Immersive Sim tag
Tag created in June 2019
Immersive Sim's popularity amongst developers
This chart shows the amount of games released over the years with the Immersive Sim tag and the percentage of games released on Steam they account for. The number of releases gives a sense of the amount of games published each year. It often increases, following the total amount of Steam games released.
The percentage gives a better estimate of the tag's trend. It shows if the Immersive Sim tag is getting more or less popular amongst developers. The Review chart can let us know if this trend is a positive thing (i.e. players interest for the tag is growing) or a negative one (the tag is overcrowded).
The Immersive Sim game tag peaked in 2022 with 493 games released. The tag's popularity is in a range between 0.04% in 2014 and 0.38% in 2023.
Bear in mind that 2023 is not over yet. The number of releases will continue to increase, but the percentage is already a good estimate of things to come.
Immersive Sim's popularity amongst players
This graph displays the reviews for games associated with the Immersive Sim tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. If the chart is cluttered, you can always deactivate some lines by clicking on the legend.
The review count gives a view of the sheer amount of reviews a tag receives, but it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. That is why the normalized value as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more interesting, as it gives you the popularity trend for Immersive Sim tag games.
A standard game associated with this tag received on average between 44 (2010) and 1659 (2020) reviews. Bear in mind that it is the average, and it can be strongly influenced by extreme values, like the release of a very popular game with this tag.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Immersive Sim tag received between 108% (2015) and 385% (2020) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Immersive Sim
This chart displays the evolution of the Immersive Sim tag's games price in USD over time, as well as the percentage of free games in this tag. Don't forget that a price should slowly increase year-on-year just to keep up with inflation.
The median price for Immersive Sim games peaked in 2016 at 14.99$, and bottomed in 2020 at 7.99$. The percentage of free to play peaked in 2020 at 15%, and bottomed in 2022 at 1%.
Positive reviews ratio for Immersive Sim, per language
This chart shows an aggregated Steam rating for all the Immersive Sim tag games, classed by language. It gives an idea about how different audiences will judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't always mean that the audience doesn't enjoy that particular tag, as some cultures tend to always give lower scores. But it will affect a game's rating nonetheless.
The best rating for Immersive Sim games is 96% for the Romanian audience, and the worst is 74% for the Simplified Chinese audience.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition | SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone. | 19.99 | 80.3% | Jul 20, 2010 |
  | Unholy Heights | Welcome to Unholy Heights, a mashup of Tower Defense and Apartment Management Simulation! | 3.99 | 90.6% | Oct 4, 2013 |
  | Space Colony: Steam Edition | Space Colony: Steam Edition is a remaster of the real-time base builder and strategy game from Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series. In Space Colony you colonize to survive, designing intergalactic bases that keep your crew productive, happy and defended against hostile alien threats. | 14.99 | 75.9% | Apr 30, 2015 |
  | KartKraft™ | No seatbelts, no suspension, no downforce. This is pure head to head racing at 90mph... | 24.99 | 79.4% | Nov 1, 2018 |
  | System Shock: Enhanced Edition | Re-discover what made System Shock the first of it's kind, a ground breaking immersive sim that would inspire a generation of games to come.... | 9.99 | 91.3% | Oct 22, 2015 |
  | Karaski: What Goes Up... | An immersive sim-lite in a fictional historical setting. You are on the world's first airship about to crash down and have to find the culprit. Sneak around, break into cabins, interrogate passengers, find evidence - but be careful not to incriminate yourself! | 11.99 | 78.6% | Mar 2, 2016 |
  | KNIGHTS | KNIGHTS is a minimalist puzzle game based on a single chess piece, the titular knight. A simple enough to pick up and relaxing experience. | 0.99 | 94.4% | May 30, 2016 |
  | Gunsmith | Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money. | 19.99 | 74.7% | May 25, 2018 |
  | Progress Bar Simulator | Ever wanted to accelerate the progress bar of your download, slow installation, Windows update or just to kill some time until something else has finished? Then here comes the game you never asked for: Progress Bar: The Game | 0.99 | 87.3% | Apr 4, 2019 |
  | Endless ATC | Endless ATC is a realistic air traffic control simulator with a simple, easy to use interface. The goal is to guide as many planes as possible safely to the runways. Find out how many flights you can manage to control! | 6.99 | 97.5% | Jul 19, 2017 |
  | Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 2 | Welcome to the Trivia Vault contestant! Play as a contestant in a gameshow called Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 2 and bring your thinking hat. Answer all new mixed trivia questions as quickly as you can, the faster you answer the higher the cash value. | 9.99 | 63.5% | Sep 17, 2017 |
  | Masters of Puzzle | Enter the ultimate jigsaw puzzle experience with Masters of Puzzle - a full 3D, physics enabled, beautiful simulation game. Enjoy dozens of UHD puzzles in different styles and earn hundreds of achievements to show your mastery of puzzle building. | 24.99 | 75% | May 29, 2020 |
  | Homo Flimsy - The Ragdoll Goalkeeping Simulator | Flip and Flop, get the Clean Sheet. Homo Flimsy, The Physics Based Ragdoll Goalkeeping Simulator. | 1.99 | N/A | Sep 10, 2019 |
  | Go to IT | Have you ever wanted to run your own software company? Go to IT is a business simulation game with a multitude of parameters to manage and meaningful choices to enjoy. Build your company and bring it to the top, surviving almost 30 years of software industry ups and downs. | 9.99 | 57.9% | Dec 14, 2021 |
  | Starship Saboteur Prototype | Shoot or sneak your way through a starship filled with enemy patrols, things to sabotage and captains to hurl out of windows into the cold depth of space in this short game prototype! | Free | N/A | May 5, 2020 |
  | Santa's Visit | Discover you inner Santa Claus in this Virtual Holiday Experience! Take a ride across the world and then through Mistletoe County, leading up to the Smiths house. It's up to you to decide if they have been naughty or nice this year. Choose the right gifts and cause some mayhem before you leave! | Free | N/A | Nov 1, 2019 |
  | Model Builder | Join the latest trend in simulation games, bring out your creativity and make awesome looking models. Assemble, customize and display your creations, whether you’re a veteran or a novice. Get building, and get creative! | 19.99 | 78% | Feb 8, 2022 |
  | からかい上手の高木さんVR 1学期 | Virtually experience the playful and relentless teasing of heroine, Takagi-san, in Teasing Master Takagi-san VR - 1st Semester (Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san VR). With sales of the original comic series exceeding 8.2 million copies in Japan, the romantic comedy makes its debut on as a VR animation. | 13.99 | 81.2% | May 21, 2020 |
  | NASCAR Heat 5 | NASCAR Heat 5 challenges you to become the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion. Features all the official teams, drivers and cars from the three NASCAR National Series as well as the Xtreme Dirt Tour, racing on 39 authentic tracks. | 14.99 | 81.6% | Jul 9, 2020 |
  | Nightvision: Drive Forever | Experience the first ever road-lite... an intense highway night-driving simulation with randomly generated infinite levels, a rollercoaster story that unfolds through perilous racing, and a fresh world and road to master each time you get behind the wheel. Can you see the night through? | 17.99 | 78.6% | Oct 13, 2020 |
  | Maestro VR | Maestro VR is an immersive rhythmic music video game where you become an orchestra conductor in Virtual Reality. Experience the thrill of conducting a symphony orchestra like never before. Feel the music in a way that's unique and unparalleled. | 29.99 | 74.2% | Nov 4, 2022 |
  | Poop On 2020 Simulator | POOP ON 2020 SIMULATOR is the only video game that lets you blast 2020 with the squishiest of projectiles. Experience the greatest 2020 fantasy you never knew you had! | 1.99 | 97.1% | Nov 25, 2020 |
  | Russian Prison Tattoo Simulator | Become a tattoo artist in Russian Prison. Get introduced to tattoo iconography and special meanings of Russian Prison tattoos | 1.99 | 92.3% | Apr 15, 2022 |
  | Ctrl Alt Ego | Transmit your disembodied consciousness between robots and devices and exploit their capabilities in first-person very British 70s/80s era sci-fi immersive sim Ctrl Alt Ego. Tool-up and break bad bots into broken bits, or sneak a bug into the system as if you were never there. | 19.99 | 96.5% | Jul 22, 2022 |
  | Minabo - A walk through life | Minabo - A walk through life is a social simulation game where you walk the path of life while your turnip grows and thrives (or not) in its social relationships. | 14.99 | 95.8% | Apr 28, 2023 |