The most popular abandonware simulation games
Simulation games are designed to convey realism in every aspect, from gameplay to visuals. Simulation games have a number of sub-genres according to their main goals, for example building cities, managing business companies, leading a social life, or campaigning for president.
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Drug wars: a game based on the New York drug market
DOS1984 business simulation
Car Builder
DOS1982
Car Builder is less about speed and more about spreadsheets—just with axles. In this 1982 gem, you don’t race cars, you design them. From gear ratios to weight distribution, it’s a glorified sandbox for budding e...
Black Gold
DOS1989 business simulation
In Black Gold (1989), you're in the cutthroat world of oil barons. It’s like Dallas, but with more charts and fewer cowboy hats. You build rigs, negotiate deals, and try to outmaneuver rivals who are probably less ethical th...
Oil Barons
DOS1992 business simulation
RAPCON: Military Air Traffic Control Simulator
DOS1989 flight simulation
The Clue!
DOS1994freeware point and click adventure
Search for the Titanic
DOS1989protected business simulation
Computer Underground
DOS1993freeware
Global Effect
DOS1992 city building
Taipan for Windows
Windows XP/98/952002freeware business simulation
Lords of the Realm 3
Windows XP/98/952004protected kingdom simulation, real-time strategy
Executive Suite
DOS1982 life simulation
Sid Meier's Pirates!
DOS1987protected
Floor 13
DOS1992 political simulation
Ghost Master
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected
Ghost Master is a strategy and simulation game developed by Sick Puppies and published by Empire Interactive. It was originally released for Microsoft Windows in 2003 and later ported to other platforms. In Ghost Master, you ...
Visual Star Trek
DOS1990 space exploration
SimHealth
DOS1994 business simulation
Rags to Riches
DOS1993 business simulation
Transworld
DOS1990 business simulation
Tracon: Air Traffic Control Simulator
DOS1989 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
Gloriana
DOS1996 business simulation
Inside Trader
DOS1987
Designasaurus
DOS1988
TV Mogul
DOS1988 business simulation
Kaiser
DOS1992 kingdom simulation
Infiltrator 2
DOS1988 flight simulation, third-person shooter
Merchant Colony
DOS1991 business simulation, turn-based tactics, kingdom simulation
Subtrade: Return to Irata
DOS1993 business simulation
Subtrade: Return to Irata is an abandoned science fiction business simulation game developed by Century Interactive and published by Boeder Software in 1993 for Amiga and later ported to DOS. Subtrade is an updated multiplayer clo...
Coaster
DOS1993
Airlines
DOS1994 business simulation
Think running an airline is easy? Airlines (1994) says “think again.” This old-school management sim hands you a failing fleet and a world map, then laughs quietly as you go bankrupt in under 10 turns. Buy planes, open...