Games like The Simulation
If The Simulation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Two Hundred Ways, Beta MAX and Gravity Mastery — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About The Simulation: Welcome to the Simulation! A first person, physics simulation based puzzle game where you solve puzzles and answer riddles which will test your creativity and intelligence. Gain unique powers along the way. Each puzzle is different and there are multiple ways to solve them. Good Luck!
Players who liked The Simulation also play
Steam players who put hours into The Simulation also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Two Hundred Ways
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Simulation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Simulation.
Two Hundred Ways gives puzzle fans twice as many mental challenges to overcome. The mission of each of its 200 levels sounds easy: guide one or more balls to the exit. But levels with up to three different layers and numerous ball traps don't make this task a walk in the park.
Beta MAX
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Simulation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simulation.
Use four-dimensional thinking to manipulate time and navigate through this mind bending retro inspired realm. Solve puzzles to help Max find his way home in this atmospheric first-person puzzle platformer.
Gravity Mastery
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Simulation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Simulation.
A perspective-disorienting puzzler where the definition of down is yours to decide. Change the flow of gravity to complete each of The Adviser's varied, but logical tests. Can you become proficient enough to control the six directions and master gravity?
Invertigo
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Simulation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simulation.
INVERTIGO is a first-person sci-fi puzzle-platformer where you have to manipulate gravity to solve puzzles. Explore the abandoned facility and make use of gravity manipulation to advance through the rooms.
Down is Relative
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Simulation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with The Simulation.
A first-person story-based puzzle game with an emphasis on subverting your current familiarity to gravity. The perfect game for those that enjoy interesting twists and unique puzzle elements.
Viewfinder
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Simulation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simulation.
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Venineth
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Simulation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simulation.
Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Simulation at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Simulation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simulation.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Simulation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simulation.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under The Simulation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simulation.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Simulation on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Simulation.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Simulation on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Simulation.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Simulation on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Simulation.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Simulation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Simulation.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Simulation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simulation.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Simulation.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Simulation.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simulation.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Simulation.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Simulation.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Simulation.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about The Simulation
- How much does The Simulation cost?
- The Simulation is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Simulation?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Simulation are Two Hundred Ways, Beta MAX, Gravity Mastery.
- Who developed The Simulation?
- The Simulation was developed by MNL Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Simulation.
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