Simulation tag
Tag created in June 2017
Simulation's popularity amongst developers
This chart displays the games released over the years with the Simulation tag and the percentage of total Steam releases they represent. The number of releases gives an appreciation of the quantity of games published each year. It often tends to increase naturally, just like the total amount of Steam games released.
The percentage gives a better estimate of the tag's trend. It shows if the Simulation 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 Simulation game tag peaked in 2022 with 1942 games released. The tag's popularity is in a range between 1.1% in 2012 and 2.4% in 2018.
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.
Simulation's popularity amongst players
This graph displays the reviews for games associated with the Simulation tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. If the graph is hard to read, you can deactivate the review count and % of the average 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 Simulation tag games.
A standard game associated with this tag received on average between 32 (2010) and 1043 (2014) 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 Simulation tag received between 87% (2011) and 163% (2017) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Simulation
This graph displays the evolution of the Simulation tag's games price in USD over the years, and the percentage of free to play 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 Simulation games peaked in 2006 at 9.99$, and bottomed in 2018 at 5.99$. The percentage of free to play peaked in 2020 at 13%, and bottomed in 2023 at 1%.
Positive reviews ratio for Simulation, per language
This graph shows an aggregated Steam rating for the whole Simulation tag, separated 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 highest rating for Simulation is 94% for the Romanian language, and the lowest is 79% for the Simplified Chinese language.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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