The best simulation games in 2025 can cover so much ground when it comes to simulating real (and unrealistic) events. But no matter what you want to try out, there should be something for you. The ...

GamesCom 2009: In a private presentation to bit-tech earlier today at GamesCom 2009 in Cologne, Frank Dolmans, Chief Marketing Officer for Ship Simulator Extremes developer VStep said he wasn’t sure ...

Jesse Lennox has been a games journalist for nearly a decade. He has written for various outlets doing reviews, news, previews, op-eds, guides, and more. He's engrossed himself in the gaming landscape ...

Cain quickly defines emergent systems as "features that were not necessarily intended by the original designer, but result ...

Action games offer twitchy thrills, and strategy games test your ability to set up and execute combat schemes, but simulation games replicate activities—or life itself—in broad or precise strokes. The ...

Automation sims are among one of the toughest genres to capitalize on, with the vast majority of them either falling victim ...

A family classic reborn in a wide open world, a satirical adventure through teenage life and a mystery puzzler for the ages – our critics on the year’s best fun ...

Games in the Sim City series teach you to avoid risks. They do this in a subtle manner throughout the games, bit by bit encouraging a particular play style. When Sim City parachutes you into the role ...

Sticky Business developer Spellgarden Games has announced Thrifty Business, a cozy thrift shop management simulation game coming to PC via Steam in 2026.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

THERE’S a 50% chance we’re living in a computer simulation, according to new analysis. A scientist from Columbia University in the US claims it’s not too far-fetched to suggest our reality is a ...