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265 games like SimLife · 1985 – 2026

  • Why 60Form.06World.25Curated.65Lists.00Simulation · Often paired

    Sukeban Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +2

    SimulationScience fictionIndieVisual novelSide view

    "Escape from VA11 HALL-A’s Glitch City to Saint Alicia, an idyllic tourist paradise with an upscale bar called N1RV Ann-A. But opulence and extravagance are merely smokescreens: the artificial island hides a seedy underbelly. Its dystopian

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  • Why 60Form.04World.25Curated.66Lists.00Simulation · Often paired

    Gainax · Dreamcast, Nintendo DS, PS2 +1

    SimulationScience fictionMechaFirst personText

    In Ayanami Raising Project, the player takes on the role of a NERV officer who has just been assigned to Tokyo-3. Upon meeting with Commander Gendo Ikari, he is charged with taking care of the First Child, the mysterious Evangelion pilot Re

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 57Form.20World.27Curated.50Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation · Often paired

    EA Montreal · Wii

    Life simulationSimulationScience fictionBiological simulationRole-playing

    Enjoy maximum replay value as you evolve your Spore Hero, then return to explore early areas of the game with new powerful items and abilities. Combination sim/RPG gameplay and the first release in the 'Spore' franchise on the Wii gaming pl

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  • Xbox exclusiveWhy 57Form.29World.00Curated.50Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation · Often paired

    Rare Ltd. · Xbox 360

    Life simulationSimulationKidsThird person

    The original Rare Ltd. team behind Viva Piñata has reunited to bring gamers Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, the newest and most fun piñata adventure to date. Available exclusively on Xbox 360, Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise reinvigorate

    79 rating6 listsOften paired

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  • Timed PlayStation exclusiveWhy 53Form.10World.25Curated.50Lists.00Simulation · Often paired

    PS5, Windows, Xbox Series

    SimulationScience fictionAdventureActionSurvival

    Forever Skies is a first-person action survival game. Return to Earth destroyed by an ecological disaster, fly a high-tech airship, expand, rebuild and repair it. Scavenge resources to survive, face the dangers of the surface as you will hu

    70 rating2 lists27 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 47Form.06World.25Curated.45Lists.00Simulation

    Tom Snyder · Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +1

    SimulationScience fictionSpaceEducationalFirst person

    In The Halley Project, the player assumes the role of a star pilot whose mission is to travel between the various bodies of the solar system.

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 44Form.28World.20Curated.26Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    SimulationLife simulationEvolution

    A life simulation which shows how organisms evolve. Take control of one of life's earliest lifeforms and, depending on what environment and habitat you prefer to use, watch as your organism starts to evolve and adapt to its surroundings. Y

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  • Why 44Form.04World.25Curated.40Lists.00Simulation

    Disney Mobile · Android, Windows, Windows RT +1

    SimulationScience fictionStar warsManagementSide view

    Star Wars: Tiny Death Star was a business simulation video game developed by Disney Mobile and NimbleBit, and published by LucasArts for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and Windows 8/RT devices. It is based on NimbleBit's previous game, Tiny T

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 41Form.27World.00Curated.26Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    Arcade, PlayStation, WonderSwan

    SimulationLife simulationQuizRole-playingManagement

    Kosodate Quiz My Angel is the first entry in a series of unique quiz simulation games in where players can enjoy assuming the role of a couple of newly parents who must raise their newborn daughter from the age of 0 until the age of 25. Th

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 41Form.03World.25Curated.36Lists.00Simulation

    Nintendo 64

    SimulationScience fictionSportsAliensBowling

    Have you ever bowled against your buddies with a Nuclear Ball on a lane constructed out of an alien's tongue? Probably not. But now you can, as you bowl for the perfect game in Milo's Astro Lanes, the wackiest, most spaced-out bowling blast

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 41Form.20World.20Curated.26Lists1.00Simulation · Life simulation · Also in Simulation games

    Life simulationSimulationBiological simulationEvolution

    A life simulation which shows how organisms evolve. Take control of one of life's earliest lifeforms and, depending on what environment and habitat you prefer to use, watch as your organism starts to evolve and adapt to its surroundings. Y

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 40Form.31World.00Curated.22Lists.00Life simulation

    Millennium Kitchen · Switch, Windows

    Life simulationAdventureExplorationKidsThird person

    Natsu-Mon! 20-seiki no Natsu-yasumi is an adventure game where you spend a summer as a boy. Catch insects, fish, swim in the sea, and interact with the towns people. You can also travel to neighboring towns by train and participate in festi

    78 rating2 lists16 h main story

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  • Why 39Form.04World.25Curated.34Lists.00Simulation

    MS-DOS

    SimulationScience fictionFirst-person shooterPost-apocalypticMech

    Ultrabots (called Xenobots in Europe) is a first-person shooter video game developed by NovaLogic for MS-DOS and published by Electronic Arts in 1993. The player controls a group of giant robots and battles other giant robots.

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 38Form.24World.00Curated.22Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    Millennium Kitchen · PS3

    SimulationLife simulationBird view / IsometricAdventureCute

    Boku no Natsuyasumi 3 is the third main game in the life simulation series of spending a summer vacation in Japan. This time the fourth grader Boku goes to his uncle and aunt's farm in the wide-open countryside of Hokkaidō on 1st August 197

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  • Why 36Form.03World.09Curated.32Lists1.00Simulation · Also in Simulation games

    Lion

    1995

    Electronic Arts · MS-DOS

    Life simulationSimulationBird view / IsometricBiological simulationAnimals

    Lion is a life simulator, much like it's predecessor, Wolf. You take the role of a lion or lioness and live you life on the plains of Africa, performing duties that real life lions share, such as hunting, raising cubs, and defending your te

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 36Form.43World.34Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Terraforming

    PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    SimulationTerraformingScience fictionText

    Neo Planet is a strategy / simulation game that takes place in an alien planet in the future in which the player takes the role of the person in charge of the whole planet so he will have to take decissions about the population, the differe

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  • Why 36Form.04World.25Curated.28Lists.00Simulation

    Bandai Namco Forge Digitals · Switch, PS4

    SimulationScience fictionBird view / IsometricCrossoverMecha

    Super Robot Taisen T is a simulation RPG with various robots crossing-over from different works to fight against common enemies.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 36Form.21World.25Curated.17Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    Givro · SNES

    Life simulationSimulationScience fictionAdventureRole-playing

    In this simulation/role-playing game, you must use the robotic pixie Tinker to educate a robot boy named Pino. You can move Tinker around, examining objects and collecting them in an adventure-like fashion. Pino will automatically follow yo

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  • Why 35Form.10World.10Curated.26Lists.00Simulation

    Biosys

    1999

    JumpStart Solutions · Windows

    SimulationAdventureSurvivalMysteryFirst person

    An early survival/puzzle adventure game set within highly detailed, simulated environments.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 35Form.17World.24Curated.18Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    Electronic Arts · Nintendo DS, Wii

    Life simulationSimulationBird view / IsometricBiological simulationManagement

    Serving to launch a new series of videogames in the Sims franchise, SimAnimals features many elements of the classic Sims experience, adapted to the Wii motion controls and featuring forest animals instead of human beings. Over 30 species o

    64 rating2 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 33Form.21World.00Curated.17Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    h.a.n.d. · Nintendo 3DS

    Life simulationSimulationAdventureMii supportStreetpass support

    Disney Magical World features dozens of Disney characters in a variety of Disney-themed worlds. Players can customize their characters with hundreds of Disney-themed outfits and accessories, all while managing a café, planting crops and col

    78 rating6 lists

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  • Why 31Form.38World.07Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Terraforming

    Monte Cristo · Windows

    SimulationTerraformingWorld buildingBird view / IsometricCity-building

    Cities XL is a simulation game in which players can build their own cities on realistic 3D maps. Players are challenged to create the right combination of social services, employment, activities, and job opportunities for the cities' citize

    70 rating1 list

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 31Form.40World.00Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    indieszero Co., Ltd. · Wii U, Game Boy Advance

    SimulationLife simulationFantasySide view

    Sennen Kazoku is a Game Boy Advance video game released in 2005 by Nintendo and Indieszero. The game was released exclusively in Japan. In the game, you'll play as Cupid, who was ordered to watch over a family by god. As Cupid, you must mak

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  • Why 31Form.06World.10Curated.22Lists.00Simulation

    Electric Transit, Inc. · Apple II, MS-DOS

    SimulationAdventureSurvivalFirst person

    A surprisingly complex survival simulator for its time, this game requires the player to manage their own food, shelter, and health in order to escape the wilderness alive.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 30Form.30World.25Curated.00Lists.00Genetic experiment

    Genetic experimentScience fictionAdventurePlatformerRun and gun

    WARNING: Stitch is extremely dangerous. The result of an illegal genetic experiment by a mad scientist, Stitch appears to be harmless - small, furry, with six legs - but his very existence is an abomination to all that's decent in the galax

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 30Form.38World.00Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    Cognosphere · Android, Windows, Xbox Series +1

    SimulationLife simulationAdventureRole-playingFantasy

    Petit Planet is HoYoverse's brand-new cosmic life sim that's free-to-play and cross-platform. Here, you can build your home, live alongside fuzzy neighbors, and discover the infinite possibilities of life on this planet!

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 30Form.38World.00Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Terraforming

    Bullfrog Productions · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST +13

    SimulationTerraformingWorld buildingBird view / IsometricGod game

    Populous is a real-time strategy game where the player takes the role of a deity influencing the development of civilizations. You shape terrain, guide followers, and use natural disasters like floods, volcanoes, and earthquakes to influenc

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  • Why 29Form.34World.07Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · World building

    Linux, Windows, macOS

    SimulationWorld buildingRole-playingVirtual worldCustomizable characters

    Active Worlds is a 3D virtual reality chat-build environment that started in 1995 and is the precursor to There and Second Life.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 29Form.34World.01Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    SimulationLife simulationStrategyManagement

    Dekitate High School is a Super Famicom video game that was released to an exclusively Japanese market in 1995 and was considered to be the first "high school simulation" video game to be released for the Super Famicom. Famed Japanese illus

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  • Why 29Form.27World.26Curated.00Lists.00Terraforming

    Ian Bird · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1

    TerraformingScience fictionStrategyExplorationMining

    Millenium: Return To Earth is a strategy game, in which player commands human colony on the Moon. Gameplay focuses on colonizing other planets, gathering resources and building starships.

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  • Why 29Form.35World.00Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    Gainax · Dreamcast, MSX, PC-9800 Series +5

    SimulationLife simulationAdventureMultiple endingsFantasy

    After defeating an evil demon, the player is in charge of raising a war orphan, Maria. There are 74 possible endings in which the daughter can grow up to work anything from a humble job such as a soldier or a mason, to a prestigious job suc

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 28Form.26World.25Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    Gust · PlayStation Vita

    SimulationLife simulationScience fictionVisual novelAnime

    Set in a distant world on the verge of collapse, Ciel Nosurge follows the mysterious girl Ionasal as she attempts to recover her lost memories and communicate with a player from another dimension. Combining visual novel storytelling, life s

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  • Why 28Form.33World.02Curated.00Lists.00World building

    Quicksilver Software · Linux, MS-DOS, Windows +1

    World buildingBird view / IsometricHistoricalStrategyTurn-based strategy

    Interesting gameplay featuring exploration, management and combat Infinite replayability on customizable, computer-generated worlds Discovering the uncharted during the Age of Exploration era

    78 rating3 lists21 h main story

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  • Why 28Form.33World.00Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Terraforming

    Zynga · iOS

    SimulationTerraformingWorld buildingGod gameStrategy

    Build a planet of followers in this strategy builder. Using your great "wonders" you convince followers to do your bidding and put them to work earning you gold and XP.

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 27Form.29World.00Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    7 Sins

    2005

    Monte Cristo · PS2, Windows

    Life simulationSimulationBird view / IsometricAdultComedy

    7 Sins is a life simulation that will immerse you in a world in which you must claw your way to the top of the social ladder, all the while making decisions that relate to the seven deadly sins.

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  • Why 27Form.22World.25Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    Gust Co. Ltd. · Switch, PS4, PlayStation Vita +1

    Life simulationSimulationScience fictionAdventureRole-playing

    Set in a distant world on the verge of collapse, Ciel Nosurge follows the mysterious girl Ionasal as she attempts to recover her lost memories and communicate with a player from another dimension. Combining visual novel storytelling, life s

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  • Why 27Form.21World.26Curated.00Lists.00Terraforming

    K-D Lab · Windows

    TerraformingScience fictionBird view / IsometricReal-time strategyScience

    Perimeter is an innovative Real-Time-Strategy game that pits players against each other or AI opponents in a life and death struggle to seize territory and establish critical protective “perimeters.” Players will be introduced to the game’s

    69 rating1 list25 h main story

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  • Why 27Form.00World.07Curated.18Lists.00

    Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +6

    AdventureFightingSurvivalDiseaseCaveman

    An adventure game, published by French studio Loriciels, where the player controls an early example of Homo Sapiens as he survives and fights off hostile Neanderthal rivals.

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  • Why 27Form.23World.25Curated.00Lists.00Terraforming

    Delta Tao Software · Amiga, Android, MS-DOS +3

    TerraformingScience fictionBird view / Isometric4XScience

    Spaceward Ho! is a turn-based science fiction computer strategy game that was written by Peter Commons, designed by Joe Williams (Joedelta) and published by Delta Tao Software. The first version was released in 1990, and further upgrades fo

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  • Why 27Form.21World.25Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Terraforming

    Mucky Foot Productions · Windows

    SimulationTerraformingScience fictionGod gameReal-time strategy

    A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse. Into this age of darkness comes light. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepte

    90 rating1 list

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  • Why 27Form.20World.25Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Terraforming

    Mucky Foot Productions · Windows

    SimulationTerraformingScience fictionBusiness simulationCity-building

    A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse. Into this age of darkness comes light. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepte

    90 rating2 lists17 h main story

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 27Form.28World.10Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Life simulation

    Blue Fang Games · Nintendo DS, Wii, Windows

    Life simulationSimulationManagement

    World of Zoo is the only life sim game that pushes you past the fences and into a world of your own zoo. Create and customize your zoo experience and develop hands on relationships to earn the trust and love of your animals.

    60 rating2 lists3 h main story

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  • Why 26Form.26World.00Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · Terraforming

    Lionhead Studios · Windows, macOS

    SimulationTerraformingWorld buildingBird view / IsometricAdventure

    In the game, the player takes the role of a god called from the void (nothingness) to help those who invoked them. However, the player is not an omnipotent style god, but rather a god who rises and falls with his believers and the player mu

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  • Why 26Form.27World.00Curated.00Lists1.00Simulation · Terraforming · Also in Simulation games

    Lionhead Studios · Windows, macOS

    SimulationTerraformingWorld buildingBird view / IsometricAdventure

    In the game, the player takes the role of a god called from the void (nothingness) to help those who invoked them. However, the player is not an omnipotent style god, but rather a god who rises and falls with his believers and the player mu

    74 rating1 listAlso in Simulation games

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  • Why 26Form.25World.02Curated.00Lists.00Simulation · World building

    Prune

    2015

    Android, Windows, iOS

    SimulationWorld buildingIndiePuzzleCasual

    With a swipe of a finger, grow and shape your tree into the sunlight while avoiding the dangers of a hostile world. Bring life to a forgotten landscape, and uncover a story hidden deep beneath the soil. Originally based on an experimental

    65 rating1 list2 h main story

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  • Why 26Form.18World.25Curated.00Lists.00Terraforming

    Koei Tecmo Holdings · PS3, Xbox 360

    TerraformingScience fictionScienceShooterThird-person shooter

    Take on a living alien tower that shifts and mutates around you, and the hordes of hostile creatures that dwell within, in this infamous Japanese clone of Gears of War.

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