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Simulation games. These titles put emphasis on simulating authentic (or fictional) actions in the most realistic manner possible. They allow the player e.g. to control civil (digger, crane, bus) or military vehicles (plane, tank, warship). Life simulation games (especially The Sims series) are very specific example of titles in this category, because they can simulate almost infinite number of aspects of human lives. more
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The Planet Crafter
Simulation 10 April 2024
The Planet Crafter is an action adventure game focusing on the survival aspect. The player takes on the role of an astronaut whose task is to conduct terraforming processes on an alien planet.
Icarus
Simulation 03 December 2021
A sci-fi survival game by RocketWerkz (founded by Dean Hall, the creator of DayZ). Players must scavenge for exotic material in the violent world of Icarus, humanity's greatest mistake.
Green Hell
Simulation 05 September 2019
A survival game, in which you find yourself stranded in the Amazon Jungle. To survive, you have not only to gather food and water, but also learn to light bonfires, hunt, craft useful equipment, and build shelters.
Mr. Prepper
Simulation 18 March 2021
An adventure and simulation game hybrid in which we play the role of a citizen of a totalitarian state; one day a man decides to take matters into his own hands and break the status quo. In Mr. Prepper we deal with the expansion of the hero's underground hiding place, construction of various tools and machines, as well as trade with neighbors while avoiding inspections carried out by representatives of the authorities.
Raft
Simulation 20 June 2022
A survival game, in which you're drifting at sea on the eponymous raft. Your task is mostly gathering resources and food, improving your raft, and crafting useful tools, which is often made more difficult by marine predators.
I Am Future
Simulation 2024 (early access since 08 August 2023)
A survival game, in which rather than struggle for survival, we live a quiet, relatively peaceful life in a postapocalyptic world. In I Am Future we play as a survivor of a global cataclysm, who has to sustain himself in an empty world and find out what caused the apocalypse.
Stranded Deep
Simulation 11 August 2022
A realistic survival game created by a debuting Australian studio Beam Team Games. The player assumes the role of a plane crash survivor who struggles to remain alive on one of the uninhabited islands of the Pacific. Unlike most games of this genre, this production is focused not only on the exploration of the island itself, but it also encompasses the ocean floor around it. Both areas are randomly generated before each game.
Survival: Fountain of Youth
Simulation 21 May 2024 (early access since 19 April 2023)
Survival: Fountain of Youth is an action adventure game with survival elements, its story revolving around the titular Fountain of Youth. The game is set in the 16-th century. We play as a stowaway, trying to survive on fifteen different islands.
Occupy Mars: The Game
Simulation July 2024 (early access since 10 May 2023)
Occupy Mars: The Game is a survival game in which the player takes on the role of an astronaut building a colony on Mars. His duties include not only finding the right place to build the base and expand the infrastructure, but also taking care of the necessary raw materials and supplies of oxygen, food and water, and if necessary - repairing the damaged elements before his life hangs on the Italian.
Winter Survival
Simulation 06 March 2024
FPP survival game in which we fight for survival in the American wilderness. As winter reigns around us, in Winter Survival Simulator we have to not only hunt and search for resources, but also take care of maintaining the right body temperature.
Above Snakes
Simulation 25 May 2023
Above Snakes is a survival strategy game about a young Indian girl trying to survive in a fictional version of the Wild West. An unusual element is the fact that the player himself creates the world explored by the heroine by buying for resources more fields, of which the map consists.
Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
Simulation TBA (early access since 2024)
A simulation game enriched with elements taken from adventure action games and survival productions. While playing in the Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator, we sit at the helm of the Trans-Siberian Railway, facing various complications along the way. This includes the removal of obstacles lying on the track, as well as the defence against wild animals or aggressive people.
Cowboy Life Simulator
Simulation 2025
An action game with survival elements, which allows us to play the role of a cowboy. In the Cowboy Life Simulator we find ourselves in the 19th century Wild West, where we immune ourselves to a variety of activities to get the money needed to support our family farm.
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
Simulation 27 August 2019
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is an episodic third-person survival adventure game. This is the first game developed by Panache Digital Games, a studio led by Patrice Désilets who previously worked for Ubisoft and THQ. He co-created the first three Assassin's Creed games and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Alaskan Road Truckers
Simulation 18 October 2023
An unusual production, combining a truck driving simulator with a survival game. Alaskan Truck Simulator has the official Discovery Channel license. The game was developed by the Polish studio Movie Games, and PlayWay is responsible for its release.
Wild West Dynasty
Simulation July 2024 (early access since 16 February 2023)
Life sim witch RPG and survival elements. In Wild West Dynasty, we find ourselves in the Wild West and play the role of a settler, whose farm is transformed over time into a prosperous city, and whose family - into a dynasty that shakes all of America.
My Winter Car
Simulation TBA
My Winter Car is the second part of a series of survival and simulation games, in which we renovate old sports cars. As the title suggests, this time the action takes place in winter, which affects the graphics and gameplay.
Scrap Mechanic
Simulation 20 January 2016
This is the debut production from Axolot Games. The game itself is a multiplayer-focused sandbox mechanic simulator featuring elements of survival. The player takes control of a mechanic sent to a fully automatized agricultural planet to fix and maintain the machines working there. As it soon turns out, the robots inhabiting the planet went insane and the protagonist's task is to make a good use of his knowledge of machines in order to survive the attacks of mechanical enemies.
Nobody: The Turnaround
Simulation 2024 (early access since 17 November 2022)
Life simulation with survival elements and ideas taken from RPGs. In Nobody: The Turnaround, we play as an ordinary man living in the suburbs who, by working and improving his skills, tries to improve the quality of his life.
City 20
Simulation August 2024 (early access since August 2024)
A simulator of living in a post-apocalyptic city cut off from the world after a radioactive spill. City 20 is a sandbox focused on the topics of survival, crafting, combat and building relations with NPCs from various factions. The world adapts to the choices we make.
Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Simulation 25 November 2020
A simulation game about creating your own sect, which mixes elements of survival, RPG and strategy. Amazing Cultivation Simulator has gained great popularity in China, and its creators were inspired by such games as Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld.
Survival: The Ultimate Challenge
Simulation 05 September 2001
Survival: The Ultimate Challenge is a simulation of life with elements of strategy and action game, created by Techland studio in Wroclaw. The player's task is to direct the actions of a group of survivors to ensure their survival until help arrives. This requires, among other things, efforts to satisfy basic living needs, as well as concern for maintaining an appropriately high morale.
The Survivalists
Simulation 09 October 2020
Two-dimensional action adventure game, in which we can also find strategic and survival elements. The player takes on the role of a survivor who tries to live on a desert island. The well-known studio Team17 is responsible for the development of this production.