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1729 Simulation games reviewed and scored, best first.
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A short incremental business sim about sorting trash for profit, whose fun core concept and progression won over a slim majority of players but whose full release feels noticeably slower and grindier than the beloved free demo it grew from, splitting the review pool almost down the middle.
5.5 / 10
A cute, mystery-box-opening incremental game that hooks players fast with its addictive unboxing loop, while a large, detailed share of its own review corpus argues thin explanation, wobbly balance and a lack of quality-of-life features undercut a short, promising idea.
5.5 / 10
A solo-developed cozy idle farm sim that most short-session players find genuinely relaxing -- while its handful of longer, more critical reviews describe its headline "8 worlds" feature as cosmetic and the whole thing as thin once the initial charm wears off.
5.5 / 10
A Priest's-Eye Take on the Ghost-Hunting Formula Unpossess 2: Exorcism Simulator, from small developer Chreseeba Games, entered Early Access on August 21, 2026, a follow-up to
5.5 / 10
Verdant Skies drops a colonist onto an alien world to farm, befriend, and romance a small cast of characters using systems clearly inspired by Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon. Its writing and inclusive character options earn specific praise, while an unusually detailed, widely-repeated complaint argues the actual content runs out well before the marketing's "story rich" framing would suggest.
5.5 / 10
Fifteen Minutes, One Hole, One Monster Voracity launched free on Steam on August 3, 2026, from solo developer LUNDY, and the entire pitch fits in a sentence: crank a generator to p
5.5 / 10
A co-op incremental dump-digging sim about hunting for a discarded Bitcoin fortune, whose absurd premise and chill dig-sell-upgrade loop land well with players looking for a short, silly co-op session, but whose lack of post-launch content, save-game bugs, and close resemblance to another recent trash-digging game leave a large share of reviewers unconvinced of its value.
5.5 / 10
A striking, PS1-inspired narrative diner sim marketed as a literal doomsday story, whose genuine strengths in art direction and voice acting are consistently overshadowed by a large, specific negative-review consensus that the advertised apocalypse is entirely metaphorical, the cooking is minimal, and a severe, untoggleable camera headbob makes it physically uncomfortable to play for many.
5.5 / 10
A visually charming cozy bakery idler let down by a confusing tutorial, slow RNG-gated progression, and a genuine mismatch between how the game is marketed and how much active attention it actually demands.
5.5 / 10
A genuinely beautiful nature-themed idle game -- biologist-verified species cards, lush stylised regions -- ported from mobile with its premium-currency shop apparently removed days after launch, though reviewers as recent as 2026 still describe running into one.
5.5 / 10
A cheap, initially satisfying wild-west mining and town-building sim that reviewers compare to a spiritual sequel of Prison Escape Simulator, undercut by a single mining area that runs dry within a handful of hours, inconsistent optimisation, a quest line that breaks if purchases aren't made in a specific order, and reported progress-blocking bugs including resources vanishing through the world.
5.5 / 10
A genuinely charming restoration-and-tinkering sim wrapped around a nostalgic story about a grandfather's workshop, let down by real technical problems, a short story with no proper free-play mode, and a support record that genuinely did stop for good in December 2022.
5.5 / 10
A two-dollar joke-premise Japanese-barbecue grilling minigame that, against every expectation for something this small, kept receiving real patches for over three years, launched on Switch, and spawned a direct spiritual sequel in 2026.
5.5 / 10
A joke game that showed up right on time Yasuke Simulator arrived in the exact middle of a very online argument about historical accuracy in a certain much larger, much more expens
5.5 / 10
The Title Says Everything You Need to Know A Game About Chopping Trees does not bury its premise. You play a woodsman who rides a rail handcart into a forest, swings an axe (and ev
5.4 / 10
A co-op café-management sim built around 3v3 rival cafés and light sabotage, praised for its chaotic multiplayer fun and satisfying coffee-making mechanics, but held back by stiff movement, a wobbly camera, multiplayer bugs, and a thin amount of content at launch.
5.4 / 10
A physically demanding VR spelunking simulator that recreates real caves, including the infamous Nutty Putty cave, but whose Steam release has fallen noticeably behind its Meta Quest counterpart on content and updates.
5.4 / 10
Excrucia is a $3.99 solo-developed first-person psychological horror game from Mansur about a father returning home to find his family transformed into monsters, and this review's small, mostly Positive sample praises its surreal, varied set design and multiple-ending structure within a tight, bite-sized runtime.
5.4 / 10
A short, cheap Lovecraftian walking-sim horror game about a fleshy alien bio-mass spreading through the Rocky Mountains, built on strong atmosphere and a divisive twist ending.
5.4 / 10
How Many Secrets Under Ceiling is a $2.99 text-based detective deduction game from developer 稻歌游戏工作室, a crowdfunded adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo's classic locked-room mystery "The Walker on the Ceiling," and this review's 14-review, Mostly Positive sample praises its surprisingly large amount of writing and a genuine unreliable-narrator twist, while flagging real rough edges in its English localization and save system.
5.4 / 10
A whimsical Early Access tavern sim casting players as an exiled wizard running a magical inn, praised for its cosy card-battle-and-cooking loop but held back by an unintuitive interface, unclear quest guidance, and the rough edges typical of an early build.
5.4 / 10
A survival game about outliving a plague Nested Lands drops players onto an island overrun by bandits and a spreading plague, tasking them with scavenging, fighting, and slowly reb
5.4 / 10
Answering the Phone, Haggling Over the Price, Building a Five-a-Side Empire Pitchside Empire is a free-to-play business sim from solo-flavored studio Bombastik Studio that starts a
5.4 / 10
A charming, story-driven farming sim where you never touch a hoe yourself — instead you "code" magical golem constructs to garden, mine, and forage for you, with genuinely inventive ideas undercut by a menu system that fights you at every turn.
5.4 / 10
