Ridiculous simulation games that everyone should try

3 May 2022

Every once in a while, someone decides to develop a video game that defies comprehension and any attempts at logical analysis.

Since my brain cannot understand these kinds of games, the next most viable option usually involves making me laugh so much that I start crying.

Here are some of the weirdest simulation games you should try if the above description fits you too.

DEEEER Simulator

in DEEEER Simulator, you can do everyday normal deer things, like riding a horse or fighting someone using capoeira.

If that’s not to your liking, maybe try taking a swing through town by attaching your neck to objects like a grappling hook or blasting everything to hell with a set of pistols for antlers.

Despite this game’s slogan being “Your Average Everyday Deer Game”, this isn’t the case. Prepare to come face to face with some gut-wrenchingly hilarious moments with a level of absurdity that’s hard to match.


Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

In Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (TABS), you set up entirely unrealistic battle scenarios, like ten woolly mammoths against 10,000 chickens, or Zeus vs an army of bazooka-wielding infantry.

Additionally, you can even create custom units to see how far you can push the battles past the limit of utter insanity.

Give your custom unit a bow that shoots boulders, add a unique ability that makes it transform into a bat, or give it the ability to rain lightning down on foes — it’s all within the realm of possibility in TABS.


Viscera Cleanup Detail

Viscera Cleanup Detail is just as visceral as its name suggests.

Yes, it’s fun to cave in a Necromorph’s face with your steel-tipped boot, but have you ever stopped to think about who has to clean up the mess afterwards?

The answer is you and possibly some friends that you’ve somehow managed to rope into playing a sanitation simulation game.


Bear Simulator

Bear Simulator has you play as a bear.

You’ll spend most of your time hunting and foraging for food, and every kill levels up the skill you used to kill your prey.

You can also wear a hat along with some other customisation options.


Cultist Simulator

Cultist Simulator is a roguelike narrative card game with a catch — you are given no instructions on how to play the game.

As you figure out how to play the game, you also discover why you are playing it and what your purpose is within it.

The cards you choose to play build a customised narrative unique to you, filled with intrigue, mystery, and ominous themes.


Rock Simulator

Rock Simulator hopes to offer players a philosophical change in perspective. The game’s description puts it beautifully: “Become what you have always wanted, a rock with no responsibilities, no debt, and no worries.”

In Rock Simulator, your friends can join you to watch the cycle of day and night for eternity.

Don’t forget about the customisation either —  you can be a regular rock, a shiny golden rock, or a rock with bold patterns.

A dog’s life has nothing compared to being a rock.


Goat Simulator

By now, the chance that you haven’t heard of Goat Simulator is highly unlikely.

However, if you don’t know about Goat Simulator, it involves you playing as Pilgor The Goat, doing everything that’s not generally within a goat’s realm of experience.

Joining space battles, headbutting people in their extremities, vandalising public property to your heart’s content, and laughing until you can’t breathe are just some of the things you will get up to in Goat Simulator.


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