Hidden Gem Simulation Games Under $5
Highly rated Simulation games on Steam for games under $5, capped at 25,000 reviews. The 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.
- 1Placid Plastic Duck Simulator19,81193.50%97.60%
- 2The Test20,13192.97%96.74%
- 3Nodebuster13,76392.50%97.58%
- 4VillageRhapsody16,20592.48%96.85%
- 5shapez15,50391.81%95.96%
- 6Retrowave15,35091.33%95.19%
- 7Digseum7,83890.92%97.83%
- 8DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,72190.52%94.26%
- 9Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad10,00790.36%95.32%
- 10Minami Lane6,50290.21%97.45%
- 11The Test: Hypothesis Rising5,92689.94%97.60%
- 12Crazy Machines 310,07989.89%94.35%
- 13Cyber Manhunt15,49389.77%92.60%
- 14The Test: Final Revelation5,37189.75%97.88%
- 15Mount Your Friends7,67189.71%95.35%
- 16Kabuto Park4,21389.62%99.64%
- 17Car Mechanic Simulator 201514,62389.53%92.36%
- 18The Exit 810,97189.46%93.16%
- 19Tavern Master13,00489.22%92.16%
- 20Ravenous Devils9,73088.98%92.55%
- 21Tiny Pasture8,36988.75%92.64%
- 22Chill Pulse4,77088.71%95.68%
- 23Ropuka's Idle Island4,08788.46%95.69%
- 24Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You15,45588.39%90.33%
- 25The Escapists16,17288.36%90.19%
- 26Progressbar953,56188.21%96.12%
- 27Insomnia: Theater in the Head2,90388.14%97.24%
- 28House of Detention10,62988.12%90.70%
- 29Overcooked16,33988.09%89.74%
- 30Guns of Icarus Online14,67088.05%89.87%
- 31Dystopika3,32387.98%95.76%
- 32Cornerpond2,64587.94%97.16%
- 33Cattails | Become a Cat!2,67487.69%95.89%
- 34FlatOut6,48487.67%91.18%
- 35911 Operator19,55987.51%88.59%
- 36Mister Furry: Hot Muscles4,30487.33%91.82%
- 37SUMMERHOUSE3,28487.31%93.15%
- 38Cattails: Wildwood Story1,86487.29%97.48%
- 39Summon3,49987.26%92.60%
- 40Ultimate Fishing Simulator8,78587.23%89.32%
- 41Outpath3,03387.16%93.01%
- 42Mountain16,28987.11%88.17%
- 43LUFTRAUSERS4,49787.05%90.73%
- 44Dog Brew1,60287.04%97.32%
- 45Wild Animal Racing2,70586.97%92.79%
- 46Gachi Heroes2,27386.93%93.71%
- 47112 Operator7,23286.90%88.98%
- 48Russian Life Simulator8,29686.88%88.67%
- 49Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up1,80686.86%94.41%
- 50Gourdlets2,13286.76%92.68%
- 51Click Mage2,48986.74%91.72%
- 52Plantera5,90286.71%88.77%
- 53Tank Mechanic Simulator9,18186.51%87.74%
- 54Plantera 2: Golden Acorn1,32086.47%94.62%
- 55That's not my Neighbor4,43486.43%88.77%
- 56Predynastic Egypt1,91186.38%91.58%
- 57Maniac1,82886.25%90.92%
- 58Drunken Wrestlers 218,62786.24%86.70%
- 59Touch Some Grass1,01986.23%94.50%
- 60Koi Farm98686.21%94.52%
- 61I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling1,66786.21%91.12%
- 62Chair F*cking Simulator1,10086.20%93.55%
- 63Burger Shop 358686.13%98.81%
- 64Reigns8,08186.11%86.99%
- 65Factory Town Idle1,21886.10%90.97%
- 66Kiosk2,67486.05%88.52%
- 67Animal Shelter4,06786.05%87.66%
- 68Football, Tactics & Glory4,23885.95%87.28%
- 69Unholy Heights1,63585.93%89.24%
- 70F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch7,05085.91%86.64%
- 71Hand Simulator: Survival9,87085.85%86.31%
- 72Malware1,19285.80%88.26%
