Best Simulation Games To Switch Off Your Brain While Playing

While some players are ready to jump on stressful games after a long day, others might want laid back simulation games, like these great examples.

Simulation games are popular for allowing players to immerse themselves in different roles that they may have not been able to experience in their daily life. This makes these games a great tool for when players also feel the need to wind down after a busy day.

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With so many simulation titles available for players to enjoy, these options are by far the greatest for those players that are looking for a simulation game that will help them turn their brain off. These games require little to no stress or thought for a player to be able to enjoy them and therefore gamers should consider picking up one of these when looking for a new simulation title to enjoy.

Starting off strong, The Sims 4 is a life simulation game that allows players to create their own sim or sim family and live vicariously through them. While creating a lot of sims can be quite stressful to control simply focusing on a single sim can make this simulation title a lot more enjoyable.

Players may wish to think of an interesting story for their sim or easily live through their daily life as this poor sim is left under the control of the player. This even means that sadistic gamers can instead re-live some stress by tormenting this poor sim they have created such as trapping them in a pool, waiting for their demise.

House Flipper is a brilliant game for players that wish they could knock down all the walls in their house and change its layout but don't have the money to do it. In this simulation titles players become a one-person renovation team as they are tasked with cleaning up and redecorating a variety of customers houses.

Besides helping customers players can also purchase their own homes to renovate and sell on for a profit. The only thing that will limit a player in House Flipper is their own creativity and the possibility of running out of money if they forget to take on jobs.

Switching off the brain using simulation games doesn't have to be done alone as seen by Tabletop Simulator. As the name of the game suggests, this simulation title gives the player a table that they can play an assortment of board games on as well as other activities.

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If uninterested by playing with others, it's still possible to enjoy Tabletop Simulator alone with a nice jigsaw puzzle. However, what truly makes this game amazing is the freedom to flip the table whenever the player feels like without the repercussions of picking up all the pieces afterward.

Car Mechanic Simulator similar to Farming Simulator has published various different versions over the years however by far one of the most loved was the simulator published for 2021.

Besides fixing up client's cars that have stopped working for one reason or another, players can expand their mechanic business to selling repaired cars. In this simulator, that claims to be highly realistic players can visit the auction house to find cars in all sorts of conditions to work on in a hope of selling them for s small profit.

There are even simulators that simulate making games and Game Dev Tycoon is by far one of the greatest created for players that wish to create their own gaming company. Not only does this title allow players to combine genres to create an exciting new combination; that may either succeed or flop on the market, but also advance through the actual years that saw certain platforms rise and fall in popularity.

Besides this, players will also gradually grow their company from a single person in their garage to a ginormous office with plenty of employees.

Stepping away from the realistic simulators, Kerbal Space Program is not only interesting to play but also hilarious to be a part of. In this simulation title players put together spacecrafts that will hopefully send the little green creatures known as Kerbals flying into space.

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Players are provided with countless pieces of spacecrafts to use and combine to make the perfect spaceship. However, not all of them will fly so successfully into space; some players may even purposely create a horrific spaceship just to see how awful they can make it.

Another brilliant and mindless simulator that players can switch their brain off while playing is the wacky physics game known as Totally Accurate Battle Simulator. Players can take on actual challenges where they can only use certain units or a certain number of points to defeat the enemy or create their own incredible battles.

With such a variety of units to choose from as well as some that can be unlocked through searching the different maps; Players are sure to get a kick out of putting the likes of a giant against the Chicken Man.

As not only a great role-playing game for players to switch their brain off while playing; Stardew Valley is also a brilliant life simulation title as players get to take on daily life as a farmer, tending to their crops and animals.

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Due to the simplistic nature of Stardew there are plenty of activities for players to get lost in. Some don't even include farming, such as the mindless fishing mini-game that is sure to earn the player a fair amount of money. Besides this, players are sure to build their farm up brilliantly while relaxing.

Another great simulation title that players may consider using to switch off their brain is the infamous PowerWash Simulator. With a free mode as well as a campaign players will be tasked to power wash a variety of things from bikes, vans, to whole buildings.

While this may at first sound boring, once getting stuck into washing away the muck a player is sure to zone out as they get lost in the therapeutic motion of washing away all the dirt. Players can even invite up to eight friends along to join in with the washing to make the levels go by even quicker.

Out of all the simulators available for players to try out, surprisingly one of the greatest for switching off a gamer's brain is Euro Truck Simulator 2. In this simulation title players take on the role of a truck driver traveling across the roads delivering cargo on time.

Although simplistic, many players have expressed a love for going on simple drives around to relax and Euro Truck allows a player to do that without needing to leave their own home. As long as a player knows how to control the truck, which they are sure to pick up on the road, Euro Truck Simulator 2 becomes an enjoyable game to play.

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Megan is a BA Honours Journalism graduate interested in gaming, especially Role-playing and fantasy franchises. She is currently a List Writer at Game Rant as well as a podcaster that discusses news on gaming as well as the community around them. When she isn't working on her gaming-themed topics she has just enough free time to play Dragon Age Inquisition for the hundredth time.