Game Genre
Simulation Games
Browse Simulation Nintendo Switch games with release dates, images, related genres, and score details where available.
About Simulation
Simulation games are a diverse and broad genre, commonly created for imitating real-life activities. There are no strict goals, the player is allowed to perform freely; he can play for one or more characters, dabbling into occupations, building towers, making relationships, and doing sports. This genre is divided into sub-genres, such as sports, construction and management, strategies, and wars. Each one has its famous games. Life simulators are known for the Sims series; sports simulators - for the NBA series; city-buildings for the SimCity series. The first simulations ever developed are BMX Simulator, Pro Boxing Simulator, and Grand Prix Simulator; each released in the 1980s. Among recently released, the most famous are Jurassic World Revolution, F1 2018, and Cities: Skylines.
Top Developers in Simulation
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Popular Simulation Nintendo Switch Games
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Megaquarium
Train Station Renovation
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
Red Wings: Aces of the Sky
My Time at Sandrock
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
One Night Stand
Disney Speedstorm
When Ski Lifts Go Wrong
SteamWorld Build
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast
Realpolitiks
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
The Station
If My Heart Had Wings
Hungry Shark World
Airborne Kingdom
Chess Ultra
Lethis - Path of Progress
MXGP3 - The Official Motocross Videogame
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
LEGO Bricktales
Insurmountable
The Long Journey Home
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Ooblets
NBA 2K23
TT Isle of Man
MotoGP 20
Rise of Insanity
Strike Suit Zero: Director's Cut
Tennis World Tour
Atomicrops
Garden Story
Unholy Heights
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers
Gates of Hell
The Colonists
Nintendo Labo
Freaky Awesome
Bee Simulator
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town
Arcade Paradise
Solitaire
WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship
Umurangi Generation
NUTS (itch)
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
Matchpoint - Tennis Championships
Pinball FX
Kill The Bad Guy
Animal Super Squad
Drowning
Growtopia
Time Loader
Ultrawings
Bear and Breakfast
Summer in Mara
Simulation News
Read Nintendo news articles connected to games in the Simulation genre.
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