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Battle simulators

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Dota Auto Chess ''Dota Auto Chess'' is a strategy video game mod for the video game ''Dota 2''. Developed by Drodo Studio and released in January 2019, the game features teams of automated ''Dota 2'' heroes fighting battles on a chessboard. The mod had over eigh ...
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Dota 2 ''Dota 2'' is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve Corporation, Valve. The game is a sequel to ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a community-created Mod (video gaming), mod for Blizzard Entertainment's ''War ...
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Dota Underlords ''Dota Underlords'' is a 2020 auto battler game developed and published by Valve. The game is based on a popular ''Dota 2'' community-created game mode called '' Dota Auto Chess'', which was released in January 2019. ''Dota Underlords'' first re ...
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Gratuitous Space Battles ''Gratuitous Space Battles'' is a video game developed by the UK-based company Positech Games. It was released on November 17, 2009. On one level the title is a space warfare simulation consisting of a number of engagements between two opposing fl ...
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Teamfight Tactics ''Teamfight Tactics'' (''TFT'') is an auto battler game developed and published by Riot Games. The game is a spinoff of ''League of Legends'' and is based on '' Dota Auto Chess'', where players compete online against seven other opponents by bu ...
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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator ''Totally Accurate Battle Simulator'' (''TABS'') is a physics-based strategy video game developed and published by Landfall Games. An alpha version of the game was initially released in 2016 to a small audience. The game was released for macOS ...
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Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator ''Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator'' (''UEBS'') is a battle simulation video game developed and published by Canadian developer Brilliant Game Studios. The game was released in Steam early access on April 12, 2017 for Microsoft Windows, and was full ...
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Biological simulation

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Catlateral Damage ''Catlateral Damage'' is a first-person video game in which the player plays as a cat. The goal of the game is to knock as many of the player character's owner's belongings onto the floor as possible.
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Creatures 2 ''Creatures 2'' is the second game in the ''Creatures (video game series), Creatures'' artificial life game series made by Guerrilla Cambridge, Creature Labs, and the sequel to the 1996 game ''Creatures (1996 video game), Creatures''. It featur ...
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Creatures 3 ''Creatures 3'' is the third game in the ''Creatures (video game series), Creatures'' artificial life, a-life game series made by Guerrilla Cambridge, Creature Labs. In this installment, the Shee (Creatures), Shee have left Albia in a spaceship, t ...
'' * '' Dragonseeds'' * '' Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs'' * '' E.V.O.: Search for Eden'' * '' Eco'' * ''
Empire of the Ants "The Empire of the Ants" is a 1905 short story by H. G. Wells about the an explorer who is dispatched to South America to investigate reports of intelligent ants destroying a colony. A 1977 film, '' Empire of the Ants'', was loosely based on Wel ...
'' * '' Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life'' * ''
Goat Simulator 3 ''Goat Simulator 3'' is an action video game and the sequel to '' Goat Simulator''. The game was announced by Coffee Stain Studios during Summer Game Fest and was released on November 17, 2022. The game features a four-player cooperative mode, a ...
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Lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...
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Monster Rancher ''Monster Rancher'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese media franchise and series of life simulation role-playing video games created by Tecmo (now Koei Tecmo). The series consists of fifteen games across numerous different video game platform ...
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Monster Rancher 2 ''Monster Rancher 2'', known in Japan as , is a life simulation role-playing video game developed and published by Tecmo for the PlayStation. It is the second installment in the ''Monster Rancher'' series. It is the first game in the franchise t ...
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Monster Rancher Battle Card Game ''Monster Rancher Battle Card GB'', known in Japan as is a handheld game released in 1999 for the Nintendo Game Boy Color system. It is the first game in Tecmo's ''Monster Rancher Battle Card'' series, featuring a card game incorporating the popu ...
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Monster Rancher Explorer ''Monster Rancher Explorer'' (known as in Japan) is a Game Boy Color puzzle game released in 2000. It features the same game play of '' Solomon's Key'' but includes ''Monster Rancher'' characters. Gameplay The player controls Cox, who must navi ...
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Monster Rancher 3 ''Monster Rancher 3'' (known in Japan as ) is the third game in Tecmo's ''Monster Rancher'' series. It is the first game in the series for the PlayStation 2. Gameplay This game uses cel-shaded graphics to give the game a more cartoon-like feel. ...
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Monster Rancher 4 ''Monster Rancher 4'' (known in Japan as ) is a monster breeding and management game that was released by Tecmo for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. Gameplay Like the previous installments, this game involves the raising, breeding, and fighting of m ...
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Monster Rancher EVO ''Monster Rancher EVO'' ( in Japan) is a PlayStation 2 game in the ''Monster Rancher'' series. It was released in Japan on December 8, 2005, and in North America on April 11, 2006. The game was not released in PAL territories. Gameplay ''Monster ...
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Monster Rancher Advance ''Monster Rancher Advance'' (known in Japan as ) is the first of the ''Monster Rancher'' games to be released on Game Boy Advance. Gameplay Similar to the other ''Monster Rancher'' games, gameplay revolves around creating, raising, and fighting ...
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Monster Rancher Advance 2 ''Monster Rancher Advance 2'' (known in Japan as ) is the second of the ''Monster Rancher'' games to be released on Game Boy Advance. It is the sequel to '' Monster Rancher Advance''. Gameplay Gameplay in ''Monster Rancher Advance 2'' involves ...
'' * '' Nanocrafter'' * '' Niche – a genetics survival game'' * '' Odell Lake'' * ''
Saurian (video game) ''Saurian'' is an upcoming survival simulation video game developed and published by American studio Urvogel Games for Microsoft Windows. It focuses upon accurately simulating the natural ecosystem of the Hell Creek Formation in an interactive for ...
'' * '' Science Horizons Survival'' * ''
Seventh Cross Evolution ''Seventh Cross: Evolution'', known in Japan as simply , is a video game for the Sega Dreamcast video game console. It was released in Japan on December 23, 1998. A sequel titled ''Ninth Will'' was announced shortly after the game's North America ...
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SimAnt ''SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony'' is a 1991 life simulation video game by Maxis and the company's third product, focusing on the lifecycle of ants. It was designed by Will Wright. In 1992, it was named "Best Simulation Game" at the Softwar ...
'' * '' SimEarth: The Living Planet'' * ''
SimLife ''SimLife: The Genetic Playground'' is a video game produced by Maxis in 1992. The concept of the game is to simulate an ecosystem; players may modify the genetics of the plants and animals that inhabit the virtual world. The point of this game is ...
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Spore In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual reproduction, sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for biological dispersal, dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores fo ...
'' *'' Star Wars Episode I: The Gungan Frontier'' * ''
Wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, includin ...
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Social simulation

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Aa Yakyū Jinsei Itchokusen The Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System has a library of ' officially licensed games released during their lifespans, plus 7 official multicarts and 2 championship cartridges. Of these, 672 were released exclusively in Japan, 187 we ...
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Alter Ego An alter ego (Latin for "other I") means an alternate Self (psychology), self, which is believed to be distinct from a person's normal or true original Personality psychology, personality. Finding one's alter ego will require finding one's other ...
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America Daitōryō Senkyo is a government simulation video game released by Hector Playing Interface for the Family Computer in 1988. It is loosely based on the 1988 election campaign for the president of the United States and features characters based on actual candi ...
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Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. It was created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. The player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by various anthropomorphic animals and can ...
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Chibi-Robo! is a series of adventure video games developed by Skip Ltd. and published by Nintendo. The franchise follows a series of tiny robotic units known as Chibi-Robo, whose purpose is to spread "Happiness". Recurring game elements of the franchise i ...
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Chibi-Robo! is a series of adventure video games developed by Skip Ltd. and published by Nintendo. The franchise follows a series of tiny robotic units known as Chibi-Robo, whose purpose is to spread "Happiness". Recurring game elements of the franchise i ...
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Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal '' The Russian Messenger'' in twelve monthly installments during 1866.
'' * '' Desperate Housewives: The Game'' * ''
Executive Suite ''Executive Suite'' is a 1954 American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama film directed by Robert Wise and written by Ernest Lehman, based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Cameron Hawley. The film stars William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara St ...
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Gossip Gossip is idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling. Etymology The word is from Old English ''godsibb'', from ''god (word), god'' and ''sibb'', the term for the ...
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Jones in the Fast Lane ''Jones in the Fast Lane'' is a social simulation game for MS-DOS compatible operating systems. It was developed and published by Sierra Entertainment in 1991. Using a board game motif, the objective is to attain certain amounts of money, happin ...
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Little Computer People ''Little Computer People'', also called ''House-on-a-Disk'', is a social simulation game released in 1985 by Activision for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and Apple II. An Amiga version was released in 1987. Two Japanese ve ...
'' * '' My Life My Love'' * '' Real Lives'' * ''
The Sims ''The Sims'' is a series of life simulation video games developed by Maxis and Video game publisher, published by Electronic Arts. The franchise has sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide, and is one of the List of best-selling video game fran ...
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The Sims ''The Sims'' is a series of life simulation video games developed by Maxis and Video game publisher, published by Electronic Arts. The franchise has sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide, and is one of the List of best-selling video game fran ...
'' (2000) *** '' The Sims: Livin' Large'' (2000) *** '' The Sims: House Party'' (2001) *** '' The Sims: Hot Date'' (2001) *** '' The Sims: Vacation'' (2002) *** '' The Sims: Unleashed'' (2002) *** '' The Sims: Superstar'' (2003) *** '' The Sims: Makin' Magic''(2003) ** ''
The Sims 2 ''The Sims 2'' is a 2004 social simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the second major title in ''The Sims'' series, and is the sequel to ''The Sims''. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on ...
'' (2004) *** '' The Sims 2: University'' (2005) *** '' The Sims 2: Nightlife'' (2005) *** '' The Sims 2: Open for Business'' (2006) *** '' The Sims 2: Pets'' (2006) *** '' The Sims 2: Seasons'' (2007) *** '' The Sims 2: Bon Voyage'' (2007) *** '' The Sims 2: FreeTime'' (2008) *** '' The Sims 2: Apartment Life'' (2009) ** ''
The Sims 3 ''The Sims 3'' is a 2009 social simulation video game developed by the Redwood Shores studio of Maxis, and published by Electronic Arts. Part of ''The Sims'' series, it is the sequel to ''The Sims 2''. It was released on June 2, 2009, for Micros ...
'' (2009) *** '' The Sims 3: World Adventures'' (2009) *** '' The Sims 3: Ambitions'' (2010) *** '' The Sims 3: Late Night'' (2010) *** '' The Sims 3: Generations'' (2011) *** '' The Sims 3: Pets'' (2011) *** '' The Sims 3: Showtime'' (2012) *** '' The Sims 3: Supernatural'' (2012) *** '' The Sims 3: Seasons'' (2012) *** '' The Sims 3: University Life'' (2012) *** '' The Sims 3: Island Paradise'' (2013) *** '' The Sims 3: Into the Future'' (2013) ** ''
The Sims 4 ''The Sims 4'' is a social simulation game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released on September 2, 2014 for Windows, and is the fourth main installment in ''The Sims'' series, following ''The Sims 3'' (2009 ...
'' (2014) *** '' The Sims 4: Get to Work'' (2015) *** '' The Sims 4: Get Together'' (2015) *** '' The Sims 4: City Living'' (2016) *** '' The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs'' (2017) *** '' The Sims 4: Seasons'' (2018) *** '' The Sims 4: Get Famous'' (2018) *** '' The Sims 4: Island Living'' (2019) *** '' The Sims 4: Discover University'' (2019) *** '' The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle'' (2020) *** '' The Sims 4: Snowy Escape'' (2020) * Singles series ** '' Singles: Flirt Up Your Life'' ** '' Singles 2: Triple Trouble'' * '' Space Colony'' * '' Trust & Betrayal: The Legacy of Siboot'' * ''
Stardew Valley ''Stardew Valley'' is a 2016 farm life simulation game developed by Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone. Players take the role of a character who inherits their deceased grandfather's dilapidated farm in a place known as "Stardew Valley". ''Stardew Valle ...
'' * Viva Piñata series ** ''
Viva Piñata ''Viva Piñata'' is a video game franchise created and produced by Xbox Game Studios and Rare. The series' first game, '' Viva Piñata'' (2006), was conceived as a mobile gardening game before Rare was acquired by Microsoft. It was released on ...
'' (2006) ** '' Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise'' (2008) ** '' Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise'' (2008) * '' Wall Street Kid''


Construction and management simulation


Business simulation

* Virtonomics series


Airport management

* ''Airline Tycoon'' (series) * '' SimPort''


City-building

* ''Anno'' (series) ** (1998) ''
Anno 1602 ''Anno 1602: Creation of a New World'', entitled ''1602 A.D.'' in North America, is a 1998 construction and management video game developed by Max Design and published by Sunflowers Interactive. Set in the early modern period, it requires the pl ...
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Anno 1503 ''Anno 1503: The New World'' (released as ''1503 A.D.: The New World'' in North America and simply ''Anno 1503'' in Austria and Germany) is a 2002 construction and management simulation video game developed by Austrian developer Max Design and pu ...
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Anno 1701 ''Anno 1701'', also marketed as ''1701 A.D.'', is a real-time strategy and city building video game, part of the ''Anno'' series. It is developed by Related Designs and published by Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software. It revolves ...
'' ** (2007) '' Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon'' ** (2007) '' Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery'' ** (2009) ''
Anno 1404 ''Anno 1404'', known as ''Dawn of Discovery'' in North America, is a city-building game, city-building and Business simulation game, economic simulation game with real-time strategy elements, part of the Anno_(video game series), ''Anno'' series. ...
'', known in North America as ''Dawn of Discovery'' ** (2009) '' Anno 1404: Venice'' ** (2009) '' Anno: Create A New World'' ** (2011) ''
Anno 2070 ''Anno 2070'' is a city-building and economic simulation game, with real-time strategy elements. It is the 5th game of the ''Anno'' series. It was released on 17 November 2011, and was co-developed by the German studios Related Designs and Bl ...
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Anno Online ''Anno Online'' was a free-to-play strategy browser game A browser game is a video game that is played on the internet using a web browser. They are sometimes referred to more specifically by their format, such as Flash games or HTML5 games. ...
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Anno 2205 ''Anno 2205'' is a city-building and economic simulation game, with real-time strategy elements, developed by Blue Byte and published by Ubisoft. ''Anno'' ''2205'' is the sixth game of the ''Anno'' series, and was released worldwide on 3 Nove ...
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Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war. He ...
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Caesar II ''Caesar II'' is a 1995 video game of the ''Caesar'' video game series that takes place in Ancient Rome. It is the second game in the '' City Building'' series. Gameplay When the game begins the Roman empire extends no further than Italy. Play ...
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Caesar III ''Caesar III'' is a city-building game released on September 30, 1998, for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems, Mac OS, developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra On-Line. It is the third installment of the Caesar (comput ...
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Caesar IV ''Caesar IV ''is a city-building game set in ancient Rome, developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment ( Vivendi Universal Games). The game was released on September 26, 2006, in North America. The game featur ...
'' * Cities XL series ** '' Cities XL'' ** '' Cities XL 2011'' ** '' Cities XL 2012'' * '' Cities: Skylines'' (2015) ** '' Cities: Skylines II'' (2023) * '' Construction Simulator'' (2015) * '' Constructor'' – PC (1997) * '' Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom'' * '' Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile'' * '' Islanders'' – PC (2019) * ''
Pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...
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RimWorld ''RimWorld'' is a construction and management simulation video game developed by Canadian game designer Tynan Sylvester and published by Ludeon Studios. Originally called ''Eclipse Colony'', it was initially released as a Kickstarter crowdfundi ...
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The Settlers ''The Settlers'' () is a City-building game, city-building and real-time strategy video game series created by Volker Wertich in 1993. The The Settlers (1993 video game), original game was released on the Amiga, with subsequent games released p ...
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The Settlers ''The Settlers'' () is a City-building game, city-building and real-time strategy video game series created by Volker Wertich in 1993. The The Settlers (1993 video game), original game was released on the Amiga, with subsequent games released p ...
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The Settlers II ''The Settlers II'' (), originally released as ''The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici'', is a 1996 city-building game with real-time strategy elements for MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS, Mac OS, and Nintendo DS. Video game developer, Developed and Video ...
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The Settlers III ''The Settlers III'' () is a 1998 real-time strategy video game with city-building elements for Windows. Developed and published by Blue Byte, it was released worldwide in November 1998. It is the third game in ''The Settlers'' series. In 1 ...
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The Settlers IV ''The Settlers IV'' (), released as ''The Settlers: Fourth Edition'' in North America, is a 2001 real-time strategy video game with City-building game, city-building elements for Microsoft Windows, Windows, iOS, webOS, Bada (operating system), b ...
'' ** '' The Settlers: Heritage of Kings'' ** '' The Settlers: Rise of an Empire'' ** '' The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom'' ** '' The Settlers: New Allies'' * The
SimCity ''SimCity'' is an open-ended city-building video game franchise originally designed by Will Wright. The first game in the series, '' SimCity'', was published by Maxis in 1989 and was followed by several sequels and many other spin-off ''S ...
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SimCity ''SimCity'' is an open-ended city-building video game franchise originally designed by Will Wright. The first game in the series, '' SimCity'', was published by Maxis in 1989 and was followed by several sequels and many other spin-off ''S ...
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SimCity 2000 ''SimCity 2000'' is a City-building game, city-building Simulation game, simulation video game jointly developed by Will Wright (game designer), Will Wright and Fred Haslam of Maxis. It is the successor to ''SimCity (1989 video game), SimCity Cla ...
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SimCity 3000 ''SimCity 3000'' is a city building simulation video game released in 1999, and the third major installment in the ''SimCity'' series. It was published by Electronic Arts (EA) and developed by series creator Maxis. It was released for Microsoft ...
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SimCity 4 ''SimCity 4'' is a city-building game, city-building Construction and management simulation games, simulation Personal computer game, computer game developed by Maxis, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts. The game was released in January 2003 for Mi ...
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Surviving Mars ''Surviving Mars'' is a city building survival video game initially developed by the Bulgarian studio Haemimont Games, and later by Abstraction Games, and published by Paradox Interactive. It was released on Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, P ...
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Townscaper ''Townscaper'' is a city builder game by Oskar Stålberg. It was released for Windows and Mac in August 2021. A port to the Nintendo Switch was released in August 2021 when the Steam version left early access. The mobile version was released in ...
'' – 2020 * '' Utopia: The Creation of a Nation'' – 1991 * '' Zeus: Master of Olympus''


God games

*'' Black & White'' – 2001 *''
Black and White 2 Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.Eva Heller, ''Psyc ...
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Dyson Sphere Program ''Dyson Sphere Program'' is an upcoming factory simulation game developed by Youthcat Studio released for Microsoft Windows in January 2021 in early access. Gameplay ''Dyson Sphere Program'' takes place in a futuristic science fiction world ...
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From Dust ''From Dust'' is a god video game, designed by Éric Chahi and developed by Ubisoft Montpellier. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade in 2011. Described as a spiritual successor to '' Populous' ...
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Godus ''Godus'' is a god video game developed by 22cans and published by DeNA. The company launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds and met their funding goal on 20 December 2012. ''Godus'' was designed by Peter Molyneux, who described it as the ...
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Reus Reus () is the capital of Baix Camp, in Camp de Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The area has long been an important producer of wines and spirits, and gained continental significance during the time of the Phylloxera plague. Currently it is known f ...
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Government simulation

* '' Balance of Power'' * '' Commander in Chief'' * '' Masters of the World (video game)'' * '' CyberJudas'' * ''Democracy series'' ** ''
Democracy Democracy (from , ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitiv ...
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Democracy 3 ''Democracy'' is a government simulation game that was first developed by Positech Games in 2005, with a sequel released in December 2007, a third game in 2013 and a fourth in 2022. The player becomes the president or prime minister of a democra ...
'' * '' eRepublik'' * '' Floor 13'' * '' Geo Political Simulator series'' * ''
Global Domination ''Global Domination'' is a 1993 strategy game modeled closely on the board game ''Risk''. Impressions Games expanded on the game dividing the world into more territories, adding unit types which could be controlled in a mini-game, adding the conc ...
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Hidden Agenda Hidden Agenda or Hidden Agendas may refer to: Video games * ''Hidden Agenda'' (1988 video game), a 1988 text-based game * ''Hidden Agenda'' (2017 video game), a thriller video game developed by Supermassive Games for the PlayStation 4 Film * ...
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President Elect An ''officer-elect'' is a person who has been Election, elected to a position but has not yet been Inauguration, installed. Notably, a President (government title), president who has been elected but not yet installed would be referred to as a ...
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President Forever 2008 + Primaries President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsidente ...
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The Cardinal of the Kremlin ''The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' is an espionage thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on May 20, 1988. A direct sequel to ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1984), it features CIA analyst Jack Ryan as he extracts CARDINAL, the agency's h ...
'' * '' The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter'' * ''
The Political Machine ''The Political Machine'' is a government simulation game from Stardock and the first game in the ''The Political Machine (series), Political Machine'' series, in which the player leads a election campaign, campaign to elect the President of th ...
'' * '' Tropico'' series ** '' Tropico'' ** '' Tropico 2'' ** ''
Tropico 3 ''Tropico 3'' is a video game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media. Like the previous games in the series, ''Tropico 3'' is a construction and management simulation as well as a political simulation game, with emphasis on ...
'' ** '' Tropico 4'' ** ''
Tropico 5 ''Tropico 5'' is a construction and management simulation video game developed by Haemimont Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows in May 2014, with versions for Linux, OS X and Xbox 360 released later in 2014 as well as versions for PlaySt ...
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Tropico 6 ''Tropico 6'' is a construction, management and political simulation game in the '' Tropico'' series, developed by Limbic Entertainment, published by Kalypso Media, and announced at E3 2017. Originally intended for a 2018 release, ''Tropico 6 ...
'' * '' Europa Universalis series'' **''
Europa Universalis ''Europa Universalis'' is a Grand strategy game, grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published in 2000 by Strategy First. Development The game was originally based on a French board game of the Europa Universali ...
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Europa Universalis II ''Europa Universalis II'' is a grand strategy game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Strategy First, based on world history spanning a timeline between 1419 through 1820. It was released on December 11, 2001. Gameplay In ...
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Europa Universalis III ''Europa Universalis III'' is a grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in January 2007, and was later ported to Mac OS X by Virtual Pr ...
'' **'' Europa Universalis: Rome'' **''
Europa Universalis IV ''Europa Universalis IV'' is a 2013 grand strategy video game in the ''Europa Universalis'' series, developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive as a sequel to '' Europa Universalis III'' (2007). The game was r ...
'' * ''Superpower series'' **''
Superpower Superpower describes a sovereign state or supranational union that holds a dominant position characterized by the ability to Sphere of influence, exert influence and Power projection, project power on a global scale. This is done through the comb ...
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Sports management


Baseball

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Baseball Mogul ''Baseball Mogul'' is a series of career baseball management computer games created by game designer Clay Dreslough. The product was first published in 1997. The 27th and latest installment is ''Baseball Mogul 2024''. A proprietary database, inc ...
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Diamond Mind Baseball Diamond Mind Baseball is a computer baseball simulation game, created by Canadian baseball expert Tom Tippett, who released the first commercial version of the game in 1987. The game can be considered a descendant of dice-and-charts baseball sim ...
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MicroLeague Baseball ''MicroLeague Baseball'' is a 1984 baseball simulation video game. It was developed and published by MicroLeague. It was released for Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and IBM PC compatibles. Summary It was one of ...
'' * '' Out of the Park Baseball'' series * ''PureSim Baseball'' series ** ''
PureSim Baseball 2007 ''PureSim Baseball 2007'' is a text-based computer baseball simulation published by Matrix Games. Originally developed by American independent game developer Shaun Sullivan, the first Matrix version was published as ''PureSim 2005'' on 5 October 2 ...
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Cricket

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International Cricket Captain ''Cricket Captain'', formerly ''International Cricket Captain'', is a series of cricket management video games by Empire Interactive, and by Childish Things since '' International Cricket Captain 2009'', before which Empire went into administration ...
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Football (American)

* '' Football Mogul'' series * ''
Front Office Football ''Front Office Football'' is a series of sports management games where the player directs an NFL football team. It was designed by Jim Gindin, as part of his one-man company, Solecismic Software, founded in Redmond, Washington on February 20, 19 ...
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Front Page Sports Football Front Page Sports Football (or FPS Football), first released in 1992, was the first in a series of American football simulations released by Sierra Online. The Front Page Sports series was notable for being one of the first football simulations to ...
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Madden NFL '95 ''Madden NFL 95'' is an American football video game released by Electronic Arts in 1994. In addition to the usual home console versions that were released on the Sega Genesis and Super NES, this edition was also released for the portable Game Ge ...
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Madden NFL '96 ''Madden NFL '96'' is a football video game designed for the 1995 NFL season, licensed by the NFL. Publisher Electronic Arts intended for it to be the first licensed NFL game for the PlayStation, but the PlayStation version was delayed and ultima ...
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NFL Head Coach ''NFL Head Coach'' is a National Football League video game that was released on June 20, 2006, for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows. The game allows the player to control an NFL team and become the greatest coach in NFL history. It features ...
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Football (Association)

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Championship Manager ''Championship Manager'' is a series of football management simulation video games, the first of which was released in 1992. The ''Championship Manager'' brand and game was conceived by brothers Paul and Oliver Collyer. In a scenario typical of ...
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Championship Manager ''Championship Manager'' is a series of football management simulation video games, the first of which was released in 1992. The ''Championship Manager'' brand and game was conceived by brothers Paul and Oliver Collyer. In a scenario typical of ...
'' **'' 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 4'' is a football management simulation video game in the '' Championship Manager'' series. Publication history It was the penultimate game in the series to be developed by Sports Interactive before they and publishers ...
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Championship Manager 5 ''Championship Manager 5'' is the fifth installment of the popular '' Championship Manager'' of football management simulation video games. It is the first game in the series to be developed by Beautiful Game Studios after the much publicised ...
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Championship Manager 2006 ''Championship Manager 2006'' is a football management simulation video game in Eidos Interactive's '' Championship Manager'' series. It is essentially a seasonal update for ''Championship Manager 5''. The game was developed by Beautiful Game S ...
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Championship Manager (PSP) ''Championship Manager'' is a series of football management simulation video games, the first of which was released in 1992. The ''Championship Manager'' brand and game was conceived by brothers Paul and Oliver Collyer. In a scenario typical of ...
'' * '' FIFA Manager'' series ** ''
FIFA Soccer Manager ''FIFA Manager'' is an association football series of sports management games published by Electronic Arts. The games were developed by the German studio Bright Future and EA Sports. The game was called ''Total Club Manager'' until the name change ...
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FIFA Manager 08 ''FIFA Manager'' is an association football series of sports management games published by Electronic Arts. The games were developed by the German studio Bright Future and EA Sports. The game was called ''Total Club Manager'' until the name change ...
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FIFA series The FIFA Series, originally known as FIFA World Series, is a biennial invitational football competition promoted by FIFA that features international friendlies between national teams from different confederations, taking place in March of eve ...
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Football Manager ''Football Manager'', also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008, is a series of football management simulation video games developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game beg ...
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Football Manager 2005 ''Football Manager 2005'', known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager 2005'' in North America, is a football management simulation video game and the first instalment in the ''Football Manager'' series developed by Sports Interactive and published by S ...
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Football Manager 2006 ''Football Manager 2006'', also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager 2006'' in North America, is a Association football, football management simulation video game and the second instalment in the ''Football Manager'' series developed by Sports In ...
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Football Manager 2007 ''Football Manager 2007'', also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007'' in North America, is a football management simulation video game and the third instalment in the ''Football Manager'' series developed by Sports Interactive and published ...
'' ** '' Football Manager 2008'' ** '' Football Manager 2009'' ** ''
Football Manager 2010 Football Manager 2010 is a football management simulation video game and the seventh instalment in the ''Football Manager'' series developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It was released on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and PlaySta ...
'' ** '' Football Manager 2011'' ** ''
Football Manager 2012 ''Football Manager 2012'' is a football management simulation video game and the ninth instalment in the ''Football Manager'' series developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It was released on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X on 21 O ...
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Football Manager 2013 ''Football Manager 2013'' is a football management simulation video game and the tenth instalment in the ''Football Manager'' series developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It was released on Microsoft Windows and OS X on 2 Novemb ...
'' ** '' 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 A player–coach (also playing coach, captain–coach, or player–manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Player–coaches may be head coaches or assistant coaches, and they may make change ...
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Premier Manager ''Premier Manager'' is a series of a football management simulation video games started in 1992. Published by Gremlin Interactive, it was first developed by Realms of Fantasy, later passed to Spanish company Dinamic Multimedia. The later games ...
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Premier Manager ''Premier Manager'' is a series of a football management simulation video games started in 1992. Published by Gremlin Interactive, it was first developed by Realms of Fantasy, later passed to Spanish company Dinamic Multimedia. The later games ...
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Premier Manager 2 ''Premier Manager 2'', also known as ''PM2'', is a football management simulator video game for the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS platforms. It was released in 1993 by Gremlin Interactive. The objective of the game is to manage a football club succ ...
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Premier Manager 3 ''Premier Manager 3'', also known as ''PM3'', is a football management simulator video game for the Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. It was released in 1994 by Gremlin Interactive. The objective of the game is to manage a football club successfully ...
'' ** '' Premier Manager 64'' * '' Tactical Manager'' * '' Ultimate Soccer Manager'' * ''
Winning Eleven ''eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer'' (''eFootball PES''), known as in Japan, is a series of association football simulation video games developed by Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. and published by Konami. The series consists of eighte ...
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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

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Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...
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Grand Prix Manager ''Grand Prix Manager'' (GPM) is a Formula 1 management game released in December 1995 by MicroProse. It featured the 1995 Formula 1 season. Description The goal of this game is to manage a successful Formula 1 Grand Prix racing team and even ...
'' ** '' Grand Prix Manager 2'' ** '' Grand Prix World'' * '' Motorsport Manager''


Miscellaneous

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Blocksworld ''Blocksworld'' is a physics-based 3D sandbox video game developed by BoldaiAB and Linden Lab released originally for the iPad on November 21, 2012 in Nordic countries, and later worldwide on July 6, 2013. It was released for the iPhone in 2016 ...
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Chaos League ''Chaos League'' is a 2004 fantasy-based sports management game developed by Cyanide (Studio), Cyanide Studios and published by Digital Jesters. The game is a spin on American football, the violence of the Medieval football with no rules and Rugb ...
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FortressCraft ''FortressCraft'' is a video game by British indie developer Projector Games, released on Xbox Live Indie Games on April 8, 2011. ''FortressCraft'' cites ''Minecraft'', '' Infiniminer'' and ''Dwarf Fortress'' as direct inspirations for the design ...
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Gladius ''Gladius'' () is a Latin word properly referring to the type of sword that was used by Ancient Rome, ancient Roman foot soldiers starting from the 3rd century BC and until the 3rd century AD. Linguistically, within Latin, the word also came t ...
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Minecraft ''Minecraft'' is a 2011 sandbox game developed and published by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. Originally created by Markus Persson, Markus "Notch" Persson using the Java (programming language), Java programming language, the ...
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Luanti ''Luanti'' (formerly and colloquially ''Minetest'') is a free and open-source voxel game creation system. It is written primarily in C++ and makes use of a modified version of the Irrlicht Engine. ''Luanti'' uses a programming language named ...
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Prison Architect ''Prison Architect'' is a private prison construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Introversion Software. It was made available as a crowdfunded paid alpha pre-order on September 25, 2012 with updates that were ...
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Prison Architect 2 ''Prison Architect 2'' is an upcoming private prison construction and management simulation video game developed by Double Eleven (company), Double Eleven and Kokku, and published by Paradox Interactive. It is a sequel to ''Prison Architect'', fea ...
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Roblox Roblox (, ) is an online game platform and game creation system developed by Roblox Corporation that allows users to program and play games created by themselves or other users. It was created by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 200 ...
'' * '' Title Bout Championship Boxing'' * ''
Total Miner ''Minecraft'' is a 2011 sandbox game developed and published by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. Originally created by Markus "Notch" Persson using the Java programming language, the first public alpha build was released on 17 ...
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Vehicle simulation


Bus simulation

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The Bus The Bus may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''The Bus'' (TV series), a reality television show format started in Netherlands * ''The Bus'' (video game), a bus simulation game by TML-Studios * "The Bus" (''The Amazing World of Gumball''), an e ...
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Bus Driver A bus driver, bus operator, or bus captain is a person who drives buses for a living. Description Bus drivers must have a special license above and beyond a regular driver's licence. Bus drivers typically drive their vehicles between bus st ...
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Bus Simulator 16 ''Bus Simulator 16'' is a bus simulator game developed by stillalive studios and published by Astragon Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and macOS. It is powered by Unity and was available on 3 March 2016 worldwide. It is the fourth game in the ...
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Bus Simulator 18 ''Bus Simulator 18'' (also known as ''Bus Simulator'' on consoles) is a bus simulator game developed by Stillalive Studios and published by Astragon Entertainment. It is powered by Unreal Engine 4 and was released in June 2018 for Windows and in ...
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Bus Simulator 21 ''Bus Simulator 21'' is a bus simulator game developed by Stillalive Studios and published by Astragon Entertainment. It is developed on the Unreal Engine 4. It is the sixth in the ''Bus Simulator'' series, and is the direct sequel to ''Bus Simu ...
'' *'' City Bus Simulator'' *'' Desert Bus'' *'' Fernbus Simulator'' *'' Tourist Bus Simulator''


Car simulation

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Racing simulation

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Assetto Corsa ''Assetto Corsa'' (Italian for "Race Setup") is a sim racing video game developed by the Italian video game developer, Kunos Simulazioni. It is designed with an emphasis on a realistic racing experience with support for extensive customization a ...
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Assetto Corsa Competizione ''Assetto Corsa Competizione'' (Italian language, Italian for "race setup", "competition") is a sim racing video game developed by Italy, Italian video game developer Kunos Simulazioni. The game focuses on Group GT3, GT3, :de:Gruppe GT4, GT4, SRO ...
'' * '' Codemasters F1 Series'' **'' F1 2010'' **'' F1 2011'' **'' F1 2012'' **'' F1 2013'' **''
F1 2014 The 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 68th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 65th Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars, recognised by the sport's governing body ...
'' **'' F1 2015'' **'' F1 2016'' **'' F1 2017'' **'' F1 2018'' **'' F1 2019'' **'' F1 2020'' **'' F1 2021'' * ''
Colin McRae Rally ''Dirt'' and ''Dirt Rally'' (stylized as ''DiRT'' and ''DiRT Rally'', formerly known as ''Colin McRae Rally''), is a rally racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters. Codemasters had acquired the exclusive license to the '' ...
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Colin McRae Rally ''Dirt'' and ''Dirt Rally'' (stylized as ''DiRT'' and ''DiRT Rally'', formerly known as ''Colin McRae Rally''), is a rally racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters. Codemasters had acquired the exclusive license to the '' ...
'' ** '' Colin McRae Rally 2.0'' ** ''
Colin McRae Rally 3 ''Colin McRae Rally 3'' is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. It features rally cars from the 2002 World Rally Championship. Both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions were s ...
'' ** '' Colin McRae Rally 04'' ** '' Colin McRae Rally 2005'' * ''
Dirt Dirt is any matter considered unclean, especially when in contact with a person's clothes, skin, or possessions. In such cases, they are said to become dirty. Common types of dirt include: * Debris: scattered pieces of waste or remains * Du ...
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Dirt 3 ''Dirt 3'' (stylised as ''DiRT 3'') is a simcade racing video game developed and published by Codemasters and distributed by THQ for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was released on 24 May 2011 and is the first game in the se ...
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Dirt 4 ''Dirt 4'' (stylised as ''DiRT 4'') is a simcade racing video game developed by Codemasters for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in June 2017, and for Linux and macOS in March 2019 by Feral Interactive. A sequel, ''Dirt 5'', was released i ...
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Dirt 5 ''Dirt 5'' is a simcade racing video game developed and published by Codemasters. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 6 November 2020, for Xbox Series X/S on 10 November, and for PlayStation 5 on 12 November (for N ...
'' ** '' Dirt: Showdown'' ** ''
Dirt Rally ''Dirt Rally'' (stylised as ''DiRT Rally'') is a racing simulation video game developed and published by Codemasters for Windows. A Steam Early Access version of the game was released on 27 April 2015, and the full version was released on 7 D ...
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EA Sports F1 ''F1'' is a racing video game series by Codemasters under the EA Sports banner since 2021. The series holds the official license of the FIA Formula One World Championship, with the FIA Formula 2 Championship available since the 2019 game. A t ...
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Enthusia Professional Racing is a 2005 racing game for the PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in Nort ...
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Forza Motorsport ''Forza'' ( , ; Italian for "force" and "strength") is a racing video game series for Xbox consoles and Microsoft Windows published by Xbox Game Studios. The franchise has sold 16 million copies as of December 2016 and has garnered critical ac ...
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Forza Motorsport 2 ''Forza Motorsport 2'' is a 2007 sim racing, simulation racing video game developed by Turn 10 Studios for the Xbox 360 console. It is the second title in the ''Forza'' series, and is the sequel to the original ''Forza Motorsport (2005 video game ...
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Forza Motorsport 3 ''Forza Motorsport 3'' is a 2009 in video gaming, 2009 racing video game developed for Xbox 360 by Turn 10 Studios. It is the sequel to ''Forza Motorsport 2'' and the third installment in the ''Forza'' series. The game includes more than 400 cus ...
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Forza Motorsport 4 ''Forza Motorsport 4'' is a 2011 racing video game developed by Turn 10 Studios and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox 360. It is the fourth installment in the ''Forza'' series. It is the first title in the series to support the Kinect ...
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Forza Motorsport 5 ''Forza Motorsport 5'' is a 2013 racing video game developed by Turn 10 Studios and published by Microsoft Studios for Xbox One. It is the fifth ''Forza Motorsport'' and sixth overall installment in the '' Forza'' series. The game was revealed ...
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Forza Motorsport 6 ''Forza Motorsport 6'' is a 2015 racing video game developed by Turn 10 Studios and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox One. It is the sixth ''Forza Motorsport'' and eighth overall installment in the '' Forza'' series, and available worl ...
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Forza Motorsport 7 ''Forza Motorsport 7'' is a 2017 racing video game developed by Turn 10 Studios and published by Microsoft Studios, serving as the tenth installment in the '' Forza'' series. It was released on Windows 10 and the Xbox One family of consoles on ...
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Geoff Crammond Geoff Crammond is a computer game designer and programmer who specialises in motor racing games. A former defence industry systems engineer, he claims to have had little interest in motor racing before programming his first racing game (Revs) b ...
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Grand Prix 2 ''Grand Prix 2'', released in North America as "Grand Prix II", is a racing simulator released by MicroProse in 1996 in video gaming, 1996. It is a sequel to ''Formula One Grand Prix (video game), Formula One Grand Prix''. It was made under an ...
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Grand Prix 3 ''Grand Prix 3'' is a computer racing simulator developed by MicroProse's UK development studio in Chipping Sodbury and published by Hasbro Interactive, released in July 2000. The expansion pack, "2000 Season", was developed by Simergy and publ ...
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Grand Prix 3 2000 ''Grand Prix 3'' is a computer racing simulator developed by MicroProse's UK development studio in Chipping Sodbury and published by Hasbro Interactive, released in July 2000. The expansion pack, "2000 Season", was developed by Simergy and publi ...
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Grand Prix 4 ''Grand Prix 4'', commonly known as ''GP4'' is a Formula One racing simulator game co-developed by Geoff Crammond's development studio Simergy and Infogrames' Chippenham development studio, and published by Infogrames. Released for the PC on Ju ...
'' * ''Gran Turismo'' Series ** '' Gran Turismo'' ** ''
Gran Turismo 2 ''Gran Turismo 2'' is a 1999 sim racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It is the sequel to '' Gran Turismo'', the second installment of the '' Gran Turismo'' series, a ...
'' ** '' Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec'' ** ''
Gran Turismo Concept is a 2002 sim racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It is the fourth overall installment the ''Gran Turismo'' series. The full game was unreleased in the North Amer ...
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Gran Turismo 4 ''Gran Turismo 4'' is a 2004 sim racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It is the fourth main installment and the sixth overall in the ''Gran Turismo'' series. It was ...
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Gran Turismo HD Concept is a sim racing video game demo developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the first installment of the '' Gran Turismo'' racing video game series to be released on the console. It wa ...
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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is a 2007 sim racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the eighth overall installment in the '' Gran Turismo'' series. ''Gran Turismo 5 Prologue'' is a precursor ...
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Gran Turismo 5 is a 2010 sim racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the fifth main installment and the tenth overall in the '' Gran Turismo'' series. It was released on Novemb ...
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Gran Turismo 6 ''Gran Turismo 6'' is a 2013 sim racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the sixth main installment and the eleventh overall in the ''Gran Turismo (series), Gran ...
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Gran Turismo Sport ''Gran Turismo Sport'' is a 2017 sim racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. It is the twelfth game in the ''Gran Turismo (series), Gran Turismo'' series. One of ''G ...
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Grand Prix Legends ''Grand Prix Legends'' is a computer racing simulator developed by Papyrus Design Group and published in 1998 by Sierra On-Line under the Sierra Sports banner. It is inspired by the 1967 Formula One season and includes the teams Brabham, B ...
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GT Legends ''GT Legends'' is a sports car racing simulator for the Windows developed by SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios an KW Studios) and published by 10tacle Publishing. It is based on the 2005 FIA Historic Racing Championships for GTC and TC ca ...
'' * ''GTR'' Series ** '' GTR - FIA GT Racing Game'' ** ''
GTR - FIA GT Racing Game 2 GTR may refer to: Transportation * Great River Railroad, in Mississippi, US * Grand Trunk Railway, a defunct North American railway * Golden Triangle Regional Airport (IATA and FAA LID codes), serving Columbus, Mississippi, US * Govia Thameslink Ra ...
'' * '' Indianapolis 500: The Simulation'' * ''IndyCar Racing'' Series ** ''
IndyCar Racing ''IndyCar Racing'' is a racing video game by Papyrus Design Group released in 1993. Papyrus, consisting of David Kaemmer and Omar Khudari, previously developed '' Indianapolis 500: The Simulation'', released in 1989. The game was intended as a ...
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iRacing.com ''iRacing'' is a subscription-based online sim racing video game developed and published by iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations in 2008. All in-game sessions are hosted on the publisher's servers. The game simulates real world cars, tracks, and ...
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Live For Speed ''Live for Speed'' (''LFS'') is a Sim racing, racing simulator developed by a three-person team comprising Scawen Roberts, Eric Bailey, and Victor van Vlaardingen with its latest release in 2024. The main focus is to provide a realistic Auto ra ...
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NASCAR Racing ''NASCAR Racing'' is a series of car racing video games originally developed by Papyrus Design Group in the 1990s. The series started in 1994 and ended with the release of ''NASCAR Racing 2003 Season'' in 2003. Later NASCAR games were released b ...
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NASCAR Racing ''NASCAR Racing'' is a series of car racing video games originally developed by Papyrus Design Group in the 1990s. The series started in 1994 and ended with the release of ''NASCAR Racing 2003 Season'' in 2003. Later NASCAR games were released b ...
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NASCAR Racing 2 ''NASCAR Racing 2'' is a video game developed by Papyrus Design Group and published by Sierra On-Line for Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS in late 1996. The game had an expansion, called ''NASCAR Grand National Series'', released in late-1997. Gamep ...
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NASCAR Legends ''NASCAR Legends'' is a NASCAR racing simulator developed by Papyrus Design Group for Windows-based personal computers and released by Sierra On-Line in late 1999. It was based on the 1970 NASCAR Grand National Series (the precursor to the NASCAR ...
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NASCAR Racing 3 ''NASCAR Racing 3'' is a racing simulator produced by Papyrus Design Group and published by Sierra Sports for Microsoft Windows in 1999. Gameplay Players can compete in the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 1999 NASCAR Busch Series. The g ...
'' ** '' NASCAR Racing 4'' ** ''
NASCAR Racing 2002 Season ''NASCAR Racing 2002 Season'' is the successor to '' NASCAR Racing 4'', released in 2002. Reception The game received "generally favorable reviews", just one point shy of "universal acclaim", according to the review aggregation website Metacr ...
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NASCAR Racing 2003 Season ''NASCAR Racing 2003 Season'', or ''NR2003'' for short, is a computer racing simulator released in February 2003 by Papyrus Design Group for Windows and Mac OS X. The game was the last to be released by the company before EA Sports bought the ...
'' * ''NASCAR Heat'' Series ** '' NASCAR Heat'' ** '' NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona'' * '' netKar Pro'' * ''
Project CARS ''Project CARS'' is a sim racing video game series developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The franchise was introduced in 2015 and received Project CARS 2, a sequel in 2017, followed by ''Project CARS 3'' ...
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Project CARS ''Project CARS'' is a sim racing video game series developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The franchise was introduced in 2015 and received Project CARS 2, a sequel in 2017, followed by ''Project CARS 3'' ...
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Project CARS 2 ''Project CARS 2'' is a motorsport racing simulator video game developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published and distributed by the Bandai Namco Entertainment group. It was released worldwide on 22 September 2017 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and ...
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Project CARS 3 ''Project CARS 3'' is a racing video game developed by Codemasters subsidiary Slightly Mad Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was released on 28 August 2020 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. The game marks a departure ...
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Need for Speed ''Need for Speed'' (''NFS'') is a racing game franchise published by Electronic Arts and currently developed by Criterion Games (the developers of the ''Burnout'' series). Most entries in the series are generally arcade racing games centered ...
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RACE - The Official WTCC Game Race, RACE or The Race may refer to: * Race (biology), an informal taxonomic classification within a species, generally within a sub-species * Race (human categorization), classification of humans into groups based on physical traits, and/or soc ...
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RACE 07 - The Official WTCC Game ''Race 07'' is a racing simulator computer game from SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios and KW Studios). The game is the sequel to the 2006 title ''Race – The Official WTCC Game''. Like the original ''Race'', the title is officially licen ...
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GTR Evolution ''GTR Evolution'' is an expansion pack to '' Race 07'' developed by SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios and KW Studios), published by Atari in Europe and Viva Media in the United States. It was released worldwide for digital download on Steam on ...
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STCC – The Game ''Race 07'' is a racing simulator computer game from SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios and KW Studios). The game is the sequel to the 2006 title ''Race – The Official WTCC Game''. Like the original ''Race'', the title is officially licens ...
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Raceroom ''RaceRoom Racing Experience'' is a free-to-play racing simulator for Microsoft Windows, developed by KW Studios (formerly known as SimBin Studios and Sector3 Studios) and published by RaceRoom Entertainment AG. Their aim is to provide an authe ...
Racing Experience'' * ''Rally Championship'' Series ** Network Q RAC Rally (video game) ** Network Q RAC Rally Championship ** International Rally Championship **
Mobil 1 Rally Championship ''Mobil 1 Rally Championship'' (also known as Rally Championship 2000) is a Rallying, rally video game which is part of the Rally Championship (series), ''Rally Championship'' series. It is a sequel to ''International Rally Championship'' (1997) ...
* Real Racing Series ** Real Racing (video game) ** Real Racing 2 ** EA Real Racing 3 * ''rFactor'' Series ** ''
rFactor ''rFactor'' is a personal computer, computer racing simulator designed for hardcore simulation racers. ''rFactor'' claimed to be the most accurate race simulator of its time. Released in August 2005, it competed with games like ''NASCAR Racing ...
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rFactor 2 ''rFactor 2'' is a computer racing simulator developed by Image Space Incorporated (taken over by Studio 397 in 2016) and released for Windows in 2013. Like its predecessor '' rFactor'', ''rFactor2'' is designed to be modified and used by profe ...
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Richard Burns Rally ''Richard Burns Rally'' is a sim racing game, published by SCi and developed by Warthog with advice of WRC champion Richard Burns (1971–2005). It was released in 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox in July, for Microsoft Windows in September, ...
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My Summer Car ''My Summer Car'' is a vehicle simulation game developed and published by Amistech Games. It was released in early access on Steam (service), Steam in October 2016. On January 8, 2025, the game was officially released from Early Access. Gameplay a ...
'' * '' Racer'' * '' Rally Trophy'' * ''
Richard Burns Rally ''Richard Burns Rally'' is a sim racing game, published by SCi and developed by Warthog with advice of WRC champion Richard Burns (1971–2005). It was released in 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox in July, for Microsoft Windows in September, ...
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SODA Off-Road Racing ''SODA Off-Road Racing'' is an off-road racing simulation released for both DOS and Windows PCs. The game was based on the SODA series but featured only fantasy vehicles and tracks. The game was developed by Software Allies, a collaboration o ...
'' * '' Spirit of Speed 1937'' * '' Stormworks: Build and Rescue'' * '' Stunt Car Driver'' * '' The Open Racing Cars Simulator'' * '' Viper Racing''


Farming Simulation

* '' Farming Simulator series''


Flight simulation

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Ace Combat is an Arcade video game, arcade-style Combat flight simulation game, combat flight simulation video game series by Project Aces, an internal development team of Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Namco. Debuting in 1995 with ''Air Combat'' fo ...
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Air Combat ''Air Combat'' is a 1995 Combat flight simulation game, combat flight simulation video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation, and the first title of the ''Ace Combat'' franchise. Players control an airc ...
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Ace Combat 2 is a 1997 Combat flight simulation game, combat flight simulation video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation. It is the sequel to ''Air Combat'' and the second in the ''Ace Combat'' franchise. The play ...
'' ** '' Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere'' ** '' Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies'' ** '' Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War'' ** '' Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation'' ** ''
Ace Combat Advance ''Ace Combat Advance'' is a 2005 combat flight simulation video game in the ''Ace Combat'' series. Developed by Hungarian studio Human Soft, it is the first entry in the series released on a handheld game console and the first 2D entry in the se ...
'' ** '' Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception'' ** '' Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War'' ** '' Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown'' * ''
Su-27 Flanker (video game) ''Su-27 Flanker'' is a combat flight simulator released for the PC (DOS and Microsoft Windows) in 1995 on CD. Developed in Russia by Eagle Dynamics and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc (SSI), the game takes place in Crimea and allows pl ...
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Flanker 2.0 Flanker 2.0 () is a combat flight simulator developed by Eagle Dynamics and released in 1999. It is a direct sequel to ''Su-27 Flanker''. The game allows players to fly the Sukhoi Su-27 and Su-33 in combat missions. In 2001, a major patch title ...
'' * '' Flanker 2.5'' * '' Lock On: Modern Air Combat'' * ''
Digital Combat Simulator ''Digital Combat Simulator'' (''DCS'') is a combat flight simulation game developed primarily by Eagle Dynamics and The Fighter Collection. Several labels are used when referring to the ''DCS'' line of simulation products: ''DCS World'', ''Modu ...
'' * ''Falcon'' series ** '' Falcon 4.0'' ** '' Falcon 4.0: Allied Force'' * ''
FlightGear ''FlightGear Flight Simulator'' (often shortened to ''FlightGear'' or ''FGFS'') is a free, open source multi-platform flight simulator developed by the project since 1997. David Murr started this project on April 8, 1996. This project had ...
'' * ''Fly!'' series ** '' Fly!'' ** '' Fly! II'' * '' Flight Unlimited series'' ** '' Flight Unlimited'' ** ''
Flight Unlimited II ''Flight Unlimited II'' is a 1997 flight simulator video game developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. The player controls one of five planes in the airspace of the San Francisco Bay Area, which is shared with up to ...
'' ** '' Flight Unlimited III'' * ''
IL-2 Sturmovik The Ilyushin Il-2 ( Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. The word ''shturmovík'' (Cyrillic: штурмовик), the generic Russian term ...
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Kerbal Space Program ''Kerbal Space Program'' is a 2015 Space flight simulation game, space flight simulation video game developed by Mexican studio Squad for Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One. In the game, players dir ...
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Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator ''Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series'' is the first version of all three combat flight simulation games from Microsoft. It was released on 28 October 1998 and it is set in the European Theatre of World War II. This game spawne ...
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Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator ''Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series'' is the first version of all three combat flight simulation games from Microsoft. It was released on 28 October 1998 and it is set in the European Theatre of World War II. This game spawne ...
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Combat Flight Simulator 2 ''Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater'' is a combat flight simulator game by Microsoft released in October 2000 for the Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to '' Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator''. The game takes place in the Pacifi ...
'' ** '' Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe'' * ''SubLogic Flight Simulator series'' **
FS1 Flight Simulator ''Flight Simulator'' is a 1980 flight simulator video game published by Sublogic for the Apple II (internally cataloged as A2-FS1 Flight Simulator). A TRS-80 version (T80-FS1) followed later that year. It is the first in a line of simulations fro ...
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Flight Simulator II (Sublogic) ''Flight Simulator II'' is a video game developed by Bruce Artwick and published by Sublogic (company), Sublogic as the sequel to ''FS1 Flight Simulator''. It was released in December 1983 for the Apple II, in 1984 for Atari 8-bit computers and ...
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Microsoft Flight Simulator ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' is a series of Flight simulation video game, flight simulator programs for MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. It was an early product in the Microsoft application portfolio and diff ...
'' 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 ''Microsoft Flight Simulator 98'', abbreviated commonly as ''FS98'', is a flight simulator video game. It was released in September 1997 for Microsoft Windows. Gameplay ''Flight Simulator 98'' (version 6.1) is generally regarded as a "service re ...
'' ** '' Flight Simulator 2000'' ** '' Flight Simulator 2002'' ** '' Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight'' ** ''
Microsoft Flight Simulator X ''Microsoft Flight Simulator X'' (''FSX'') is a 2006 flight simulation video game originally developed by Aces Game Studio and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to '' Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 ...
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Microsoft Flight ''Microsoft Flight'' is an amateur flight simulation from Microsoft Studios (game studio), Microsoft Studios created as a spin-off of the ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' series. The game is offered "free-to-play"; charging players for download ...
'' ** '' Flight Simulator 2020'' * ''
Microsoft Space Simulator ''Microsoft Space Simulator'' is a space flight simulator Computer program, program, based on ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' for MS-DOS. It was one of the first general-purpose space flight simulators and it incorporated concepts from astrodynami ...
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X-Plane The X-planes are a series of experimental United States aircraft and rockets, used to test and evaluate new technologies and aerodynamic concepts. They have an X designator within the US system of aircraft designations, which denotes the expe ...
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Motorcycle simulation

* Superbike 2000 *
Superbike 2001 ''Superbike 2001'' is a motorcycle racing video game developed by Milestone srl, published by Electronic Arts (EA), and released in 2000 for Microsoft Windows. It is part of EA's ''Superbike'' video game series. The game features all tracks and ...
* Superbike World Championship (video game) * SBK-07: Superbike World Championship * SBK-08: Superbike World Championship * SBK-09: Superbike World Championship * SBK X: Superbike World Championship * SBK 2011 * SBK Generations * SBK 22


Submarine simulation

* '' 688 Attack Sub'' * ''Jane's Combat Simulations: 688(I) Hunter/Killer'' * ''
Aces of the Deep ''Aces of the Deep'' is a World War II submarine simulator game developed by Dynamix for MS-DOS in 1994. The game was re-released by Sierra On-Line for Windows in 1995 as ''Command: Aces of the Deep''. ''Aces of the Deep'' was the last install ...
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AquaNox ''AquaNox'' is a series of submarine-based first-person shooter/simulation video games set in the distant future. The collection includes ''AquaNox'', ''AquaNox 2: Revelation'' and ''AquaNox: The Angel's Tears''. The predecessor and the starter of t ...
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Barotrauma Barotrauma is physical damage to body tissues caused by a difference in pressure between a gas space inside, or in contact with, the body and the surrounding gas or liquid. The initial damage is usually due to over-stretching the tissues in ...
'' * '' Dangerous Waters'' * '' Enigma: Rising Tide'' * ''
Gato (computer game) ''GATO'' is a real-time submarine simulator published in 1984 by Spectrum HoloByte for MS-DOS. It simulates combat operations aboard the Gato-class submarine in the Pacific Theater of World War II. ''GATO'' was later ported to the Apple IIe, At ...
'' * ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1987) * ''
Red Storm Rising ''Red Storm Rising'' is a war novel, written by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond, and released on August 7, 1986. Set in the mid-1980s, it features a Third World War between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Warsaw Pact forces, and is notab ...
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SSN-21 Seawolf ''SSN-21 Seawolf'' is a submarine simulator game designed by John W. Ratcliff and published for MS-DOS systems by Electronic Arts on April 3, 1994. A 3DO Interactive Multiplayer version was planned but never released. The player takes command of ...
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Shells of Fury ''1914 Shells of Fury'' is a submarine simulation video game set during World War I. The game centers on commanding Kaiserliche Marine U-boats from the beginning of the War in 1914 to its end. It was developed by German studio h2f Informationssyst ...
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Silent Hunter Silent Hunter may refer to: * Silent Hunter (video game) * Silent Hunter (laser weapon) {{disambig ...
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Silent Hunter II ''Silent Hunter II'' is a 2001 World War II U-boat combat simulation published by Ubisoft, Ubi Soft for Personal computer, PCs with Windows 95/Windows 98, 98/Windows Me, ME. Gameplay ''Silent Hunter II'' gives the player the command of German ...
'' * '' Silent Hunter III'' * '' Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific'' * '' Silent Hunter 4: The U-Boat Missions'' (add-on expansion pack) * '' Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic'' * ''
Silent Service (video game) ''Silent Service'' is a submarine simulator video game designed by Sid Meier and published in 1985 by MicroProse for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, and IBM PC compatibles, then ported to other home computers. A Nintendo Entert ...
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Silent Service II ''Silent Service II'' is a submarine simulation game developed and published by MicroProse for MS-DOS in 1990 and for the Amiga in 1991. It is a sequel to 1985's '' Silent Service'', also set in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Tommo purc ...
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Silent Steel ''Silent Steel'' is a 1995 submarine simulator computer game by Tsunami Games. It was created during the influx of interactive movies during the 1990s. The game is composed almost entirely of live-action full motion video, with sparse computer ...
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Sub Battle Simulator ''Sub Battle Simulator'' is a naval combat simulation game released by Epyx in 1987. The game was developed by Digital Illusions, Inc. It was released for the Amiga, Apple IIGS, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Macintosh, MS-DOS, and the Tandy Color Comp ...
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Sub Command ''Sub Command'', subtitled ''Akula Seawolf 688(I)'' is a submarine simulator computer game designed by Sonalysts Combat Simulations and published for Windows systems by Electronic Arts in 2001. The player commands one submarine: a United States N ...
'' * '' Tom Clancy's SSN'' * ''
Treasures of the Deep ''Treasures of the Deep'' is an action-adventure video game developed by Black Ops Entertainment and published by Namco Hometek for the PlayStation. The player controls an underwater explorer who scours deep sea environments around the world for ...
'' * '' WolfPack'' * '' Sub Hunt''


Ship simulation

*'' Ship Simulator'' series **'' Ship Simulator Extremes'' * '' Virtual Sailor'' * '' Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm'' * ''
World of Warships ''World of Warships'' is a naval warfare-themed free-to-play multiplayer online game developed and published by Wargaming. Players control warships of choice and can battle other random players on the server, play cooperative battles against bo ...
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Tank simulation

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World War II Online ''World War II Online: Blitzkrieg'' is a World War II massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS) developed by Playnet, Inc.'s internal game studio, "Cornered Rat Software", and it was originally released on June 6, 2001 for Micr ...
'' (2001–2012, virtual battlefield) * '' M4'' (1992) * '' Panzer Front'' * '' Steel Beasts'' * ''
Steel Fury ''Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942'' is a World War 2 vehicle simulation game, tank simulation computer game, set during the Second Battle of Kharkov, Kharkov offensive of 1942. It was made by the Ukraine, Ukrainian game developer team Graviteam and Rus ...
'' * '' Wild Metal Country'' (''A.K.A. Wild Metal'') * ''
World of Tanks ''World of Tanks'' (''WoT'') is an armoured warfare-themed multiplayer online game developed by Wargaming, featuring 20th century (1910s–1970s) era combat vehicles. It is built upon a freemium business model where the game is free-to-play ...
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War Thunder ''War Thunder'' is a 2013 free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer video game produced by Gaijin Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Oculus, and Vive. It was first relea ...
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Train simulations

* '' Densha de Go!'' * '' Mini Metro'' * ''
Microsoft Train Simulator ''Microsoft Train Simulator'' (informally abbreviated to MSTS) is a 2001 train simulator game developed by UK-based Kuju Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios, Microsoft Games (now known as Xbox Game Studios) for Microsoft Windows, W ...
'' * '' OpenBVE'' * ''
Train Fever ''Train Fever'' is a business simulation game by Swiss developer Urban Games, funded via the crowdfunding platform Gambitious on 20 March 2012 for a total budget of €300,000 and therefore published digitally by Gambitious Digital Entertainmen ...
'' * '' Train Simulator 2013'' * '' Trainz Simulator 12'' * ''
Train Simulator A train simulator (also railroad simulator or railway simulator) is a computer-based simulation of rail transport operations. They are generally large complicated software packages modeling a 3D virtual reality world implemented both as comme ...
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Train Sim World ''Train Sim World'' (abbreviated to ''TSW'') is a series of train simulator, train-simulation games developed by Dovetail Games. There have been seven iterations, including the initial ''Train Sim World: CSX Heavy Haul'' in 2017, after which ca ...
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World of Subways World of Subways is a series of subway simulations created by TML-Studios. There are currently four volumes. All volumes are standalone programs and cannot be modified. Each volume has only one route included with no other routes available, with t ...
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Truck simulation

* '' 18 Wheels of Steel'' series * ''
American Truck Simulator ''American Truck Simulator'' is a truck simulator game developed and published by SCS Software. It was first announced as being in development in September 2013 and unveiled at the E3 2015. It was released on 2 February 2016 for Microsoft Wind ...
'' * '' Hard Truck'' series * '' King of the Road'' * ''
Euro Truck Simulator ''Euro Truck Simulator'' (known as ''Big Rig Europe'' in North America) is a 2008 truck simulation game developed and published by the Czech company SCS Software. The game is set in a scaled-down rendition of Europe, from the United Kingdom an ...
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Euro Truck Simulator 2 ''Euro Truck Simulator 2'' is a truck simulator game developed and published by SCS Software for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS and was initially released as open development on 18 October 2012. The game is a direct sequel to the 2008 gam ...
'' * '' German Truck Simulator'' * '' UK Truck Simulator'' * ''
Rig 'n' Roll ''Rig'n'Roll'' is an open world truck driving simulation and racing video game released on 27 November 2009 in Russia and during 2010 in the rest of the world. It simulates truck driving and management along with associated business strategic a ...
'' * '' Rigs of Rods'' * ''
Street Cleaning Simulator ''Street Cleaning Simulator'' (originally titled in German ''Kehrmaschinen-Simulator 2011'') is a simulation game developed by TML Studios for Windows and released in 2011 by publishers Astragon and Excalibur Publishing. The game received attent ...
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Spintires ''Spintires'' is a 2014 off-roading simulation video game by developer Pavel Zagrebelnyy. In ''Spintires'', players take control of off-road vehicles and drive them through muddy off-road terrain to complete objectives. The game was released on Ju ...
'' * '' MudRunner'' * '' SnowRunner''


Miscellaneous

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FlightGear ''FlightGear Flight Simulator'' (often shortened to ''FlightGear'' or ''FGFS'') is a free, open source multi-platform flight simulator developed by the project since 1997. David Murr started this project on April 8, 1996. This project had ...
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Infinite Flight ''Infinite Flight'' is a flight simulation video game developed by Infinite Flight LLC. The game was initially released in 2011 on Windows Phone before expanding to other platforms. It is now available for Android and iOS. Gameplay The s ...
'' * '' Top Gun: Danger Zone'' * ''
World of Warplanes ''World of Warplanes'' (''WoWp'') is a free-to-play aerial combat Massively multiplayer online game, massively multiplayer online (MMO) game developed by Persha Studia and published by Wargaming (company), Wargaming.net. The game was originally rel ...
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War Thunder ''War Thunder'' is a 2013 free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer video game produced by Gaijin Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Oculus, and Vive. It was first relea ...
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Prepar3D ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' is a series of flight simulator programs for MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. It was an early product in the Microsoft application portfolio and differed significantly from Micro ...
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WarBirds ''WarBirds'' is a series of massively multiplayer online and offline World War II combat flight simulation video games originally developed by Interactive Creations of Grapevine and published by iEntertainment Network in 1995. The game includ ...
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Other simulations


Programming Games

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Colobot ''Colobot'' (''Colonize with Bots'') is an educational, post-apocalyptic real-time strategy video game featuring 3D graphics, created by Swiss developer Epsitec SA. The objective of the game is to find a planet for colonization by the human r ...
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TIS-100 ''TIS-100'' is a programming/puzzle video game developed by Zachtronics Industries. The game has the player develop mock assembly language code to perform certain tasks on a fictional, virtualized 1970s computer that has been corrupted. The ga ...
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Trade simulation

* '' Discovery: In the Steps of Columbus'' * '' Drug Dealer Simulator'' * '' High Seas Trader'' * '' Merchant Prince'' series ** '' Merchant Prince'' ** '' Machiavelli: The Prince'' ** '' Merchant Prince II'' *'' The Patrician'' *'' Patrician II: Quest for Power'' *'' Patrician III'' *'' Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates'' *''
Port Royale 2 ''Port Royale 2'' is the sequel to the business simulation game '' Port Royale: Gold, Power and Pirates''. It is set in the Caribbean during the 17th century. Created by Ascaron Entertainment in 2004, it combines a business simulator with real-t ...
'' *'' Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants'' *'' Port Royale 4'' * ''
Potion Craft ''Potion Craft'' (also titled as ''Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator'') is a video game created by Russian independent developer niceplay games and published by tinyBuild in 2022. Described as an "atmospheric management simulator set in a medieva ...
'' * '' Schedule I'' * '' 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 is an MMORPG set in the Age of Exploration, with the English version published by Papaya Play. It features over a hundred different sailing ships and an open world based on real Earth geography, with players engage in many activities such as comb ...
'' *** '' Uncharted Waters Online La Frontera'' * '' Trade Empires''


Photo simulation

*'' Afrika'' (
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Pokémon Snap is a 1999 photography video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was first released in Japan in March 1999 and was later released in July 1999 in North America and in September 2000 for PAL regions. ...
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Nintendo 64 The (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, in North America on September 29, 1996, and in Europe and Australia on March 1, 1997. As the successor to the Super Nintendo E ...
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PC Engine The TurboGrafx-16, known in Japan as the , is a home video game console developed by Hudson Soft and manufactured by NEC. It was released in Japan in 1987 and in North America in 1989. The first console of the fourth generation, it launched ...
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PlayStation is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consists of a series of home video game consoles produced under the brand; it also consists ...
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PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October, in Europe on 24 Novembe ...
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Game Boy Advance The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and to international markets that June. It was later released in mainland China in 2004, under the name iQue Game Boy Advanc ...
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Wii The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America, and in December 2006 for most other regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major home game console, f ...
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Sea Life Safari ''Sea Life Safari'' is an underwater exploration video game originally developed by WildTangent for Microsoft Windows in 2007. Sierra Online released the game on Xbox Live Arcade on June 18, 2008. Reception The Xbox 360 version received "m ...
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Xbox 360 The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the Xbox (console), original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox#Consoles, Xbox series. It was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detail ...
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Medical simulation

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Emergency Room An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of pat ...
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Plague Inc. ''Plague Inc.'' is a real-time strategy simulation game developed and published by Ndemic Creations. The game was inspired by the 2011 film '' Contagion'' and the 2008 browser game ''Pandemic 2''. The player creates and evolves a pathogen to an ...
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Theme Hospital ''Theme Hospital'' is a business simulation game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1997 for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows compatible Personal computer, PCs in which players design and operate a privately owne ...
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Trauma Center A trauma center, or trauma centre, is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. The term "trauma center" may be used incorr ...
'' series **'' Trauma Center: Under the Knife'' **'' Trauma Center: Second Opinion'' **'' Trauma Center: New Blood'' **'' Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2'' **''
Trauma Team A trauma team is a multidisciplinary group of healthcare workers under the direction of a team leader that works together to assess and treat the severely injured. This team typically meets before the patient reaches the trauma center. Upon arriv ...
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Two Point Hospital ''Two Point Hospital'' is a 2018 business simulation game developed by Two Point Studios and published by Sega for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Console versions for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One were released in February 2020. ...
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Surgeon Simulator 2013 ''Surgeon Simulator'' (formerly ''Surgeon Simulator 2013'') is a surgical simulation video game developed and published by Bossa Studios. The initial version was created by Tom Jackson, Jack Good, Luke Williams and James Broadley in a 48-hour per ...
'' *'' Microsurgeon (video game)''


Motion simulators with screens

* '' Typhoon (simulator)''


See also

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List of city-building video games This is a comprehensive index of city-building games, sorted chronologically. Information regarding date of release, developer, platform, setting and notability is provided when available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes ...
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List of business simulation video games :''See Lists of video games for related lists.'' This is a comprehensive index of business simulation games, sorted chronologically. Information regarding date of release, developer, platform, setting and notability is provided when available. Th ...
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List of theme park management video games The following are video games dedicated to the management or simulation of theme parks. Construction simulators Many titles are construction and management simulation games. Players must construct roller coasters and sometimes other fairground att ...
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References

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