What Should We Call "Living World" Emergent Simulation Games Like Kenshi and Mount & Blade? Should There Be a Name?

A Reddit r/Games poster asks whether there is a name for "living world" emergent simulation games such as Kenshi, Mount & Blade, Starsector, the original STALKER trilogy, and Drox Operative. In these games NPCs live their own lives under deep simulation, so raiding caravans can weaken connected cities' economies and leave them vulnerable to invading armies, while autonomous factions form alliances and conquer cities. The poster notes the genre is thin but has a niche, and suggests "world sim" or "emergent sim" as possible names.