Best Rated Simulation Games Under $5
The best rated Simulation games on Steam for games under $5. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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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.
- 1Slime Rancher157,54797.24%98.01%
- 2Bongo Cat111,14395.62%96.55%
- 3Cookie Clicker93,39295.33%96.41%
- 4Your Only Move Is HUSTLE45,41894.47%96.51%
- 5Buckshot Roulette126,38794.36%95.09%
- 6Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 7Supermarket Together99,52593.50%94.33%
- 8Placid Plastic Duck Simulator20,26393.47%97.57%
- 9Game Dev Tycoon45,12993.37%95.18%
- 10Outcore: Desktop Adventure18,40193.09%97.39%
- 11The Test20,11192.88%96.71%
- 12A Date with Death14,92392.83%97.96%
- 13Wobbledogs15,35892.72%98.22%
- 14Spirit City: Lofi Sessions16,81092.62%97.58%
- 15Five Nights at Freddy's59,37492.57%93.82%
- 16VillageRhapsody16,31292.34%96.87%
- 17Nodebuster14,06392.18%97.39%
- 18My Singing Monsters49,60092.12%93.52%
- 19Townscaper21,64892.09%95.28%
- 20Virtual Cottage11,09592.03%97.67%
- 21Rusty's Retirement14,85891.97%96.70%
- 22NIGHT-RUNNERS PROLOGUE22,61491.96%94.96%
- 23missed messages.15,55391.79%96.03%
- 24shapez15,95191.78%95.91%
- 25Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator33,34491.77%93.75%
- 26Retrowave15,43691.23%95.15%
- 27Hacknet26,14791.22%93.53%
- 28NGU IDLE12,99191.05%95.57%
- 29Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 30Digseum8,15990.67%97.68%
- 31LoveChoice36,67990.66%92.15%
- 32SuchArt: Creative Space7,15890.52%97.97%
- 33Aimlabs137,97990.44%90.82%
- 34DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,80590.42%94.22%
- 35MudRunner44,25390.42%91.60%
- 36One-armed robber53,49190.33%91.30%
- 37Dome Keeper22,47190.14%92.35%
- 38Minami Lane6,75690.09%97.35%
- 39Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-8,25789.96%95.03%
- 40Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,33989.94%93.26%
- 41Learn to Fly 311,31689.79%94.68%
- 42Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad10,03089.79%95.29%
- 43Mount Your Friends7,66489.45%95.33%
- 44The Exit 811,62189.38%92.99%
- 45Mr.Mine18,67089.37%91.62%
- 46Crazy Machines 310,10389.33%94.35%
- 47RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,32589.33%94.31%
- 48The Test: Hypothesis Rising5,91989.22%97.58%
- 49Long Live The Queen7,16889.21%94.84%
- 50Kingdom Two Crowns39,84989.18%90.18%
- 51Kabuto Park4,64189.10%99.50%
- 52Chained Together64,33689.05%89.65%
- 53The Test: Final Revelation5,36188.99%97.82%
- 54Clicker Heroes62,16388.98%89.60%
- 55Kingdom: Classic22,75488.98%90.64%
- 56Ravenous Devils9,92188.86%92.56%
- 57Sticky Business7,72088.86%93.61%
- 58The Battle of Polytopia6,01088.85%93.96%
- 59Viridi9,65988.84%92.01%
- 60Tropico 412,76388.83%91.69%
- 61I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator12,68188.83%91.70%
- 62Arctic Eggs6,17388.58%95.56%
- 63The Escapists16,20388.29%90.21%
- 64Gamble With Your Friends22,98888.26%89.60%
- 65Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You15,58188.25%90.23%
- 66Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends28,14388.23%89.32%
- 67Crusader Kings II75,44888.23%88.64%
- 68The Riftbreaker: Prologue4,13088.18%95.45%
- 69Chillquarium8,39688.14%92.04%
- 70Progressbar953,67488.12%96.14%
- 71Ropuka's Idle Island4,30588.03%95.19%
- 72Insomnia: Theater in the Head3,05287.99%97.18%
- 73Duck Simulator 22,85587.99%95.73%
- 74Chill Pulse4,83687.90%95.43%
- 75House of Detention10,62287.84%90.58%
- 76Moonbase Alpha12,87487.79%90.53%
- 77Emily is Away32,33487.77%88.58%
- 78Cornerpond2,74287.74%97.08%
- 79Guns of Icarus Online14,67087.58%89.84%
- 80FlatOut6,69387.55%91.08%
- 81Fallout Shelter82,84587.51%87.79%
- 82Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition2,84987.23%94.42%
- 83My Dream Setup6,96487.22%91.47%
- 84Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up1,82387.07%94.19%
- 85Mister Furry: Hot Muscles4,57787.02%91.57%
- 86Mountain16,29287.02%88.15%
- 87Durka Simulator1,68486.95%93.94%
- 88Contraband Police: Prologue7,61586.95%89.27%
- 89The NOexistenceN of Lilith2,38686.92%98.07%
- 90Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,77286.88%88.79%
- 91Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,15686.86%96.19%
- 92Dog Brew1,62586.84%97.05%
- 93RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,87186.83%89.64%
- 94Wild Animal Racing2,70786.79%92.72%
- 95Gladio and Glory4,21086.79%90.59%
- 96Outpath3,12886.78%92.65%
- 97Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue1,55686.77%93.12%
- 98Fishing Planet77,60186.65%86.84%
- 99Autonauts4,96886.60%89.45%
- 100Maniac1,87586.59%90.93%
