Look, we can’t always do what we want to do in the real world. That’s where simulation games come in! And these ones in 2024 will be something to keep an eye on. When it comes to war games, they’re ...

This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. For this series' final entry, we're ...

Joe Grantham is a contributor from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With over ...

School Teacher Simulation, developed and published by Eathrabaria, is a 3D life-sim and job-sim available on Steam. I played for around 30 minutes for this game review — enough to get a feel for the ...

Open-world games combine genres for unique experiences - Goat Simulator 3 offers chaotic fun. Simulation games in open worlds engage players with complex systems like in Satisfactory. Project Zomboid ...

Morgan Pinder is a writer at GameRant and a graduate researcher at Deakin University in Australia. Their research interests are in video games, environmentalism and gothic media. Morgan’s most recent ...

Simulation games like Bus Simulator 21, F1 Manager, and Session all do the same thing - they allow you to try out a job that you'd have to spend years training for in real life. Unfortunately, it's a ...

A surge of indie simulation titles is emerging in 2026, blending creative mechanics with hybrid genres to stand out in a crowded release calendar. From cozy life sims to inventive management hybrids, ...