Games Like Crazy Machines 3

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: Physics 28.3%, Sandbox 16.7%, Puzzle 14.6%, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based building game where you construct siege engines to complete objectives in a destructible environment.

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 31.3%, Puzzle 21.8%, Sandbox 20.2%, Simulation 14.9%, Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the original creators of The Incredible Machine, this is the most direct spiritual successor to the Crazy Machines style.

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

Why similar: Physics 30.4%, Puzzle 17.3%, Simulation 15%, Sandbox 14.8%, Building 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Refines the physics-based bridge building formula with challenging puzzles and a robust creative engine.

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

Why similar: Physics 32.4%, Simulation 29.4%, Puzzle 25.6%, Building 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the series offers improved physics and a wide array of new building materials for complex bridge designs.

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: Physics 32.6%, Puzzle 17.9%, Simulation 16.3%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational bridge-building simulator that popularized the genre with its focus on structural integrity and physics.

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: Puzzle 37.4%, Sandbox 23.4%, Simulation 19%, Building 14.4%, Strategy 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A complex engineering puzzle game that requires building automated factories to solve spatial and logic-based challenges.

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: Puzzle 57.4%, Simulation 27.3%, Sandbox 8.3%, Building 5%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building intricate mechanical machines to solve chemistry-based puzzles with a satisfying focus on optimization.

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 28.3%, Puzzle 21.9%, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Building 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends the classic bridge-building mechanics with the iconic physics-based puzzles of the Portal universe.

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: Physics 36.8%, Sandbox 22.5%, Simulation 19.2%, Building 12%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep creative freedom to build robots and vehicles using a powerful visual programming language and physics engine.

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: Physics 39%, Sandbox 24.4%, Building 15.4%, Simulation 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A creative sandbox game that lets you build complex machines and mechanisms using a variety of interactive parts.

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: Physics 33.9%, Sandbox 19.6%, Puzzle 17%, Simulation 16.5%, Building 11%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based building game that emphasizes creating unique machines to navigate challenging obstacle courses.

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 32.6%, Physics 27.2%, Puzzle 18.2%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game designed for both VR and desktop that focuses on building elaborate chain-reaction machines.

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: Physics 45.7%, Sandbox 26.8%, Building 14.4%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines vehicle building with a robust physics engine, allowing for the creation of anything from cars to planes.

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: Physics 42.8%, Sandbox 25.6%, Strategy 18.1%, Building 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the engineering side of flight, requiring you to build aerodynamic vehicles that must survive realistic physics tests.

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: Physics 32.5%, Simulation 22.5%, Sandbox 16.6%, Puzzle 14.6%, Building 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based construction game where you must build ski lifts and bridges that can withstand the weight of passengers.

Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!

Why similar: Puzzle 84.6%, Simulation 6.2%, Singleplayer 3.4%, Strategy 3.3%, Building 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging engineering puzzle game that tasks you with building complex chemical assembly lines.

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 33.7%, Physics 33.6%, Strategy 26.8%, Casual 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: An earlier entry in the series that established the core mechanics of physics-based chain reactions.

Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers, Use the catapult, explode it, or fly it...From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brain-teasers will light up your imagination with creative and addictive fun.

Why similar: Physics 36.8%, Puzzle 36.6%, Strategy 23%, Casual 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: The original title that defined the series' focus on creative, physics-based puzzle solving.

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 28.1%, Physics 24.8%, Puzzle 15.2%, Sandbox 12%, Strategy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Adds a unique narrative and survival theme to the established physics-based bridge building mechanics.

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: Puzzle 57.8%, Simulation 27.7%, Sandbox 6.8%, Casual 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A visual programming puzzle game that breaks down complex logic into manageable, machine-like tasks.

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 35%, Simulation 31%, Puzzle 19.5%, Building 9.7%, Casual 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic simulation game that tests your understanding of physics and structural engineering through bridge construction.

Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.

Why similar: Simulation 32.3%, Sandbox 27.2%, Building 18.8%, Strategy 15.3%, Multiplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A deep building and management simulation that allows for incredible creative control over complex theme park structures.

TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!

Why similar: Puzzle 62.7%, Simulation 34.2%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-ended programming puzzle game that appeals to the same logic-driven mindset required for complex machine building.

Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!

Why similar: Puzzle 28.8%, Simulation 25.1%, Strategy 24.3%, Building 15.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A management and puzzle game that requires building efficient railway networks to solve logistics challenges.

The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

Why similar: Physics 51.6%, Puzzle 43.3%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for physics-based puzzle games, utilizing momentum and spatial reasoning in a highly polished environment.

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Physics 40.6%, Puzzle 24.2%, Sandbox 23%, Multiplayer 8%, Simulation 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer that relies on awkward, realistic movement and environmental manipulation to solve 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: Physics 34.9%, Puzzle 20.4%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 15.3%, Building 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal physics-based building game that focuses on creating bizarre machines to transport objects to a goal.

Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.

Why similar: Physics 44.6%, Sandbox 26.6%, Simulation 19.5%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Casual 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic physics sandbox where you must navigate vehicles and packages through a world governed by unpredictable physics.

Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.

Why similar: Physics 42.3%, Sandbox 29.9%, Simulation 26.1%, Casual 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-level physics simulator that lets you manipulate gravity, climate, and celestial bodies to see the results of your experiments.

In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

Why similar: Simulation 42.3%, Sandbox 25.4%, Strategy 13.5%, Building 13.1%, Casual 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines automation and building, requiring you to program robots to perform repetitive tasks to build a thriving colony.

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 31.8%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 15.8%, Puzzle 15%, Sandbox 10.5%

Transform into a bird and fly to explore and experience a vibrant world of floating islands in the sky. Venture down into lost ancient ruins where each step leads you closer to the end of the world.

Why similar: Puzzle 78.3%, Singleplayer 15.7%, Casual 5.9%

Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

Why similar: Strategy 85.8%, Puzzle 9%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Explore a world of creative building, interactive machines, and gears - lots of gears. Build all things mechanical: cars, trucks, cranes, tanks, gearboxes, engines, clocks, anything you can think of. Test your creations to destruction in challenging scenarios, and share them in the workshop!

Why similar: Physics 40.4%, Sandbox 22.5%, Simulation 19.4%, Building 13.9%, Multiplayer 2%

Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

Why similar: Simulation 39.1%, Strategy 32.6%, Sandbox 15.2%, Building 11.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%

12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.

Why similar: Casual 53.7%, Singleplayer 46.3%

Build and expand your repair service empire in this incredibly detailed and highly realistic simulation game, where attention to car detail is astonishing. Find classic, unique cars in the new Barn Find module and Junkyard module. You can even add your self-made car in the Car Editor.

Why similar: Simulation 44%, Building 15.1%, Physics 13.8%, Sandbox 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?! is a whacky space exploration game where you manage your very own spaceship, craft hundreds of weapons, and explore the vastness of a veggie-filled universe.

Why similar: Simulation 54.9%, Strategy 39.9%, Singleplayer 5.2%

New cars, new tools, new options, more parts and much more fun in the next version of Car Mechanic Simulator! Take your wrench! Create and expand your auto repairs service empire. Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 will take you behind the scenes of daily routine in car workshop.

Why similar: Simulation 57.4%, Building 15.9%, Puzzle 13.5%, Sandbox 4.3%, Multiplayer 4%

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: Simulation 22.9%, Sandbox 22.4%, Strategy 21.2%, Puzzle 19.8%, Building 8.9%

RoboCo is a sandbox game about designing and building robots to serve the needs of squishy, hapless humans in the world of tomorrow!

Why similar: Physics 32.7%, Sandbox 20.1%, Simulation 15.5%, Building 11.2%, Strategy 9.2%

In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

Why similar: Physics 37.9%, Sandbox 24.3%, Simulation 23.2%, Building 8.7%, Strategy 4.7%

Figment is an action-adventure game that invites you to explore a unique surreal universe filled with music, humor and multi layered narrative. Join Dusty and his ever-optimistic friend, Piper, on an adventure through the different sides of the mind seeking to restore the courage that's been lost.

Why similar: Puzzle 85.8%, Singleplayer 8.3%, Casual 5.9%

Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!

Why similar: Physics 39.4%, Sandbox 19.5%, Strategy 19.3%, Building 11.9%, Multiplayer 8%

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 34.5%, Sandbox 23.5%, Puzzle 15.7%, Simulation 15.1%, Building 9.3%

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: Physics 38.1%, Sandbox 23.3%, Simulation 17.4%, Building 12.7%, Multiplayer 6.9%

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: Physics 39.9%, Sandbox 22.3%, Simulation 21.3%, Building 12.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%

The massive sequel to the original cult classic! Plan your menu, decorate your restaurant, cook hundreds of foods, and for the first time ever - earn medals by mastering dozens of themed restaurants!

Why similar: Strategy 40.5%, Simulation 39%, Multiplayer 11%, Casual 5.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Crazy physics and high-speed races! Craft vehicles cleverly by combining building blocks and mechanical parts to create powerful drivetrains. Unlock new parts, race for the gold, and challenge your friends in multiplayer.

Why similar: Physics 49.4%, Simulation 22.3%, Building 16.3%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%

drift,jump,crash,shortcut,park, map editor

Why similar: Physics 66.6%, Simulation 31.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%

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: Puzzle 29.2%, Simulation 25.1%, Strategy 24.4%, Building 14.7%, Casual 3.3%

Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!

Why similar: Physics 31.4%, Sandbox 18.7%, Puzzle 18.1%, Simulation 14.6%, Building 10.1%

Can you save Silence, the grim, but also serene world between life and death? Can you help Noah find his little sister Renie in this suffering world? Can you bring her home? Explore Silence and join the siblings on their adventurous journey.

Why similar: Puzzle 90.4%, Singleplayer 9.6%

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: Physics 40.5%, Simulation 24.7%, Puzzle 17.2%, Building 14.5%, Casual 3%

Acceleration of SUGURI 2 is a lightning-paced duel-style shoot'em'up from Orange Juice, featuring all favorite characters from the SUGURI universe.

Why similar: Multiplayer 77.2%, Singleplayer 22.8%

Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.

Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Puzzle 44.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Build the park of a lifetime and rediscover the critically acclaimed rollercoaster simulation bestseller. Feel the thrill of a genre-defining classic, complete with two huge expansion packs.

Why similar: Strategy 26.5%, Simulation 25.3%, Sandbox 25%, Building 17%, Casual 2.8%

Dead Rising 4 marks the return of photojournalist Frank West in an all-new chapter of one of the most popular zombie game franchises of all time. With an unmatched level of weapon and character customization, ambitious new features including new zombie classes and EXO Suits, Dead Rising 4 delivers a heart-pounding experience as players...

Why similar: Multiplayer 61.4%, Sandbox 30.1%, Singleplayer 5.4%, Casual 3.1%

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: Sandbox 27.6%, Strategy 22.2%, Puzzle 20.2%, Simulation 18.8%, Multiplayer 8.8%

BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

Why similar: Puzzle 48.9%, Simulation 31.3%, Sandbox 11.5%, Building 6%, Singleplayer 2.3%