Games Like Contraption Maker

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 31.5%, Puzzle 21.5%, Sandbox 19.9%, Simulation 15%, Building 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title is the most direct modern successor to the classic physics-puzzle genre, featuring a robust editor and complex machine parts.

The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!

Why similar: Level Editor 22.4%, Building 19.5%, Sandbox 14.3%, Physics 14.3%, Puzzle 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a refined engineering experience where you must balance physics and structural integrity to solve increasingly difficult bridge-building puzzles.

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 40.3%, Building 19.4%, Physics 18.3%, Puzzle 12.3%, Simulation 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the core loop of building strange, physics-defying machines to solve open-ended spatial puzzles.

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: Moddable 28.1% ★, Level Editor 23.7%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 11.9%, Physics 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox game allows for the construction of intricate medieval siege engines using a deep, physics-based building system.

Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!

Why similar: Programming 59.6% ★, Puzzle 18.9%, Simulation 7%, Sandbox 4.8%, Building 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on building intricate, programmable machines to manipulate elements, perfect for fans of complex mechanical design.

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: Programming 41.3% ★, Building 17.6%, Sandbox 17%, Puzzle 15.2%, Simulation 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in automation and building, requiring players to construct complex assembly lines to solve spatial logic puzzles.

World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.

Why similar: Physics 33.8%, Puzzle 30.6%, Building 11.2%, 2D 6.5%, Cute 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic physics-based puzzle game that uses structural integrity and gravity to challenge your building skills.

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 25.9%, Puzzle 21.4%, Family Friendly 13.9%, Level Editor 10.4%, Sandbox 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the whimsical, hand-drawn aesthetic and physics-based puzzle solving that made the original Incredible Machine so iconic.

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: Programming 34.9% ★, Online Co-Op 16%, Sandbox 15.6%, Building 14%, Physics 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A highly advanced robot-building sandbox that gives players immense freedom to create custom machines using a modular physics system.

Great Permutator is a puzzle. Hard and tricky. One in which you will have to build a complex system of conveyors and various devices so that the colored boxes can travel across the factory and arrive at right places and in right order. If you are into clever engineering puzzles, this game is for you.

Why similar: Programming 39.7% ★, Level Editor 21.2%, Building 15.1%, Puzzle 10.4%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game focused on automation and building, where you must arrange components to process items correctly.

Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.

Why similar: Level Editor 19.9%, Building 18%, Physics 17.9%, Puzzle 15.9%, Simulation 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends classic physics-based bridge building with the unique spatial mechanics of the Portal franchise.

Design, build and wire up your own unique robot to complete challenging logic puzzles. LogicBots is a puzzle game where robots are used to complete the various levels.

Why similar: Programming 46.8% ★, Sandbox 17.1%, Building 12.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Puzzle 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines robot construction with programming, requiring you to build machines that can navigate and solve logic-based puzzles.

Unleash your brainpower in Linkito and ignite the insurgency! Link, build, solve, defuse, and decode by using your logic. Craft your own challenges in the level editor or tackle community creations.

Why similar: Moddable 25.4% ★, Programming 22.5% ★, Level Editor 21.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Physics 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A logic-heavy puzzle game that tasks you with building complex electrical circuits and mechanical systems to solve challenges.

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: Programming 25.6% ★, Level Editor 20.9%, Sandbox 14.5%, Building 13.5%, Physics 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated sandbox for building mechanical contraptions and testing them within various physics-based scenarios.

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 24.6%, Sandbox 23.5%, Physics 18.3%, Moddable 17.8% ★, Online Co-Op 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A creative sandbox that emphasizes building interactive machines and complex mechanisms in a persistent world.

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 21.4%, Level Editor 19.4%, Physics 15.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Puzzle 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: The original bridge-building classic that set the standard for physics-based engineering puzzles on Steam.

Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.

Why similar: Programming 41.5% ★, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 13.5%, Puzzle 9.7%, Old School 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation allows you to build and program your own interactive electronic devices, appealing to the creative engineering side of Contraption Maker.

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: Online Co-Op 26.3%, Family Friendly 18.7%, Sandbox 16.9%, Building 15.3%, Physics 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at vehicle construction, letting you build anything from cars to planes to test against realistic physics environments.

Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.

Why similar: Programming 72.4% ★, Puzzle 13.8%, Simulation 5.1%, Sandbox 2.9%, Casual 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: While more programming-focused, it captures the satisfaction of building a functional system to solve a series of increasingly complex tasks.

SOKOBOT is an open-ended puzzle game where you place down cute robots, give them commands, and create infinitely-looping assembly lines that combine shapes together!

Why similar: Programming 42.2% ★, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 14.1%, Puzzle 10.7%, Cute 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: An automation-based puzzle game where you build small robots to move and arrange objects in a confined space.

Replicube is an open-ended programming puzzle game/toy about writing code to replicate 3D voxel-based objects. Solve puzzles, pursue leaderboard glory, or just make art to share with the in-game community.

Why similar: Programming 45.8% ★, Level Editor 19.6%, Sandbox 16.1%, Puzzle 10.6%, Simulation 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style programming and simulation game that allows for complex mechanical and logical experimentation.

A sandbox logic puzzle game with a nostalgic temperament. You can experience the endless fun of designing automata here.

Why similar: Programming 31.5% ★, Moddable 19.7% ★, Level Editor 17.7%, Building 11.4%, Puzzle 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy automation and building game that emphasizes creative design and logical flow.

Ever wondered what a cross between Tetris and Lemmings would look like? Well, wonder no more, 'cause... MouseCraft is here! MouseCraft is an A to B puzzle game where players help Schrödinger, the crazy cat scientist, in completing his mysterious, mice-powered invention.

Why similar: Lemmings 54.7% ★, Level Editor 19.2%, Family Friendly 6.4%, Puzzle 6.4%, Cartoony 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes Lemmings-style mechanics blended with Tetris-like block placement to create unique physics puzzles.

Clones is a friendly, fun, and engaging evolution to the classic puzzle genre which includes robust internet-multiplayer and a built-in level editor.

Why similar: Lemmings 93.6% ★, Puzzle 4.4%, Indie 1.5%, Casual 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: A direct homage to the Lemmings formula, focusing on guiding creatures through dangerous, puzzle-filled environments.

Build bridges, grow towers, terraform terrain, and fuel flying machines in the stunning followup to the multi-award winning World of Goo. The world is beautiful, dangerous, and evolving.

Why similar: Building 20.9%, Physics 20.5%, Puzzle 13%, Family Friendly 11.7%, Old School 8.2%

Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "Rube Goldberg-style" contraptions yet! All new elements, plus an amazing 3D physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects.

Why similar: Puzzle 44.9%, Physics 39%, Casual 13.9%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A nostalgic look at the series that helped define the Rube Goldberg puzzle genre before the modern era.

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: Programming 37% ★, Building 17%, Physics 14.4%, Level Editor 14.3%, Puzzle 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging automation game that requires deep understanding of logic and building to solve its intricate puzzles.

Create crazy, yet functional, custom vehicles to solve missions with your own unique style!

Why similar: Lemmings 51.2% ★, Sandbox 10.8%, Physics 9.9%, Building 9.8%, Family Friendly 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A quirky physics-based adventure that tasks you with building bizarre vehicles to traverse a strange world.

A hero thing, a monster thing, a robo thing… in Mini Maker, you can make any ‘thing’! Use an arsenal of plastic limbs, wonky tools, rainbow stickers and googly eyes to assemble creations, please demanding clients, and laugh in the face of perfectionism.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.9%, Building 20.3%, Family Friendly 14.3%, Physics 8.9%, Cartoony 8%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted sandbox design tool that focuses on the joy of creating and building simple objects.

Become a King (or Queen) at making levels! Join a community designed around level creation and online play. The level editor is simple to use and lets you create anything, even living creatures!

Why similar: Level Editor 47.6%, Sandbox 19%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Building 9.1%, 2D 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A community-driven level editor game that focuses on precision platforming and creative level design.

New from the creators of Worms, Flockers is a modern day take on the classic A to B puzzle genre with a generous helping of dark humour for good measure.

Why similar: Lemmings 88.4% ★, Level Editor 5.8%, Puzzle 2.7%, Cartoony 1.3%, Colorful 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game takes the Lemmings concept and adds a dark, physics-based twist that requires careful planning and timing.

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 21.9%, Building 20.7%, Level Editor 15.3%, Sandbox 14.9%, Puzzle 11.9%

The best just got better! Rediscover your engineering creativity in this genre-defining bridge engineering and puzzle solving masterpiece.

Why similar: Level Editor 23.8%, Moddable 18.2% ★, Building 15.9%, Physics 12.8%, Puzzle 12.4%

I Wanna Maker is a precision platformer with a robust level editor and online level sharing, based on I Wanna Be The Guy fangames. Create complex levels using a variety of objects, a powerful events system, and customizable visuals. Browse levels online, take on challenge modes, and more!

Why similar: Level Editor 63.1%, 2D Platformer 19.4%, 2D 7.6%, Colorful 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Blue Fire: Void Maker is a 3D platforming and level creation game. Let your imagination run wild designing hardcore, epic or silly levels and sharing them with others! The possibilities are endless in this FREE spin-off of the highly-rated action adventure game Blue Fire.

Why similar: Level Editor 41.8%, Moddable 34.4% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 5.8%, Cute 3.8%

Build amazing marble contraptions with IncrediMarble! Enjoy idle incremental tycoon sandbox simulation gameplay with the best physics Unity can offer. It's like that old toy you had as a kid!

Why similar: Sandbox 28.1%, Building 22.7%, Physics 18.2%, Simulation 8.5%, Colorful 6.5%

Become an appraised bridge engineer and architect in Bridge Constructor. Create and design your own constructions and watch the cars and trucks pass over them - or see them fall and crash while your inferior creations collapse due to weight and the laws of physics!

Why similar: Physics 26%, Building 24.7%, Simulation 20.4%, Puzzle 16.6%, Casual 7%

Brick Breaker Maker is a rich, element-based Arkanoid game in which you need to flexibly control the baffle to bounce the ball and break the bricks to win. The game provides level editor that can be shared in the workshop to interact with other players, which is full of fun and competition.

Why similar: Level Editor 54.7%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Physics 9.3%, Casual 6.2%, 2D 5.8%

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: Level Editor 25.4%, Building 18.5%, Sandbox 15.8%, Physics 15%, Simulation 9.3%

Quest Master is a dungeon maker inspired by the classics that first made us love dungeon crawling. Unleash your imagination, alone or in local co-op, to make dungeons full of puzzles, traps and monsters. Upload them for others to explore and challenge yourself with other players’ creations.

Why similar: Moddable 33% ★, Level Editor 32.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, Puzzle 8.4%, Old School 7.6%

Super Dungeon Maker is a creative pixel art dungeon editor inspired by the best 2D adventure games. Choose however many levels, enemies, secret rooms, traps and items you want. Challenge your friends and the community to master your dungeon or play the countless dungeons of the community.

Why similar: Level Editor 42%, Sandbox 21%, Building 18.5%, Colorful 8.5%, 2D 6.2%

Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!

Why similar: Sandbox 20%, Building 19.1%, Physics 18.4%, Family Friendly 12.7%, Old School 11.5%

This is a continuation of the fascinating game aMAZE. Now in 3D!

Why similar: Physics 18.7%, Sandbox 13.6%, Puzzle 13.4%, Family Friendly 13.2%, Old School 9.7%

Inspired by legendary classics from the ’90s, Craftlings will take you on a journey full of strategic decisions and test your skills in optimizing automated production chains and Craftlings’ paths. Gather, deliver, build, and fight for wealth and glory in the unique, nostalgic world of Craftlings.

Why similar: Lemmings 49.1% ★, Programming 20.5% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 9.2%, Old School 6.1%

A sandbox battle simulator game where you can build your own shape-shifting warbots, program their AI, and watch them smash each other up on the battlefield! Join the battles yourself by taking control of the warbots! Use Steam Workshop to check out warbots created by players from around the world!

Why similar: Programming 23.8% ★, Moddable 21% ★, Level Editor 20.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Physics 9.4%

Grow arms and legs to transform into a snake, spider, butterfly, or fifty-legged horror - anything you can imagine. Control your creations in a fumblecore dash to solve each puzzle. Learn to swing through the trees, climb sheer cliffs, or even fly.

Why similar: Level Editor 29%, Building 17.4%, Physics 15.4%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Puzzle 8.6%

Cogs is a puzzle game where players build machines from sliding tiles. Players can choose from 50 levels and 3 gameplay modes. New puzzles are unlocked by building contraptions quickly and efficiently. Inventor Mode: Starting with simple puzzles, players are introduced to the widgets that are used to build machines — gears, pipes,...

Why similar: Physics 30.2%, Puzzle 29.6%, Family Friendly 22.3%, Building 7.5%, Casual 4.4%

Place conveyor belts to solve puzzles in the world's most adorable donut factory!

Why similar: Programming 32.3% ★, Puzzle 14.7%, Building 13.7%, Cute 9.2%, Colorful 8.6%

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Why similar: Programming 41.2% ★, Puzzle 28.7%, Level Editor 10.6%, Cute 7.4%, 2D 5.5%

A creative building-like game, where the objective is to throw physics enabled objects to create structures to allow the objective of the level to be completed. Can be a very challenging puzzler or an easy, sit back and relax game. Includes built in Level Editor and extensive Multiplayer functionality.

Why similar: Level Editor 42%, Sandbox 22.9%, Puzzle 9.3%, Cartoony 8.6%, Simulation 6.7%

Create, Play, Share! Doodler is a puzzle platformer with a powerful map editor and workshop support that allows you to create levels to share with the world!

Why similar: Family Friendly 45.6%, 2D 22.6%, Casual 17.6%, Indie 14.1%

A unique abstract puzzle game with an emphasis on lateral thinking. Use catalysts to build compounds and manipulate cell structures. 100 puzzle levels and a level editor to create your own custom puzzle designs.

Why similar: Level Editor 53.6%, Puzzle 22.2%, Family Friendly 16.7%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 2.4%

"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!

Why similar: Sandbox 28.9%, Physics 20.3%, Old School 12.5%, Building 12.5%, Simulation 9.2%

A cozy, nostalgic puzzle game where you build tracks to guide adorable miniature trains through bite-sized challenges. Solve clever brain teasers and rediscover the joy of your very first toy train set.

Why similar: Level Editor 39%, Sandbox 17.2%, Building 16.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Simulation 6.4%

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: Moddable 36% ★, Building 16.5%, Sandbox 13.6%, Simulation 10.1%, Physics 8.6%

Builder. Designer. Renovator. Unleash your creativity in over a dozen unique places, get the right equipment, prepare the space, use what you find. Wanna make a crazy party?

Why similar: Building 30.1%, Physics 24.4%, Family Friendly 15.7%, Simulation 13.2%, Puzzle 11.9%

Word Factori is a word-building game where your only resource is the letter "i". Build a chain of factories to bend, rotate, reflect, and merge "i" into more complex letters. Discover secret letter recipes, unlock hidden word art, and optimize your factory chains for high scores.

Why similar: Programming 41.6% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Building 13.3%, Puzzle 10.5%, Simulation 6.1%

Build incredible machines with scrap parts, navigate the wildest Amusement park rides and challenge iconic creepy Neighbor and his evil bots! Become a true Engineer, solo or with friends!

Why similar: Sandbox 19.9%, Building 18.2%, Physics 15.9%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Family Friendly 11.1%

You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!

Why similar: Programming 60.5% ★, Sandbox 10.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Building 9.5%, Simulation 7.7%

Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.

Why similar: Programming 46.6% ★, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 13.2%, Puzzle 9.6%, Simulation 7.6%