Apps with 'Simulation' feature

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  1. OpenGL icon
     192 likes

    OpenGL is the premier environment for developing portable, interactive 2D and 3D graphics applications. Since its introduction in 1992, OpenGL has become the industry's most widely used and supported 2D and 3D graphics application programming interface (API), bringing...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    Project64 (Nintendo 64 emulator) with the Glide64 video plugin (which uses OpenGL) playing Super Mario 64.
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  2. Autodesk Maya icon
     150 likes

    Comprehensive software for 3D modeling, animation, and rendering, trusted by top artists for films and games, with tools to enhance workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Created with Maya
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  3. SOLIDWORKS icon
     88 likes

    Leading 3D CAD software facilitating design, analysis, and product data management. Boosts productivity and accelerates time to market through seamless integration.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Celestia icon
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    Celestia is an application for real-time 3D visualization of space, with a detailed model of the solar system, over 100,000 stars, more than 10,000 galaxies, and an extension mechanism for adding more objects.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
    The orbits of a number of main belt asteroids (in brown) plotted together with major planet orbits (in blue).
    A closeup of the space shuttle Discovery in orbit over Florida; this shot demonstrates Celestia's virtual texture feature for extremely high resolution mapping of planets.
    The 1989 flyby of Neptune by Voyager 2--last stop before leaving the solar system.
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  5. Velxio icon
     10 likes

    Emulate Arduino, ESP32 & Raspberry Pi. in your browser. Write code, compile, and run on 19 real boards — Arduino Uno, ESP32, ESP32-C3, Raspberry Pi Pico, Raspberry Pi 3, and more. No hardware, no cloud, no limits.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Raspberry Pi Pico simulation — ADC read test with two potentiometers, Serial Monitor showing live output, and compilation console at the bottom.
    Arduino Uno driving an ILI9341 240×320 TFT display via SPI — rendering a real-time graphics demo using Adafruit_GFX + Adafruit_ILI9341.
    Library Manager loads the full Arduino library index on open — browse and install libraries without typing first.
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    Component Picker showing 48 available components with visual previews, search, and category filters.
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  6. Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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  7. Packet Tracer is an essential learning tool used in these Cisco Networking Academy courses: IT Essentials, CCNA Routing and Switching, CCNA Security, Intro to Internet of Things (IoT), and Mobility Fundamentals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  8. The Sims icon
     37 likes

    The Sims is a series of life simulation video games developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. The franchise has sold nearly 200 million copies worldwide, and it is one of the best-selling video games series of all time.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • Blackberry
    • Windows Phone
    • Origin
    • Steam
    The Sims 4
    The Sims 4
    The Sims 4
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    The Sims 4
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  9. Synthetiq icon
     9 likes

    Synthetiq is an advanced social media simulation platform that allows you to see how your content performs before you ever post it online. Synthetiq allows creators to A/B test rapidly in a simulated environment to optimize their content before posting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Test Your Post Before Publishing
    Compare posts with a built-in
A/B testing feature.
    Simulate reactions.
Improve before publishing.
    18 alternatives
  10. RimWorld icon
     36 likes

    RimWorld follows three survivors from a crashed space liner as they build a colony on a frontier world at the rim of known space. Inspired by the space western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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  11. Houdini icon
     41 likes

    Houdini covers all the major areas of 3D production, including:

    • Modeling - All standard geometry entities including Polygons, (Hierarchical) NURBs/Bezier Curves/Patches & Trims, Metaballs
    • Animation - Keyframed animation and raw channel manipulation (CHOPs), motion captur.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. SteamVR icon
     7 likes

    SteamVR is the ultimate tool for experiencing VR content on the hardware of your choice. SteamVR supports the Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality headsets, and others.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • HTC Vive
    • Steam
    • Meta Quest
    • SteamVR
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  13. SimulIDE icon
     16 likes

    SimulIDE is a simple real time electronic circuit simulator. It's intended for general purpose electronics and microcontroller simulation, supporting PIC and AVR. PIC simulation is provided by gpsim and avr simulation by simavr.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. Forza Horizon icon
     12 likes

    Forza Horizon is a 2012 racing video game developed by Playground Games and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox 360 on 23 October 2012. The game is the fifth instalment of the Forza series, having originally spun-off from Turn 10 Studios-developed Forza Motorsport titles.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Xbox
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  15. Gaia Sky icon
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    3D visualization software for ESA's (European Space Agency) Gaia mission to chart about 1 billion stars of the Milky Way Galaxy.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  16. Falcon BMS icon
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    Falcon 4.0 Origins Falcon 4 roots can be traced as far back as 1984 with the release of F-16 Fight Falcon by Spectrum Holobyte. Development of Falcon continued for the next 10 years with the release of Falcon AT in 1988 and Falcon 3.0 in 1991.

    In 1994 Falcon 4.0 development was.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
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  17. Automobilista icon
     2 likes

    Automobilista 2 is all the racing simulators you ever wanted - in just one. An incredibly diverse collection of cars and tracks cohesively simulated, featuring incredible graphics and audio quality.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • SteamOS
    • SteamVR
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  18. OpenSPH icon
     2 likes

    C++ SPH/N-body library and standalone GUI application, mainly designed for astrophysical simulations

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • FreeBSD
    Impact into the parent body of the Hygiea family

SPH impact simulation with Dpb=428 km target, showing the origin of the Hygiea family.
    Accretion disk around a neutron star

N-body simulation with soft-particle model.
    Reaccumulation of fragment field

Self-gravitational reaccumulation and formation of rubble-pile asteroids, simulated using SPH.
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    Collapse of a rotating cloud

SPH simulation of a self-gravitating cloud of ideal gas.
    6 alternatives
  19. Speed Dreams icon
     13 likes

    Speed Dreams is a 3d cross-platform, open source motorsport simulation and racing game. It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  20. EmptyEpsilon icon
     4 likes

    EmptyEpsilon places you in the roles of a spaceship's bridge officers, like those seen in Star Trek. While you can play EmptyEpsilon alone or with friends, the best experience involves 6 players working together on each ship.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Main screen view from a cruiser near a station being attacked by two enemy cruisers
    View of the helms officer's screen, which controls the ship's movement.
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