In simulation games, your activity is generally based on the real world. This can include flying, sports games, life games, and war simulators. These games range from bad to great graphics, but almost always allow you to have great control of what happens in the game. You are the one who controls the life of your character.

The best example is the Sims series where you control a lot of people, can live the life of the character you create!! You have the power to build roads, schools, police stations, water and power grids. Some simulation games are intended to simulate the real world; others are intended to simulate a fictional world; still others are designed to be able to do both.