Games like DCS World
Closest overall match: Train Simulator (★ 3.2). Highest rated: Euro Truck Simulator 2 at ★ 4.1. Quickest to finish: ArmA II at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like DCS World? Our model ranked 11 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: Realistic, Open World and TrackIR. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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62%
1. Train Simulator
Shares TrackIR, VR, Realistic, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 16%
- Shared genres
- 14
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61%
2. ArmA II
Shares TrackIR, Military, Captions available, War and Realistic and 6 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 14
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59%
3. Cities XL Platinum
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 14
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56%
4. Arma 3
Shares TrackIR, Military, Captions available, War and Realistic and 6 more tags; rated 1.1 higher; about 15h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 16h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 14
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55%
5. ARMA: Gold Edition
Shares Military, Realistic, First-Person, Open World and cooperative and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 14
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54%
6. RaceRoom Racing Experience
Shares VR, Realistic, First-Person, Open World and Partial Controller Support and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 8%
- Shared genres
- 14
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54%
7. Euro Truck Simulator
Shares TrackIR, Realistic, First-Person, Open World and Partial Controller Support and 1 more tags; rated 0.8 higher.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 14
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54%
8. Star Conflict
Shares Flight, VR, Open World, Partial Controller Support and cooperative; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 8%
- Shared genres
- 14
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53%
9. Euro Truck Simulator 2
Shares TrackIR, Realistic, Includes level editor, First-Person and Open World and 2 more tags; rated 1.4 higher; about 11h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 35%
- Shared genres
- 14
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51%
10. Men of War: Assault Squad 2
Shares Tanks, Military, War, Realistic and Includes level editor and 2 more tags; rated 1.2 higher; about 5h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 14
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51%
11. Cities in Motion 2
Shares cooperative and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 14
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like DCS World?
On our similarity model, Train Simulator is the closest match to DCS World — shares TrackIR, VR, Realistic, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher.
Which game like DCS World is rated highest?
Euro Truck Simulator 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.1/5 from 925 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against DCS World on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.