The best 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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The Amazon Trail
DOS1993 point and click adventure, life simulation
Quandaries
DOS1997 life simulation
Capitalism Plus
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected business simulation
Before there was Capitalism 2, there was Capitalism Plus, which basically took the original and added a few bells, whistles, and ways to fail spectacularly. It’s like being handed a multi-billion dollar toy box and told &ldq...
Black Monday
DOS1987
Black Monday (1987) combines economic panic with the thrill of—wait for it—spreadsheet navigation. It's like Wolf of Wall Street without the fun, drugs, or DiCaprio. You’re managing a business during a financial ...
Inve$t
DOS1990 business simulation
Taipan for Windows
Windows XP/98/952002freeware business simulation
Computer Underground
DOS1993freeware
Solidarnosc
DOS1991 political simulation
Black Friday
DOS1983 business simulation
Black Friday (1983) isn’t about shopping mayhem—though you might wish it were after trying to figure out what’s going on. This early DOS title is part stock market simulator, part existential crisis. You play as ...
Yuppi's Revenge
DOS1988
Yuppi's Revenge is what happens when ‘80s satire meets office rage. You’re a disgruntled ex-yuppie on a rampage through the corporate world—armed with a golf club, a fax machine, and pure, unfiltered resentment. ...
Hamurabi remake
DOS1996freewareremake kingdom simulation
Moonbase
DOS1990 city building
Murder on the Zinderneuf
DOS1984 puzzle adventure
Search for the Titanic
DOS1989protected business simulation
The President is Missing
DOS1988protected political simulation
Transworld
DOS1990 business simulation
Visions of the Aftermath: The Boomtown
DOS1988 life simulation
Visions of the Aftermath: The Boomtown is an abandoned simulation game with role-playing elements developed by Mindscape and released in 1988 exclusively for DOS. Visions of the Aftermath is one of the few early examples of games ...
Drug wars: a game based on the New York drug market
DOS1984 business simulation
Murder in the Atlantic
DOS1988
Druglord
DOS1991 business simulation
EGA Trek
DOS1988remake space exploration
Tracon 2
DOS1990 flight simulation, civilian flight simulation
Reelect JFK
Windows 3.x1994 political simulation
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...
Murder by the Dozen
DOS1983