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Games Like Gadgeteer

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Indie, VR, Physics.

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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 97% — of 121 reviews
Released: 2020-08-27
Developer: Metanaut
Genres: Indie, Simulation
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2016
    Dev: Northway Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    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: VR 38%, Physics 16.5%, Simulation 16.1%, Building 14%, Puzzle 10.7%

  2. #2 TrainerVR
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2017
    Dev: Sumalab
    Windows

    TrainerVR is a unique physics-based VR train construction game. In TrainerVR you can create from simple tracks to an elaborate rail network, just like the wooden piece game, but to the infinity and beyond, and drive trains inside your creations!

    Why similar: VR 33.6%, Simulation 30.7%, Indie 12.8%, Physics 9.4%, Building 8.1%

  3. #3 4D Toys
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 270 reviews2017
    Dev: mtb design works, inc.
    Windows

    4D Toys: A box of toys from the fourth dimension.

    Why similar: VR 40.4%, Simulation 37.2%, Indie 14.7%, Physics 7.7%

  4. #4 Short Circuit VR
    95% matchVery Positive82% of 132 reviews2018
    Dev: Stefan BauwensPub: N/A
    Windows

    Short Circuit VR is an electronics lab simulator in Virtual Reality. You can build your own electronic circuits with the components provided, learn basic electronics by completing challenges and just have fun while experimenting and making awesome projects!

    Why similar: Simulation 44.9%, VR 37.5%, Indie 17.6%

  5. #5 Chroma Lab
    94% matchVery Positive96% of 327 reviews2017
    Dev: Sean Tann
    Windows

    Chroma Lab is a VR particle physics sandbox. Surround yourself with hundreds of thousands of colorful particles that stick together like a fluid which you can interact with using a variety of tools.

    Why similar: VR 34.3%, Simulation 25.5%, Physics 14.8%, Sandbox 11.9%, Indie 9.4%

  6. #6 Realistic Tower Destruction
    94% matchMixed65% of 51 reviews2020
    Dev: Nikita Markin
    Windows

    Game allows you to build many kinds of towers from a variety of bricks and experience their dynamic destruction physics in a sandbox environment.

    Why similar: Simulation 51.3%, Indie 21.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Physics 9.6%, Building 7.6%

  7. #7 Bridge It +
    93% matchMixed70% of 146 reviews2013
    Dev: Chronic LogicPub: Libredia Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%

    A stunning, beautiful world awaits as you take on the challenge of bridging the chasm. Can you solve the puzzles and avert disaster?

    Why similar: Simulation 52.9%, Building 22.5%, Physics 17.4%, Puzzle 7.3%

  8. #8 House Flipper VR
    92% matchMixed50% of 361 reviews2020
    Dev: Frozen Way
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Virtual makeovers were never more real! Thanks to VR technology, you will be able to single-handedly take care of ruined properties, gaining your clients' appreciation and satisfaction from a job well done! Put on your goggles, take a firm grip on the controllers and become a master of renovation!

    Why similar: Simulation 39%, VR 27.7%, Indie 15.6%, Casual 6.8%, Sandbox 5.5%

  9. #9 Marble Land
    91% matchVery Positive87% of 95 reviews2017
    Dev: Devious Technologies
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Marble Land is a physics-based VR puzzle game in which the objective is to guide a marble into a designated target area by using various contraptions scattered across the level.

    Why similar: VR 49.1%, Indie 28%, Puzzle 19%, Casual 3.8%

  10. #10 Primitier
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 304 reviews2025
    Dev: Ota Mato
    Windows

    Primitier is a highly flexible VR sandbox game, where you can create tools and machinery by freely cutting and connecting objects in a vast world based on physics simulation.

    Why similar: VR 44.2%, Sandbox 18.5%, Physics 18%, Simulation 14.2%, Indie 5%

  11. #11 The Last Clockwinder
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 770 reviews2022
    Dev: PontocoPub: Cyan Ventures
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    A VR puzzle-automation game. Create intricate clockwork contraptions out of your own clones and restore life to an ancient tree using automation, a collection of rare plants from across the galaxy and a team of clockwork gardeners.

    Why similar: VR 54.5%, Simulation 27.3%, Puzzle 18.2%

  12. #12 Disassembly VR
    91% matchMixed58% of 176 reviews2019
    Dev: Khor Chin Heong
    Windows

    Disassembly and destruction physics sandbox simulator. Detailed models of objects and vehicles and their internal parts. Disassemble objects successfully to unlock new tools and weapons to use in sandbox mode. Fight evil mannequins with everything you got in physical combat!

    Why similar: VR 32.6%, Simulation 17.9%, Sandbox 14%, Physics 12.9%, Puzzle 8.6%

  13. #13 RoboCo
    87% matchVery Positive88% of 204 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: Simulation 18%, Sandbox 17.5%, VR 17.1%, Physics 17%, Building 16%

  14. #14 Bridge Constructor
    90% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,734 reviews2013
    Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    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: Simulation 37.7%, Physics 19.1%, Building 14.5%, Puzzle 11.7%, Indie 10.7%

  15. #15 World of Contraptions
    88% 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: Simulation 24.1%, Physics 22.2%, Sandbox 21.5%, Building 19.8%, Puzzle 12.3%

  16. #16 Pierhead Arcade 2
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 151 reviews2021
    Dev: Mechabit
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Pierhead Arcade is back with all new VR physics based arcade games to play!

    Why similar: Simulation 35.5%, VR 28.2%, Indie 14.4%, Physics 7.9%, Sandbox 7.7%

  17. #17 Retro Gadgets
    84% matchVery Positive90% of 505 reviews2022
    Dev: Licorice ehf
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 60.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%

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    Why similar: Simulation 31.3%, Building 25.1%, Sandbox 22.1%, Puzzle 18.8%, Indie 2.7%

  18. #18 VR Furballs - Demolition
    85% matchVery Positive95% of 155 reviews2018
    Dev: Gamily Studios
    Windows

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    Why similar: VR 48.6%, Physics 21.4%, Puzzle 13.4%, Indie 8.6%, Simulation 4.2%

  19. #19 Tiny Town VR
    84% matchVery Positive92% of 1,217 reviews2017
    Dev: Lumbernauts
    Windows

    Create an original world and fill it with buildings, roads, vehicles and more. Give it life with posable characters. Tell a story with custom speech bubbles and in-game photo captures. Then, share with friends!

    Why similar: VR 38.4%, Simulation 23.6%, Sandbox 19%, Indie 9.1%, Building 6.3%

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    86% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2016
    Dev: Hammer LabsPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
    Windows

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  21. #21 GearBlocks
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 717 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: Simulation 26%, Physics 23.9%, Building 22.8%, Sandbox 22.6%, Indie 4.6%

  22. #22 Poly Bridge
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 18,451 reviews2016
    Dev: Dry Cactus
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.0 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: Simulation 23.9%, Building 23.5%, Physics 21.4%, Puzzle 12.9%, Sandbox 12.7%

  23. #23 Crazy Machines
    82% matchVery Positive82% of 199 reviews2008
    Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Viva Media
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%

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    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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  25. #25 Inside The Gear
    83% matchMostly Negative40% of 140 reviews2014
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    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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  26. #26 The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 691 reviews2023
    Dev: PeatyTurf
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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  27. #27 Crazy Machines 3
    79% matchVery Positive94% of 10,052 reviews2016
    Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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  28. #28 ABRISS - build to destroy
    78% matchVery Positive83% of 545 reviews2023
    Dev: RandwerkPub: astragon Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%

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  29. #29 Cefore
    81% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2018
    Dev: Pixelz Games
    Windows

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    78% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2022
    Dev: Hatfuls GamesPub: PQube
    Windows

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    80% matchMostly Positive70% of 80 reviews2015
    Dev: Lucky You Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    76% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2023
    Dev: Elastic Sea
    Windows

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  33. #33 Opus Magnum
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,719 reviews2017
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    75% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    Windows

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  36. #36 Besiege
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,104 reviews2020
    Dev: Spiderling Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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  37. #37 Silicon Zeroes
    77% matchVery Positive88% of 281 reviews2017
    Dev: PleasingFungus Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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    Why similar: Simulation 59.6%, Indie 22.2%, Puzzle 18.1%

  38. #38 LIT: Bend the Light
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 315 reviews2020
    Dev: Copperglass
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    Light, darkness and remarkable puzzles! Bend the light to your will in this award winning physics-based puzzle game. Feel like a renaissance engineer, build your own solutions to light puzzles, feel your brain grow and all of that within the beautiful and mysterious world of LIT.

    Why similar: Indie 36.9%, Casual 16.1%, Simulation 14.2%, Physics 12.5%, Building 10.2%

  39. #39 Toy Trains
    71% matchVery Positive96% of 104 reviews2024
    Dev: Something Random
    Windows

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    Why similar: VR 55.1%, Simulation 14.5%, Puzzle 12.6%, Indie 7%, Sandbox 6.3%

  40. #40 Disassembly 3D
    74% matchVery Positive80% of 328 reviews2017
    Dev: Khor Chin Heong
    Windows

    Disassembly and destruction physics sandbox simulator. Detailed models of objects and vehicles and their internal parts. Disassemble objects successfully to unlock weapons mode and destruction. Fight evil mannequins with everything you got in physical combat!

    Why similar: Simulation 24.9%, Physics 19.8%, Sandbox 18%, Building 15.3%, Puzzle 12%

  41. #41 PolyCube
    74% matchVery Positive87% of 60 reviews2018
    Dev: {COMPANY_NAME_GOES_HERE}
    Windows

    PolyCube is a block-stacking puzzle game in full 3D, with optional VR support. Move and spin your block pieces in all directions to place them in the puzzle before time is up and the piece drops.

    Why similar: VR 60.8%, Puzzle 16.4%, Indie 15.9%, Casual 6.9%

  42. #42 Fantastic Contraption Classic 1 & 2
    72% matchVery Positive98% of 92 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: Simulation 30.3%, Physics 24.6%, Building 18.7%, Sandbox 13.6%, Puzzle 12.8%

  43. #43 Bridge Constructor Medieval
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 599 reviews2014
    Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Bridge Constructor Medieval turns back the clock a few centuries to the time of knights and castles. Build sturdy bridges to supply your city with provisions - or cunningly constructed bridges that collapse under the weight of attacking troops, sending the horde of enemies into the abyss below.

    Why similar: Simulation 42.9%, Building 18.4%, Indie 14.7%, Physics 9.3%, Puzzle 7.5%

  44. #44 Virtual Circuit Board
    68% matchVery Positive93% of 302 reviews2023
    Dev: Reverie Foundry
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.

    Why similar: Simulation 35.1%, Sandbox 26.7%, Building 22.1%, Puzzle 12.4%, Indie 3.8%

  45. #45 PC Building Simulator
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 52,392 reviews2019
    Dev: Claudiu KissPub: The Irregular Corporation
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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  46. #46 Domino Simulator
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 81 reviews2022
    Dev: Terapoly
    Windows

    Domino Simulator is a physics-based sandbox game in which you place various domino tiles and pieces to construct domino chains. Enjoy the odd satisfaction of watching your creation fall one after the other. Ultimately, the floor is yours to fill and the how and the what is completely up to you.

    Why similar: Simulation 68.8%, Physics 16.8%, Sandbox 14.4%

  47. #47 Instruments of Destruction
    66% matchVery Positive91% of 1,507 reviews2024
    Dev: RadiangamesPub: Secret Mode
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Crash through walls and tear down buildings in Instruments of Destruction, a vehicle-action game featuring advanced physics-based demolition. Pilot 130+ unique vehicles across scores of challenge-packed missions or design your own contraptions and wreck highly-interactive sandbox worlds.

    Why similar: Simulation 48.9%, Physics 46.4%, Casual 4.7%

  48. #48 Linkito
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 151 reviews2024
    Dev: KalinarmPub: Playdigious Originals
    Windows · Linux

    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: Simulation 31%, Sandbox 28.6%, Physics 21.3%, Puzzle 19.2%

  49. #49 Rainbow Reactor
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 106 reviews2019
    Dev: Tunermaxx Media GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Welcome to the future! In this fun-packed VR game which is easy to understand but hard to master, you'll throw, mix and match colorful energy balls to power the entire city - at the RAINBOW REACTOR!

    Why similar: VR 67%, Physics 15.4%, Puzzle 12.4%, Casual 5.3%

  50. #50 The Puzzle Room VR ( Escape The Room )
    72% matchMostly Positive74% of 53 reviews2017
    Dev: Bellcat Game
    Windows

    It is a VR Experience where you need to find clues to solve puzzles and find your way out of the Room. There are some items that can be grabbed and carried around. With some items you can interact (such as switches,piano and numpads).

    Why similar: VR 43.8%, Simulation 30.9%, Indie 12.9%, Puzzle 10.1%, Casual 2.4%

  51. #51 Medieval Machines Builder
    68% matchMostly Positive80% of 113 reviews2024
    Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

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    Why similar: Simulation 27.1%, Physics 22.8%, Sandbox 20%, Building 17.5%, Indie 8.1%

  52. #52 Sand:box
    65% matchVery Positive94% of 1,486 reviews2023
    Dev: smellymoo
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    Median: 54 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%

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  53. #53 Slinger VR
    70% matchMixed69% of 83 reviews2020
    Dev: Empyrean
    Windows

    Slinger VR is an action adventure game, where you climb, fly and leap through vast spaces and abstract twisted structures formed inside your mind. Defeat enemies and activate transmitters to unlock portals that lead on and on.

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  54. #54 Blast the Past
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 149 reviews2018
    Dev: The Work Club
    Windows

    Operate a wrecking crane in VR to destroy the last remaining old building in a city of new skyscrapers, push buttons, turn wheels and make sure the ball hits its target!

    Why similar: VR 48.5%, Simulation 23.1%, Physics 10.5%, Indie 9.6%, Puzzle 4.2%

  55. #55 House Builder
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    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware of unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!

    Why similar: Simulation 23.1%, Sandbox 18.7%, Building 17.5%, Physics 17.1%, Puzzle 12.2%

  56. #56 Domino Sky
    69% matchVery Positive80% of 373 reviews2016
    Dev: russpuppy
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Domino Sky is a physics based game where you place and topple domino pieces to solve puzzles. Free build mode also available.

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  57. #57 Crazy Machines 2
    71% matchMixed47% of 256 reviews2008
    Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Viva Media
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 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.

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  58. #58 ShotForge
    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    A sandbox to build the coolest guns in.

    Why similar: Simulation 70.6%, Indie 29.4%

  59. #59 Tiny Bridge: Ratventure
    69% matchMixed68% of 1,090 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac
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    This mind-bending game will challenge you to create complex structures to get your woodland creatures over vast chasms. In a bridge-builder first, you'll guide your creatures and construct your bridges in real time. Use the weight of various creatures to balance your structures as you build them.

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  60. #60 Prime Mover
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 214 reviews2018
    Dev: 4Bit Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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