_____ is just a _____ simulator

[Hunter]

What Remains of Edith Finch is just a owning a house generational trauma simulator

[Gaagaagiins]

GOD HAND is a best videogame ever made simulator

[MoH]

meaning it’s not actually the best video game ever made?

[Kiki]

Nights Into Dreams is just a stick calibration simulator.

[Hunter]

Persona is just a having-plans-on-a-weeknight simulator

[russian1039]

Deep Rock Galactic is just a Workplace Friendship and Enjoyment simulator

[RubySunrise]

Resident Evil is just a haunted house simulator.
Final Fantasy VII is just an eco-terrorism simulator.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is just a conspicuous consumption simulator.

[Kiki]

Sokoban is just an “extra time to clear up your workplace in peace” simulator.

[Hunter]

Ring Fit Adventure is just a feeling skinny-fat simulator

[mack41]

Gran Turismo is a boomer midlife crisis simulator

[Kiki]

@RubySunrise

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is just a conspicuous consumption simulator.

I’d argue New Horizons is a colonialism simulator.

[Kiki]

Pikmin is also a colonialism simulator.

[mack41]

Guitar hero is a talent simulator

[MoH]

yakuza is a respecting the police simulator

[RubySunrise]

Is New Horizons a 4X game in disguise?

[Gaagaagiins]

Correct.

[Gaagaagiins]

However, also, not

[Psinuxi]

Genshin Impact is just a weaboo waifu collection simulator

This is how I actually describe the game to people.

[Kiki]

I had to look this one up, and yes. You’re working on behest of the Nook empire.

[Kiki]

Also an ethnostate simulator.