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 Simulator20,05493.40%97.59%
- 2Outcore: Desktop Adventure18,07092.97%97.39%
- 3The Test20,13892.82%96.72%
- 4A Date with Death14,40292.66%97.99%
- 5VillageRhapsody16,29692.33%96.85%
- 6Nodebuster13,94792.24%97.45%
- 7Townscaper21,58092.03%95.30%
- 8NIGHT-RUNNERS PROLOGUE22,19691.87%94.97%
- 9missed messages.15,52091.72%96.06%
- 10shapez15,69991.67%95.94%
- 11Virtual Cottage11,04891.63%97.65%
- 1260 Seconds! Reatomized19,34791.24%94.47%
- 13Retrowave15,36791.15%95.16%
- 14NGU IDLE12,86590.96%95.61%
- 15Digseum8,04290.68%97.76%
- 16SuchArt: Creative Space7,14590.39%97.96%
- 17Marco & The Galaxy Dragon7,77690.37%97.30%
- 18DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION13,76590.33%94.21%
- 19Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad10,03290.16%95.31%
- 20Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead22,23790.12%92.43%
- 21Learn to Fly 311,21290.10%94.68%
- 22Minami Lane6,60589.94%97.46%
- 23Turmoil16,06089.89%92.95%
- 24Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,06589.81%93.24%
- 25Do Not Feed the Monkeys12,59289.76%93.56%
- 26Monster Prom14,31089.72%93.03%
- 27Crazy Machines 310,08089.69%94.36%
- 28The Test: Hypothesis Rising5,92589.67%97.59%
- 29Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For-8,23089.51%95.02%
- 30Mount Your Friends7,67189.47%95.33%
- 31The Test: Final Revelation5,37189.47%97.82%
- 32Kabuto Park4,43489.46%99.55%
- 33Mr.Mine18,55789.30%91.63%
- 34The Exit 811,28889.29%93.11%
- 35Kingdom: Classic22,64688.91%90.64%
- 36Leaf it Alone5,36288.90%96.21%
- 37Sticky Business7,60088.77%93.75%
- 38I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator12,67488.75%91.73%
- 39Ravenous Devils9,82588.74%92.56%
- 40Tiny Pasture8,52088.43%92.49%
- 41Chill Pulse4,80188.41%95.54%
- 42Viridi9,61988.40%91.96%
- 43The Battle of Polytopia5,94788.32%93.95%
- 44Ropuka's Idle Island4,18188.11%95.60%
- 45Moonbase Alpha12,86988.10%90.52%
- 46The Riftbreaker: Prologue4,12588.04%95.47%
- 47Easy Red 213,97788.03%90.22%
- 48Progressbar953,60887.94%96.15%
- 49House of Detention10,63487.89%90.63%
- 50Gamble With Your Friends17,56787.89%89.54%
- 51Guns of Icarus Online14,67487.87%89.84%
- 52Insomnia: Theater in the Head2,96987.79%97.24%
- 53My Dream Setup6,81087.57%91.38%
- 54Cornerpond2,70287.57%97.15%
- 55FlatOut6,59087.44%91.18%
- 56Duck Simulator 22,85787.40%95.87%
- 57Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition2,81487.07%94.49%
- 58Mister Furry: Hot Muscles4,41487.05%91.73%
- 59Beholder: Conductor4,83887.00%91.17%
- 60SUMMERHOUSE3,33786.99%93.02%
- 61Summon3,52686.95%92.54%
- 62Mountain16,28586.95%88.16%
- 63Outpath3,08486.85%92.90%
- 64Contraband Police: Prologue7,59686.81%89.22%
- 65Dog Brew1,61086.68%97.27%
- 66Gladio and Glory4,19986.66%90.66%
- 67Wild Animal Racing2,70686.63%92.72%
- 68Russian Life Simulator8,34886.60%88.54%
- 69Open World Game: the Open World Game2,53686.59%92.94%
- 70Gachi Heroes2,27386.58%93.62%
- 71Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up1,81986.42%94.34%
- 72Plantera5,91086.38%88.75%
- 73Walking Simulator9,47186.37%87.84%
- 74Click Mage2,56186.36%91.76%
- 75Gourdlets2,16886.32%92.48%
- 76The NOexistenceN of Lilith1,19986.31%97.91%
- 77Durka Simulator1,69086.30%94.08%
- 78Lonely Mountains: Downhill3,05886.28%90.52%
- 79Supermarket Chaos1,80686.24%93.19%
- 80Yes, Your Grace14,03586.19%87.06%
- 81That's not my Neighbor4,57186.18%88.80%
- 82Drunken Wrestlers 218,70386.09%86.69%
- 83Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue1,55586.08%93.18%
- 84Plantera 2: Golden Acorn1,33286.08%94.37%
- 8560 Parsecs!4,07886.06%88.72%
- 86Predynastic Egypt1,92186.04%91.57%
- 87Maniac1,85785.90%90.85%
- 88Touch Some Grass1,02885.86%94.46%
- 89Reigns8,10185.85%86.93%
- 90I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling1,66585.85%91.05%
- 91Koi Farm98885.84%94.53%
- 92Chair F*cking Simulator1,11585.84%93.54%
- 93Loading Screen Simulator8,60085.77%86.69%
- 94Burger Shop 361085.77%98.69%
- 95Kiosk2,78385.69%88.25%
- 96Pool 2D - Poolians10,23785.68%86.37%
- 97Hand Simulator: Survival9,85685.65%86.32%
- 98Factory Town Idle1,24585.63%90.84%
- 99Unholy Heights1,64285.59%89.28%
- 100F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch7,14785.58%86.41%
