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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 VR Sailing down to the 6 that fit the “Simulation” category. Need for Speed™ Payback, Jet Island and Trailmakers top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to VR Sailing.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

The best simulation games like VR Sailing

6 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to VR Sailing. Each one has been evaluated across 12 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.

#1Need for Speed™ PaybackClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloOnlineMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldFirst 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 racing gameplay, sports simulation and deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, sandbox world and co op, while skipping vibe casual

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.

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#2Jet IslandClosest on world

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeCasualOpen World

Steam👍 96%· 1.7K

Dev Master IndiePlaytime ~2hOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings co op and exploration and discovery, while skipping strong narrative focus

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.

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#3TrailmakersClosest on game mode

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloOnlineMultiplayerMeleeOpen World

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 racing gameplay

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

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.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloMeleeOpen WorldFirst 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 racing gameplay, deep simulation and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: co op, exploration and discovery and visual third person, while skipping sports simulation

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.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for VR Sailing.

It predates VR Sailing by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloMeleeNarrativeOpen World

Steam👍 58%· 2.5KRAWG👍 19%· 107

Year 2008Dev RTL interactive · Meridian4Playtime ~1hOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, sandbox world and offline, while skipping sports simulation

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 VR Sailing: visuals and game mode.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for VR Sailing.

It predates VR Sailing by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloMeleeOpen WorldOffline

Steam👍 85%· 652

Year 2009Dev Synetic · Kalypso MediaPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: racing gameplay, deep simulation and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: offline and exploration and discovery, while skipping sports simulation

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.

It predates VR Sailing by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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