Simulators

Online simulators bring a specific activity into a virtual world instead of an epic adventure — economic management, driving, flight, city-building, or a character's day-to-day life modeled as realistically as possible. There's no familiar "kill something, get XP" progression here; the value of the game lies in the depth of its systems and how convincingly it recreates whatever it's simulating. The genre overlaps with MMOs wherever a persistent world and real interaction with other players get layered on top — a shared economy, trading, joint projects. This section covers news, reviews, and guides for online simulators across different focuses.