Simulation games are computer games designed to give the player a realistic experience. The game world is designed as authentically as possible and the player can influence his actions in this world. Typical representatives of such games are, for example, the Farming Simulator, the Flight Simulator or even the Student Simulator.
The history of simulation games dates back to the 1970s. At the time, engineers at the University of Utah developed a game called “Space Travel,” which let the player take on the role of an astronaut and guided him through a virtual space station. With the help of joysticks you moved around in it and had to perform various tasks. The game was already very advanced at that time and clearly showed the potential of such simulations.
However, simulation games only achieved a real breakthrough with the release of the legendary game “SimCity” in 1989. In this strategy game, the player had to build and manage a small town as the mayor. The special thing about “SimCity” was that there were no fixed missions, but the player could freely decide what he wanted to do. Thus, urban development here depended entirely on personal taste. The concept of open play has retained great significance for many simulation games to this day – even though, of course, it is now about much more than just city building!
Nowadays there are a lot of different simulation games for all kinds of genres: from sports to car to military simulations, everything is represented! PC gamers in particular get their money’s worth here: there’s practically no area of our lives that you can’t recreate virtually!
Two Point Campus
From the developers, the popular hospital simulation was announced for May a new game to design your own university. In this, as the name suggests, you will be able to manage and administer your own campus with easily accessible tools.
X-Plane 12
X-Plane flight simulation is a very realistic and comprehensive flight simulator that lets you fly almost any type of aircraft. The simulation is available in different versions for PC, Mac and Linux.
X-Plane not only simulates the flight behavior of the aircraft very realistically, but also offers an impressive graphic representation of the environment. The simulator has a lush feature set and allows you, for example, to plan your flight or customize cockpit instruments. In addition, the simulation can be combined well with other programs such as Google Earth, so you can plan your flights even more accurately.
No exact release has been set yet for X-Plane 12, but it is still scheduled for release in 2022.
This article was partly generated by OPENAI and additionally revised by us.
