Best Xbox Simulation Games

A charming game that is a lot of fun once you get into it, backed up by wonderful visuals and an entertaining score it’s hard to see why this has fail... Read More

My Time At Portia is one of the most wholesome, relaxing and chilled experiences of this generation. It’s the perfect post-Sekiro experience, with a c... Read More

I expected this to be a rather dull and repetitive flight simulation but nothing could be further from the truth. It has a superb arcade feel to it, w... Read More

With all that said, Ace Combat 6 has really good strengths in most categories. The replay value is not high, but completing all the extras and achieve... Read More

F1 Manager 2022 succeeds in being an engaging experience, immersing you in the various intricacies and minutiae of running a constructor, while determ... Read More

A great gardening/breeding game that improves upon the original in many ways, but maybe not enough to justify you paying full price. For the people wh... Read More

Stranded: Alien Dawn is an enormously varied survival sim and base builder, that has been remarkably well-adapted for consoles and stuffed to the gill... Read More

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon has all of the lavish production values of a blockbuster movie, with a fantastic soundtrack and a story that just about ma... Read More

A triumphant combination of SimCity and Dungeon Keeper-style gameplay makes SteamWorld Build not only an excellent game, but a comfortable and immedia... Read More

Tropico 4 is a well-crafted update that is subtly better in almost every respect, including more helpful guidance to total newcomers and a steady stre... Read More

Stupidly enjoyable and endlessly charming, LEGO Worlds is the gift that keeps on giving with different biomes – jungles, spooky forests, deserts... Read More

Cities: Skylines is a pretty damn good city building sim game for consoles. It’s got its problems and it’s incredibly limited in its scope... Read More

While Jurassic World Evolution marked a rock-solid dry run for Frontier's prehistoric theme park management sim, Jurassic World Evolution 2 is a meani... Read More

Fun and accessible, yet deep and detailed, Evil Genius 2: World Domination is pure fantasy fulfilment for anyone who has ever quite fancied being Erns... Read More

The laid back nature of The Sims 3 transfers to consoles almost effortlessly in this new age of HD gaming, and if it wasn’t for some serious issues on... Read More

Free from Kinect, Frontier has been able to deliver a game that revels in split-second timing and precise controls. The result is the studio’s b... Read More

Two Point Hospital is a most excellent return from the abyss for the ‘hospital simulator’, one that is wholesome, colourful, incredibly cr... Read More

An enjoyably easygoing interstellar hospital management sim that doesn't take itself too seriously, Galacticare is exactly the sort of game that will ... Read More

This game could have easily pushed into the eighties had it not been for the awful and extremely frustrating save game issues that dog it right from t... Read More

Zoo Tycoon’s biggest crime is its lack of ambition. With all the power behind it and a renowned sim-orientated brand, it’s as if family sp... Read More

Jurassic World: Evolution might not be the deepest RTS out there in terms of options and mechanics, but as far as Jurassic Park experiences go, this i... Read More

The lack of new features doesn’t take away the highly addictive gameplay and hours of fun you could waste with this title. The redesigned match day po... Read More

Not exactly a huge leap over last year's game, F1 Manager 2023 is nonetheless an impressively deep, all-encompassing motorsport management sim, with a... Read More

A fun but frustrating cooking experience, Overcooked is a fantastic couch co-op party game that will put your friendships to the test. Expect to be sh... Read More

HAWX 2 is such a letdown after the brilliant original and, if anything, feels like it has gone back a few steps rather than making any kind of progres... Read More

Sporting various improvements over its predecessor means Railway Empire 2 is a marginally more approachable game, but there remains a barrier of entry... Read More

If you can get past all the issues that The Sims 4 has on consoles, it’s a ton of fun. That’s a pretty big 'if' though!... Read More

Cabela’s African Safari is by no means perfect, but it does improve on it’s predecessor, Alaskan Adventures. The key difference is in the way the game... Read More

If you've ever dreamt of owning your own farm, or simply ploughing, fertilising, spraying, and cultivating someone else's land, then Farming Simulator... Read More

A gloriously unhinged and unashamedly stupid game, Goat Simulator is still one of the most enjoyable things I've played in some time. It's a h... Read More

Get beyond the complicated controls and mechanics, and Starpoint Gemini 2 turns out to be a mostly enjoyable voyage across the far reaches of space. T... Read More

A flight game that never quite takes off, mainly due to the fact everything feels like it has been done on a tight budget and, more importantly, that ... Read More

What looks like a bright and breezy game turns out to be an incredibly stiff challenge that can occasionally be hugely rewarding. More often than not,... Read More

A great concept, Blazing Angels fails to execute in almost all key areas. The A.I. in the game, both friendly and enemy, is just downright stupid, off... Read More

Don’t be fooled by the funny YouTube vids, Farming Simulator 2013 is less fun than mad cow disease.... Read More

Despite being plagued with bugs, repetitive gameplay, and some of the worst visuals you'll see on a next-gen console, Cabela's Alaskan Adventure is fa... Read More

A terrible game in its own right but as a hunting simulation it’s a joke. The animals on offer are hardly game that people would willingly pursue outs... Read More

If you're not a die-hard baseball fan with years of knowledge on its rules and practices, you'll more than likely be lost extremely quickly, wondering... Read More