- #1 Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory
97% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Pill Bug Interactive
Windows · Linux
An automation puzzle game in the spirit of The Incredible Machine to stretch your brain without the stress. Build chocolate-making contraptions out of conveyors, cannons and simple parts, then optimise them until they run themselves.
Why similar: Automation 22.6%, Level Editor 18.2%, Physics 11.6%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #2 Crafty Marbles
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peterclark
Windows · Mac
Build whatever you want for your marbles! Incredible races, extraordinary machines, spectacular chain reactions, chaotic battlefields, or anything else!
Why similar: Level Editor 16.9%, Experimental 15.7% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Automation 11.8%, Physics 11.5%
- #3 puzzlez - a shapez game
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
puzzlez - a shapez game is an easy to learn, hard to master puzzle game about building shapes in compact 3D spaces. Solve handcrafted puzzles with multiple solutions, from simple production chains to complex logistical problems. Design, share, and play custom puzzles with an ever-growing community.
Why similar: Level Editor 22.7%, Automation 22.7%, Building 10.3%, Physics 10.2%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #4 Pick Playground
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nathan Young
Windows · Linux
Plan crane lifts like the pros. Pick your crane, configure the boom, rig the load, and judge every pick against real manufacturer load charts. A 3D rigging simulation sandbox from a rigger with 18 years in the field. Build it, rig it, lift it, land it.
Why similar: Level Editor 21.3%, Sandbox 18.8%, Physics 16.5%, Simulation 14.7%, Building 13.7%
- #5 Fantastic Contraption Classic 1 & 2
94% matchVery Positive98% of 97 reviews2020
Dev: Northway Games
Windows
The original physics building game is now on PC! Use minimal tools to build an infinite variety of puzzle-solving machines. Featuring over 70 THOUSAND user-generated levels, and includes the sequel Fantastic Contraption Classic 2!
Why similar: Physics 19%, Building 15%, Sandbox 11.4%, Simulation 10.6%, Level Editor 10.3%
- #6 Poly Bridge 2
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,237 reviews2020
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!
Why similar: Level Editor 17.2%, Building 16.2%, Physics 14.3%, Sandbox 12.7%, Crafting 9.2%
- #7 Coaster Crash Course
93% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Pianova Games
Windows
Roller coaster design puzzle meets physics sandbox. In a series of increasingly challenging levels your task is to get creative and build all kinds of crazy coasters. Don't get too crazy, though, or physics will turn your coaster into a rocket.
Why similar: Level Editor 21.8%, Sandbox 19.4%, Building 15.1%, Physics 14.8%, Simulation 13.5%
- #8 Poly Bridge
92% matchVery Positive91% of 18,944 reviews2016
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles. Enjoy hours of physics-based puzzle solving in the Campaign and then jump in the Sandbox to create your own bridge designs and puzzles!
Why similar: Building 18.5%, Physics 16.3%, Level Editor 15.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #9 Simulo
91% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Micrometer
Windows · Linux
A multiplayer 2D physics sandbox game where you can build and share creations. Features include electricity, temperature, and destructible ragdolls.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.5%, Level Editor 19.6%, Automation 18.7%, Building 12.5%, Simulation 12.1%
- #10 Marble Odyssey: Sandbox
91% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Mustafa ÖzgenPub: RigidPoly Fab
Windows
On a wooden table drifting through space, build little contraptions just to see what happens. Release the marbles and enjoy the calm rhythm of their flow. A warm, curious, and delightful sandbox experience.
Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Level Editor 14.9%, Sandbox 14%, Physics 11.6%, Building 11.2%
- #11 Stack Masters
90% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Intravenous SoftwarePub: Independent
Windows
Do you enjoy playing around with the physics in games? Then this is the game for you. Stack Masters is built around exploring that concept in a competitive way. Including a built in level editor and Steam Workshop support, the game offers a never ending supply of physics sandbox gameplay to explore.
Why similar: Level Editor 29.2%, Physics 18.8%, Puzzle 10.2%, Simulation 8.6%, Family Friendly 8.4%
- #12 Dumbino
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Smoke Studios
Windows
Dumbino is a funny chaotic physics-based puzzle game where you topple dominoes with explosions, wild chain reactions, and pure madness. Embrace the epic goofy mayhem as you create and solve unhinged levels. Build and share your craziest designs and custom levels with the community!
Why similar: Level Editor 24.5%, Sandbox 15.5%, Physics 13.4%, Building 12.4%, Crafting 9.7%
- #13 Ragdoll Mayhem Maker
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Anefiox
Windows
I love ragdolls and I love physics, so I thought I would mush the two together with a level editor and make a cool sandbox game for people to play around in. Currently, there is a very basic JSON-based level editor and 20 pre-built levels.
Why similar: Level Editor 32.7%, Physics 18.1%, Sandbox 17.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Building 5.3%
- #14 simple shapes
88% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: odID
Windows
simple shapes: a limitless indie 2D physics sandbox.
Why similar: Physics 25.6%, Sandbox 23.8%, Level Editor 23%, Simulation 14.4%, Minimalist 6.2%
- #15 Numachina
87% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Uberbax Gaming
Windows
Minimalist automation puzzle game where you build physics-based machines to manipulate the flow of numbers.
Why similar: Automation 28.8%, Sandbox 17.2%, Physics 13.7%, Puzzle 9.5%, Building 9%
- #16 Let Them Fall
86% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Marcin Kubala
Windows
Let Them Fall is a dynamic puzzle-strategy game. Transport objects using conveyor belts to the target zone. With each level, the game gets tougher with diverse shapes, colors, and limited space on procedurally generated maps. Will you take up the challenge?
Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Sandbox 19.4%, Simulation 14.7%, Building 13.2%, Physics 8.9%
- #17 Boing Odyssey
86% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Tuonele
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build contraptions with various tools to end all roasted chickens rightly in this physics puzzle game, or create and share your own challenges!
Why similar: Level Editor 27.3%, Physics 16.4%, Sandbox 16%, Building 14%, Education 11.1%
- #18 Limits of intelligence
85% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: MATTGRV
Windows
Create your own machine. Engineer it!
Why similar: Sandbox 24.2%, Physics 17.1%, Crafting 15.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Building 11.6%
- #19 Bridge Constructor Portal
84% matchVery Positive92% of 7,543 reviews2017
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.
Why similar: Physics 20.2%, Level Editor 17.3%, Building 16.9%, Puzzle 16.8%, Simulation 12.2%
- #20 Bleentoro
83% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: yiotro
Windows
Simple logic game about abstract minimalist factories
Why similar: Automation 25.4%, Level Editor 22.2%, Simulation 17.3%, Puzzle 13.1%, Casual 10%
- #21 Mortise & Tenon
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chengdu EBGAMEPub: 91Act
Windows
The award-winning Chinese-style puzzle game Woodcraft invites you to step into a playable museum of mortise and tenon art and enjoy a mental challenge that blends spatial reasoning with imagination.
Why similar: Level Editor 23.4%, Education 17.8%, Simulation 16.4%, Puzzle 15%, Physics 11.3%
- #22 Gravity
82% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Tiny Castle Games
Windows
Test your problem solving skills and creativity in over 80 physics-based puzzles. Hours of fun for the completionist with challenges for every level and over 30 unlockables!
Why similar: Physics 18.3%, Sandbox 17.7%, Building 16%, Puzzle 11.8%, Simulation 10.1%
- #23 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: South Blue MoonPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Automate It is a factory-building puzzle game that challenges players to find clever solutions within size, power, and time constraints. Design, build, and share your own puzzles with other players. If you want to build it - choose Automate It.
Why similar: Automation 29.1%, Sandbox 20.2%, Building 12.5%, Simulation 11.4%, Puzzle 10.7%
- #24 Color Factory: Automation Meets Canvas
80% matchVery Positive88% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Bosphorus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Color Factory is a relaxing factory-building game where strategy meets automation. Start with basic colors, refine them into vivid shades, and craft canvases of all sizes. Optimize your machines, scale operations at your own pace, and master automation to build a masterpiece of efficiency.
Why similar: Automation 31%, Level Editor 17.6%, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 11.5%, Puzzle 10.2%
- #25 Block Motion
82% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Daniel Willett
Windows
Block motion is a puzzle / design game where you place functional blocks to design a working factory. Build your design, press play and watch your factory in action. You have the freedom to solve the challenges any way you want; The only limit is your imagination.
Why similar: Level Editor 22.3%, Automation 16.6%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11.8%, Experimental 11.5% ★
- #26 Auto Factory
81% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Architect Studios
Windows
Build and run your own automated factory to turn materials into a range of products!
Why similar: Automation 33.5%, Simulation 20.8%, Physics 19.4%, Building 19.2%, Casual 5.7%
- #27 Tiny Terrariums
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Argent Realms
Windows
Build terrariums for forest gnomes to live in, and play around in your creations as any one of the gnomes.
Why similar: Level Editor 22.2%, Sandbox 19.1%, Experimental 18.6% ★, Building 15.6%, Simulation 7.4%
- #28 Construcubes
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Maxime Schadkowski
Windows
Grab, move, rotate and connect bricks to build many cute objects ! Follow instructions to build things such as a flower, a robot or a well-known building, or make your own models and share them with others ! Available for PC, and for VR with Oculus Quest 2 and 3.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.2%, Simulation 17.1%, Building 14.9%, Level Editor 14.5%, Crafting 9.8%
- #29 Ascend Factory
78% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Matlyce Studio
Windows
Welcome to Ascend Factory, a factory simulation game that challenges your ingenuity and resource management skills. Immerse yourself in a world of automation and strategic planning as you progress through levels of increasing complexity!
Why similar: Automation 28.3%, Level Editor 18.2%, Building 14.1%, Sandbox 10.2%, Puzzle 10%
- #30 Automation
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: One Tree Hill Studios
Windows
PLC Ladder Logic programming simulator.
Why similar: Automation 36.2%, Education 21.4%, Physics 17.1%, Puzzle 11.8%, Simulation 9.4%
- #31 Sediment
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Antique Box Studio
Windows
A pixel-physics sandbox. Fifty materials, and every one of them is physics: sand finds its angle, water freezes, lava crusts into stone, gunpowder blows. Build your own materials and worlds, and share them in the Workshop.
Why similar: Automation 27.1%, Sandbox 18.6%, Building 13.3%, Education 12.5%, Physics 10%
- #32 Handy Machines VR
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Milan MatonokPub: Fungamesvr
Windows
Send the balls into the hat. You can go through the levels or create your own ways according to your ideas.
Why similar: Experimental 17% ★, Level Editor 16.4%, Physics 16.2%, Sandbox 15.9%, Building 10.9%
- #33 TinkerTech
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: dylanpdx
Windows
TinkerTech is a game that allows players to design, construct and showcase their unique builds made of customizable blocks. Race, battle or socialize with your creations in multiplayer rooms.
Why similar: Level Editor 22.8%, Sandbox 21.4%, Building 20.8%, Simulation 12.9%, Physics 10.3%
- #34 Momentum Mayhem
77% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: UnscriptedLogic
Windows
A casual 2.5D physics oriented game about building unorthodox contraptions to solve puzzles with a variety of items at disposal
Why similar: Sandbox 17.3%, Education 14.8%, Building 14.3%, Physics 13.9%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #35 marblebuilds
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Griz StudiosPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows · Linux
A creative marble physics sandbox. Place blocks on an infinite grid to build anything you can imagine: marble runs, functional calculators, precision platformer courses, playable minigames, pinball machines, automated music tracks, and more.
Why similar: Level Editor 30%, Sandbox 18%, Physics 15.5%, Building 13.3%, Minimalist 7.2%
- #36 Log Drop
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Who Nose Studios
Windows · Mac
A physics sandbox with one noble goal: get more logs into the core than physically reasonable. Chop the trees, build the contraption, then unleash a wave of logs for combo-fueled cash. Kick back and let it flow, or engineer the perfect cascade. Your sandbox, your rules.
Why similar: Automation 30.1%, Physics 19.5%, Sandbox 17.3%, Building 13.8%, Simulation 9.4%
- #37 Poly Bridge 3
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,176 reviews2023
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The best just got better! Rediscover your engineering creativity in this genre-defining bridge engineering and puzzle solving masterpiece.
Why similar: Level Editor 23.1%, Physics 17.1%, Building 16.9%, Simulation 15.7%, Puzzle 15%
- #38 ProBelt
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Snakebelt
Windows
ProBelt is a game in which you calculate results by using mathematical operators. Conveyor belts are used to transport numbers between operators.
Why similar: Automation 23.5%, Level Editor 22.1%, Sandbox 12.2%, Education 9.9%, Building 9.5%
- #39 Bathtime Toys
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Last Tales
Windows
A creative playground for kids. Assemble simple, but cute 3d puzzle toys to play with. Express yourself by coloring them, and decorate your bathtub. No hard rules to win or lose.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, Simulation 18%, Puzzle 14.2%, Family Friendly 12.2%, Education 11.6%
- #40 DREAMLINED
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: MIDI Vagrant
Windows
DREAMLINED is a physics-based automation/destruction game about building machines and crushing dreams.
Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Physics 19.9%, Sandbox 18.4%, Simulation 11%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #41 La Bidouillerie
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AngeloStudio
Windows
Build a robot from real parts — solenoids, gears, connecting rods — wire it up, and figure out why it won't turn yet. Nothing here is faked: the current is really computed, and every breakdown has a cause you can find.
Why similar: Automation 27.8%, Sandbox 17.8%, Education 17.4%, Building 13.9%, Physics 12.5%
- #42 Node Math
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: ByerN
Windows
Node Math is a simple, idle-factory game about combining numbers with math operators, unlocking new stuff, and making money go brrr!
Why similar: Automation 28%, Sandbox 16.2%, Education 12.9%, Crafting 9.9%, Simulation 7.9%
- #43 ArkSeed Terraformery
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MindWroughtGames
Windows
You are the last chance for humanity, Terraform, Build, Save Humanity one pixel at a time.
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Sandbox 24.1%, Simulation 18.9%, Building 12%, Physics 10%
- #44 Danglebox
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erich Hradek
Windows
Danglebox is about creating physics based structures to hunt for resources or just for fun. Build with various materials, lift with balloons, pull with ropes and push with thrusters to enable your designs to withstand the weight of trains, buildings, containers, weapons fire and more.
Why similar: Level Editor 23.4%, Automation 19.5%, Sandbox 15.1%, Physics 14.8%, Building 11.7%
- #45 Fantastic Contraption
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2016
Dev: Northway Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
A surreal building game for VR. Create life-sized contraptions as tall as you can reach, then send them whirling, flinging, and trundling off to solve puzzles on the other side of a floating island. There are no right or wrong solutions, so bring your creativity.
Why similar: Level Editor 24.4%, Automation 19.5%, Physics 14.2%, Building 12.5%, Education 9.6%
- #46 Paper Physics
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Half Flower
Windows
Build bridges, borrow momentum, and rescue plans in motion. Guide a ball through a black-and-white paper physics sandbox, keep editing while it rolls, choose route-changing abilities at blue stars, and build your own pages in the level editor.
Why similar: Physics 28.4%, Sandbox 25.4%, Simulation 16.8%, Puzzle 16.4%, Casual 9.8%
- #47 CHR$(143)
70% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: Nicolas Jean
Windows · Linux
A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!
Why similar: Automation 32.9%, Physics 15.6%, Building 15.3%, Level Editor 12.1%, Puzzle 9.6%
- #48 Marble Race Creator
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ugly Pixels
Windows
Design your own tracks and create breathtaking races of marble balls using this physics based sandbox.
Why similar: Level Editor 28.5%, Sandbox 17%, Automation 16.4%, Physics 15.5%, Building 13%
- #49 Machinery 3
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Markovskyi Hennadii
Windows
Develop your engineering skills in an engaging way! By solving a variety of puzzles, you will learn to create complex mechanisms and understand the principles behind their operation. Each level is a new lesson that will help you become a true master of engineering.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.2%, Physics 17.6%, Puzzle 12.8%, Automation 12.3%, Simulation 9.6%
- #50 Shape Sender Deluxe
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dead TeapotPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac
Your new best friend Sendy is here to guide you through 90+ handcrafted physics puzzles. Solve them, then make your own levels, and maybe keep an eye on him while you're at it.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.2%, Physics 21%, Puzzle 17.5%, Level Editor 16.7%, Simulation 12.1%
- #51 Doodle God: Alchemy Jam
70% matchMostly Negative28% of 109 reviews2018
Dev: Dikobraz Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Short experimental puzzle game, based on Doodle God alchemy mechanics.
Why similar: Experimental 17.5% ★, Simulation 17.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Education 11.2%, Casual 9.9%
- #52 World of Contraptions
68% matchVery Positive87% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: JCP Games Studio
Windows
World of Contraptions is a physics-based building game in which you build the most varied contraptions to solve the most diverse types of puzzles. Win dozens of levels with different types of obstacles. Design the best contraption for each challenge using a giant collection of blocks.
Why similar: Automation 17%, Level Editor 16.7%, Sandbox 13.1%, Physics 12.5%, Building 11.6%
- #53 Marvelous Marbles
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Mindemia
Windows · Linux
Build marble runs where your imagination is the only limit. Use a variety of shapes and materials. When they are not enough, use mechanical contraptions to lift, push and steer your marbles. Can't find the right style or function of a piece? Then you can build your own!
Why similar: Sandbox 22.6%, Physics 22.3%, Simulation 11.9%, Family Friendly 11.6%, Education 9.9%
- #54 House Craft Voyage
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CDG Probably
Windows
In House Craft Voyage, spawn blocks and devices, snap-weld and paint them into vehicles and contraptions, then explore with physics—or build your own space for fun. A single-player adventure sandbox of building, physics, and puzzles. Create, then set out.
Why similar: Building 20.5%, Physics 19.5%, Sandbox 19%, Puzzle 13.3%, Simulation 11.9%
- #55 Beltmatic
66% matchVery Positive95% of 2,263 reviews2024
Dev: Notional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.
Why similar: Automation 29.5%, Sandbox 15.9%, Education 11.5%, Crafting 10%, Building 9.1%
- #56 Luminatory
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Halfbeast Studio
Windows · Linux
An abstract neon puzzle-factory sim where you route photons, solve intricate puzzles, and grow profits. Enjoy creating a rhythmic factory and an evolving soundscape as you build and optimize your setups.
Why similar: Automation 24.2%, Level Editor 23.1%, Sandbox 15.2%, Building 12.2%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #57 Not Gates
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Nopana
Windows · Linux
Large scale computer redstone! Taking computer redstone to the next level with 24bit color screens, keyboard inputs, powerful tools like copy pasting, saving blueprints, modifying simulation speed and more, all ready to be used.
Why similar: Sandbox 20.8%, Education 20.4%, Automation 19.6%, Level Editor 19.3%, Simulation 17.7%
- #58 Gearplexed
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Train of Thought Games
Windows
Enjoy playing with gears? Gearplexed is a constructive problem-solving game with a variety of gear-based puzzles ranging from opening gates to building factories. Build gears to get the right amount of speed or torque to the target gears and be careful not to lock up your gear train.
Why similar: Automation 25.8%, Education 15.6%, Physics 15.5%, Building 15.1%, Puzzle 11.2%
- #59 Oscilloscopia
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Imbölt
Windows
Oscilloscopia is a puzzle game built around an authentically simulated oscilloscope. Build signals, patch modules and tune the instrument until the phosphor trace matches the target. Experiment with signal processing and find your own solutions.
Why similar: Level Editor 32.2%, Sandbox 19.9%, Puzzle 15.5%, Simulation 15.3%, Physics 7.4%
- #60 Terraform Inc
69% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: FuzzyCube
Windows · Linux
Terraform Inc is a game to build a reliable physics-based delivery network. You will get new planets, add enhancements in transit, then deliver to buyers. Construct elaborate designs to prove your ingenuity. Choose your friends wisely, working to earn respect and unlock even further opportunities.
Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Building 19.6%, Physics 19.6%, Sandbox 16.2%, Simulation 10.2%