Games like Chernobyl: Simulator

If Chernobyl: Simulator scratched a replayable and tense itch for you, keep reading. These games line up well for what comes next.

Nucleares
Run a nuclear power plant from the inside: over 200 parameters, 150 switches and a reactor that does not forgive sloppy work. Keep the lights on, handle emergencies, and learn the hard way why this job pays well. A deep, demanding simulator for people who like their problems complicated.
Replayable
84% of 1,146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$14.99
Rasvyat Nuclear Power Station
A co-op RBMK reactor simulator, with a detailed control room, realistic physics and authentic sound design
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Tense
80% of 166 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Save the Reactor
What if you happened to be in a control room of a nuclear reactor and something went wrong? Save the Reactor gives you the opportunity to fully experience these emotions! This simulator is great for those who like to challenge themselves and aren't afraid of difficulties!
Replayable, Tense
95% of 128 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Mission To Fission
Nuclear fission simulator. Control A nuclear reactor, balancing Uranium fissile material. The game features a oversimplified reactor and the R.B.M.K Reactor in Chernobyl.
88% of 25 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Nuclear Design Bureau
A hardcore physics sandbox where you play a junior engineer at the Kurchatov Institute. The State hands you a directive, a warehouse of dangerous materials and a blueprint grid. Paint on explosives, casings and cores, run the detonation for real, then work out why it fizzled. Design. Simulate. Detonate.
Replayable, Tense, Atmospheric
79% of 448 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 59$9.99
Liquidators
Chernobyl, 1986. Three plant workers descend into the flooded dark beneath the reactor to open the valves that stand between the meltdown and half of Europe. Every step is measured in radiation, every mistake is permanent, and the Geiger counter never stops clicking. A short, tense horror game based on true events.
Replayable, Tense, Atmospheric
95% of 1,238 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Reactor Tech²
Become the main power engineer of the world - the builder of the most powerful power plant that feeds the whole world! You have to build your own power plant, research new technologies and make the most successful power company in 100 gaming years.
Also in Tycoon · Replayable
68% of 350 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
COALCOM: Power Station
Pressure climbing. Drum level dropping. Three alarms and the TSO wants more power. If you trip the plant, everyone notices — the news, your boss, that guy who named his cat after a substation. You got hired because your resume said "worked with computers." Keep the lights on. Keep your job.
Replayable, Tense
100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
BORIS THE ROCKET 🚀
As a moustached soviet nuclear missile operator, you’re the last frontier of your motherland’s defense. Survive a freezing Siberian winter, untangle nasty bear intrigues and adapt to always changing environment in this cold war simulator.
Replayable, Tense, Atmospheric
97% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Meltdown
Meltdown is a nuclear reactor desk-job simulation where you, as a newly recruited operator, must control the reactor to keep the surrounding city powered up. Maintain the wires in the power grid, regulate the water tank’s flow, and tune the steam ventilation to keep the reactor from overheating.
Replayable, Tense, Dark
$3.39
Steam Engine Simulator
A real steam engine simulation, born from a C++ experiment, turned into a small game. Open the throttle, watch the pistons move, listen to the steam hiss and learn how a boiler actually thinks. No missions, no timers: just you, the gauges, and a machine that rewards patience.
Replayable
98% of 9,061 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18Free
Stationeers
Build and run a space station where every pipe, wire and gas molecule matters. Stationeers models pressure, heat, power and farming as real systems, so survival means actually understanding what you built. Play alone or with friends, start with a cold metal box, and engineer your way to a thriving base.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Atmospheric
88% of 8,675 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 526$34.99

Cheaper than Chernobyl: Simulator

Nucleares

From coolant pumps to control rods, every switch in the plant is yours to manage, and one careless move can bring it all down.

$14.99

Rasvyat Nuclear Power Station

A co-op RBMK reactor simulator, with a detailed control room, realistic physics and authentic sound design

$9.99

Save the Reactor

What if you happened to be in a control room of a nuclear reactor and something went wrong?

$4.99

Mission To Fission

Nuclear fission simulator. Control A nuclear reactor, balancing Uranium fissile material.

$4.99

Nuclear Design Bureau

Draw your design on the grid, run a real detonation simulation, and figure out why it fizzled or why it did not.

$9.99

Reactor Tech²

Become the main power engineer of the world - the builder of the most powerful power plant that feeds the whole world!

$14.99

COALCOM: Power Station

Pressure climbing. Drum level dropping. Three alarms and the TSO wants more power.

$12.99

BORIS THE ROCKET 🚀

As a moustached soviet nuclear missile operator, you’re the last frontier of your motherland’s defense.

$9.99

Chernobyl: Origins

"Chernobyl: Origins" - is a quest game with psychological horror elements.

$11.99

Escape from Chernobyl

Will take you back to 1986, to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, located near the city of Pripyat

$2.99

Meltdown

Meltdown is a nuclear reactor desk-job simulation where you, as a newly recruited operator, must control the reactor to keep the surrounding city…

$3.39

Hydro

Revive a vintage hydro-electric power station and generate power for the local township.

$8.99

Hidden gems like Chernobyl: Simulator

Atomcraft

Mine, smelt and automate your way across a simulated world, chasing every element to fix your ship.

$14.99

Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator

Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator that teaches you the procedures, then hands you the capsule.

$34.99

How to Make an Atomic Bomb in Your Garden

Turn your backyard and a pile of household junk into a very theoretical bomb, one absurd errand at a time.

$11.69

Feed the Reactor

Feed fuel into a reactor, mix elements until the numbers sing, and warp across a strange galaxy with a secret.

$6.99

Nuclear Design Bureau

Draw your design on the grid, run a real detonation simulation, and figure out why it fizzled or why it did not.

$9.99

Center Station Simulator

You inherit a shopping center in the middle of the desert and build everything it sells yourself.

$16.59

Save the Reactor

What if you happened to be in a control room of a nuclear reactor and something went wrong?

$4.99

Rasvyat Nuclear Power Station

A co-op RBMK reactor simulator, with a detailed control room, realistic physics and authentic sound design

$9.99

Nucleares

From coolant pumps to control rods, every switch in the plant is yours to manage, and one careless move can bring it all down.

$14.99

Steam Engine Simulator

Fire a real steam engine by feel: manage the boiler, read the dials and let the machine teach you how it works.

Free

Liquidators

Three workers, six valves, one shot: drain the water beneath the reactor before it reaches the core.

Free

Tin Can

Keep a battered escape pod breathing in the void, managing every system by hand as the air runs thin.

$19.99

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