The most popular abandonware simulation games
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Transport Tycoon
DOS19944.2/5 sandbox strategy, traffic and transportation, business simulation
Transport Tycoon is a business simulation game that puts the player at the head of a transport company to compete against rival companies. The player can build stations, airports, railroads to transport passengers, mail and various goods using trucks, trains and planes. The game became a cult and a few talented fans created some of the best remakes...
Caesar
DOS19923.9/5 sandbox strategy, city building
Pirates! Gold
DOSWindows 3.xMac1993protectedremakedemo4/5 life simulation
Pirates! Gold is an open world game designed by Paul Murphy, developed and released by MicroProse Software in 1993 for DOS, Windows 3.x, Mac and also Sega Genesis and Amiga CD32. Pirates! Gold is a remake of the game Pirates, created by Sid Meier in 1987. Pirates! Gold gameplay is a unique mix of action, strategy, pirate life simulation, ...
Port Royale
Windows XP/98/952002protected4.2/5 business simulation
SimSafari
Windows XP/98/9519984.1/5 business simulation
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
DOS19954.3/5 sandbox strategy, traffic and transportation, business simulation
Transport Tycoon Deluxe is a business simulation game that puts the player at the head of a transport company to compete against rival companies. The player can build stations, airports, railroads to transport passengers, mail and various goods using trucks, trains and planes. The game became a cult and a few talented fans created some of the best ...
Business Simulator
DOS19873.9/5 business simulation
Business Simulator is an abandoned business simulation game developed and released by Reality Development in 1987 for DOS only. Business Simulator is a text-based management simulation designed by an university professor.
Life & Death
DOSMac19883.9/5
Life & Death is a medical simulation game developed by Software Toolworks and released in 1988 for MS-DOS computers. It aimed to provide players with a realistic simulation of the life of a surgeon. The game puts players in the role of a surgeon at a hospital, where they must diagnose and treat various medical conditions, perform surgeries, and...
Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition
Windows 3.x1989freeware4.1/5 political simulation
Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition is a geopolitical strategy game developed by Chris Crawford and released in 1985. It is considered a classic in the genre of political and strategic simulation games. The game is set during the height of the Cold War, specifically in 1986, and it allows players to step into the shoes of either the United Stat...
SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony
DOS19914.1/5
Holiday Island
Windows 3.x19964/5 sandbox strategy, city building
Patrician 2: Quest for Power
Windows XP/98/952000protected4.1/5 business simulation
Afterlife
DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac1996protected3.7/5 god game, city building
Afterlife is a simulation strategy game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1996 for Microsoft Windows and later made available on other platforms. The game was designed by Michael Stemmle and was known for its unique take on the simulation genre.Afterlife puts players in the role of a semi-divine being responsible for developi...
Industry Giant 2
Windows XP/98/952002protected4/5 traffic and transportation, business simulation
Theme Park
DOS1994protected3.9/5 business simulation
Theme Hospital
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protecteddemo4/5 business simulation
Free Enterprise
Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 business simulation
Dehumanizing offices? Check. Depressing environment? Check. No windows in the whole place? Check. Good, I'm ready to exploit my workers and become great entrepreneur. All of this thanks to Free Enterprise, a simulation for Windows by Tsunami Media, published in 1996.
Rockstar!
DOS19894/5 business simulation, life simulation
Mad TV
DOS1991freeware3.8/5 business simulation
China Sea Trader
DOS19893.5/5 business simulation
Pizza Tycoon
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac1994protected4/5 business simulation
SimEarth
DOSWindows 3.x19904.2/5 sandbox strategy, god game
SimEarth is a simulation in which you can shape and mold a planet in almost every way you can imagine. In SimEarth our planet is simulated as a whole: life, climate, atmosphere are all aspects of a single Gaia-like Earth. SimEarth can be played in two modes: game and experimental. In game mode, you have to to develop (and preserve) Earth with limit...
Outpost
Windows 3.x19943.9/5 city building
A-Train
DOSMac19924.1/5 business simulation, traffic and transportation
Jones in the Fast Lane
DOS19914/5 life simulation
Jones in the Fast Lane is the kind of game that you don't see often these days. It's a mix between a digital board game and a modern day life simulation. The goal of the game is to live the life of Jones, making choices about school, work, your home, etc. Graphics is a mix of cartonish and digitized characters, very reminishent of some of the best ...
Ascii Sector
WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware3.8/5 space exploration, space simulation
Yoot Tower
Windows XP/98/9519994/5 sandbox strategy, business simulation
Gloriana
DOS19964.2/5 business simulation
High Seas Trader
DOS19953.9/5 business simulation
Ports of Call
DOS19894.1/5 business simulation