Games like Sim City
Closest overall match: The Sims (★ 4.2). Highest rated: Final Fantasy Tactics at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: DCS World at about 1 hours.
We compared Sim City against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 23 came closest. What ties them together most: simulator. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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50%
1. The Sims
Same developer.
- Year
- 2000
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
42%
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 90
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
40%
3. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Shares simulator.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 21h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
39%
4. Guitar Hero
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
39%
5. Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
38%
-
35%
7. SPORE
Same developer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
35%
8. RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
34%
9. Animal Crossing
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
34%
10. Thief II: The Metal Age
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2000
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
34%
11. Majesty Gold HD
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
33%
12. Final Fantasy Tactics
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 1997
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 83
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
33%
13. BeamNG.drive
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
33%
14. Strange Horticulture
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
32%
15. Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
Rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
32%
16. My Singing Monsters
Rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 15%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
32%
17. Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
32%
18. WorldBox - God Simulator
Rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
32%
19. Two Point Hospital
Rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
32%
20. Tomodachi Life
Rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 71
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
32%
21. The Sims 3
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
32%
22. VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 14
-
32%
23. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 14
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What is the best game like Sim City?
On our similarity model, The Sims is the closest match to Sim City — same developer.
Which game like Sim City is rated highest?
Final Fantasy Tactics holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 132 players.
Are there games like Sim City on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 9 games like Sim City on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like Sim City on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 8 games like Sim City on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Sim City 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.
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