10 Realistic Games That BEHAVE Like REAL LIFE

Some games push for realism in really interesting and compelling ways. Here are some of our favorite examples of games with real-life elements.

0:00 Intro
0:23 Green Hell
1:48 Hunter call of the wild
3:06 Kingdom Come: Deliverance
4:32 BeamNG.drive
6:03 The Long Dark
7:34 Eleven Table Tennis
8:47 Project Zomboid
10:40 Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic
11:43 Microsoft Flight Simulator
13:22 PC Building Simulator

[omegaZobel]

I just wanted to say, THANK YOU Gameranx. In my childhood I use to watch a TV program on my country once a week that made fun lists, talked about upcoming video games, showed me the best cheats and more. You bring me all of that nostalgia and make me feel the same way I felt when I watched that program. You guys are awesome!

[mohammadashikurrahman]

My favourite one is kingdom come deliverence. That blend of realism in an RPG setting is just chef's kiss.

[Flagsitta]

Nice to see The Long Dark get some love.

[u]

Thank you for mentioning theHunter:CotW!
Sometimes I just turn off all the HUD, walk around and listen to the ambience and watch the trees gently sway in the sunlight.
After working all week, it puts my mind at ease - I love it a lot, and it's GREAT for relaxing!

[bluegizmo]

The fact that a vr game can be used to build muscle memory for IRL skills is wild. This is how holodeck or matrix level stuff begins.

[Diginixx]

I'm so glad Project Zomboid was on this list. Love that game 😊

[ToddayGaither]

Something about Kingdom Come Deliverance just works. Bugs aside, the game has me locked in. Learning how to use a bow felt so satisfying (on PC)! Selling Game, just to get a decent set of armor. Although the fighting could be better and it was enough to keep me engaged... I can go on forever about this game. 9.5 out of 10 for me.

[menacinglion]

Ye, I was wondering about rdr2 not getting involved here.

[Christopher.C]

Eleven Table Tennis both kept me sane during the pandemic and allowed me to perfect a couple of serves that I had had trouble with for years. Great game.

[cloudsaysthings]

I always get super excited when you guys cover KCD. I will never stop singing praises for that game.

[celestialflea]

KCD devs basically confirmed they're working on a new game set in medieval Europe. They advertised for a job looking for someone to animate and edit both funny and dramatic scenes. Very excited.

Also you guys HAVE to try the gliding in MSFS, I've never seen gliding done with such detail in a game before and it's just awesome, it's not perfect, there's a little jank but it's a really chill experience.

[ROTSTarge]

I actually play Hunter as a walking sim and enjoy a bit of the sense of getting out into nature that the game provides. A lot of the factors that make it such a detailed hunting game end up making for a better walking sim than any other I've found. I don't like the idea of hunting and haven't killed a thing in the game, but I love just being able to follow trails from campsite to campsite. When the fires in the mountains were getting bad and I couldn't get out into the real mountains, it was a decent substitute

[JFeather]

Kingdom come I’ve bought twice to play in both systems. I originally gave up. And then gave it another chance. So glad I did. Amazing game. One of my favorites of all time

[ronty]

Kingdom come Deliverance is the most immersive open world historically accurate game mankind has ever witnessed... KCD takes the best features from elder scrolls series and puts them in a real medieval timeline... I have over 300 hrs on KCD and still it impresses me like no other game... the alchemy minigame is the most perfect... here you don't have a menu... instead you physically combine herbs and boil them and pour them in vials in specific amounts and sequence to get a desired potion or medicine... the immersion is so satisfying and next-gen...

[veknaodsira]

This list is my cup of tea. I love realism in games.

[DogRozan]

I think DCS World is a great fit for this list. Just as realistic as Microsoft Flight Sim with things like radar systems, different kinds of weapons, all the Fox missiles callouts are there some some more.

[Jabholt]

Kerbal Space Program has some pretty amazing mechanics. Building a working rocket to get you to the moon or other planets can be fairly difficult.

[LilithLonelyHeart]

I'd say some of the shortcomings of Green hell from what I saw in the gameplay of it is that its healing system can be hyperspecific, for e.g. to remove a larva growing under the skin you need fish bone or bone needle, while really you could use any sharp object for that including knives you keep using for crafting...

[bluedemon]

It's funny I started playing PC Building simulator a couple of years ago, and my wife came in and asked me what I was doing and my brain went "I'm working" because in real life I do desktop support. Haven't picked it back up since that moment when I realized that in my free time I was pretending to do work.

[johanthornqvist]

GOOOOSH I loved Kingdom Come Deliverance. So underrated!