- #1 Besiege
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,398 reviews2020
Dev: Spiderling Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 19.1 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: Physics 28.3%, Sandbox 16.7%, Simulation 14.5%, Puzzle 14.5%, Strategy 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox game where you build complex siege engines to destroy structures and complete objectives.
- #2 Poly Bridge 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,160 reviews2020
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!
Why similar: Physics 30.3%, Puzzle 17.3%, Simulation 15.1%, Sandbox 14.8%, Building 12%
Why You'll Like It: A highly refined bridge-building simulator that requires precise physics calculations and creative engineering solutions.
- #3 Contraption Maker
96% matchVery Positive91% of 1,304 reviews2014
Dev: Kevin RyanPub: Top Meadow
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.7 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 31.3%, Puzzle 21.7%, Sandbox 20.2%, Simulation 15%, Building 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the creators of The Incredible Machine, this is the spiritual successor to the genre that inspired Crazy Machines.
- #4 Poly Bridge 3
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,038 reviews2023
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The best just got better! Rediscover your engineering creativity in this genre-defining bridge engineering and puzzle solving masterpiece.
Why similar: Physics 32%, Simulation 29.6%, Puzzle 25.8%, Building 11.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: The latest iteration of the bridge-building series, offering new mechanics and challenging physics puzzles.
- #5 Poly Bridge
95% matchVery Positive91% of 18,529 reviews2016
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 17.8%, Simulation 16.3%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that popularized modern bridge-building physics puzzles with its charming aesthetic and challenging levels.
- #6 Infinifactory
94% matchVery Positive95% of 2,465 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: Puzzle 37.5%, Sandbox 23.5%, Simulation 19%, Building 14.4%, Strategy 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A complex engineering puzzle game where you build automated assembly lines to produce products for an alien overlord.
- #7 Opus Magnum
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,887 reviews2017
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 57.6%, Simulation 27.4%, Sandbox 8.2%, Building 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: An intricate puzzle game focused on building machines to automate the creation of alchemical products using logic and engineering.
- #8 Bridge Constructor Portal
92% matchVery Positive92% of 7,322 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 28.3%, Puzzle 21.9%, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines the classic bridge-building mechanics with the iconic physics and humor of the Portal universe.
- #9 Main Assembly
91% matchVery Positive83% of 1,338 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: Physics 36.8%, Sandbox 22.5%, Simulation 19.2%, Building 12%, Multiplayer 7%
Why You'll Like It: A highly flexible robot-building sandbox that allows for complex programming and physics-based movement.
- #10 World of Contraptions
91% 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: Physics 33.9%, Sandbox 19.6%, Puzzle 16.9%, Simulation 16.5%, Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based building game focused on creating unique machines to overcome various environmental obstacles.
- #11 Trailmakers
90% matchVery Positive92% of 35,682 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: Physics 45.7%, Sandbox 26.7%, Building 14.4%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Singleplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A creative building game that uses a robust physics engine to let you construct vehicles and machines to explore an open world.
- #12 Forts
89% matchVery Positive92% of 24,651 reviews2017
Dev: EarthWork Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 39.5%, Sandbox 19.5%, Strategy 19.3%, Building 11.9%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based base-building strategy game where you construct fortified structures and use them to destroy your opponent's base.
- #13 Scrap Mechanic
89% matchVery Positive92% of 117,481 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 58.2 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: Physics 39.1%, Sandbox 24.4%, Building 15.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A creative sandbox game that allows you to build complex machines, vehicles, and automated systems using a deep physics engine.
- #14 Gadgeteer
87% matchVery Positive97% of 121 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 32.7%, Physics 27.2%, Puzzle 18.1%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused physics puzzle game where you build elaborate chain-reaction machines in a virtual workshop.
- #15 When Ski Lifts Go Wrong
86% matchVery Positive86% of 877 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: Physics 32.5%, Simulation 22.6%, Sandbox 16.6%, Puzzle 14.5%, Building 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based construction game where you build ski lifts and bridges while managing structural integrity.
- #16 SimplePlanes
85% matchVery Positive93% of 10,848 reviews2015
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.7 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: Physics 42.8%, Sandbox 25.6%, Strategy 18.1%, Building 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox building game that focuses on the engineering and physics of aircraft construction and flight.
- #17 Crazy Machines 2
88% matchMixed47% of 259 reviews2008
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Physics 33.6%, Puzzle 33.6%, Strategy 26.9%, Casual 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: The direct predecessor to the seed game, offering more of the classic physics-based puzzle gameplay you enjoy.
- #18 Crazy Machines
86% matchVery Positive82% of 200 reviews2008
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 36.9%, Puzzle 36.5%, Strategy 23.1%, Casual 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: The original entry in the series that established the core mechanics of building physics-based contraptions.
- #19 Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
83% matchVery Positive92% of 14,618 reviews2015
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 57.5%, Building 15.9%, Puzzle 13.5%, Sandbox 4.3%, Multiplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on the mechanical assembly and repair of automobiles.
- #20 Bridge Constructor
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,740 reviews2013
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 31.1%, Puzzle 19.4%, Building 9.7%, Casual 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic take on the bridge-building genre that focuses on structural engineering and physics constraints.
- #21 SpaceChem
84% matchVery Positive92% of 5,063 reviews2011
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 84.5%, Simulation 6.2%, Singleplayer 3.4%, Strategy 3.4%, Building 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging engineering puzzle game that requires you to design chemical production lines using logic and automation.
- #22 Little Big Workshop
82% matchVery Positive84% of 3,371 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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%
Why You'll Like It: A management and building game where you design factory layouts and optimize production lines.
- #23 Automachef
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 913 reviews2019
Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to Automachef, a resource management puzzler where you design kitchens, program machinery and watch your genius come to life! It’s time to engineer tomorrow’s kitchen, today!
Why similar: Simulation 59.8%, Puzzle 31.7%, Strategy 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A resource-management puzzle game where you design and build automated kitchens to solve complex logistical challenges.
- #24 Planet Coaster
80% matchVery Positive91% of 71,745 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 32.4%, Sandbox 27.2%, Building 18.8%, Strategy 15.3%, Multiplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep construction and management simulator that allows for highly detailed building and creative design.
- #25 PC Building Simulator
79% matchVery Positive94% of 52,512 reviews2019
Dev: Claudiu KissPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 38.2 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 40.6%, Sandbox 22.3%, Puzzle 17.1%, Building 15.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed simulation game that focuses on the assembly and maintenance of computer hardware.
- #26 World of Goo
81% matchVery Positive94% of 6,512 reviews2008
Dev: 2D BOYPub: 2D BOY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
Why similar: Physics 49.3%, Puzzle 38.8%, Building 4.8%, Strategy 2.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game where you build structures using living, sticky balls to reach specific goals.
- #27 Crayon Physics Deluxe
81% matchVery Positive86% of 1,155 reviews2009
Dev: Kloonigames
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.6 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 49.4%, Puzzle 35.3%, Sandbox 6.1%, Casual 3.6%, Simulation 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A unique puzzle game where your drawings come to life as physical objects to help you solve level-based challenges.
- #28 Human Resource Machine
79% matchVery Positive94% of 4,642 reviews2015
Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 57.6%, Simulation 27.8%, Sandbox 6.8%, Casual 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A visual programming puzzle game that challenges you to automate tasks using logic and assembly-like commands.
- #29 Fantastic Contraption Classic 1 & 2
78% matchVery Positive98% of 96 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 31.8%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 15.9%, Puzzle 15%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #30 TIS-100
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,067 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 62.5%, Simulation 34.3%, Singleplayer 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging programming-based puzzle game that requires you to repair corrupted code through logic and engineering.
- #31 Kerbal Space Program
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 141,003 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 65.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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%
- #32 AER Memories of Old
77% matchVery Positive86% of 7,667 reviews2017
Dev: Forgotten KeyPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 78.5%, Singleplayer 15.7%, Casual 5.8%
- #33 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,235 reviews2016
Dev: Mimimi GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 5.3%
- #34 Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
75% matchVery Positive92% of 7,481 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 53.6%, Singleplayer 46.4%
- #35 GearBlocks
72% matchVery Positive91% of 735 reviews2023
Dev: SmashHammer Games
Windows · Linux
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 40.2%, Sandbox 22.5%, Simulation 19.5%, Building 13.9%, Multiplayer 2%
- #36 Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?!
77% matchMixed67% of 977 reviews2017
Dev: Daylight StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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%
- #37 Train Valley 2
74% matchVery Positive90% of 3,099 reviews2019
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 28.7%, Simulation 25.2%, Strategy 24.4%, Building 15.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #38 Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
74% matchVery Positive91% of 54,004 reviews2017
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 44.1%, Building 15%, Physics 14%, Sandbox 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.1%
- #39 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 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: Simulation 22.9%, Sandbox 22.5%, Strategy 21.2%, Puzzle 19.7%, Building 8.9%
- #40 Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 340 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 28.1%, Physics 24.9%, Puzzle 15.1%, Sandbox 12%, Strategy 9.3%
- #41 Train Valley
73% matchVery Positive90% of 3,417 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: Puzzle 29.1%, Simulation 25.2%, Strategy 24.5%, Building 14.7%, Casual 3.3%
- #42 The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
68% matchVery Positive92% of 698 reviews2023
Dev: PeatyTurf
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 15.6%, Simulation 15.1%, Building 9.3%
- #43 Jalopy
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 11,194 reviews2018
Dev: MinskworksPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
Why similar: Simulation 59.9%, Sandbox 28.3%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #44 Hello Engineer: Scrap Machines Constructor
70% matchMixed61% of 196 reviews2023
Dev: tinyBuild RigaPub: tinyBuild
Windows
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 38.2%, Sandbox 23.3%, Simulation 17.4%, Building 12.7%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #45 Demolish & Build 2018
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,664 reviews2018
Dev: Noble MuffinsPub: Demolish Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Your company is going global. Use big machines to demolish huge buildings or go close and personal and use your hammer. Buy land properties, upgrade your machines and hire workers in different parts of the world.
Why similar: Simulation 45.6%, Physics 19.3%, Building 13.9%, Sandbox 9.4%, Multiplayer 9%
- #46 Figment
71% matchVery Positive87% of 5,635 reviews2017
Dev: Bedtime Digital Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 85.7%, Singleplayer 8.3%, Casual 5.9%
- #47 RoboCo
64% matchVery Positive88% of 206 reviews2026
Dev: Filament Games
Windows
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 11.1%, Strategy 9.2%
- #48 Caveblazers
71% matchVery Positive85% of 4,500 reviews2017
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #49 Medieval Machines Builder
64% matchVery Positive81% of 123 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: Physics 39.9%, Sandbox 22.3%, Simulation 21.3%, Building 12.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #50 Tricky Machines
70% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Peter SolteszPub: Gravitysensation
Windows · Mac · Linux
drift,jump,crash,shortcut,park, map editor
Why similar: Physics 66.5%, Simulation 31.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #51 Screw Drivers
64% matchVery Positive85% of 5,994 reviews2024
Dev: CreactstudiosPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 49.3%, Simulation 22.5%, Building 16.2%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #52 Mars First Logistics
61% matchVery Positive95% of 3,608 reviews2025
Dev: Shape Shop
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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%
- #53 Dead Rising 4
71% matchMixed57% of 8,288 reviews2017
Dev: Capcom Game Studio Vancouver, Inc.Pub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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%
- #54 Moon Hunters
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,204 reviews2016
Dev: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play alone or with friends! A co-op personality test about exploring an ancient, occult world in 5 days. How will you be remembered?
- #55 Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
68% matchVery Positive89% of 3,022 reviews2017
Dev: Vertigo Gaming Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 40.6%, Simulation 39%, Multiplayer 11%, Casual 5.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #56 Snake Pass
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,317 reviews2017
Dev: Sumo DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Slither, coil and climb your way to the top of Haven Tor in this one of a kind physics based, puzzle platform adventure from award winning independent studio Sumo Digital!
Why similar: Physics 46.9%, Simulation 26.1%, Puzzle 22.2%, Singleplayer 2.4%, Casual 2.4%
- #57 Party Maker
67% matchMixed64% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: Forestlight Games
Windows
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 24.8%, Puzzle 17.1%, Building 14.5%, Casual 3%
- #58 Lara Croft GO
68% matchVery Positive93% of 4,033 reviews2016
Dev: Square Enix MontréalPub: Crystal Dynamics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lara Croft GO is a turn based puzzle-adventure set in a long-forgotten world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilization, discover well-kept secrets and face deadly challenges as you uncover the myth of the Queen of Venom.
Why similar: Puzzle 63.4%, Strategy 27.2%, Singleplayer 5%, Casual 4.4%
- #59 RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Complete Edition
65% matchVery Positive87% of 2,861 reviews2020
Dev: Frontier DevelopmentsPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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 24.9%, Building 17%, Casual 2.8%