simulation game
Digital life mimicry
A simulation game models real-world activities, systems, or scenarios for entertainment or training.
Flight simulators, city-building games, and farming games let players experience activities without real consequences.
The genre ranges from realistic professional training tools to casual games that simplify complex systems: I spent hours on that trucking simulation game.
Sometimes shortened to sim: life sims, racing sims.
- sandboxEnclosed play area
- sandbox modeConsequence-free testing environment
- open worldNonlinear game environment
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- theme parkEntertainment destination with rides
strategy · management · resource management · virtual · world-building · SimCity · Sims · micromanagement · economy · resources · modeling · scenario · god mode · builder · terrain · population · realistic · physics
- gameschess, checkers, poker, baccarat, dominoes
- video gamesFortnite, arcade, consoles, console, action-adventure
- coin-op machinesarcade machine, claw machine, jukebox, pinball, video poker
- roleplayroleplay, acting, character, cosplay, D&D
simulation gamearcade game
Token-operated entertainment machine
puzzle game · platformer · shoot 'em up · match-three game · Pac-Man
simulation gamefighting game
Close combat video genre
first-person shooter · beat 'em up · bullet hell · rhythm game · run and gun
simulation gamecasual game
Easily accessible interactive entertainment
minigame · party game · endless runner · idle game · clicker game
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