Simulation games for Android and iOS that (almost) feel like the real deal

Let's face it, most of us will never ever get in the cabin of a space shuttle or a powerful bulldozer, but that does not mean that we can't get a virtual sneak peek inside the daily chores of an average astronaut or an operator of heavy construction machinery. Don't deny it, folks, most of you have dreamed of flying a Boeing 747 or driving a steam-powered train at least once, too. Well, it is safe to say that we'd do neither in our lifetime, but there's a way to experience a diminutive fraction of these craved activities right at your fingertips.



As you've probably already guessed, we will be talking about simulation games. Despite one of the latest hate-it-or-love-it trends in the genre, which commands that game developers should create peculiar and bizarre games that embrace their own bugs and flaws (such as the infamous Goat Simulator, which is due to arrive on mobile devices soon), there exist a number of pretty adequate and realistic simulation games for mobile devices. Yes, mobile devices are not the ultimate means for playing a simulator (desktops and consoles still reign supreme), but a number of adequate representative of the genre are available for mobile devices as well.



Being the avid and dedicated gamers we are, we searched high and low to find some of the most polished and most entertaining simulator games in Google Play.



Note: The titles listed below are neither sorted in any particular order nor they fall to one and the same game genre.

Construction Simulator 2014

We have already included Construction Simulator 2014 in a previous pick, but the game is so good that it definitely needs to be included in this list as well. This is a full-blown simulator, which puts you in the shoes of an owner of a small construction company, which has to undertake a number of assignments. Although you're the boss, the game allows you to get inside the cabins of various and pretty exciting construction vehicles, such as flatbed trucks, excavators, bulldozers, tower cranes, concrete mixers, wheel loaders, rollers, and many others. The game is surprisingly good and might even appeal to those that usually detest simulator games.



Download: Construction Simulator 2014 (Android | iOS)