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  • Rise of Nations

    Guide a nation from ancient times into the modern age. Expand cities, research technology, and command armies in real-time battles.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • RollerCoaster Tycoon

    Design a theme park and build custom roller coasters. Keep guests happy while managing the business.

    Platforms
    • PlayStation 4
    • PlayStation 5
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Nintendo Switch 2
    • Windows
    • Xbox One
    • Xbox Series X/S
    Free to play
    No
  • Rune Factory 4

    Settle in Selphia and take on life as its new royal leader. Farm, build relationships, craft, and explore dungeons.

    Platforms
    • PlayStation 4
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Windows
    • Xbox One
    • Xbox Series X/S
    Free to play
    No
  • Rust

    Gather materials and craft equipment on a dangerous island. Build shelter and decide how to deal with other survivors.

    Platforms
    • Android
    • macOS
    • PlayStation 4
    • PlayStation 5
    • Windows
    • Xbox One
    • Xbox Series X/S
    Free to play
    No
  • Rusty's Retirement

    Run a small idle farm that sits at the bottom of your screen while you work. Robots plant and harvest crops for you.

    Platforms
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Sandspiel

    Paint with sand, water, fire, plants, and other elements and watch them interact. Share creations and browse what others have made.

    Platforms
    • iOS
    • Browser
    Free to play
    Yes
  • Sansar

    Explore shared virtual worlds and meet other users as an avatar. Create spaces and experiences for the Sansar community.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    Yes
  • Satisfactory

    Build huge automated factories on an alien planet from a first-person view. Explore, harvest resources, and connect production lines with conveyors.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Scrap Mechanic

    Build working vehicles and contraptions from parts in a physics sandbox. Survive a farm overrun by robots with your friends.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Second Life

    Explore and socialize in a 3D world built by its residents. Customize an avatar, create, trade, and join in-world activities.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    Yes
  • Sengoku

    Play as a feudal lord in 16th-century Japan and compete for control of the country. Manage relationships, expand your clan's influence, and seek the title of Shogun.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Session: Skate Sim

    Control each foot on the board with two sticks in a realistic skateboarding sim. Skate iconic spots and film your lines.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • shapez

    Build a relaxing factory that extracts, cuts, rotates, and paints shapes. Automate increasingly complex shapes on an infinite map.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Sid Meier’s Railroads

    Build a rail network by connecting cities and industries with track. Move passengers and goods while competing to grow a railway business.

    Platforms
    • iOS
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • SimCity BuildIt

    Plan and grow a city by building homes, services, and production sites. Make goods for construction and trade with other cities.

    Platforms
    • Android
    • iOS
    Free to play
    Yes
  • SimplePlanes

    Build airplanes by snapping together parts and test them in realistic flight. Share designs and fly with friends.

    Platforms
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Simutrans

    Build a transport company that moves passengers and freight across a growing network. Connect cities and industries by rail, road, ship, and air.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    Yes
  • Singles: Flirt Up Your Life

    Manage the routines and needs of two flatmates as they share an apartment. Guide their conversations and relationship while keeping up with everyday tasks.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Skater XL

    Skate real-world spots with independent control of each foot. Land tricks and film clips in a physics-based skateboarding game.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Slime Rancher

    Run a ranch on a distant planet, collecting and feeding colorful slimes. Explore the Far, Far Range and expand your farm.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Smurfs’ Village

    Build a new forest home for the Smurfs after Gargamel scatters their village. Grow crops, place buildings, decorate, and play character minigames.

    Platforms
    • Android
    • iOS
    Free to play
    Yes
  • Software Inc.

    Build a software company from a garage into a tech empire. Design offices, hire staff, and compete with simulated rivals.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Sol 0

    Establish humanity’s first colony on Mars. Gather resources and build the systems needed to keep the settlement alive.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Space Engineers

    Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a destructible space sandbox. Mine, survive, and fight alone or with friends.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Space Haven

    Build spaceships tile by tile and guide a crew of civilians to a new home. Manage oxygen, moods, and encounters in deep space.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • SpaceEngine

    Explore a scientifically modeled universe at real scale, from Earth to distant galaxies. Fly ships and land on procedural planets.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution

    Observe simulated creatures evolve over generations in a sandbox environment. Mutations and selection shape how populations change.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Spellcaster University

    Build and run a university of magic in a fantasy world. Recruit teachers, train students, and defend the school from orcs and bureaucrats.

    Platforms
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Spore

    Guide a species from single cells to space travel. Customize creatures and shape how your civilization evolves.

    Platforms
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Star Command

    Build a starship, recruit a crew, and explore the universe. Manage ship systems and defend against alien forces in tactical encounters.

    Platforms
    • Android
    • iOS
    Free to play
    No
  • Star Conflict

    Pilot combat starships in large free-to-play space battles. Build a fleet and explore an open galaxy.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    Yes
  • Star Wars: Empire at War

    Lead the Rebellion or the Empire through a campaign across the Star Wars galaxy. Manage planets and forces, then fight land and space battles.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Stardew Valley

    Restore a run-down farm by growing crops, raising animals, and crafting goods. Explore caves, fish, and build relationships with the people of Pelican Town.

    Platforms
    • Android
    • iOS
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • PlayStation 4
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Nintendo Switch 2
    • Windows
    • Xbox One
    • Xbox Series X/S
    Free to play
    No
  • Stardoll

    Create a virtual doll and style outfits, makeup, and a personal suite. Join a fashion-focused online community with social activities and mini-games.

    Platforms
    • macOS
    • Browser
    • Windows
    Free to play
    Yes
  • Startopia

    Rebuild a network of abandoned space stations and attract alien visitors. Manage station decks, services, resources, and staff.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Stonehearth

    Guide a small group of settlers in building a home in a voxel fantasy world. Gather food, build, craft, and defend your town.

    Platforms
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Stonies

    Lead a prehistoric tribe as it learns to gather, hunt and craft. Develop its settlement and help your people progress through Stone Age life.

    Platforms
    • Android
    • iOS
    • Linux
    • Browser
    • Windows
    Free to play
    Yes
  • Stronghold

    Build a medieval castle and manage the settlement around it. Balance food and resources while preparing defenses against enemy sieges.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Stronghold Kingdoms

    Build and defend castles in a persistent medieval strategy world. Develop villages, research, trade, and make alliances or war with other players.

    Platforms
    • Android
    • iOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    Yes
  • SuchArt: Creative Space

    Paint anything with many tools in a free sandbox art studio in space. Decorate your studio and experiment freely.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    Yes
  • Supermarket Simulator

    Run your own supermarket from the stocking shelves to the cash register. Set prices, hire staff, and expand the store.

    Platforms
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Supermarket Together

    Run a supermarket with up to 16 players for free. Stock shelves, unlock franchises, and chase shoplifters together.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    Yes
  • Surgeon Simulator

    Perform surgery with deliberately clumsy controls for each finger. Transplant organs before the patient bleeds out.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Tabletop Simulator

    Play any board or card game in a physics-based virtual tabletop. Use thousands of community-made games or create your own.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Tank Mechanic Simulator

    Restore World War II tanks from rusty wrecks to working machines. Take them apart piece by piece and test them.

    Platforms
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Tavern Master

    Build and run a medieval tavern from a small room into a thriving inn. Cook food, brew drinks, hire staff, and decorate.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • TCG Card Shop Simulator

    Open a trading card game store and sell booster packs. Stock shelves, set prices, host events, and keep the cards you open.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Teardown

    Plan and execute heists in a fully destructible voxel world. Break walls and use vehicles to carve shortcuts before the alarm timer runs out.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Terraformers

    Terraform Mars turn by turn by founding cities, exploiting resources, and raising temperature, oxygen, and water. Choose project cards each turn.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • Terraria

    Explore, dig, and fight through a changing 2D world. Gather resources, craft gear, and build homes for allies.

    Platforms
    • Android
    • iOS
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • PlayStation 3
    • PlayStation 4
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Windows
    • Xbox 360
    • Xbox One
    • Xbox Series X/S
    Free to play
    No
  • The Endless Forest

    Explore a peaceful forest as a deer alongside other players. Communicate through gestures and visual changes rather than text.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    Yes
  • The Escapists

    Live through daily prison routines while secretly crafting tools to escape. Dig tunnels, start riots, or sneak out in disguise.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • The Escapists 2

    Live by prison rules while crafting tools and planning a breakout. Escape alone or cooperate with friends.

    Platforms
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • The Flower Shop: Summer In Fairbrook

    Spend a summer balancing farm work and relationships in Fairbrook. Schedule activities, grow crops, and make choices that shape Steve’s story.

    Platforms
    • iOS
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • PlayStation 4
    • PlayStation 5
    • Windows
    • Xbox One
    • Xbox Series X/S
    Free to play
    No
  • The Flower Shop: Winter In Fairbrook

    Spend winter break working at a greenhouse as Natalie. Schedule your time, grow and sell flowers, and develop relationships that affect the story's endings.

    Platforms
    • iOS
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • PlayStation 4
    • PlayStation 5
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Windows
    • Xbox One
    • Xbox Series X/S
    Free to play
    No
  • The Island: Castaway 2

    Follow young tribesman Yati through an island adventure filled with mysteries. Hunt, fish, farm, craft, and trade as you explore.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • The Isle

    Live as a dinosaur on a dangerous island populated by other players. Hunt or graze, grow from juvenile to adult, and avoid predators.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • The Long Drive

    Drive into an endless, randomly generated desert in an old car. Scavenge fuel and parts and see how far you can go.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • The Mortuary Assistant

    Work night shifts embalming bodies at a mortuary while a demon torments you. Identify and banish it before it takes your soul.

    Platforms
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No
  • The Movies

    Build a Hollywood studio and guide it across decades. Hire talent, manage productions, and release films you create.

    Platforms
    • macOS
    • Windows
    Free to play
    No