- #1 Poly Bridge 2
97% 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: Building 34.3%, Physics 25.8%, Simulation 20.6%, Puzzle 14.2%, Indie 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for bridge-building physics puzzles, offering refined mechanics and challenging levels.
- #2 Poly Bridge 3
96% 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: Simulation 33%, Building 26.1%, Physics 22.5%, Puzzle 17.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: The latest iteration in the series provides new materials and creative freedom for complex structural designs.
- #3 Poly Bridge
96% 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 34.7%, Physics 26%, Simulation 20.9%, Puzzle 13.8%, Indie 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that modernized the bridge-building genre with its iconic art style and satisfying physics.
- #4 Bridge Constructor Portal
95% 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 25.3%, Building 24.9%, Simulation 24.4%, Puzzle 18.7%, Casual 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines the classic bridge-building formula with the unique spatial mechanics of the Portal universe.
- #5 Besiege
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 53,310 reviews2020
Dev: Spiderling Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Building 31%, Physics 29.7%, Simulation 24.5%, Puzzle 14.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers complex physics-based construction with a focus on destruction and siege warfare mechanics.
- #6 Bridge Project
94% matchMixed47% of 782 reviews2013
Dev: Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KGPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Build A Bridge... and Get Over It!The Bridge Project is the successor to the original and award-winning Bridge Builder simulation, all amateur designers and structural engineers finally have a new challenge on their PC.
Why similar: Simulation 41.5%, Building 32.9%, Physics 18.1%, Puzzle 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct spiritual successor to the classic bridge-building genre with a strong focus on realistic physics.
- #7 Bridge Constructor Medieval
93% matchVery Positive82% of 610 reviews2014
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Bridge Constructor Medieval turns back the clock a few centuries to the time of knights and castles. Build sturdy bridges to supply your city with provisions - or cunningly constructed bridges that collapse under the weight of attacking troops, sending the horde of enemies into the abyss below.
Why similar: Simulation 33.8%, Building 24.4%, Casual 16.3%, Physics 10.1%, Indie 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Adds a thematic layer of medieval siege defense to the core bridge-building mechanics.
- #8 When Ski Lifts Go Wrong
92% matchVery Positive86% of 888 reviews2019
Dev: Hugecalf StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ride into a hilarious construction puzzler; packed with over 100 creative physics-based challenges, sports and bloody disasters! Build contraptions to help every passenger reach their destination. Enjoy the sports by controlling your riders away from (or towards if you feel like it) peril!
Why similar: Building 26.8%, Simulation 25%, Physics 22.5%, Casual 9.8%, Puzzle 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A hilarious physics-based building game where you construct ski lifts and bridges that often fail in spectacular ways.
- #9 ABRISS - build to destroy
91% matchVery Positive81% of 569 reviews2023
Dev: RandwerkPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
ABRISS is an atmospheric physics-destruction building game.Build structures from parts to let them crash into your targets. Unlock new parts, destroy more, witness entropy at its worst in digital-brutalist cityscapes. Build to destroy.
Why similar: Building 26.6%, Physics 26%, Simulation 19.9%, Puzzle 14.7%, Casual 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on structural physics and precision destruction in a minimalist, atmospheric setting.
- #10 Bridge Constructor Stunts
91% matchMixed59% of 175 reviews2016
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Stuntman and engineer in one? No problem with Bridge Constructor Stunts! Build imposing ramps and loops to reach your goal in the diverse stages. But building structures alone isn't enough this time: you sit behind the wheel of the vehicles yourself and have to maneuver them skillfully to the goal.
Why similar: Simulation 73.5%, Building 26.5%
Why You'll Like It: Introduces vehicle control and stunt-based objectives to the bridge-building puzzle format.
- #11 SimplePlanes
90% matchVery Positive93% of 10,914 reviews2015
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build airplanes by snapping parts together, designing wing sections, and attaching engines. At any time, you can strap yourself into the cockpit and see how it flies with realistic physics. If you're not in the mood for building, over 100,000 airplanes are available to download for free.
Why similar: Building 51.4%, Physics 48.6%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for deep structural design and physics testing, though focused on aircraft rather than bridges.
- #12 Scrap Mechanic
85% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 44.4%, Physics 33.6%, Simulation 16.1%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A creative sandbox that emphasizes mechanical engineering and physics-based contraptions.
- #13 Gadgeteer
89% matchVery Positive97% of 123 reviews2020
Dev: Metanaut
Windows
Gadgeteer is a physics-based VR puzzle game where you build chain reaction machines to solve fun, intricate puzzles. Your machines will use gadgets to launch, bump, twist, and turn—creating chain reactions that may even end up tearing apart the fabric of space-time.
Why similar: Simulation 36.9%, Physics 19%, Building 14.9%, Puzzle 12.3%, Indie 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game about building complex chain-reaction machines using physics principles.
- #14 Bridge Constructor Playground
89% matchMixed69% of 294 reviews2014
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Bridge Constructor Playground offers people of all ages an introduction to the topic of “bridge building”. This game gives you the freedom to let your creative side run riot – nothing is impossible. Across 30 innovative levels you have to build bridges over deep valleys, canals or rivers.
Why similar: Simulation 49%, Casual 27.9%, Indie 13.6%, Puzzle 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A more accessible, objective-based entry point into the bridge-building series.
- #15 Freeways
88% matchVery Positive90% of 2,219 reviews2018
Dev: Captain Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You are a traffic engineer. Draw freeway interchanges. Optimize for efficency and avoid traffic jams!
Why similar: Simulation 59.9%, Puzzle 23.7%, Indie 16.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game about designing efficient road networks and intersections using physics-based flow.
- #16 World of Contraptions
86% 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: Building 31.8%, Physics 29.2%, Simulation 23%, Puzzle 14.1%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game focused on building complex machines to solve physics-based challenges.
- #17 Bridge It +
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 147 reviews2013
Dev: Chronic LogicPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
A stunning, beautiful world awaits as you take on the challenge of bridging the chasm. Can you solve the puzzles and avert disaster?
Why similar: Simulation 42.8%, Building 30.6%, Physics 19.5%, Puzzle 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic bridge-building simulator that emphasizes realistic structural engineering and material stress.
- #18 Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 353 reviews2020
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead combines the legendary and challenging puzzle gameplay of Bridge Constructor™ with the post-apocalyptic zombie universe of AMC’s The Walking Dead.
Why similar: Simulation 36.3%, Building 21.1%, Physics 19.8%, Puzzle 12.4%, Casual 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates the bridge-building mechanic with a post-apocalyptic survival theme.
- #19 Trailmakers
83% matchVery Positive92% of 39,576 reviews2019
Dev: Flashbulb
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.
Why similar: Building 49%, Physics 46.1%, Singleplayer 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building vehicles from modular parts to navigate challenging physics-based environments.
- #20 Main Assembly
82% matchVery Positive83% of 1,355 reviews2021
Dev: Bad Yolk GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.
Why similar: Building 37.1%, Physics 32.7%, Simulation 27.2%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers advanced robotics construction with a focus on logic and physics-based movement.
- #21 Autocraft
84% matchMixed56% of 298 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
Why similar: Building 29.3%, Simulation 27.3%, Physics 25.7%, Casual 10.3%, Indie 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game where you build custom vehicles and machines to experiment with physics.
- #22 Puddle
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 510 reviews2012
Dev: Neko Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Guide your puddle of fluid through a vast range of environments and puzzles!
Why similar: Physics 34.2%, Simulation 33%, Puzzle 17.5%, Indie 11.2%, Casual 4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game where you guide fluids through challenging, obstacle-filled environments.
- #23 Fantastic Contraption
82% 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: Building 29.6%, Physics 28.6%, Simulation 20.2%, Puzzle 16.1%, Indie 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic physics puzzle game where you build bizarre machines to move objects across a level.
- #24 TransPlan
81% matchVery Positive92% of 278 reviews2015
Dev: Kittehface Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Deliver a payload from point A to point B with only a few simple tools and the laws of physics. Create ramps and catapults, watch objects tumble and fall, and someway... somehow reach the destination. Each project is a hand-drawn puzzle for you to interact with -- Devise a plan, experiment, and make it happen!
Why similar: Puzzle 35.1%, Physics 34.5%, Casual 20.3%, Indie 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that tasks you with building ramps and structures to transport objects.
- #25 Infinifactory
79% matchVery Positive95% of 2,485 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
Why similar: Building 38%, Puzzle 28.4%, Simulation 24%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A complex automation puzzle game that requires structural planning and physics-based logic.
- #26 BalanCity
79% matchVery Positive81% of 911 reviews2016
Dev: MeNic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
BalanCity is a city building / balance physics game. It's a mixture between old school SimCity and Jenga. You must build the tallest towering city over a balancing platform while keeping your citizens happy.
Why similar: Physics 43.7%, Simulation 21%, Puzzle 18%, Casual 11.9%, Indie 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines city-building with physics-based balancing challenges to keep your metropolis stable.
- #27 Water Physics Simulation
78% matchVery Positive82% of 98 reviews2021
Dev: Gaming-Apps.com
Windows
Water Physics Simulation & Sandbox! Build ships and let them sink! Build cars and let them sink! Use bombs and destroy ragdolls. Play with natural disasters or create towns.
Why similar: Simulation 33.8%, Physics 31.1%, Building 24.9%, Casual 5.9%, Indie 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox experience that lets you experiment with fluid dynamics and structural destruction.
- #28 Domino Simulator
78% matchVery Positive85% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: Terapoly
Windows
Domino Simulator is a physics-based sandbox game in which you place various domino tiles and pieces to construct domino chains. Enjoy the odd satisfaction of watching your creation fall one after the other. Ultimately, the floor is yours to fill and the how and the what is completely up to you.
Why similar: Simulation 74.8%, Physics 25.2%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing physics-based sandbox focused on setting up and toppling complex domino structures.
- #29 Bridge!
81% matchMostly Negative21% of 53 reviews2015
Dev: toxtronyx interactive GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Bridge! lets you be a structural engineer and a construction manager in one. Master the mystery to bridge with a limited budget and limited numbers of parts to divide and to ensure a smooth operation.
Why similar: Simulation 33%, Building 28.9%, Casual 18.5%, Physics 15.4%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward bridge-building simulator with a focus on structural integrity and moddability.
- #30 Deconstruction Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,608 reviews2025
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Deconstruction Simulator is the ultimate demolition simulator, offering you complete freedom of action and a wide array of contracts to complete. Get ready for spectacular destruction.
Why similar: Building 36.8%, Simulation 29.9%, Physics 15.6%, Casual 13.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #31 PC Building Simulator
74% matchVery Positive93% of 52,766 reviews2019
Dev: Claudiu KissPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.
Why similar: Simulation 41.7%, Building 32.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Casual 9.4%, Indie 4.1%
- #32 Realistic Tower Destruction
77% matchMixed66% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita Markin
Windows
Game allows you to build many kinds of towers from a variety of bricks and experience their dynamic destruction physics in a sandbox environment.
Why similar: Simulation 55.5%, Indie 16.3%, Physics 14.3%, Building 13.9%
- #33 Fantastic Contraption Classic 1 & 2
76% 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 30.4%, Building 28.1%, Simulation 27.1%, Puzzle 13.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #34 Medieval Machines Builder
73% matchVery Positive81% of 138 reviews2026
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Step into the boots of a medieval engineer and master the art of siege warfare. In Medieval Machines Builder, you design, build, and operate powerful war machines capable of bringing down even the strongest fortress walls 🏰
Why similar: Building 29.8%, Physics 28.5%, Simulation 24.5%, Casual 9.2%, Indie 6.3%
- #35 Construction Machines 2014
80% matchVery Negative11% of 313 reviews2014
Dev: GameCask
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Become a boss of a construction company. Demolish old houses, flatten the ground, fill foundations with concrete and build new buildings - this is what you do. Sit behind the wheel of different construction machines - from trucks and diggers to huge cranes.
Why similar: Simulation 79.5%, Building 19.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the operation of heavy machinery in a construction-themed simulation environment.
- #36 Tiny Bridge: Ratventure
77% matchMixed68% of 1,094 reviews2015
Dev: EstelionPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This mind-bending game will challenge you to create complex structures to get your woodland creatures over vast chasms. In a bridge-builder first, you'll guide your creatures and construct your bridges in real time. Use the weight of various creatures to balance your structures as you build them.
Why similar: Building 22.7%, Physics 22.4%, Puzzle 20%, Simulation 11.9%, Casual 11.1%
- #37 Crayon Physics Deluxe
76% matchVery Positive86% of 1,176 reviews2009
Dev: Kloonigames
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.
Why similar: Physics 38.3%, Puzzle 26.6%, Casual 18.3%, Indie 10.6%, Simulation 4.5%
- #38 House Builder
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,595 reviews2024
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
From traditional huts to modern homes of the future - become a one-person crew! Gather resources, use tools, and build brick by brick across history. Discover architecture secrets and create your dream homes!
Why similar: Building 27.4%, Simulation 21.8%, Physics 21.1%, Puzzle 13.4%, Casual 9.7%
- #39 The Bridge
75% matchVery Positive87% of 4,356 reviews2013
Dev: Ty TaylorPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
Why similar: Physics 52.2%, Puzzle 27.9%, Casual 9%, Indie 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #40 Car Constructor
75% matchMixed59% of 97 reviews2021
Dev: Guilty Pleasure Games
Windows
Car Constructor will allow you to build, repair and paint your own car, then check it out on the race track!
Why similar: Simulation 50.3%, Casual 27.2%, Indie 13%, Physics 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #41 Constracktion
70% matchMixed69% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Lapioware
Windows
Drive a track laying train up and down steep hills and canyons to connect industries. Navigate your network carefully as AI-trains begin to use it. Help industries level up by optimizing tracks, signals and speed limits for efficient flow of traffic.
Why similar: Building 32%, Simulation 25.7%, Physics 22.2%, Puzzle 14.8%, Indie 3.4%
- #42 Megapolis
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 165 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct beautiful city zones with plenty of modern blocks. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.
Why similar: Simulation 49.3%, Casual 20.3%, Building 18.9%, Indie 10.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #43 Builder Simulator
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,261 reviews2022
Dev: Live Motion Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Builder Simulator is the perfect game for those who want to build a house, from the ground up, one brick at a time. On easy, the game will guide and teach you by showing you full instruction, but on hard you will get no help - instead rely on your builder skills and make everything yourself.
Why similar: Building 49.6%, Simulation 41.5%, Indie 5.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #44 bridg
73% matchMixed58% of 77 reviews2021
Dev: Y.Kageyama
Windows
Bridge walking simulator
Why similar: Casual 45.3%, Physics 42.2%, Indie 9.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #45 Art of Destruction
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: ZHANG FAN
Windows · Mac · Linux
A physics sandbox simulation game about constructing and demolishing structures. If you like destroying stuff or just mess around, then this game is for you!
Why similar: Physics 32.9%, Simulation 27.1%, Building 25.3%, Casual 14.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #46 Dream Car Builder
71% matchVery Positive93% of 1,080 reviews2018
Dev: RoKo0 (Roman Konyukhov)
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Design your car from scratch: from the frame to the suspension and race it!
Why similar: Building 44.5%, Simulation 34.3%, Physics 14.2%, Indie 7%
- #47 Crazy Machines 3
70% matchVery Positive94% of 10,106 reviews2016
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.
Why similar: Physics 35%, Simulation 30.4%, Puzzle 20.1%, Building 9.8%, Casual 3.7%
- #48 RoadCraft
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 16,417 reviews2025
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 35.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
Why similar: Building 37.9%, Physics 31.9%, Simulation 30.2%
- #49 Mini Metro
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,777 reviews2015
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: Simulation 34.6%, Puzzle 25.5%, Building 14.8%, Casual 13.9%, Indie 8.8%
- #50 Subway Builder
66% matchMixed60% of 422 reviews2026
Dev: Colin MillerPub: Borough Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Subway Builder is a hyperrealistic transit simulation game. Build a new subway system from the ground up while dealing with real-world constraints and costs. Craft the subway system your city deserves.
Why similar: Simulation 45.9%, Building 38.4%, Physics 10.9%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #51 The Architect: Paris
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 235 reviews2021
Dev: Enodo GamesPub: 5PM Studio
Windows
The Architect: Paris is a construction game that allows you to shape the city of Paris into what you want. Destroy, draw, build your own architectural projects, customizing each building carefully or entire districts at once.
Why similar: Building 40.6%, Simulation 29.4%, Casual 24.4%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #52 Sebil Engineering
67% matchVery Positive98% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: FrogStore
Windows · Mac
Sebil Engineering is a game about fixing roads. Use your wrench and hammer to engineer the perfect traffic jam. Play in overhead view or first person in this realistic Civil Engineering simulator.
Why similar: Building 33.1%, Simulation 22.1%, Physics 19.2%, Puzzle 18.6%, Indie 5.4%
- #53 The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
66% matchVery Positive92% of 717 reviews2023
Dev: PeatyTurf
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Put your engineering and problem solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game! Enjoy the freedom of completely gridless 3D sandbox building combined with hilarious ragdoll third person controls, offering a truly unique and hilarious "Enjeniring" experience!
Why similar: Physics 30.6%, Building 27.6%, Simulation 21.5%, Puzzle 13.3%, Indie 5%
- #54 Cefore
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: Pixelz Games
Windows
CEFORE is a physics-based puzzler in an abstract simplistic art style in which you get contracted to bring down different structures in the most creative ways possible. Try not to cause too much destruction, of course.
Why similar: Simulation 44.5%, Puzzle 27.5%, Indie 14.3%, Casual 13.7%
- #55 Buildanauts
72% matchMostly Negative21% of 61 reviews2017
Dev: TouchTilt GamesPub: Octopus Tree
Windows
In BUILDANAUTS, you’re the foreman, the city planner, and the mayor of the town of your dreams. Build a town that your townsfolk, the Buildanites, will be proud to call home!
Why similar: Simulation 44.3%, Building 31.4%, Casual 15.3%, Indie 9.1%
- #56 Train Valley
68% matchVery Positive90% of 3,468 reviews2015
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!
Why similar: Building 31%, Simulation 25.5%, Puzzle 17.8%, Casual 13.5%, Indie 10%
- #57 Architect Life: A House Design Simulator
67% matchMixed51% of 291 reviews2025
Dev: Shine ResearchPub: Nacon
Windows
Create dream homes! From 3D plan modelling through to on-site decision-making, you must bring each project to life while giving free rein to your creativity, to take your architectural firm to the pinnacle of the profession.
Why similar: Building 42.1%, Simulation 33.9%, Casual 15.5%, Indie 5.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #58 TrainerVR
69% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: Sumalab
Windows
TrainerVR is a unique physics-based VR train construction game. In TrainerVR you can create from simple tracks to an elaborate rail network, just like the wooden piece game, but to the infinity and beyond, and drive trains inside your creations!
Why similar: Simulation 37.6%, Casual 18.8%, Building 16.8%, Physics 15.8%, Indie 11%
- #59 Poly Bricks
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows
A brick-building puzzle game. Assemble sets of increasing complexity, design your own, share with the community.
Why similar: Building 32.5%, Physics 31.8%, Puzzle 19.2%, Simulation 15.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #60 Contraption Maker
68% matchVery Positive91% of 1,317 reviews2014
Dev: Kevin RyanPub: Top Meadow
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.
Why similar: Physics 25.7%, Building 25.1%, Simulation 19.8%, Puzzle 17.2%, Casual 7%