Hidden Gem Simulation Games
Highly rated Simulation games that never got big: under $20, fewer than 25,000 reviews. The review cap filters out everything you've already heard of.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1Tiny Glade24,72393.83%97.33%
- 2Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 3Placid Plastic Duck Simulator20,26393.47%97.57%
- 4Mon Bazou20,84593.25%97.12%
- 5Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades23,93193.24%97.00%
- 6Papa's Freezeria Deluxe13,34593.23%99.26%
- 7Outcore: Desktop Adventure18,40193.09%97.39%
- 8Mini Motorways24,45893.05%96.26%
- 9The Test20,11192.88%96.71%
- 10A Date with Death14,92392.83%97.96%
- 11Wobbledogs15,35892.72%98.22%
- 12Spirit City: Lofi Sessions16,81092.62%97.58%
- 13IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator14,22692.60%97.82%
- 14Goat Simulator 315,98192.59%97.80%
- 15VillageRhapsody16,31292.34%96.87%
- 16WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition13,36592.23%97.51%
- 17Nodebuster14,06392.18%97.39%
- 18Townscaper21,64892.09%95.28%
- 19Virtual Cottage11,09592.03%97.67%
- 20Rusty's Retirement14,85891.97%96.70%
- 21NIGHT-RUNNERS PROLOGUE22,61491.96%94.96%
- 22shapez 2 - Factory15,34091.94%96.94%
- 23missed messages.15,55391.79%96.03%
- 24shapez15,95191.78%95.91%
- 25Winter Memories10,65591.69%97.49%
- 26SpaceEngine16,62891.69%96.16%
- 27Mini Metro16,76791.62%96.00%
- 28Little Kitty, Big City13,87791.60%96.89%
- 29Door Kickers 2: Task Force North13,63691.43%96.02%
- 30Waterpark Simulator14,31591.40%96.39%
- 31Into the Breach22,41691.40%94.17%
- 32BAD END THEATER10,06591.36%97.50%
- 3360 Seconds! Reatomized19,63791.32%94.44%
- 34Farm Together22,11991.30%94.07%
- 35Retrowave15,43691.23%95.15%
- 36Empires of the Undergrowth18,94591.19%94.36%
- 37Project Wingman22,32991.14%93.80%
- 38OpenTTD17,00991.13%94.62%
- 39Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing14,06091.06%95.23%
- 40NGU IDLE12,99191.05%95.57%
- 41Dungeons 318,72891.03%94.15%
- 42Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,90991.01%94.68%
- 43Escape Simulator19,38690.92%93.89%
- 44Cat Goes Fishing16,55090.78%94.16%
- 45Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 46Digseum8,15990.67%97.68%
- 47Strange Horticulture16,15090.56%94.45%
- 48Marco & The Galaxy Dragon7,89290.53%97.30%
- 49SuchArt: Creative Space7,15890.52%97.97%
- 50Scritchy Scratchy15,79690.50%94.45%
- 51Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,87290.44%94.23%
- 52DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,80590.42%94.22%
- 53ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs10,67990.40%95.28%
- 54Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander12,89990.29%94.25%
- 55Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead22,24890.17%92.42%
- 56Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,35190.14%93.17%
- 57Dome Keeper22,47190.14%92.35%
- 58X-Plane 1120,31790.13%93.01%
- 59The Farmer Was Replaced9,49090.12%95.57%
- 60Minami Lane6,75690.09%97.35%
- 61Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator10,48890.05%95.57%
- 62Turmoil16,16890.00%92.98%
- 63Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-8,25789.96%95.03%
- 64Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,33989.94%93.26%
- 65Knowledge, or know Lady8,98689.93%95.21%
- 66KinitoPET14,76889.87%93.04%
- 67Viscera Cleanup Detail23,76589.84%92.19%
- 68Magical Princess8,18189.84%96.65%
- 69Learn to Fly 311,31689.79%94.68%
- 70Monster Prom14,33989.79%93.01%
- 71Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad10,03089.79%95.29%
- 72Opus Magnum7,25889.73%97.26%
- 73Door Kickers10,05889.70%94.18%
- 74Farming Simulator 1515,86989.68%92.51%
- 75Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator7,97189.65%95.26%
- 76Door Kickers: Action Squad10,61589.64%94.71%
- 77Not For Broadcast12,70189.61%93.81%
- 78Mount Your Friends7,66689.59%95.33%
- 79Songs of Syx9,28289.55%94.25%
- 80Cyber Manhunt15,71489.54%92.31%
- 81(the) Gnorp Apologue9,96289.53%94.81%
- 82Luck be a Landlord11,54489.49%93.23%
- 83Do Not Feed the Monkeys12,75589.47%93.55%
- 84Ostriv7,68189.46%95.03%
- 85Motor Town: Behind The Wheel9,71589.46%93.85%
- 86Car Mechanic Simulator 201514,62789.46%92.38%
- 87小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop10,24389.44%93.61%
- 88The Exit 811,62189.38%92.99%
- 89Mr.Mine18,67089.37%91.62%
- 90Animal Revolt Battle Simulator6,86989.35%95.41%
- 91Crazy Machines 310,10389.33%94.35%
- 92RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,32589.33%94.31%
- 93Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,82989.23%96.38%
- 94Parkitect8,15089.22%94.18%
- 95Automobilista 216,08089.22%91.74%
- 96The Test: Hypothesis Rising5,91989.22%97.58%
- 97I Was a Teenage Exocolonist4,84889.21%96.31%
- 98Long Live The Queen7,16889.21%94.84%
- 99Cast n Chill8,73289.20%94.86%
- 100Class of '099,11289.18%94.57%
