60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Science, Simulation, Singleplayer, Sandbox.
Create physics-based sea creatures and discover evolution through surprising challenges! Control, test, and share your creatures made with our flexible building system! Evolution is full of quirky surprises, can you be more creative than nature it self?
Sediment
A pixel-physics sandbox. Fifty materials, and every one of them is physics: sand finds its angle, water freezes, lava crusts into stone, gunpowder blows. Build your own materials and worlds, and share them in the Workshop.
La Bidouillerie
Build a robot from real parts — solenoids, gears, connecting rods — wire it up, and figure out why it won't turn yet. Nothing here is faked: the current is really computed, and every breakdown has a cause you can find.
A pixel-physics sandbox. Fifty materials, and every one of them is physics: sand finds its angle, water freezes, lava crusts into stone, gunpowder blows. Build your own materials and worlds, and share them in the Workshop.
Why similar: Science 15.9%, Sandbox 14.3%, Education 12.4%, Automation 11.9%, Building 10.9%
Build a robot from real parts — solenoids, gears, connecting rods — wire it up, and figure out why it won't turn yet. Nothing here is faked: the current is really computed, and every breakdown has a cause you can find.
Why similar: Science 23%, Education 18.1%, Sandbox 14.3%, Automation 12.8%, Building 11.9%
Interact with elements and molecules in a way that you have never before! Observe them and make them react with each other in the sandbox mode. Synthesize every molecule in the quest mode. Discover countless macromolecules and the elegancy of chemistry.
Why similar: Science 28.8%, Education 14.8%, Experimental 12.1% ★, Sandbox 9.9%, Logic 9.9%
Gas reaction simulator. Build the ultimate jet engine, solve puzzles, or just make everything explode!
Why similar: Science 27.1%, Education 17.8%, Sandbox 16.4%, Logic 11.8%, Simulation 10.1%
Sand in a Box is a 'falling sand' game that simulates thermal flow, electricity, radioactive decay, and gravity. Create art, experiment with physics, and craft your own simulation rules with user-friendly mod support!
Why similar: Science 23.6%, God Game 13.6% ★, Education 12.2%, Sandbox 11.1%, Physics 9.5%
Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.
Why similar: Science 27.4%, God Game 16.5% ★, Education 14.4%, Sandbox 14.1%, Nature 11.5%
A casual 2.5D physics oriented game about building unorthodox contraptions to solve puzzles with a variety of items at disposal
Why similar: Science 28.3%, Education 16.5%, Sandbox 14.9%, Building 13.2%, Physics 11%
"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!
Why similar: Science 17.8%, God Game 15.6% ★, Sandbox 13%, Education 11.8%, Physics 9%
Shape breathtaking worlds in Terra Firma 2, a vast simulation where your creations evolve through the forces of nature. Sculpt the land, then watch as weather, erosion, and life itself transform your world into a dynamic, living ecosystem- right down to every plant and creature.
Why similar: Science 20.2%, God Game 19.8% ★, Sandbox 16%, Physics 12.4%, Nature 11.8%
Worldwright is a god game at the planetary scale. Split continents, prune lineages, topple empires, and discover unique worlds across 5 billion years of geology, evolution, and history.
Why similar: Science 32.9%, Sandbox 19.8%, God Game 19.1% ★, Nature 16.7%, Simulation 7.1%
pan·gaia is a whole-Earth sandbox fresh outta 1999. Sculpt your planet's climate, balance its ecology, design the perfect species for a niche, and maybe, lead them to sapience. Or... hurl meteors at them.
Why similar: Science 24.9%, Sandbox 23.5%, Nature 20.9%, God Game 17.1% ★, Simulation 7.8%
A physics sandbox of our Solar System. Fly the planets, change orbits, and watch Earth freeze, boil, or take a hit. Spawn worlds, cross Roche limits, and inspect atmospheres, magnetospheres, rings, and stellar heatmaps.
Why similar: Science 31%, Education 20.7%, Sandbox 19.2%, Physics 14.2%, Simulation 12.2%
Jingjie is a strategy-simulation sandbox where you write laws, shape probability clouds, and guide a living world with embedded local AI. Observe, experiment, and watch complex life emerge from logic, tension, and chaos.
Why similar: God Game 19.4% ★, Science 16.8%, Sandbox 12.7%, Logic 11.8%, Automation 11.4%
Play with evolution! Species: ALRE is a scientifically-grounded, emergent simulation of natural selection. Creatures evolve and speciate in response to in-game mutation and selection forces, allowing you to experience and tinker with evolution in real-time.
Why similar: Science 29.3%, Sandbox 19.8%, God Game 19.2% ★, Experimental 15.9% ★, Simulation 9%
This program simulates astrophysics, allowing the creation of stellar systems in the void and the experience of being one of the celestial bodies.
Why similar: Science 33.6%, Education 19.7%, Physics 16%, Simulation 7.7%, Sandbox 7.6%
bloks is a small god-game with a tetris-like mechanic!
Why similar: Experimental 31% ★, God Game 15.7% ★, Science 14.7%, Building 12%, Simulation 8.7%
Dive into a world of creation and discovery, where each element combines to form new ones. Experiment freely in this interactive sandbox. But be careful: every combination has its consequences..
Why similar: Science 30.3%, Sandbox 17.2%, God Game 16.8% ★, Education 14.3%, Physics 13.1%
Ocean Protector is a free online educational game that teaches students about the impacts of ocean acidification and how they can take action to prevent it.
Why similar: Science 32.9%, Underwater 25.6% ★, Education 21.2%, Nature 15%, Stylized 2.3%
Sculpt planets and landscapes, watch water and climate respond, and compare two versions of the same world. Import heightmaps, draw mountain ranges, and export flat terrain to Minecraft Java. Explore Earth, ancient continents and distant worlds at your own pace.
Why similar: Science 29.1%, Sandbox 17%, God Game 16.9% ★, Education 14.4%, Physics 12.7%
Do you believe in quanta? Test your choices and luck in a unique physics simulation. Explore a multidimensional experiment, acquire properties, and analyze the ripple effects of your decisions. Remember: life is a difficult game. One fatal decision and IT’S OVER!
Why similar: Science 35.1%, Experimental 18.8% ★, Physics 13.7%, Education 12.5%, Simulation 10%
Among Ripples: Shallow Waters is an eco tycoon sim. Work with your team of scientists to build, repair and maintain the delicate ecosystem of your lakes. Experiment with flora and fauna - everything from vicious pikes to peaceful puddle ducks.
Why similar: Underwater 22.8% ★, Science 22.5%, Nature 17.2%, Sandbox 13.8%, Simulation 7.7%
Play with squishy clusters of soap bubbles in this mesmerizing physics puzzle game. Winner of over a dozen indie gaming awards!
Why similar: Underwater 20.8% ★, Experimental 17.7% ★, Science 17.4%, Nature 12.3%, Physics 11.3%
Seed, Breed, Create. From single cell organisms to complex ecosystems. Evolve every part of your own unique aquarium / terrarium by applying scientifically accurate principles of natural and artificial selection, in Creatura - ultimate Virtual Evolution Vivarium Simulator.
Why similar: Science 26.5%, Underwater 20.3% ★, God Game 12.7% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Nature 9.7%
Project Biosphere is a real-time ecosystem sandbox built on a falling-sand simulation. Water flows, heat spreads, fire consumes, plants take root. Ecosystems rise and fall.
Why similar: God Game 21.7% ★, Physics 15.3%, Sandbox 15.2%, Science 14.2%, Simulation 10.8%
Eureka! Superconductor Lab is a crafting+simulation game where you synthesize materials and witness the astonishing scientific phenomena. Work alongside scholars, science geeks, and your girlfriend to synthesize the Holy Grail of modern physics: a room-temperature superconductor!
Why similar: Science 31.3%, God Game 16% ★, Education 12.6%, Logic 9.6%, Physics 9.1%
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: Science 22%, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 11.1%, Education 10.6%, Physics 10.4%
🌲 Treeplanter helps plant trees! For every copy sold, we plant a real tree! 🌲 Create and enjoy a peaceful, interactive woodland throughout the changing seasons.
Why similar: Education 21.2%, Nature 19.7%, Sandbox 19.5%, Building 12.3%, Experimental 8.6% ★
Reactonix is a flexible and enjoyable simulation sandbox where every force is at your command. Create ecosystems alone or with friends, experiment with physics and watch life evolve—or start an apocalypse for the sake of science. Complete freedom to create and destroy is in your hands.
Why similar: Science 29.9%, God Game 17.7% ★, Sandbox 17%, Physics 13.2%, Building 7.4%
Control gravity, orbit around black holes, and have fun mastering physics with your car in space! With this educational puzzle game, only your genius and your analytical skills can get you out of trouble after a painful car crash on the Moon!
Why similar: Science 38.7%, Education 22.5%, Physics 15.5%, Puzzle 9%, Sandbox 6.4%
A physics sandbox built on real chemistry. Drop 674 materials into a falling-sand world and watch them react, burn, freeze and explode. Then wire circuits, test wings in a wind tunnel, or split light through lenses — alone or with friends online.
Why similar: Science 36.4%, Sandbox 21%, Building 16.8%, Physics 14.1%, Simulation 7.3%
** 10 Chemistry and 1 Physics VR Modules – Available for $7.99 Each! ** Learn STEM through gamified experiences in VR! Co-created with award-winning science teachers, tested with students in classroom and at home.
Why similar: Science 28.5%, Education 17%, Sandbox 14.6%, Physics 13.6%, Logic 10.3%
This is a serious game. Made for educational purposes. It was made in order to enable students to understand the high school chemistry curriculum and to provide equality of opportunity.
Why similar: Science 33.9%, Education 24.5%, Sandbox 17.1%, Physics 12.6%, Simulation 10.4%
You are an electrician, moving back to your hometown in the Austrian Alps, which you find lacks a certain... spark. Promptly tasked with wiring up the village, you solve electrical puzzles, blow fuses and master real-world circuitry techniques. Electrify the Alps, one circuit at a time.
Why similar: Science 25.4%, Education 21.1%, Automation 13.5%, Logic 13.2%, Physics 9.9%
Design a structure, choose your materials, and put it through earthquakes, heavy loads, and brutal impacts. Protect the objective, find the weak points, and rebuild after every spectacular collapse. The only question is: Will It Stand?
Why similar: Science 17.2%, Physics 15.2%, Building 15%, Sandbox 14.1%, Nature 8.3%
Place items freely in a virtual space, harness the laws of physics, and build your own Rube Goldberg-style contraptions. Design your contraption, press the Action Button, and enjoy the thrill of watching it come to life. A built-in Stage Editor lets you create your own original stages.
Why similar: Experimental 16.2% ★, Sandbox 15.7%, Physics 14.3%, Automation 13.9%, Building 11.1%
Grow real plants in your own microgravity cube-sat terrarium. Build, prune, water, harvest, and learn botany through a simulation based on real behavior.
Why similar: Science 26.1%, Sandbox 18.7%, Education 12.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Building 10.6%
Equilibrium combines god-game, resource management, and planetary simulation. Minimise atmospheric pollutants, and keep global temperatures hospitable for human life. Or let dirty industry run rampant and produce a blazing hot tomb world. We're not your boss, it's up to you.
Why similar: Nature 19.3%, Education 18.7%, God Game 17.9% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Simulation 9.7%
Explore artificial life that moves, reacts, spreads, collides, dissolves, and organizes in unexpected ways. Vizza is a colorful emergent behavior playground for beautiful GPU-accelerated simulations.
Why similar: Science 33.4%, Nature 15.2%, Education 14.7%, Sandbox 12.9%, Physics 11.4%
FireStarter 2 is a simplified forest fire simulation game that offers a first approach to fire science for all.
Why similar: Science 35.9%, Sandbox 20.1%, Nature 18.2%, Simulation 12.6%, Colorful 4.2%
Logic Arrows is a sandbox game where you design your own mechanisms: from logic gates to an entire computer. Use simple elements to build complex systems, solve engineering challenges and master computer logic.
Why similar: Science 21.4%, Sandbox 14.4%, Education 13.7%, Logic 12.7%, Automation 11.9%
PHYSARUM is a sandbox simulation game. Simulate the real world slime mold Physarum polycephalum by generating millions of living particles. Create and mutate slime species in real time to discover countless mesmerizing and emergent patterns.
Why similar: Science 34.6%, Sandbox 20.5%, Education 18%, God Game 15.7% ★, Simulation 10%
Build whatever you want for your marbles! Incredible races, extraordinary machines, spectacular chain reactions, chaotic battlefields, or anything else!
Why similar: Experimental 22.3% ★, Sandbox 14.5%, Physics 13.1%, Building 12.9%, Logic 10.2%
Biosphere Simulator is a planetary god game sandbox where you guide a dead volcanic world through billions of years of evolution. Seed life, shape ecosystems, unleash cataclysms, and watch civilizations rise from primordial microbes to spacefaring societies.
Why similar: Science 26.4%, God Game 21.1% ★, Nature 14.3%, Sandbox 10.8%, Building 10.4%
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 20.7%, Building 18.8%, Education 14.7%, Sandbox 13.4%, Simulation 10%
Join Aggi and dive into a world that lies just out of sight. Customize your own cell and see it thrive in a vibrant ecosystem. Discover a wide variety of organisms like you've never seen before. And learn real science in a playful and relaxed environment.
Why similar: Science 47.4%, Education 23.1%, Sandbox 15.4%, Simulation 8.5%, Colorful 3.7%
If you've ever been fascinated by minerals or admired the beauty of crystals... turn your curiosity into knowledge, and your knowledge into profit. Experiment with elements and minerals, fine-tune parameters to get higher-quality minerals, expand your collection, and build your mineral business.
Why similar: Science 44%, Education 14.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Simulation 10.2%, Logic 8.6%
Osy Osmosis is a fun game for all ages where you must help Osy stay safe as she navigates through her world collecting stars. To help Osy, you will use osmosis to keep her in balance with the world around her.
Why similar: Science 44.7%, Education 25%, Underwater 24% ★, Simulation 4.9%, Indie 1.3%
You input any function to guide the red ball on the xy-plane to the goal.
Why similar: Science 24%, Education 22.6%, Physics 19.5%, Building 13.3%, Puzzle 10.5%
Chimp Memory is a logical puzzle game and memory challenge. Take on the same tests faced by lab monkeys and prove your memory skills are sharper than theirs. Can you outperform the primates? Test yourself and find out!
Why similar: Science 43.9%, Education 28.5%, Logic 16.2%, Simulation 9.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
This water physics sandbox lets you experiment with realistic fluid behavior, sink ships by using bomb explosions, and enjoy a ragdoll people playground built to simulate destruction.
Why similar: God Game 21.1% ★, Sandbox 19.6%, Underwater 16% ★, Physics 16%, Simulation 11.6%
Ecocoru is a puzzle game where you have to solve compass and ruler construction problems.
Why similar: Science 43.4%, Logic 18.8%, Education 15.8%, Puzzle 10.6%, Simulation 8.8%
Design elaborate contraptions, where the longer a ball takes, the better. Inspired by Rube Goldberg machines, you’ll soon craft sprawling machines where complexity is your goal. Get ready to overtake your screen with over-engineered chaos.
Why similar: Sandbox 18.6%, Building 13.4%, Logic 12%, Physics 11.2%, Automation 11%
Polygons eating polygons eating polygons. An evolution sandbox where the genetics really are simulated. Seed a world, walk away, and come back to species neither of us designed. Watch populations boom, bust and go extinct. Best left on a second monitor.
Why similar: Science 25.6%, God Game 16.8% ★, Experimental 13.9% ★, Sandbox 13.4%, Education 12.7%
Tinker with circuits or program a robot in your dream workshop. Open up the door of your workshop and meet your community in Wijita: City of Makers.
Why similar: Science 25%, Education 15.3%, Sandbox 15.2%, Building 13.9%, Physics 11.8%
Explore and create parametric creatures
Why similar: Science 24.4%, Sandbox 16.7%, Physics 14.1%, Education 10.6%, Nature 10.2%
Paint 27 kinds of matter. Set it on fire. Then press rewind. SunaBox is a physics sandbox in the spirit of the legendary OE-CAKE, on a bit-exact engine: every session can be replayed, rewound, saved, and shared to reproduce your world perfectly.
Why similar: Science 27.5%, Education 16%, God Game 15.3% ★, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 12.2%
Marble World is a physics sandbox simulator with marbles. Create your own marble races, runs and machines. Customize a variety of tracks, decorations and marbles to create a beautiful world.
Why similar: God Game 21.4% ★, Sandbox 18.3%, Physics 15.7%, Building 12.1%, Logic 11.8%
Real gears that don't slip in a mechanical invention sandbox. Build freely with resizable parts and shapes, overcome physics challenges, and follow kit instructions. Unleash your engineering creativity with intricate clockwork contraptions, steam-powered systems, and fully functional circuits.
Why similar: Science 23.9%, Sandbox 12.8%, Education 12.6%, Physics 11.6%, Building 11.2%
3D falling sand simulation. Experiment to unlock new materials. Reactions, Temperature, Pressure are your tools to discover over 200 unique cube types.
Why similar: Science 30.3%, Sandbox 16.1%, Experimental 15.8% ★, God Game 15.3% ★, Physics 12.2%
