7 Simulation games like Forever Skies that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Forever Skies down to the 7 that fit the “Simulation” category. Trailmakers, Need for Speed™ and Need for Speed™ Payback top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Forever Skies.

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The best simulation games like Forever Skies

7 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Forever Skies. Each one has been evaluated across 17 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1TrailmakersClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExplorationCrafting

Steam👍 92%· 36KRAWG👍 59%· 70OC69· 5

Year 2020Dev FlashbulbPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, deep simulation and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping strong narrative focus

Welcome to the Ultimate Expedition! Journey over grueling mountains, hazardous swamps, and bone-dry deserts on a distant world far from civilization - it is just you, your fellow adventurers and the amazing, jet-powered hover-buggy you built yourself.

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: setting.

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#2Need for Speed™Closest on game mode

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 69%· 28KRAWG👍 50%· 824MC66OC65· 78

Year 2015Dev Ghost Games · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with deep simulation, adventure storytelling and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, visual third person and visual topdown, while skipping survival mechanics

Become the ultimate icon of today’s urban car culture in Need for Speed™, featuring Five Ways to Play and a huge open world to race and explore from dusk ‘till dawn. * FIVE WAYS TO PLAY – Earn reputation and master all Five Ways to Play - Speed, Style, Build, Crew and Outlaw - to win your own way.

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: progression and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Forever Skies.

It predates Forever Skies by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Need for Speed™ PaybackClosest on tone

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 85%· 31KRAWG👍 43%· 741MC61OC60· 110

Year 2017Dev Ghost Games · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with deep simulation, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, sports simulation and sandbox freedom, while skipping survival mechanics

Need for Speed Payback is an action-driving racing game and the twenty-third part of the NFS franchise. ###Gameplay Despite the trend made by NFS' before Payback features an offline mode. The game is set in a fictional city named Fortune Valley.

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: progression.

It predates Forever Skies by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 96%· 1.7K

Dev Master IndiePlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, deep simulation and open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings sports simulation, racing gameplay and vibe casual, while skipping survival mechanics

Jet Island is a giant land mass, floating in space. Nearly 16 km across, stone structures and ruins are scattered across this ancient land. Scientists are baffled as to why a long forgotten alien race created this place. However, for those who have made the journey to this world, one thing is clear.

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: tone and progression.

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#5Crash Time 2Closest on visuals

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExploration3D

Steam👍 58%· 2.5KRAWG👍 19%· 107

Year 2008Dev RTL interactive · Meridian4Playtime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, deep simulation and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings racing gameplay, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping survival mechanics

Crash Time 2 is a mission-based open-world driving game developed by Synetic. You are one of the officers of a fictional Cobra 11 police unit. The players are free to explore the open world or just complete the missions.

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: progression.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Forever Skies.

It predates Forever Skies by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Tone100Visuals72World58Game mode51

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 94%· 23KRAWG👍 53%· 129MC76IGDB77· 3OC74· 23

Year 2019Dev RageSquid · No More RobotsPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with deep simulation, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings sports simulation, racing gameplay and roguelike runs, while skipping survival mechanics

From the developers of Action Henk, Descenders is a fast-paced extreme downhill biking game that's easy to pick up, but difficult to master.

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: tone and visuals.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 85%· 652

Year 2009Dev Synetic · Kalypso MediaPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: deep simulation, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay and offline, while skipping survival mechanics

Like its predecessors, Crash Time 3, the new installment of the well-known action racing game series, offers varied gameplay in top quality. The German game forge Synetic has once more taken the graphics engine a significant step further.

Where it drifts furthest from Forever Skies: progression.

It predates Forever Skies by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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