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 Glade23,86793.78%97.29%
- 2Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)20,90593.61%97.55%
- 3Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades23,44993.54%97.02%
- 4Placid Plastic Duck Simulator19,81193.50%97.60%
- 5Mon Bazou20,10493.28%97.20%
- 6Papa's Freezeria Deluxe12,92093.24%99.23%
- 7Wobbledogs14,77293.10%98.31%
- 8Outcore: Desktop Adventure17,87893.09%97.39%
- 9Mini Motorways23,94993.06%96.27%
- 10Spirit City: Lofi Sessions16,17692.99%97.69%
- 11Cruelty Squad23,59692.98%96.20%
- 12The Test20,13192.97%96.74%
- 13A Date with Death13,98892.74%98.00%
- 14Nodebuster13,76392.50%97.58%
- 15VillageRhapsody16,20592.48%96.85%
- 16shapez 2 - Factory14,47992.44%97.31%
- 17Rusty's Retirement14,58792.17%96.82%
- 18Townscaper21,53292.16%95.31%
- 19Mini Metro16,52792.05%96.07%
- 20NIGHT-RUNNERS PROLOGUE21,91492.02%95.04%
- 21missed messages.15,48191.88%96.07%
- 22Virtual Cottage11,03191.84%97.69%
- 23shapez15,50391.81%95.96%
- 24Winter Memories10,39791.59%97.45%
- 25Into the Breach21,98091.48%94.24%
- 26BAD END THEATER9,70391.38%97.55%
- 27Farm Together22,05191.38%94.09%
- 28Retrowave15,35091.33%95.19%
- 2960 Seconds! Reatomized19,09291.31%94.41%
- 30OpenTTD16,67791.31%94.86%
- 31NGU IDLE12,78391.18%95.62%
- 32Rise of Nations: Extended Edition15,68491.05%94.66%
- 33Escape Simulator19,11491.00%93.94%
- 34Strange Horticulture15,58790.96%94.53%
- 35Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing13,38090.96%95.12%
- 36Digseum7,83890.92%97.83%
- 37Cat Goes Fishing16,10590.80%94.16%
- 38SuchArt: Creative Space7,14490.64%98.00%
- 39Marco & The Galaxy Dragon7,68690.56%97.29%
- 40Stronghold HD (2012)10,32690.55%95.55%
- 41DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,72190.52%94.26%
- 42Yog-Sothoth’s Yard13,45890.52%94.32%
- 43Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander12,64390.51%94.47%
- 44Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad10,00790.36%95.32%
- 45Learn to Fly 311,13190.28%94.66%
- 46Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead22,22390.25%92.44%
- 47Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion16,29190.21%93.17%
- 48Minami Lane6,50290.21%97.45%
- 49Viscera Cleanup Detail23,51690.19%92.23%
- 50The Farmer Was Replaced8,60390.19%95.76%
- 51(the) Gnorp Apologue9,71390.18%95.11%
- 52Door Kickers: Action Squad10,53090.18%94.72%
- 53Dome Keeper21,20690.10%92.33%
- 54Turmoil15,92590.06%92.99%
- 55Knowledge, or know Lady8,84190.02%95.25%
- 56Bad North: Jotunn Edition13,84189.95%93.24%
- 57The Test: Hypothesis Rising5,92689.94%97.60%
- 58Do Not Feed the Monkeys12,42089.90%93.53%
- 59Crazy Machines 310,07989.89%94.35%
- 60Monster Prom14,29089.89%93.04%
- 61KinitoPET14,37789.86%92.96%
- 62Door Kickers10,02389.79%94.18%
- 63Cyber Manhunt15,49389.77%92.60%
- 64The Test: Final Revelation5,37189.75%97.88%
- 65Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-8,20089.73%95.01%
- 66Farming Simulator 1515,78889.72%92.47%
- 67Mount Your Friends7,67189.71%95.35%
- 68Class of '098,64789.67%94.62%
- 69Kabuto Park4,21389.62%99.64%
- 70Luck be a Landlord11,45489.61%93.29%
- 71小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop10,23989.57%93.64%
- 72Car Mechanic Simulator 201514,62389.53%92.36%
- 73Sprocket12,41189.50%92.81%
- 74SimplePlanes10,85289.46%93.22%
- 75Big Ambitions12,94989.46%92.61%
- 76The Exit 810,97189.46%93.16%
- 77Mr.Mine18,45789.44%91.64%
- 78Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator7,20089.43%95.04%
- 79Animal Revolt Battle Simulator6,70989.43%95.44%
- 80RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,17389.42%94.35%
- 81Motor Town: Behind The Wheel9,14289.40%93.78%
- 82Long Live The Queen7,12889.32%94.82%
- 83Arctic Eggs5,83589.23%95.80%
- 84Tavern Master13,00489.22%92.16%
- 85Software Inc.7,70789.22%94.19%
- 86Elin8,89889.20%93.47%
- 87Hatoful Boyfriend7,56089.12%94.06%
- 88Poly Bridge18,54389.08%91.07%
- 89Motorsport Manager14,08789.08%91.69%
- 90Kingdom: Classic22,61489.05%90.67%
- 91Sticky Business7,49389.02%93.86%
- 92I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator12,67188.99%91.74%
- 93Ravenous Devils9,73088.98%92.55%
- 94Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,79888.97%96.42%
- 95The Riftbreaker23,92588.93%90.41%
- 96Tropico 412,69188.93%91.71%
- 97Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe3,53688.87%98.70%
- 98Tiny Pasture8,36988.75%92.64%
- 99Chill Pulse4,77088.71%95.68%
- 100Cook, Serve, Delicious!5,69988.65%94.37%
