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.
- 1Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 2Placid Plastic Duck Simulator20,26393.47%97.57%
- 3Outcore: Desktop Adventure18,40193.09%97.39%
- 4The Test20,11192.88%96.71%
- 5A Date with Death14,92392.83%97.96%
- 6Wobbledogs15,35892.72%98.22%
- 7Spirit City: Lofi Sessions16,81092.62%97.58%
- 8VillageRhapsody16,31292.34%96.87%
- 9Nodebuster14,06392.18%97.39%
- 10Townscaper21,64892.09%95.28%
- 11Virtual Cottage11,09592.03%97.67%
- 12Rusty's Retirement14,85891.97%96.70%
- 13NIGHT-RUNNERS PROLOGUE22,61491.96%94.96%
- 14missed messages.15,55391.79%96.03%
- 15shapez15,95191.78%95.91%
- 16Retrowave15,43691.23%95.15%
- 17NGU IDLE12,99191.05%95.57%
- 18Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 19Digseum8,15990.67%97.68%
- 20SuchArt: Creative Space7,15890.52%97.97%
- 21DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,80590.42%94.22%
- 22Dome Keeper22,47190.14%92.35%
- 23Minami Lane6,75690.09%97.35%
- 24Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-8,25789.96%95.03%
- 25Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,33989.94%93.26%
- 26Learn to Fly 311,31689.79%94.68%
- 27Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad10,03089.79%95.29%
- 28Mount Your Friends7,66489.45%95.33%
- 29The Exit 811,62189.38%92.99%
- 30Mr.Mine18,67089.37%91.62%
- 31Crazy Machines 310,10389.33%94.35%
- 32RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe8,32589.33%94.31%
- 33The Test: Hypothesis Rising5,91989.22%97.58%
- 34Long Live The Queen7,16889.21%94.84%
- 35Kabuto Park4,64189.10%99.50%
- 36The Test: Final Revelation5,36188.99%97.82%
- 37Kingdom: Classic22,75488.98%90.64%
- 38Ravenous Devils9,92188.86%92.56%
- 39Sticky Business7,72088.86%93.61%
- 40The Battle of Polytopia6,01088.85%93.96%
- 41Viridi9,65988.84%92.01%
- 42Tropico 412,76388.83%91.69%
- 43I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator12,68188.83%91.70%
- 44Arctic Eggs6,17388.58%95.56%
- 45The Escapists16,20388.29%90.21%
- 46Gamble With Your Friends22,98888.26%89.60%
- 47Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You15,58188.25%90.23%
- 48The Riftbreaker: Prologue4,13088.18%95.45%
- 49Chillquarium8,39688.14%92.04%
- 50Progressbar953,67488.12%96.14%
- 51Ropuka's Idle Island4,30588.03%95.19%
- 52Insomnia: Theater in the Head3,05287.99%97.18%
- 53Duck Simulator 22,85587.99%95.73%
- 54Chill Pulse4,83687.90%95.43%
- 55House of Detention10,62287.84%90.58%
- 56Moonbase Alpha12,87487.79%90.53%
- 57Cornerpond2,74287.74%97.08%
- 58Guns of Icarus Online14,67087.58%89.84%
- 59FlatOut6,69387.55%91.08%
- 60Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition2,84987.23%94.42%
- 61My Dream Setup6,96487.22%91.47%
- 62Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up1,82387.07%94.19%
- 63Mister Furry: Hot Muscles4,57787.02%91.57%
- 64Mountain16,29287.02%88.15%
- 65Durka Simulator1,68486.95%93.94%
- 66Contraband Police: Prologue7,61586.95%89.27%
- 67The NOexistenceN of Lilith2,38686.92%98.07%
- 68Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,77286.88%88.79%
- 69Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,15686.86%96.19%
- 70Dog Brew1,62586.84%97.05%
- 71RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack5,87186.83%89.64%
- 72Wild Animal Racing2,70786.79%92.72%
- 73Gladio and Glory4,21086.79%90.59%
- 74Outpath3,12886.78%92.65%
- 75Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue1,55686.77%93.12%
- 76Autonauts4,96886.60%89.45%
- 77Maniac1,87586.59%90.93%
- 78Russian Life Simulator8,38186.57%88.52%
- 79Koi Farm99286.57%94.56%
- 80Walking Simulator9,46586.48%87.85%
- 81Supermarket Chaos3,46386.48%92.87%
- 82SUMMERHOUSE3,37586.46%92.98%
- 83Lonely Mountains: Downhill3,09586.46%90.60%
- 84Summon3,57486.42%92.45%
- 85That's not my Neighbor4,73786.36%88.83%
- 86Plantera5,92886.35%88.70%
- 87Click Mage2,58686.33%91.69%
- 88Drunken Wrestlers 218,77986.13%86.64%
- 89Plantera 2: Golden Acorn1,37886.07%94.19%
- 90Chair F*cking Simulator1,12286.03%93.58%
- 91Open World Game: the Open World Game2,54186.01%92.88%
- 92Malware1,21685.99%87.75%
- 93Gachi Heroes2,27685.98%93.50%
- 94Touch Some Grass1,04185.85%94.52%
- 95I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling1,66785.83%91.12%
- 96Loading Screen Simulator8,59785.76%86.70%
- 97Unholy Heights1,65285.75%89.16%
- 98Hand Simulator: Survival9,85185.74%86.31%
- 99Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73785.73%87.72%
- 100Gourdlets2,20285.72%92.33%
