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Life simulation

Game genre theme

Simulation individuals, groups of people, relationships, and often their things and surroundings.

252
games
60
platforms

Alternate name: Artificial life

The Ship (Windows)
The Ship
WIN 2006-07-11
The Guild 2: Pirates of the High Seas (Windows)
The Guild 2: Pirates of the High Seas
WIN 2007-05
Little Computer People (Apple II E)
Little Computer People
IIE 1985
Princess Maker 2 (3DO Interactive Multiplayer)
Princess Maker 2
3DO 1995-12-09
Harvest Moon DS (Nintendo DS)
Harvest Moon DS
NDS 2005-03-22
SimLife (Amiga AGA)
SimLife
AGA 1993
Princess Maker 2: Refine (Windows)
Princess Maker 2: Refine
WIN 2004-02
The Sims: Castaway Stories (Windows)
The Sims: Castaway Stories
WIN 2008-01
Harvest Moon Boy & Girl (PlayStation Portable)
Harvest Moon Boy & Girl
PSP 2005-11-23
The Sims 2 (Nintendo DS)
The Sims 2
NDS 2005-10
WolfQuest (Windows)
WolfQuest
WIN 2007-12
Princess Maker 2 (Saturn)
Princess Maker 2
SAT 1995-10-27
Sub-genres:
* Pet-raising simulation (e.g. Tamagotchi)
* Social simulation (e.g. The Sims)
* Biological simulation (e.g. Spore)
* Farm simulation (e.g. Harvest Moon)
* Raiser sim (e.g. Princess Maker)

Popular tags

biologicalsimulation casual datingsim farmsimulation godgame otomegame raisersim sandbox socialsimulation visualnovel

Parent group

Simulation

Child groups

Biological simulation, Social simulation, Farm simulation, Virtual pets, Raiser sim, Marriage, Succession, Death of protagonist, Player initiated reproduction

Games by year

7577798183858789919395979901030507091113151719 20510150

The first Life simulation video game was released in 1975.

Electronic Arts, EA Games and Activision published most of these games.

Related site

Wikipedia article

Platforms

Windows 40
Linux 26
Mac OS X 17
MS-DOS 16
Apple II E 16
PS2 10
GameCube 8
Mac OS Classic 6
PS 6
C64 6
Nintendo DS 5
NES 5
Amiga 5
PSP 4
SNES 4
Win3.1 4
TRS-80 4
3DS 3
PC Engine CD 3
Wii 3
Sol-20 3
GBC 3
Xbox 3
custom 3
GBA 3
Android 3
COSMAC VIP 2
Atari ST 2
NEC PC9801 2
Saturn 2

Most common companies

Electronic Arts21
EA Games10
Activision10
Maxis10
Hanako Games9
Winter Wolves9
Last Day of Work7
Gainax5
Positech Games4
MECC4
People's Computer Company4
Choose Multiple3
Britannica Software3
Creative Computing3
Imagineer3