60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Science, Education, Simulation, Sandbox.
Design real rocket engines with real physics, no black boxes. You're an underpaid engineer at Mecodyne, building engines that fire only if they'd work for real, without regard for your safety. A serious engineering sim that teaches by doing. Built solo.
Juno: New Origins
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
Logic Arrows
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.
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
Why similar: Programming 17.9% ★, Space Sim 15.8%, Science 15.3%, Automation 9.4%, Education 9%
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: Programming 25.7% ★, Automation 19.6%, Education 12.3%, Science 12.2%, Sandbox 9.8%
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: Science 20.1%, Space Sim 19.8%, Space 15.5%, Sandbox 10.2%, Physics 9.5%
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: Programming 16.9% ★, Science 15.9%, Automation 11.1%, Destruction 10.9%, Education 8.9%
Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.
Why similar: Science 20.9%, Space Sim 18.8%, Space 11.5%, Physics 8.9%, Sandbox 8.9%
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: Programming 19.2% ★, Science 18.1%, Education 17.4%, Automation 16.7%, Logic 10.5%
Real-time planetary collision sandbox powered by SPH physics: smash planets together and watch the destruction and its aftermath!
Why similar: Space Sim 31.3%, Destruction 13.8%, Space 12.9%, Physics 10.5%, Sandbox 9.5%
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: Programming 30.4% ★, Automation 18.4%, Science 15.1%, Logic 9.2%, Building 6.2%
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.3%, Science 17%, Education 12.9%, Space 10.8%, Sandbox 9.8%
Become a pioneer of spaceflight. As an engineer in the Soviet Space Program you will be responsible for repairing, fixing and building the iconic spacecraft and rockets from the R-7 family.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.2%, Science 19.6%, Space 10.2%, Physics 8.9%, Building 8.9%
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.3%, Science 19.3%, Education 11.1%, Space 10.6%, Building 9%
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: Programming 26.4% ★, Science 17.8%, Education 13.1%, Automation 12.7%, Sandbox 8.3%
Embark on your asteroid hauling career with Veritago Fortana. Start with a basic ship and earn credits to upgrade, customise and repair as you try to fulfil larger and harder contracts. Built exclusively for VR, use your own hands to build, wire and fly using 100s of interconnecting components.
Why similar: Programming 20.9% ★, Science 15.5%, Automation 14.1%, Education 12.9%, Space Sim 9.9%
Use the Nimbatus Drone Creator to construct physically simulated drones and try them out in a virtual testing environment. Do you have what it takes to become a drone engineer?
Why similar: Space Sim 17%, Science 16%, Destruction 10.5%, Simulation 9.5%, Programming 8.6% ★
Hard Chip is a 3D simulation/puzzle game about building processors focusing on realism. Explore the world of semiconductor chip design and delve into the intricacies of CPU logic, floor planning, and propagation delay.
Why similar: Programming 24.9% ★, Science 17.8%, Automation 12.6%, Education 12.3%, Logic 9.3%
Pilot your ship through a perilous black hole system in this Space Action RPG. Engage in advanced ship combat, haul rare elements, and upgrade your vessel to survive. Stunning visuals, a deep narrative, and a rewarding progression system await as you uncover the abyss's dark secrets.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.9%, Science 17.5%, Education 11.3%, Space 10.1%, Sandbox 8.4%
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: Programming 32.3% ★, Automation 19.1%, Science 12.4%, Education 11.2%, Logic 10.3%
Invent a new computer! Logic World is a first-person sandbox simulation game that's all about digital logic. Play alone or with friends, design unique machines, build up layers of complexity, and experience the joy of circuits!
Why similar: Programming 24% ★, Science 15.7%, Automation 13.1%, Education 12.2%, Building 8.4%
Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.
Why similar: Science 22.2%, Space Sim 18.3%, Space 11.3%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.5%
A VR sci-fi sandbox game where you can put your skills to the test to build crazy inventions, with mechanics analogous to real-life electrical engineering.
Why similar: Programming 22.9% ★, Science 19.9%, Education 11.9%, Destruction 9.6%, Building 9%
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: Programming 25.4% ★, Science 18%, Automation 16.5%, Education 12%, Building 8.9%
Use real Python code to automate machines, robots, drones and more: Program self-driving vehicles; crack passwords; apply machine learning; automate logistics; use image processing to guide missiles. Gain real coding skills and solve exciting bite-sized programming challenges.
Why similar: Programming 23.8% ★, Science 16.9%, Automation 16.1%, Education 12.6%, Logic 9%
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
Why similar: Programming 31.6% ★, Education 12.3%, Science 11.2%, Automation 11.1%, Building 7.7%
Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim.
Why similar: Programming 23% ★, Space Sim 17.8%, Science 17.8%, Space 8.6%, Building 8.3%
Build rockets and shoot them into space. Once you reach orbit, you are halfway to explore anywhere in the Solar System.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.2%, Science 18.5%, Space 18.4%, Education 13.1%, Simulation 8.8%
A 2D sandbox where every tile is a tiny machine. Create video games, board games, puzzles, art, tutorials, contraptions, and entire interactive worlds. Share creations, play with friends, and collaborate online. Inspired by Redstone.
Why similar: Programming 22.6% ★, Science 17.3%, Automation 16%, Education 10.7%, Sandbox 9.8%
Logos Orbit is an emergent cosmic tuning simulation where you rewrite the "Logos" of an ever-expanding universe to control the collision and equilibrium of stars. Place gravity-altering Sigils to tune the orbits of star systems on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: Science 21.3%, Space Sim 21.1%, Space 13.5%, Physics 12.9%, Logic 12.8%
You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!
Why similar: Programming 44.4% ★, Education 18.6%, Science 15.2%, Building 6.4%, Sandbox 6%
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: Programming 32.3% ★, Automation 21.7%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Difficult 6.3%
Build rockets and fly them around the Solar System in this realistic aerospace sandbox. Attempt landings, build space stations, drive rovers, perform spacewalks, explore alien worlds, and get your crew home safe.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.8%, Science 16.3%, Sandbox 10.5%, Space 9.6%, Building 7.8%
This is a simulation based upon real physics. Its specifically for use with 3D headsets such as the HTC Vive and Oculus quest. It gives you a 3D perspective of how gravity works and interacts on all the bodies in a solar system. You can experiment with creating your own solar system.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.5%, Science 19.3%, Education 19.2%, Simulation 9.4%, Physics 7.9%
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: Programming 22.5% ★, Science 18.1%, Automation 13.9%, Building 8.3%, Logic 8%
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: Programming 32.6% ★, Automation 17.2%, Education 12.2%, Logic 9.9%, Difficult 7.9%
Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.4%, Science 18.8%, Space 11.9%, Education 9.1%, Historical 8.3%
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
Why similar: Programming 49.3% ★, Automation 19.1%, Logic 9.2%, Education 7.5%, Difficult 6.1%
Satellite Command is a realistic, relaxing astrophysics simulator. Complete contracts with real data, launch and take control of ever more powerful Satellites, research advanced technology and build your Space Agency!
Why similar: Space Sim 21.8%, Science 21.7%, Education 14.7%, Space 11.2%, Sandbox 9.8%
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 18.7%, Programming 18.6% ★, Education 13.3%, Building 10.6%, Sandbox 9.9%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Programming 22.8% ★, Space Sim 21.8%, Automation 12%, Space 9.6%, Logic 8.3%
Rionag: Survey Fleet is a top-down starship builder and logistics game where it's your job to balance the needs of the crews with cutting-edge equipment on board. Unlock tech that adds new capabilities for your ships to go through hazardous environments, enabling you to explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 27%, Science 21.7%, Automation 15.1%, Building 9.9%, Space 9.8%
A sci-fi settlement building game with orbital mechanics. Start from a spaceship, scan asteroids, manage fuel, ore, electricity, time, and sanity, while expanding your settlement, exploring an alien solar system, and building stations and spacecraft to support your growing colony.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.2%, Science 18.5%, Building 10.6%, Physics 8.9%, Space 8.7%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 44.4% ★, Education 17.5%, Logic 13.4%, Automation 9.8%, Simulation 4.6%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.4%, Science 21.1%, Space 14%, Sandbox 12.9%, Building 5.6%
Launch the Voyager space probe to the furthest depths of the Solar System! Use gravity to slingshot around planets and scan, orbit, or land on targets to earn stunning replays of your accomplishments.
Why similar: Science 21.8%, Space Sim 20.5%, Education 13.7%, Space 12.1%, Physics 10.1%
Programmer Dungeon is a tactical game that challenges players to use logic programming to solve puzzles and progress through each level. Collect unique skills, use visual programming to automate your character, and defeat your enemies. Plan carefully and enjoy this exciting adventure!
Why similar: Programming 35.2% ★, Automation 19.7%, Education 14.9%, Logic 10.8%, Sandbox 9.2%
Mnemonimov is a fantasy console where you program in ASSEMBLY like in the 80s. Build anything from games to operating systems and understand how computers work at a low level.
Why similar: Programming 27.3% ★, Automation 15.6%, Science 15.6%, Education 13.8%, Logic 8.4%
A classic fantasy MMORPG powered by uMMORPG—discover dungeons, fight powerful creatures, forge rare equipment, and shape a living world alongside hundreds of players.
Why similar: Space Sim 30%, Science 27.7%, Education 17.8%, Space 13%, Simulation 6.1%
A circuit simulator where you draw everything. Wires are pixels, gates are triangles. Design chips, watch signals glow as they propagate, and debug by rewinding time.
Why similar: Programming 29.9% ★, Science 15.1%, Automation 15%, Education 13.3%, Sandbox 9.9%
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
Why similar: Science 17.7%, Space Sim 15.8%, Destruction 13.5%, Space 10.4%, Building 9.7%
OCTOPTICOM 3D is a major upgrade to your favorite open-ended puzzle programming game about designing and optimizing optical computing devices. Featuring 3D graphics and gameplay, refined ui, rewritten simulation, all original levels and components plus new additions, histograms and more.
Why similar: Programming 38.1% ★, Science 17.2%, Education 12.1%, Logic 12.1%, Simulation 8.7%
A real-time 3D space simulator and interactive planetarium. Travel to any planet, moon, star, or galaxy and view it from any point in space and time. Accelerate time, land on alien worlds, and expand the universe with community-made add-ons.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.5%, Science 20.6%, Education 16.4%, Simulation 10.5%, Space 9.2%
The most scientifically accurate space warfare simulator ever made. Now with Steam Workshop!
Why similar: Science 25.9%, Space 18.8%, Space Sim 15.4%, Realistic 14.2%, Simulation 9.6%
Mine resources, build your spaceship, and soar through the skies in this immersive space sandbox. Wire complex machinery to survive the elements, and craft the StellarDrive: a powerful engine that lets you travel faster than light.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.2%, Programming 17.1% ★, Space 15.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 11.6%
𝗘𝗥𝗖 𝗥𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 is an e-tournament based on the world's only simulator for repairing Mars Rovers. Take part in solving challenging tasks and become the master of leader board.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.7%, Education 14.5%, Automation 13.5%, Sandbox 9.9%, Space 9%
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: Programming 31.9% ★, Automation 18.9%, Education 17.2%, Logic 9.4%, Sandbox 9%
Venture forth through this puzzle game across space. Use your command terminal to guide the Onlooker interstellar probe through treacherous galaxies to explore the farthest reaches of the universe. Avoid asteroids, perform research tasks, and weave through the stars!
Why similar: Programming 36.1% ★, Science 15.6%, Space 13.4%, Logic 12.7%, Physics 10.8%
Build floating automated rigs in a volatile gas giant. Extract elements, synthesize compounds, and descend through atmospheric layers in this sci-fi systems-builder focused on chemistry, engineering, and survival.
Why similar: Science 23.6%, Automation 19.5%, Space Sim 17.2%, Space 10.8%, Sandbox 8.6%
Navigate through a detailed simulation of the solar system, where you can explore planets, moons, and other celestial bodies up close. Access detailed information, images, interactive content, quizzes and even mini-games where you can try to land a space probe.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.5%, Education 18.2%, Simulation 11.9%, Realistic 11.8%, Physics 9.5%
A programmer's career sim. Acquire actual coding skills while playing! Learn programming from zero, earn skill points, change your office, create devices and games with visual programming. Our code learning game is a perfect introduction to Python, C++, C#, Java, or JavaScript.
Why similar: Programming 22.9% ★, Science 17.4%, Automation 16.6%, Education 12%, Building 9.7%
