Airport management

• Airline Tycoon (series)
  • (1998) Airline Tycoon
  • (2001) Airline Tycoon First Class
  • (2002) Airline Tycoon Evolution
  • (2003) Airline Tycoon Deluxe
  • (2011) Airline Tycoon 2
• SimPort

City-building

• Anno (series)
  • (1998) Anno 1602 (in the US and Australia released as 1602 A.D.)
  • (2003) Anno 1503 (known in the US as 1503 A.D.: The New World)
  • (2006) Anno 1701
  • (2007) Anno 1701
  • (2007) Anno 1701
  • (2009) Anno 1404, known in North America as Dawn of Discovery
  • (2009) Anno 1404
  • (2009) Anno
  • (2011) Anno 2070
  • (2013) Anno Online
  • (2015) Anno 2205
  • (2019) Anno 1800
• Cities XL series
  • Cities XL
  • Cities XL 2011
  • Cities XL 2012
• Cities (2015)
• Constructor (video game) – PC (1997)
• Islanders (video game) – PC (2019)
• RimWorld
• The SimCity series – PC (1989–present)
  • SimCity
  • SimCity 2000
  • SimCity 3000
  • SimCity 4
  • SimCity 5
• Surviving Mars – 2018
• Outpost
• Outpost 2
• Townscaper – 2020
• Utopia – 1991

God games

• Black & White – 2001
• Black and White 2 – 2005
• Dyson Sphere Program – 2021
• From Dust
• Godus
• Reus – 2013

Government simulation

• Balance of Power
• Commander in Chief
• Masters of the World (video game)
• CyberJudas
• Democracy series
  • Democracy
  • Democracy 2
  • Democracy 3
• eRepublik
• Floor 13
• Geo Political Simulator series
• Global Domination
• Hidden Agenda
• President Elect
• President Forever 2008 + Primaries
• The Cardinal of the Kremlin
• The Global Dilemma
• The Political Machine
• Tropico series
  • Tropico
  • Tropico 2
  • Tropico 3
  • Tropico 4
  • Tropico 5
  • Tropico 6
• Europa Universalis series
  • Europa Universalis
  • Europa Universalis II
  • Europa Universalis III
  • Europa Universalis
  • Europa Universalis IV
• Superpower series
  • Superpower
  • Superpower 2

Sports management

Baseball

• Baseball Mogul series
• Diamond Mind Baseball series
• MicroLeague Baseball
• Out of the Park Baseball series
• PureSim Baseball series
  • PureSim Baseball 2007

Cricket

• International Cricket Captain series
• Don Bradman Cricket

Football (American)

• Football Mogul series
• Front Office Football series
• Front Page Sports Football
• Madden NFL series
  • Madden NFL '95
  • Madden NFL '96
• NFL Head Coach

Football (Association)

• Championship Manager series
  • Championship Manager
  • Championship Manager 93/94
  • Championship Manager 2
  • Championship Manager 96/97
  • Championship Manager: Season 97/98
  • Championship Manager 3
  • Championship Manager: Season 01/02
  • Championship Manager 4
  • Championship Manager: Season 03/04
  • Championship Manager 5
  • Championship Manager 2006
  • Championship Manager 2007
  • Championship Manager (PSP)
• FIFA Manager series
  • FIFA Soccer Manager
  • FIFA Manager 06
  • FIFA Manager 07
  • FIFA Manager 08
• FIFA series
• Football Manager series
  • Football Manager
  • Football Manager 2005
  • Football Manager 2006
  • Football Manager 2007
  • Football Manager 2008
  • Football Manager 2009
  • Football Manager 2010
  • Football Manager 2011
  • Football Manager 2012
  • Football Manager 2013
  • Football Manager 2014
  • Football Manager 2015
  • Football Manager 2016
  • Football Manager 2017
  • Football Manager 2018
  • Football Manager 2019
  • Football Manager 2020
  • Football Manager 2021

• Gazza's Superstar Soccer
• Hattrick
• Let's Make a Soccer Team!
• LMA Manager series
• O'Leary Manager 2000
• Player Manager
• Premier Manager series
  • Premier Manager
  • Premier Manager 2
  • Premier Manager 3
  • Premier Manager 64
• Tactical Manager
• Ultimate Soccer Manager
• Winning Eleven

Hockey

• Eastside Hockey Manager series
  • Eastside Hockey Manager
  • NHL Eastside Hockey Manager
  • NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2005
  • NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2007
• Franchise Hockey Manager

Racing

• Formula One series
• F1 series (Codemasters)
• Grand Prix Manager series
  • Grand Prix Manager
  • Grand Prix Manager 2
  • Grand Prix World
• Motorsport Manager

Miscellaneous

• Blockland
• Blocksworld
• Chaos League
• Extreme Warfare / Extreme Wrestling
• Farming Simulator
• FortressCraft
• Gladius
• Minecraft
• Roblox
• Title Bout Championship Boxing
• Total Miner

Vehicle simulation

Bus simulation

• The Bus
• Bus Driver
• Bus Simulator 16
• Bus Simulator 18
• Bus Simulator 21
• City Bus Simulator
• Desert Bus
• Fernbus Simulator
• Tourist Bus Simulator

Car simulation

• BeamNG.drive

Tank simulation

• World War II Online (2001–2012, virtual battlefield)
• M4 (1992)
• Panzer Front
• Steel Beasts
• Steel Fury
• Wild Metal Country (A.K.A. Wild Metal)
• World of Tanks
• War Thunder

Truck simulation

• 18 Wheels of Steel series
• American Truck Simulator
• Hard Truck series
• King of the Road
• Euro Truck Simulator
• Euro Truck Simulator 2
• German Truck Simulator
• UK Truck Simulator
• Rig 'n' Roll
• Rigs of Rods
• Street Cleaning Simulator
• Spintires
• MudRunner
• SnowRunner

Flight simulation

• Ace Combat series
  • Air Combat
  • Ace Combat 2
  • Ace Combat 3
  • Ace Combat 04
  • Ace Combat 5
  • Ace Combat 6
  • Ace Combat Advance
  • Ace Combat X
  • Ace Combat Zero
  • Ace Combat 7
• Su-27 Flanker (video game)
• Flanker 2.0
• Flanker 2.5
• Lock On
• Digital Combat Simulator
• Falcon series
  • Falcon 4.0
  • Falcon 4.0
• FlightGear
• Fly! series
  • Fly!
  • Fly! II
• Flight Unlimited series
  • Flight Unlimited
  • Flight Unlimited II
  • Flight Unlimited III
• IL-2 Sturmovik series
• Kerbal Space Program
• Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator series
  • Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator
  • Combat Flight Simulator 2
  • Combat Flight Simulator 3
• SubLogic Flight Simulator series
  • FS1 Flight Simulator
  • Flight Simulator II (Sublogic)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator series
  • Flight Simulator 1.0
  • Flight Simulator 2.0
  • Flight Simulator 3.0
  • Flight Simulator 4.0
  • Flight Simulator 5.0
  • Flight Simulator 5.1
  • Flight Simulator 95
  • Flight Simulator 98
  • Flight Simulator 2000
  • Flight Simulator 2002
  • Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator X
  • Microsoft Flight
  • Flight Simulator 2020
• Microsoft Space Simulator
• X-Plane series

Miscellaneous

• FlightGear
• Infinite Flight
• Top Gun
• World of Warplanes
• War Thunder
• Prepar3D
• WarBirds

Farming Simulation

• Farming Simulator

Ship simulation

• Ship Simulator series
  • Ship Simulator Extremes
• Virtual Sailor
• Deadliest Catch
• World of Warships (2015)

Racing simulation

• ARCA Sim Racing
• Assetto Corsa Series
  • Assetto Corsa
  • Assetto Corsa Competizione
• Codemasters F1 Series
  • F1 2010
  • F1 2011
  • F1 2012
  • F1 2013
  • F1 2014
  • F1 2015
  • F1 2016
  • F1 2017
  • F1 2018
  • F1 2019
  • F1 2020
  • F1 2021
• Colin McRae Rally Series
  • Colin McRae Rally
  • Colin McRae Rally 2.0
  • Colin McRae Rally 3
  • Colin McRae Rally 04
  • Colin McRae Rally 2005
• Dirt Series
  • Colin McRae: Dirt
  • Colin McRae
  • Dirt 3
  • Dirt 4
  • Dirt 5
  • Dirt
  • Dirt Rally
  • Dirt Rally 2.0
• EA Sports F1 Series
  • F1 Challenge '99–'02
• Enthusia Professional Racing
• Forza Motorsport Series
  • Forza Motorsport
  • Forza Motorsport 2
  • Forza Motorsport 3
  • Forza Motorsport 4
  • Forza Motorsport 5
  • Forza Motorsport 6
  • Forza Motorsport 7
• Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix Series
  • Formula One Grand Prix
  • Grand Prix 2
  • Grand Prix 3
  • Grand Prix 3 2000
  • Grand Prix 4
• Gran Turismo (series) Series
  • Gran Turismo
  • Gran Turismo 2
  • Gran Turismo 3
  • Gran Turismo Concept
  • Gran Turismo 4 Prologue
  • Gran Turismo 4
  • Gran Turismo HD Concept
  • Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
  • Gran Turismo 5
  • Gran Turismo 6
  • Gran Turismo Sport
• Grand Prix Legends
• GT Legends
• GTR Series
  • GTR - FIA GT Racing Game
  • GTR - FIA GT Racing Game 2
• Indianapolis 500
• IndyCar Racing Series
  • IndyCar Racing
  • IndyCar Racing II
• iRacing.com
• Live For Speed
• Mobil 1 Rally Championship
• NASCAR Racing Series
  • NASCAR Racing
  • NASCAR Racing 2
    • NASCAR Grand National Series Expansion Pack
  • NASCAR Legends
  • NASCAR Racing 1999 Edition
  • NASCAR Craftsman Truck Racing
  • NASCAR Racing 3
  • NASCAR Racing 4
  • NASCAR Racing 2002 Season
  • NASCAR Racing 2003 Season
• NASCAR Heat Series
  • NASCAR Heat
  • NASCAR
• netKar Pro
• Project CARS series
  • Project CARS
  • Project CARS 2
  • Project CARS 3
• Need For Speed Series
• RACE Series
  • RACE - The Official WTCC Game
  • RACE 07 - The Official WTCC Game
    • Formula Raceroom
    • GTR Evolution
    • STCC – The Game
• rFactor Series
  • rFactor
  • rFactor 2
• Richard Burns Rally

Miscellaneous

• My Summer Car
• Racer
• Raceroom Racing Experience
• Rally Trophy
• Richard Burns Rally
• Simraceway
• SODA Off-Road Racing
• Spirit of Speed 1937
• Stunt Car Driver
• The Open Racing Cars Simulator
• Viper Racing

Submarine simulation

• 688 Attack Sub
• Jane's Combat Simulations: 688(I) Hunter/Killer
• Aces of the Deep
• AquaNox
• Dangerous Waters
• Enigma
• Gato (computer game)
• The Hunt for Red October (1987)
• Red Storm Rising
• SSN-21 Seawolf
• Shells of Fury
• Silent Hunter
• Silent Hunter II
• Silent Hunter III
• Silent Hunter 4
• Silent Hunter 4: The U-Boat Missions (add-on expansion pack)
• Silent Hunter 5
• Silent Service (video game)
• Silent Service II
• Silent Steel
• Sub Battle Simulator
• Sub Command
• Tom Clancy's SSN
• Treasures of the Deep
• WolfPack
• Sub Hunt

Train simulations

• Mini Metro
• Microsoft Train Simulator
• OpenBVE
• Train Fever
• Train Simulator 2013
• Trainz Simulator 12
• Train Simulator
• Train Sim World
• World of Subways
• Densha de Go!

Other simulations

Programming Games

• Colobot
• TIS-100

Trade simulation

• Discovery
• High Seas Trader
• Merchant Prince series
  • Merchant Prince
  • Machiavelli
  • Merchant Prince II
• The Patrician
• Patrician II
• Patrician III
• Port Royale 2
• Uncharted Waters series
  • Uncharted Waters
  • Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
    • Mobile Uncharted Waters II
  • Daikoukai Jidai Gaiden
  • Daikoukai Jidai III: Costa Del Sol
  • Daikoukai Jidai IV: Porto Estado
    • Daikoukai Jidai IV: Rota Nova
  • Uncharted Waters Online
    • Uncharted Waters Online La Frontera
• Trade Empires

Photo simulation

• Afrika (PlayStation 3)
• Pokémon Snap (Nintendo 64)
• Gekibo (PC Engine)
• The Cameraman: Gekisha Boy Omakefu (PlayStation)
• Polaroid Pete (PlayStation 2)
• Rilakkuma na Mainichi (Game Boy Advance)
• Wild Earth: African Safari (Wii)
• Sea Life Safari (Xbox 360)

Medical simulation

• Emergency Room series
• Hospital Tycoon
• LifeSigns: Surgical Unit
• Life & Death
• Life & Death II: The Brain
• Plague Inc.
• Theme Hospital
• Trauma Center series
  • Trauma Center
  • Trauma Center
  • Trauma Center
  • Trauma Center
  • Trauma Team
• Surgeon Simulator 2013
• Microsurgeon (video game)

Motion simulators with screens

• Typhoon (simulator)

See also

• List of city-building video games
• List of business simulation video games
• List of roller coaster related video games
• Simulated reality