34 Best New Upcoming Simulation Games 2023

Real life. It sucks at times. Not the least of which is that you often get curious about certain things, but you aren’t in a position to actually do them! Thankfully, video games are here to give you simulation experiences so you can enjoy those experiences right from their own home!

#34 House Flipper 2

Platform: PC
Release Date: 2023

House Flipper might have been a surprising hit for some players. Fans enjoyed becoming a contractor as they built up and fixed properties. Now a sequel is in the works to give players a more refined experience with several tweaks to the mechanics while adding a few new tools into your arsenal. Players will once again take on jobs to make different home repairs and buy properties to fix or build a home from the ground up.

#33 The Ranchers

Platform: PC
Release Date: 2023

The name alone should give you an idea of what this game is about. Within The Ranchers, players are taking the role of a city slicker looking to venture back into a more simple life. First, take to the south and grab a plot of land. From here, you’re building up a ranch and trying to improve it further over time. Grow crops, build new structures, gather livestock, and venture into the open world for new resources. However, you won’t have to do this alone as this game will offer online multiplayer cooperative support. 

#32 Night is Coming

Platform: PC
Release Date: 2023

Night is Coming is a simulation game where you’re overseeing a village. Build up a settlement and lead your villagers into a prosperous life. However, this is far from the normal world you’ll be staying within. In this game, we’re dealing with the harm that comes from cold weather and horrifying monsters. This land is ravaged by all kinds of beasts that will try to destroy your village. You’ll need to ensure you have enough resources available to ensure you’re able to keep your enemies at bay successfully. 

#31 Outlaw Driver Simulator

Platform: PC
Release Date: 2023

If you enjoy racing games, then this might be a title worth checking out. But this isn’t your typical racing game experience. You won’t be going through different circuits and trying to reach the leaderboards legally. Instead, this game is all about illegal street racing. You’ll fine-tune your vehicles and get them at a level to smash through the competition, all while avoiding the police. Make adjustments to your vehicle and ensure that not only is it catching the eyes visually, but its performance is second to none.

#30 The Sims 4 Growing Together Expansion Pack

Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One
Release Date: March 16, 2023

Everyone knows about The Sims franchise. This IP has continued to thrive for ages now, and we’ve seen a few main installment interactions launch into the marketplace. The latest mainline installment, The Sims 4, has recently transitioned into a free-to-play experience. Likewise, the next mainline installment is already in the works. However, that doesn’t mean the development team is done with providing content for The Sims 4. This year we received the Growing Together expansion pack. This brought a bit more content into the game, including decor. But the focus here is family ties as players build a family up and continue to strengthen the bond between family members. 

#29 Plasma

Platform: PC
Release Date: March 30, 2023

If you love to tinker around with electronics and mechanical devices, then Plasma might be the game for you. This video game offers an engineering playground title where you build up anything you can imagine. Developers give you robust tools to build robots, factories, arcade machines, and everything in between. The game is available to check out right now, and you can get into the nitty gritty of your builds. Figure out the physics and decide how to improve your builds with the different components powering the device up. Currently, the game is in early access, so you can expect some additional features or items to be added as the developers continue to work at a full launch for this game.

#28 Stellaris: First Contact Story Pack

Platform: PC
Release: March 14, 2023

Many people have played Stellaris for its incredible depth and how it helps depict the universe you venture into. Each time you play, you take the role of a civilization that has entered its space age and seeks to expand across the stars.

But in Stellaris: First Contact Story Pack, you get to rewind the clock and see what it was like before their massive exploration. You get to see how they reacted when they met aliens for the first time and whether it turned out well.

Will you welcome new species in peace? Or will you have to fight off beings that come to your world?

#27 Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 6

Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One XSX|S PS5
Release: March 09, 2023

While Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 6 is a mouthful to say, the game is easily one of the best of its kind due to everything it offers you and the customizable options you have.

For example, you can customize just about everything you do in the game. From your look to your bike, to how you race, the tracks you’re on, etc.

If that’s not enough for you, you can be taught by Jeremy McGrath! One of the best to ever do it. After you get through the basics, take on the career mode, or battle it out in custom wars or even a rhythm attack game!

Either way, race your heart out!

#26 Undisputed

Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One XSX|S PS5
Release: 2023

Are you ready to prove that you’re the best in the ring, no matter the era? If so, get into the boxing zone with Undisputed, a game touted as one of the most realistic and authentic boxing games ever.

The title will let you pick from over 50 fighters from history and use their style and moves to see if you can overcome anyone put in front of you. The game dares you to learn the ins and outs of boxing and see if you can learn fast enough to dodge a punch or ten.

Whether each bout like a title fight, always prepare for the things you’ll never see coming!

#25 Oxygen

Platform: PC
Release: April 06, 2023

Numerous resources on our planet are vital for humanity to survive. Unfortunately, after one particular disaster, humanity is on its last legs due to toxins being pumped into the sky. These toxins have heavily affected the oxygen supply of the planet. So you must help take control of the Oxygen Center to create a new civilization for the remaining survivors, and make living on the planet possible again.

As the leader, it’s your job to make everything work. Don’t be afraid to push things, but also be mindful of the people in your care. It’s your time, so make humanity proud!

#24 The Riftbreaker: Into The Dark

Platform: PC
Release: 2023

If you’ve been enjoying the main game, but want more content for you to take on, then get The Riftbreaker: Into The Dark. The title puts you on a quest to seek out the source of a major threat. The world is slowly being infected by a crystalline substance that is transforming everything it touches. As you investigate, you realize that the source is deep underground.

You’ll soon see how deep the underground world goes and enact new gameplay strategies and abilities to crush this threat and save the day!

So dive in, and be mindful of everything around you. You never know what lurks under the surface.

#23 Innchanted

Platform: PC
Release: 2023

What’s worse than a real-life landlord causing problems at your home or apartment? How about a magical wizard warlord who tries to take control of your family’s business to show that he’s better than you? Yep, that sucks, and you need to put that wizard in his place!

Innchanted will allow you and some of your friends to take on roles at an inn to make it the most successful place in all the land. Your goal isn’t just to have a good business but to prove to the wizard landlord that you can do the job much better than they can.

It won’t be easy, but few things worth doing are!

#22 Voidtrain

Platform: PC
Release: 2023

Who doesn’t love getting thrown into unique worlds where you have to adapt on the fly and survive everything that is thrown at you? Oh, you don’t like that? Then you won’t want to play Voidtrain.

The game takes you to another dimension known as the Void. In this place, things aren’t going to be as they seem, and a train is your best method of transportation around the place and your best defense against the beings that live there.

The more you travel around, the more you’ll be able to upgrade your train and get weapons to help fight off monsters that will attack you. You can even bring in friends to help you survive the Void.

#21 Hello Engineer

Platform: PC
Release: 2023

Just when you thought you had dealt with your creepy neighbor, he goes and decides to infiltrate an amusement park and build traps and courses for you to get caught up in! They’re such a mean person, wouldn’t you agree?

In Hello Engineer, you and your friends will take to the park that your creepy neighbor built and attempt to overcome his traps by making contraptions of your own. Of course, it’s up to you to make everything work and test them against various obstacles and courses.

Get victory where you can, and keep building what you need to escape their clutches!

#20 Once Human

Platform: PC
Release: 2023

When aliens invade the world, most agree humanity will be doomed. But in Once Human, that invasion comes in a form no one expects. It’s called “Stardust.” It’s a kind of alien that affects literally everything on the planet. The people, the animals, the plants, and even the dirt you stand on and the water you drink.

You are a Meta-Human who can somehow resist the effects of Stardust, so it doesn’t control you. Use your abilities to survive in this world and attempt to take out the alien creature. But be warned, you must take care of yourself along the way, or else there won’t be much fight left in you.

#19 Sengoku Dynasty

Platform: PC
Release: 2023

One of the things that video games love to do is give you numerous choices for your character and see where you take those paths.

In Sengoku Dynasty, you’ll play a father who wants to provide a good life for his daughter. Four unique paths await you with different fates at the end of each. Will you become a leader and help grow the village you live in? Will you take up the blade and fight for the freedom of those around you? Will you learn a trade and provide for your daughter through commerce? Or shall you take the path of the gods and seek their divine blessings?

Jump into the game and find out!

#18 Alaskan Truck Simulator

Platform: PC Xbox One PS4
Release: 2023

You might not think a game about driving a truck is that interesting. But you’d be surprised at how many such games exist in the video game space. Alaskan Truck Simulator is one such title, and it’ll show you just how dangerous this job is for those behind the wheel of these big rigs.

We say that because when it comes to driving through Alaska, it ain’t easy. The roads and paths you can take are limited, and if your truck isn’t outfitted for the weather conditions there, you’ll get stuck.

So treat your trucks right and build up your business to get new gigs and trucks to own!

#17 WWE 2K23

Platform: PC XSX|S PS5 PS4 Xbox One
Release: March 17, 2023

Are you ready to take your place on top of one of the wrestling world’s biggest brands? If so, WWE 2K23 is here to restore your faith in the company’s gaming exploits. The title builds upon the rebirth title from last year and gives you so much more to do.

The MY GM mode is back and expanded, so you can do even more to control the brand you love. You can also do more with customization as you make your character stand out and control their destiny as they work through the WWE ranks!

The matches are bigger, the options are grander, and you’ll soon be on top if you work at it.

#16 Squirrel with a Gun

• Developer: Daniel DeEntremont
• Publisher: Daniel DeEntremont
• Platform: Microsoft Windows
• Release date: TBA

No, this isn’t a joke, but it is kind of funny. Because there is indeed a game coming out called Squirrel with a Gun, and it’s going to be pretty much what you’re expecting in the weirdest and wildest of ways.

Because in this game, you will indeed play as a squirrel…with a gun. We’re really not making this up. You’ll be able to wield a variety of firearms as you go throughout a small town and do whatever it is the squirrel wants to do.

You’ll have to fight against agents who want to take you down, disarming them with perfectly placed shots. Use the guns you have to get to harder to reach places, and either talk with or rob the local people in order to get rewards.

#15 Car Wash Simulator

• Release date: TBA
• Developers: Movie Games, MSI Digital Games
• Platforms: Android, Microsoft Windows
• Publishers: Movie Games, PlayWay, InstaGames, MSI Digital Games

Not every simulator game is meant to be crazy. Some are meant to give you an experience you might not have on your own, but could have some fun with. Such as Car Wash Simulator. In this title, you will get to build your own car wash business, then have to run it to ensure that it goes smoothly and makes you money.

Make sure operations go as they should, then build and expand so that you can be even more successful. Or, you can go the corrupt route and take deals to make extra cash! But the authorities will check you out if you do…

So if you think you can run a business, Car Wash Simulator is the one for you.

#14 Dissident: Frostland Escape

• Publisher: Games Operators
• Developer: Tequilabyte Studio
• Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
• Release date: TBA

In Dissident: Frostland Escape, you’re going to have a very different kind of simulated experience. Because here, you’re going to have to endure the life of being a prisoner at a camp that is not known for being the nicest around.

You will have two main options to choose from in every run through. You can either go and flee the complex and see how long you can survive. Or, stay in the camp and see how long you endure.

Each choice will lead to an array of consequences, and whether you survive either is up to you and how well you handle things. The truth must come out about the camp though, and you’re the only one who can do it.

#13 Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life

• Publisher: Xseed Games
• Developer: Marvelous
• Platforms: Nintendo Switch
• Release date: 2023

There are plenty of farming games out there for you to do should you want to partake in them. But with Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, you’ll get one that might honestly be one of the most fulfilling of the bunch.

For example, in the game you’ll inherit a farm from your father, and as a result, you’ll need to need to tend to it, its crops, and it animals in order to make it blossom.

Along the way, you’ll get to know the people of the Forgotten Valley, and possibly meet your partner in life. Of whom you’ll not only grow old with, but get to have children with. Then your children will grow as you do and your decisions will guide their life.

A wonderful life, indeed.

#12 PC Building Simulator 2

• Developer: Spiral House Ltd
• Publisher: Epic Games
• Release date: TBA
• Platform: Microsoft Windows

This is one that could start your own career if you use it wisely. In PC Building Simulator 2, you’ll get to go on the path of PC Builder and repairman. You’ll start off small, learning how to build and use the various parts to make the best PCs possible, or fix them when they’re broken.

Then, you’ll get to expand, start to make your own custom PC’s that are better and more beautiful than the standard model.

Oh, and to be clear, this isn’t just a simulation, they’re using real parts from real manufacturers to give it that authentic experience. So go forth and see what kind of cool PC’s you can make in the game!

#11 Nivalis

• Developer: ION LANDS
• Publisher: 505 Games
• Release date: TBA
• Platform: Microsoft Windows

If you want to live life “on the edge” as you do things, then Nivalis is for you. This game takes place in a Cyberpunk city that is anything but easy to live in. There are plenty of people who want to hurt you, and the city itself is falling apart. So, why not try and hit it big before everything hits the wall?

You’ll start out in one of three kinds of business-types, and then build yourself up over time. All the while, explore the city and its night life, meeting all sorts of characters, and ensuring that if nothing else, your life ain’t boring.

What will you be in the end? That’s up to you.

#10 Flight Catastrophe

• Developer: Trigger Labs
• Publishers: PlayWay, Trigger Labs
• Release date: TBA
• Platform: Microsoft Windows

If we’re being honest here, the last thing any of us want to be in, is a catastrophe on something like a plane. Because despite how safe they are, it’s easy for things to go from bad to worse if they’re not prepared for what happens.

That’s where you come in with Flight Catastrophe. In this simulated disaster game, you’ll be the person who both does their best to keep the planes safe, but prevents the catastrophe from getting out of hand. Mechanical failures, hostage situations, fires, and more will be thrown at you. Learn the plane from back to front, make the hard decisions to save the passengers and the crew, and get out alive!

Or don’t…and probably get a bad review.

#9 Hometopia

• Release date: TBA
• Genres: Simulation video game, Casual game, Simulation
• Developers: The Isn’t Company, Giant Junior
• Platform: Microsoft Windows
• Publishers: The Isn’t Company, Giant Junior

Alright, you want something less stressful, is that it? Fine. Hometopia might be something you’ll enjoy then.

Because in this game, you’ll get to build a bunch of houses across a set of 5 different neighborhoods. The best part? You’ll get to have complete control over every aspect of the houses you make. Make them big and striking, or simple and homey, it’s your call from the walls, to the carpets, the furniture, the colors, and so on.

You can do the game in career mode and try to “elevate” the neighborhood. Or, go Sandbox Mode and just build to your hearts content. Go nuts, and see what houses you make.

#8 Bloody Hell Hotel

• Release date: TBA
• Developer: Unfold Games
• Publisher: Unfold Games
• Platform: Microsoft Windows

Now here’s a title that’s…uh…let’s just say “unique”, shall we? In Bloody Hell Hotel, you’re a vampire who has awoken after a couple centuries of slumber, and as a result, you go and decide to build a hotel! No, really, you do. You’re going to transform your former castle into a hotel, so get on it!

The bad news is that you don’t have a lot of resources at first. The good news is that underneath your home is a set of caves that you can farm and get resources from. As well as battle monsters!

Once you have what you need, build your hotel from the literal ground up! Then, try and make it a great place to stay at. Or…just drain all of your guests so that you get more power. Whatever works for you.

#7 Heavy Cargo: The Truck Simulator

• Developer: toxtronyx interactive GmbH
• Publisher: Aerosoft
• Release date: 2023
• Platform: Microsoft Windows

While it may not be the most thrilling of games at time, Heavy Cargo: The Truck Simulator is indeed one that showcases the lives of the men and women who are essential for life. As they’re the ones that bring the heaviest of cargo from one spot to the next so that people can use it for their jobs and businesses.

You’ll need to outfit your ride so that it can perfectly handle the cargo you need to haul. Then, you’ll either go it alone or join a convoy toward the job.

Just how successful a driver will you be in this game?

#6 Road Diner Simulator

• Developer: Drago Entertainment
• Platform: Microsoft Windows
• Release date: TBA
• Publishers: Drago Entertainment, Movie Games

The roadside diner is a staple of many places, and many people love to eat at them. In Road Diner Simulator, you’ll take over a diner that hasn’t been used in quite a while. You’ll rebuild it, make sure you have the proper people and resources to run it, and then start serving customers!

You’ll be wearing many hats in this game, including managing your staff, making sure the customers are happy and not getting sick off your food, and slowly improving your restaurant as a whole. Will you just make sure your one place is the best it can be? Or will you expand it and make a diner empire? It’s your choice in Road Diner Simulator.

#5 Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist

• Publisher: Flamebait AB
• Developer: Flamebait AB
• Release date: TBA
• Platform: Microsoft Windows

The life of an artist is literally one of the hardest out there. Because you will live and die by the art that you make. Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist showcases this as the once famous artist has now been kicked onto the streets, and must fight for the right to be called a successful artist once again!

In the game, you’ll go around a small town and work with the townspeople to do jobs, get money to buy more art supplies, and draw your heart out for pleasure and profit.

You’ll literally be drawing things yourself here, so be crafty, be artsy, and be famous by the time all is said and done.

#4 Cowboy Life Simulator

• Release date: TBA
• Developers: RockGame S.A., Oaza Games
• Platform: Microsoft Windows
• Publishers: RockGame S.A., Oaza Games

A lot of you likely have dreamed of being a cowboy once upon a time, but in Cowboy Life Simulator, you’ll see that it’s not always what it appears to be. You’ll be a lonely cowboy who wants to have more adventure in his life and not just minding the family land.

As a result, you’ll need to start making big changes and going for broke if you wish to have a life of adventure. Saddle up some horses for the journey ahead, build places for you to live and stay in. Be wary of outlaws that might come around, and remember, the Wild West is a big place, and there are dangers everywhere…

#3 Thief Simulator 2

• Developer: MrCiastku
• Release date: TBA
• Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X and Series S, PlayStation 5
• Publishers: Ultimate Games, PlayWay

Not every simulation game is one where we tell you to “not try this at home”, because most of you wouldn’t naturally or not have the ability to enact these activities. But with Thief Simulator 2, we very much tell you to NOT try this at home.

Because as the game’s name implies, you’ll be a thief scouting a neighborhood for things to rob. You’ll wait for night to fall and then hit your targets. Try and steal everything in sight to make a profit. But remember, you don’t want to get caught! Fight or flee when your target returns home, and ensure you get away with your loot and not into the hands of the cops!

#2 Frostpunk 2

• Developer: 11 Bit Studios
• Publisher: 11 Bit Studios
• Release date: TBA
• Platform: Microsoft Windows

Technically, this isn’t so much a simulation game as a “what if scenario”. Because if you were to find yourself in charge of humanity after a massive freezing has left humanity without heat except for one spot that you have to build a metropolis on…you might want some experience on how to handle that.

And in Frostpunk 2, you’ll need it. Because this game will force you to not just build to help humanity survive, but you’ll have key choices that you’ll have to make to ensure that humanity lives to see another day. Will you do your best for the people, rule with an iron fist, have to fight off rebellions and coup attempts to get you out of power? You’ll find out once you play.

#1 Kerbal Space Program 2

• Release date: 2023
• Publisher: Private Division
• Developers: Intercept Games, Take-Two Interactive
• Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X and Series S, PlayStation 5

Yes, it’s true, the Kerbals are back! Years after they made their epic arrival in Kerbal Space Program, you’ll get the chance to help them reach the stars once again in Kerbal Space Program 2! Such a great naming thing, wouldn’t you say?

The game is just like the first, but with some key advancements. You will indeed be building a new space program for the Kerbals. BUT, you’ll have new and advanced technologies to not just use, but strive for. We’re talking new kinds of ships, space stations, interstellar travel, and so much more!

So if you want to launch the Kerbals even farther than before, then prepare for Kerbal Space Program 2!