- #1 Automation
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 46 reviews2022
Dev: One Tree Hill Studios
Windows
PLC Ladder Logic programming simulator.
Why similar: Automation 31.4%, Education 30.2%, Physics 13.4%, Puzzle 9.6%, Strategy 6.9%
- #2 Alan's Automaton Workshop
96% matchVery Positive83% of 212 reviews2022
Dev: Laputa Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alan's Automaton Workshop is an open-ended programming puzzle game. Start a new business with Alan Turing and his groundbreaking innovation: the Turing Machine. Build unique automatons, and solve all kinds of problems from clients.
Why similar: Steampunk 25.3% ★, Automation 21.7%, Education 21.1%, Building 11.9%, Logic 7.7%
- #3 Fantastic Contraption Classic 1 & 2
96% 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: Building 21%, Physics 18.6%, Education 16.9%, Automation 10.3%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #4 Electric Alps
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dirty Paws Studio
Windows
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: Education 25.6%, Automation 22.7%, Logic 10.2%, Physics 9.3%, Science 6.9%
- #5 Geareo
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WITWELD
Windows
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 precision machines and intricate clockwork contraptions.
Why similar: Steampunk 21.4% ★, Education 15.5%, Automation 14.9%, Building 13.3%, Physics 11.1%
- #6 Block Shop
93% matchVery Positive99% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Foolbox Studio
Windows
Block shop is an automation puzzle game in which basic blocks are transformed and combined to create increasingly complex blocks.
Why similar: Automation 42%, Puzzle 13.6%, Building 13.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Logic 9.8%
- #7 Cogs
94% matchVery Positive88% of 917 reviews2009
Dev: Lazy 8 Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Cogs is a puzzle game where players build machines from sliding tiles. Players can choose from 50 levels and 3 gameplay modes. New puzzles are unlocked by building contraptions quickly and efficiently. Inventor Mode: Starting with simple puzzles, players are introduced to the widgets that are used to build machines gears, pipes,...
Why similar: Steampunk 34.5% ★, Physics 16.9%, Puzzle 16.2%, Logic 12.9%, Family Friendly 8.7%
- #8 Function Ball(関数球)
92% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: yachi
Windows
You input any function to guide the red ball on the xy-plane to the goal.
Why similar: Education 29.2%, Physics 19.7%, Building 16.5%, Puzzle 14.5%, Science 7%
- #9 Blueprint Factory
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Smiling Panda Studios
Windows
Every machine follows your instructions. Build automated factories with intuitive visual programming, solve clever automation puzzles, and watch your factory come to life.
Why similar: Automation 39.9%, Building 14.9%, Puzzle 11.8%, Logic 11.3%, Strategy 11%
- #10 Let Them Fall
90% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Marcin Kubala
Windows
Let Them Fall is a dynamic puzzle-strategy game. Transport objects using conveyor belts to the target zone. With each level, the game gets tougher with diverse shapes, colors, and limited space on procedurally generated maps. Will you take up the challenge?
Why similar: Automation 30.9%, Building 18.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 9.5%, Physics 8.9%
- #11 Terraform Inc
91% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: FuzzyCube
Windows · Linux
Terraform Inc is a game to build a reliable physics-based delivery network. You will get new planets, add enhancements in transit, then deliver to buyers. Construct elaborate designs to prove your ingenuity. Choose your friends wisely, working to earn respect and unlock even further opportunities.
Why similar: Automation 30.6%, Building 25.3%, Physics 17.6%, Logic 11.8%, Strategy 7.2%
- #12 Auto Factory
89% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Architect Studios
Windows
Build and run your own automated factory to turn materials into a range of products!
Why similar: Automation 35.9%, Building 26.7%, Physics 18.8%, Simulation 13%, Casual 3.9%
- #13 Project Matter
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Matter Grid Studio
Windows
Project Matter is a 2D factory automation game about turning raw inputs into an ever-expanding production web. Place buildings on an infinite grid, draw connections between them, and research new processing chains, waste recovery loops, and advanced materials.
Why similar: Automation 41.8%, Building 23.3%, Puzzle 12.5%, Simulation 6.6%, Strategy 6%
- #14 Numachina
88% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Uberbax Gaming
Windows
Minimalist automation puzzle game where you build physics-based machines to manipulate the flow of numbers.
Why similar: Automation 33.1%, Physics 14.2%, Building 13.3%, Puzzle 10.1%, Logic 9.6%
- #15 Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory
87% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Pill Bug Interactive
Windows · Linux
A contraption building game. Design and build your own machines to combine ingredients to make chocolates. Automate production using simple components to create ingenious contraptions, which are as satisfying to watch as they are to optimise.
Why similar: Building 26.2%, Automation 19.9%, Physics 15.6%, Lemmings 14.3% ★, Puzzle 9.4%
- #16 Boing Odyssey
86% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Tuonele
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build contraptions with various tools to end all roasted chickens rightly in this physics puzzle game, or create and share your own challenges!
Why similar: Building 20.8%, Education 20.7%, Physics 17%, Logic 9.3%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #17 Bridge Constructor Portal
86% matchVery Positive92% of 7,388 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: Building 24.9%, Physics 20.8%, Puzzle 18.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 8.2%
- #18 SteamTopia
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JoniLagostin
Windows
SteamTopia is a casual, steampunk factory-building game, set in a world where money and factory expansion are the only things that matters. But even in this harsh world friends are important and playing co-op makes everything even better.
Why similar: Steampunk 38.7% ★, Automation 38%, Building 17.5%, Casual 3.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #19 Bridge Constructor Studio
84% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bridge Constructor Studio is the latest in the best-selling series. Test your engineering skills in this physics-based puzzle game, combining the best of previous titles with a modern, charming visual style—the ultimate experience for creative builders!
Why similar: Building 24.7%, Physics 17.9%, Education 16.3%, Puzzle 11.3%, Strategy 8.1%
- #20 Fantastic Contraption
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2016
Dev: Northway Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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: Automation 21.3%, Building 17.7%, Education 16.9%, Physics 14%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #21 Logic Arrows
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Artem Yashin
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Automation 33.2%, Education 22.4%, Building 14.8%, Logic 8.2%, Simulation 6.6%
- #22 Charge!
83% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Depths Games
Windows
Charge is a level-based puzzle game where you control the flow of charge around a circuit board. Arrange pre-built components into wondrous machines that take advantage of available resources and design your own modules from scratch.
Why similar: Automation 29.8%, Puzzle 12.3%, Building 11.8%, Logic 10.6%, Education 7.2%
- #23 Retro Gadgets
81% matchVery Positive90% of 512 reviews2022
Dev: Licorice ehf
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 62.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Why similar: Automation 27.3%, Education 25.2%, Building 17.5%, Puzzle 8.9%, Logic 6.2%
- #24 We Need More Steam!
81% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Mars On Fire
Windows · Linux
We Need More Steam! is about strategizing and creating as much electricity as possible for a town's people always demanding more!
Why similar: Automation 36.8%, Building 19.8%, Strategy 13.1%, Logic 8.7%, Puzzle 7.7%
- #25 Tiny Bridge: Ratventure
82% matchMixed68% of 1,094 reviews2015
Dev: EstelionPub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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.
Why similar: Building 23.4%, Puzzle 19.7%, Physics 18.9%, Family Friendly 9.9%, Strategy 8.8%
- #26 Bombe
80% matchVery Positive96% of 383 reviews2023
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Minesweeper, but you only solve each situation once.
Why similar: Automation 30.9%, Education 17.2%, Building 14.1%, Puzzle 12.1%, Strategy 7.1%
- #27 Puzzillion
79% match9 user reviews73% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Pipera Games
Windows
A logic puzzles 3D first person game. Move things around, toggle switches, open doors, blend colors - train your brain solving challenge after challenge. Includes classic puzzles and new puzzles, physics and logic, light and electricity, twists and surprises.
Why similar: Education 32.5%, Logic 17.4%, Puzzle 16.1%, Family Friendly 11.7%, Strategy 9.6%
- #28 Factorization
79% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Anubis Gaming
Windows · Linux
In Factorization, you must plan and build a factory capable of producing ever more complex resources. You focus on designing optimal production lines while carefully balancing your budget. In the meantime your workers build your designs and carry out the day-to-day tasks in your factory.
Why similar: Automation 46.7%, Building 27%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 8.4%, 2D 4.9%
- #29 Animal Farm Jigsaw Games for Toddlers, Babys and Kids
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: McPeppergames
Windows
The ultimate farm children's game with lots of animal puzzles and farm motifs. The perfect learning game for all children, toddlers, babies, jigsaw puzzle and animal lovers. Familyfriendly!
Why similar: Education 38.9%, Puzzle 16.6%, Logic 7.7%, Simulation 7.6%, Old School 6.7%
- #30 CHR$(143)
78% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Nicolas Jean
Windows · Linux
A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!
Why similar: Automation 36.4%, Building 22%, Physics 15.6%, Puzzle 9.9%, Logic 9.5%
- #31 Poly Bridge
77% matchVery Positive91% of 18,588 reviews2016
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 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: Building 31.4%, Physics 19.2%, Education 16.9%, Puzzle 11.8%, Simulation 6.3%
- #32 The Qubit Factory
76% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Logical Basis
Windows · Mac
The Qubit Factory is an open-ended puzzle game incorporating real-life concepts from the cutting-edge field of quantum computing. Design and build logic circuits that manipulate bits and qubits (quantum bits) to solve devious computational challenges!
Why similar: Automation 30.7%, Education 19.5%, Puzzle 13%, Logic 11.9%, Physics 10.5%
- #33 Rocket Automashapes
77% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Night Stroll Studio
Windows
Rocket Automashapes is a minimalistic automation game where shapes are produced, combined, and rocketed across the grid! Manage increasingly complex scenarios as you progress from one level to the next.
Why similar: Automation 25.7%, Education 17.1%, Building 16%, Logic 9.2%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #34 Fruit Factory
76% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: The Indie Accord
Windows · Mac
A silly physics-based puzzle game about sorting fruit with industrial machines!
Why similar: Automation 29.2%, Building 18%, Physics 13.4%, Puzzle 9.2%, Logic 8.2%
- #35 Creaturing - Sea Wonders
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A Little Smarter
Windows
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?
Why similar: Education 19.7%, Building 16%, Automation 15.4%, Physics 14.3%, Science 9.6%
- #36 Math Attack
74% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: vishyy
Windows
Math Attack is a mathematical puzzle game about using math operations to reduce expressions to zero. Each level presents a clever numerical riddle hidden behind deceptively simple notation. It’s a game of logic, foresight, and elegant solutions.
Why similar: Education 33.3%, Logic 19.9%, Puzzle 18.7%, Strategy 14.5%, Casual 6.7%
- #37 Snacktorio
73% matchVery Positive92% of 197 reviews2026
Dev: ellraiserPub: TNgineers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Snacktorio is a level-based cooking automation game where you build & scale food production lines to feed the beasts threatening to consume your world. Manage strange ingredients across sprawling cooking factories to keep the monsters fed while you uncover what's stirring their growing appetites...
Why similar: Automation 27.9%, Education 20.5%, Building 17.4%, Puzzle 9.2%, Logic 8.5%
- #38 Pit Pioneers
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Shearware
Windows · Linux
A Lemmings-inspired puzzle game where you guide pioneers through treacherous underground caverns by strategically assigning abilities like digging, building, and blocking to overcome obstacles.
Why similar: Puzzle 16.2%, Automation 15.9%, Logic 15.2%, Lemmings 11.9% ★, Strategy 11.4%
- #39 ComPressure
75% matchVery Positive86% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Design increasingly complex computation units powered by high pressure steam. From switches to steam based computers, all in a world of analogue pressure devices. Use previous designs to solve further challenges, unravel the mystery of the missing steam and discover a new field of science.
Why similar: Automation 26.2%, Education 20.5%, Building 16.8%, Physics 10.3%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #40 Pythagoria: The Finals
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vladimir Maslov
Windows
The next chapter in brain-teasing mathematical fun. Pythagoria: The Finals challenges your problem-solving skills with unique math puzzles
Why similar: Education 41.7%, Logic 18.4%, Puzzle 17%, Family Friendly 10.9%, 2D 4.5%
- #41 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 77 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: Automation 34.9%, Building 19.5%, Puzzle 11.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Logic 9.5%
- #42 Sand:box
71% matchVery Positive94% of 1,644 reviews2023
Dev: smellymoo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!
Why similar: Education 20.3%, Automation 18.3%, Building 12.1%, Physics 12%, Logic 9.1%
- #43 You Can Do!mino
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: JJGames
Windows
Is this a puzzle or a simulation? I can't define the genre of the game. Clear the stage in various ways. Use different special dominoes and play the game with objects.
Why similar: Physics 24.5%, Education 17.7%, Puzzle 16.7%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 9.6%
- #44 LIT: Bend the Light
72% matchVery Positive93% of 323 reviews2020
Dev: Copperglass
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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: Steampunk 19.2% ★, Education 13.8%, Building 11.1%, Casual 11.1%, Physics 10.4%
- #45 Dumbers
71% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Lex Studios
Windows
Manage your number factory: extract values, chain multipliers, and optimize to watch them grow. Upgrade buildings permanently, balance resources for leveling up, and enjoy idle progression. Relaxed, infinite automation!
Why similar: Automation 36.3%, Education 12.8%, Puzzle 12%, Logic 10.9%, Building 6.9%
- #46 Force and Motion
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Nautilus Workshop
Windows
Force and Motion is a physics puzzle game where you apply your knowledge of real physics to solve puzzles in the game.
Why similar: Education 29.8%, Physics 17.9%, Science 11.4%, Logic 10.1%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #47 Marble Odyssey: Sandbox
68% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Mustafa ÖzgenPub: RigidPoly Fab
Windows
On a wooden table drifting through space, build little contraptions just to see what happens. Release the marbles and enjoy the calm rhythm of their flow. A warm, curious, and delightful sandbox experience.
Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Building 19.6%, Physics 14.1%, Puzzle 10.8%, Logic 8.2%
- #48 Mothership Down
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hogwalker Games
Windows
Control a fleet of tiny, colorful lunar landers, piloting through puzzling moon caves. Scrape by with scrappy first flights, then re-engineer a perfect solution to earn bonus stars. 130+ unique goals to achieve in over 50 levels in this physics-based retro puzzle game!
Why similar: Building 24%, Physics 22.7%, Old School 15.5%, Puzzle 13.6%, Automation 13%
- #49 Poly Bridge 2
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,206 reviews2020
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!
Why similar: Building 30%, Education 19.3%, Physics 18.5%, Puzzle 11.8%, Simulation 6%
- #50 Momentum Mayhem
70% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: UnscriptedLogic
Windows
A casual 2.5D physics oriented game about building unorthodox contraptions to solve puzzles with a variety of items at disposal
Why similar: Education 28.8%, Building 22.2%, Physics 15%, Puzzle 11.8%, Science 11.1%
- #51 Compass & Straightedge
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: ShaoJH
Windows
A refreshing little game with blue-green as the main color. A game with the core gameplay of drawing with a ruler, involving conventional drawing, single ruler drawing, and single ruler drawing. The difficulty increases (slightly difficult), with tests of foundation, thinking, and even endurance.
Why similar: Education 37%, Logic 16%, Puzzle 11.3%, Building 10.9%, Strategy 5.9%
- #52 ABI-DOS
67% matchVery Positive93% of 428 reviews2024
Dev: ABI.DOS.SOFTWARE
Windows
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.
Why similar: Automation 29%, Education 21%, Building 15.3%, Puzzle 9.1%, Logic 8.1%
- #53 World of Contraptions
69% 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: Automation 19.8%, Building 17.3%, Education 17.1%, Physics 13.1%, Logic 9.4%
- #54 Game Of Puzzles: Animals
69% matchVery Positive94% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: Snkl Studio
Windows
A puzzle game in which you have to assemble a single image from individual pieces.
Why similar: Education 25.4%, Puzzle 15.1%, Strategy 14.7%, Logic 12.7%, Family Friendly 12%
- #55 Propple
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Chocolate Bar Games
Windows
A somewhat rage-inducing physics-based puzzle game about manipulating objects with your mouse cursor. Gently nudge, quickly knock, or try to carry any objects to bring them to their target.
Why similar: Physics 23.9%, Puzzle 17.7%, Building 16.9%, Logic 15%, Strategy 13.6%
- #56 Node Math
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: ByerN
Windows
Node Math is a simple, idle-factory game about combining numbers with math operators, unlocking new stuff, and making money go brrr!
Why similar: Automation 33.4%, Education 25%, Building 11.6%, Puzzle 7.3%, Logic 6.2%
- #57 Kaizen: A Factory Story
65% matchVery Positive93% of 705 reviews2025
Dev: CoincidencePub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.
Why similar: Automation 27.6%, Education 21.2%, Building 13.7%, Logic 11.4%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #58 STEEL GULLET
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oxideworks
Windows · Linux
Build massive production lines inside a 600-meter mobile ark crawling through a dead world. Automate the refining of scrap into resources while managing realistic thermodynamics. Expand your factory to feed the Colossus and hit G.R.I.D. production quotas.
Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Steampunk 29.7% ★, Building 19.9%, Strategy 7.2%, Logic 6.7%