Games like Simulation
Games like Simulation include Papers, Please, Stardew Valley, Touhou Mystia's Izakaya, There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension, and Beholder Conductor. We matched them by the tags players give Simulation on Steam (Simulation, Time Management, Interactive Fiction, Sci-fi, and Dystopian ): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Papers, Please
Shared: Simulation · Point & Click · Dystopian

Stardew Valley
Shared: Simulation · Pixel Graphics · Farming Sim

Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
Shared: Simulation · Time Management · Pixel Graphics

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Shared: Point & Click · Indie · Interactive Fiction

Beholder Conductor
Shared: Dystopian · Simulation · Point & Click

Thank You For Your Application
Shared: Point & Click · Dystopian · 2D

The Escapists
Shared: Simulation · 2D · Pixel Graphics

Papa's Freezeria Deluxe
Shared: Time Management · Simulation · 2D

FTL: Faster Than Light
Shared: Sci-fi · Simulation · Indie

Game Dev Tycoon
Shared: Simulation · Indie · 2D

Not For Broadcast
Shared: Simulation · Dystopian · Interactive Fiction

Beat Cop
Shared: Simulation · Indie · Pixel Graphics

Shawarma Legend
Shared: Simulation · Time Management · 2D

Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
Shared: Simulation · Sci-fi · Indie

Writer's Rush
Shared: Simulation · Interactive Fiction · Point & Click

Beholder
Shared: Dystopian · Simulation · Point & Click

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
Shared: Sci-fi · 2D · Indie

Not Tonight
Shared: Simulation · Dystopian · Pixel Graphics

Retirement Simulator
Shared: Simulation · Time Management · Indie

Punch Club
Shared: Time Management · Simulation · Pixel Graphics

Beholder 3
Shared: Simulation · Dystopian · Point & Click

Beholder 2
Shared: Simulation · Dystopian · Point & Click

Not Tonight 2
Shared: Simulation · Dystopian · Interactive Fiction

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Shared: Simulation · 2D · Indie