If you look at the best simulation games of 2017, it’s easy to see that the genre didn’t have as strong of a year as in 2016. Football Manager remained a staple, having one of its best releases yet. There were other, widely varied, and compelling titles as well. The problem seemed to come with quantity, rather than quality. The few significant games were great, but just too few.
Most Anticipated Simulation Games of 2018
There’s an incredibly strong case to be made for 2018 to reverse this trend. The year looks to feature one of the broadest range of strategy titles in a long time, with a number having the possibility to be simply excellent. Let’s cut to the chase, crack on with some work and look at the most anticipated simulation games of 2018.
Railway Empire
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Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Let’s start with the closest game to be released this year. Seeing its release in just ten days, Railway Empire looks to bring back the joys of Railroad Tycoon and combine it with features found in other management titles.
Tropico 6
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Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Tropico is a long-running series and your opportunity to found the next Chavismo or become the next Castro.
Anno 1800
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Platform: PC
Anno and Blue Byte will be taking us back to the past. Returning to the series roots, the city building simulator will be set in one of the most apt periods of time – the industrial revolution.
Jurassic World Evolution
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Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
In this position you will bioengineer your own new races of the dinosaur. In line with this, you will build new scientific buildings to enable further research. Once bioengineered, these dinosaurs will be contained in containment facilities.
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
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Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Ace Combat began as Air Combat 26 years ago as an arcade game. My first encounter was with the original PlayStation release a surprising 21 years ago. The series remained, for the most part, a fantastical approach to dogfighting with a handful of games set in the real world. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown will return to the world that features the wars of the main series’ alternate reality Earth (Strangereal).
Frostpunk
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Platform: PC
Frostpunk will challenge you in more ways than regularly found in city builder games. Will you retain your morality or enact child labor laws? Will you allow for experimentation on the sick and infirm? You will be able to enact many policies in the games book of laws.
The Guild 3
Platform: PC
In The Guild 3, you create a family dynasty which can last for centuries. A strategy game, historical life simulation and role-playing game in 3d!