Best Simulation Games on PS5 | Push Square

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What are the best simulation games on PS5? It's not an easy question to answer; the simulation genre is incredibly broad nowadays, with many sports, hobbies, chores, and occupations now represented in digital form. No matter what you feel like doing, odds are it's been gamified in some way.

Simulation games date back a long time, as real life activities have been aped in video games since the very start. A lot of examples are based on sports, with the likes of EA Sports FC, NBA 2K, and Madden NFL being widely popular mainstays of the genre. This translates over to motorsports with the F1 series and WRC, but there are plenty of sim games that don't utilise official championship licences, such as Gran Turismo 7 or Assetto Corsa Competizione.

Outside the realm of sports, simulation titles based on jobs are also surprisingly popular. One of the most prominent examples is PowerWash Simulator, but Farming Simulator, Lawn Mowing Simulator, Gas Station Simulator, and lots more are enjoyed by many players. These often veer into the less serious side of things, with games like Goat Simulator 3 perhaps being the most extreme example of a sim playing for laughs.

Then you have management sims, which also come in lots of flavours. Two Point Campus has you managing a school; Arcade Paradise is a tycoon title about building up a video game arcade; and Planet Coaster sees you maintaining your very own amusement park.

With so much variation, we need your help to narrow down the best simulation games on PS5. As with all our lists, this feature is decided purely by the ratings left by users like you. Use the search bar below to browse through sim games, then leave your own ratings — doing so will contribute to the games that appear on this list and in what order.

Games will need at least 20 ratings in order to appear. If your favourites aren't here, they probably need more ratings, so make sure to have your say.

Without further ado, here are the best simulation games on PS5, as chosen