- #1 4D Intuition
97% matchVery Positive100% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: Yu Gu (yugu233)Pub: Yu Gu
Windows · Mac
Build your intuition for four-dimensional space, starting with walking and jumping. Master a wide variety of interactions and solve challenging 4D Sokoban-style puzzles.
Why similar: Science 22%, Philosophical 19.8%, Education 13.3%, Puzzle 12.9%, Logic 12.7%
- #2 Quantum Odyssey
96% matchVery Positive93% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Quarks Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
See the logic all of us obey. Design, optimize, and reverse-engineer real quantum algorithms in an open-ended Zachlike puzzle game. Solve 500+ visual puzzles and hack other players’ creations. No coding or physics background required.
Why similar: Science 21.9%, Philosophical 18.4%, Education 18.1%, Difficult 12.2%, Logic 11.8%
- #3 Odyssey - The Story of Science
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 306 reviews2017
Dev: The Young Socratics
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Odyssey is an enchanting and innovative science adventure game. Help Kai and her family escape their captors on the Wretched Islands - and learn the history of astronomy, mechanics, and scientific reasoning as you read Kai's journal and solve puzzles along the way!
Why similar: Science 33.5%, Education 29%, Physics 17.4%, Puzzle 9.6%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #4 Laser Attraction
95% matchVery Positive90% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Vectmatica
Windows
Play with lasers and solve puzzles in Laser Attraction. Use reflection, refraction, dispersion and filtration to direct the laser beams, mix and separate colours, open doors, hit targets and complete puzzles.
Why similar: Science 26.5%, Physics 16.5%, Difficult 15.6%, Education 13.3%, Logic 10%
- #5 Gravity Field
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,014 reviews2023
Dev: Kazakov Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Gravity Field is a spatial-logic puzzle game with time inverted objects, with no top or bottom.
Why similar: Science 28.9%, Difficult 15.9%, Logic 14.7%, Physics 14.2%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #6 THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE: Director's Cut
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 369 reviews2023
Dev: Three Dots Games
Windows
Dr. Herman, your sci-fi journey begins. Armed only with your mind and the Manipulator that operates with different types of energy, you'll have to pass through portals, visit parallel worlds, and solve physics-based puzzles.
Why similar: Science 29.3%, Physics 14.3%, Logic 13.1%, Puzzle 8.2%, Sci-fi 8%
- #7 .T.E.S.T: Expected Behaviour — Sci-Fi 3D Puzzle Quest
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 92 reviews2018
Dev: Veslo Games
Windows · Mac
.T.E.S.T: Expected Behavior is a first-person brain twister with a sci-fi plot. On top of logic, you'll need a fast reaction speed, "outside the box" reasoning, and the skill to adapt to unfamiliar situations.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.3%, Sci-fi 25.1%, Simulation 16.9%, First-Person 11.9%, Adventure 7.3%
- #8 Machinika: Museum
91% matchVery Positive93% of 6,319 reviews2021
Dev: Littlefield StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
Why similar: Science 23.2%, Logic 13.3%, Puzzle 10%, Physics 9.8%, Aliens 9.7%
- #9 Prime Mover
92% matchVery Positive88% of 217 reviews2018
Dev: 4Bit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Retrace the path of the Prime Mover to uncover the story of the Byte of Burden! Prime Mover is an open-ended puzzle game about designing circuit boards.
Why similar: Science 21.2%, Education 21.1%, Puzzle 17.7%, Simulation 15.8%, Difficult 15.1%
- #10 Total Reload
91% matchPositive96% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: TORSHOCK
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Artificial Intelligence named HAWKING activate an incredible mechanism that can reload the Universe!
Why similar: Philosophical 24.5%, Logic 19.6%, Puzzle 12.4%, Sci-fi 10%, First-Person 8.2%
- #11 The Message from Deep Space
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,625 reviews2026
Dev: Applesinmypants
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Mission: Translate an interstellar message, using the universal languages of math & science.
Why similar: Science 51.3%, Aliens 16.8%, Puzzle 12.9%, Sci-fi 10.3%, First-Person 4.3%
- #12 Electronics Puzzle Lab
90% matchVery Positive87% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Sagitta Studios
Windows
Enter the most advanced challenge laboratory of today's games, where electronics and logic merge into challenges that will captivate your mind and awaken the engineer within you!
Why similar: Education 38.7%, Logic 13.6%, Puzzle 12.4%, Simulation 11.7%, First-Person 7.2%
- #13 Manifold Garden
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,585 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Philosophical 36.5%, Difficult 23.4%, Puzzle 18%, First-Person 10.9%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #14 Dofamine
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 274 reviews2021
Dev: Whale Rock Games
Windows
You must explore the labyrinth of riddles and investigate the apocalyptic event at the research facility following the experiments with the Higgs boson, or “the God particle”.
Why similar: Science 20.1%, Physics 16.8%, Philosophical 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Simulation 8.9%
- #15 Hard Chip
87% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Elorth
Windows
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: Science 23.8%, Education 20.8%, Difficult 14.6%, Logic 14.5%, Puzzle 7.3%
- #16 Turing Complete
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,808 reviews2021
Dev: LevelHead
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Education 30.9%, Logic 28.4%, Difficult 12.7%, Simulation 11.3%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #17 Causal Loop
84% matchVery Positive93% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Mirebound InteractivePub: Headup
Windows
Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?
Why similar: Philosophical 27.6%, Logic 17.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Puzzle 10.1%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #18 Faraday Protocol
86% matchVery Positive86% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: Red Koi BoxPub: Deck13
Windows · Linux
Faraday Protocol is a first person puzzle game that will test your wits and intelligence. Use the Bia-Tool, an ancient pistol-like relic of an alien civilization, to solve puzzles by bending energy and manipulating enigmatic machinery.
Why similar: Logic 22.7%, Aliens 15.4%, Puzzle 15.4%, Sci-fi 12.8%, First-Person 10.8%
- #19 Gravulse Experimental
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 242 reviews2020
Dev: illystray CreationsPub: verkme
Windows
Welcome to Gravulse, an innovative space curvature laboratory that is trying to "flip" the laws of physics, literally. Here you have to go through many test levels using various new technologies!
Why similar: Science 31.7%, Physics 23.9%, First-Person 15.2%, Futuristic 9%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #20 The Talos Principle 2
82% matchVery Positive95% of 13,433 reviews2023
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 28.3 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
Why similar: Philosophical 23.9%, Science 15.3%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, Logic 11.2%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #21 ReThink
84% matchVery Positive82% of 293 reviews2017
Dev: Yaeko
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
As an inmate of a government-controlled Correctional Facility in the year 2275, you have the right to prove yourself worthy of being part of Society again. Show your skills in logical thinking by solving puzzles of varying size, type and difficulty in this first-Person puzzle game, and redeem your freedom!
Why similar: Logic 29.2%, Difficult 19.2%, Puzzle 16.4%, Sci-fi 13.6%, First-Person 11.3%
- #22 NeuraGun
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Whale Rock Games
Windows
NeuraGun is a third-person science fiction puzzle game. The player will have to go through a maze of mysteries that will lead him out of the tangled scientific complex.
Why similar: Puzzle 19.4%, Simulation 18.4%, Science 17.9%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #23 Cognition Method: Initiation
82% matchVery Positive83% of 464 reviews2021
Dev: Team Cognition
Windows
Free demo for Cognition Method - a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by Space Odyssey 2001 and Solaris. Discover an innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveal a non-ordinary story.
Why similar: Philosophical 25.8%, Logic 16.4%, Physics 15.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #24 The Entropy Centre
81% matchVery Positive89% of 4,470 reviews2022
Dev: Stubby GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.
Why similar: Difficult 16.7%, Physics 16%, Puzzle 14.3%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Story Rich 12.1%
- #25 Heavenly Bodies
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,534 reviews2021
Dev: 2pt Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.
Why similar: Difficult 30.7%, Physics 29.6%, Puzzle 14.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%
- #26 Chroma Zero
78% matchVery Positive96% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Logic 26.9%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Puzzle 16.1%, First-Person 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #27 He Who Watches
77% matchVery Positive97% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: Bobby VandenPub: Draknek and Friends
Windows · Mac
Walk on walls. Manipulate gravity. Discover secrets. In this first-person puzzle game, delve deep into an ancient labyrinth of intricate conundrums, seeking an imprisoned god at the centre.
Why similar: Difficult 19.3%, Logic 18.4%, Physics 17.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, First-Person 7.6%
- #28 Memorrha
81% matchMixed65% of 153 reviews2019
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Go on a voyage of discovery following the traces of a mysterious culture. Discover diverse landscapes, investigate abandoned artifacts, and wake strange machines from their slumber.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Logic 17%, Difficult 16.3%, Puzzle 12.2%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #29 The God Unit
79% matchVery Positive96% of 94 reviews2021
Dev: Cat Floor Studio
Windows · Linux
The GoD Unit is a first-person physics-based puzzle game set in a near pre-apocalyptic future, featuring the mass manipulation ability and other familiar and beloved puzzle mechanics.
Why similar: Science 24.7%, Logic 21.4%, Physics 19.3%, Puzzle 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #30 Project Chemistry
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 228 reviews2021
Dev: Ata TürkoğluPub: Espale Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 34.1%, Education 25.7%, Logic 15.3%, Puzzle 7.7%, Simulation 6%
- #31 Cypher
78% matchVery Positive90% of 953 reviews2018
Dev: Matthew Brown
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Cypher is a first person puzzle game about cryptography.
Why similar: Difficult 37.2%, Education 29.3%, Puzzle 26.9%, First-Person 6.6%
- #32 Cybernetic Fault
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 999 reviews2025
Dev: Whale Rock Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Prove your ability to read names next to the big red buttons! Show your ability to fight for life in a science center that is falling apart from the consequences of an insane scientific experiment!
Why similar: Sci-fi 22.2%, Story Rich 20.3%, Walking Simulator 15.9%, Puzzle 14%, First-Person 11.5%
- #33 Quern - Undying Thoughts
77% matchVery Positive91% of 4,096 reviews2016
Dev: Zadbox EntertainmentPub: Blue Brain Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.4%, Puzzle 20.2%, Story Rich 14.8%, First-Person 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #34 Pure Logic
76% matchVery Positive94% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: Sigmund Hoien
Windows
Explore logic symbols. Discover the rules. Solve complex puzzles. Feel the power of your logical side!
Why similar: Science 29.6%, Education 24.9%, Logic 18.4%, Difficult 17.2%, Puzzle 9%
- #35 Flux Empyrean
74% matchVery Positive96% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: ChillCash
Windows · Linux
The Flux is not keen on giving away its secrets, and you’re one of them. Sail a vast planet under a blanket of stars and use your tools and wits to remind yourself of what was lost and what could come next. An open world mystery about understanding the end of the world.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.2%, Philosophical 20.1%, Logic 12.7%, Story Rich 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #36 Take Notes
74% matchVery Positive97% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Stoneware Game Studio
Windows
Take Notes is a puzzle game set in the near future within a bunker filled with 40 unique puzzles. Prepare yourself for a mind-bending adventure where every puzzle solved brings you one step closer to stopping the unthinkable
Why similar: Logic 28.4%, Walking Simulator 20.9%, Puzzle 15.5%, Sci-fi 10.1%, First-Person 9.9%
- #37 Colorgrid
75% matchVery Positive91% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: Minimol Games
Windows · Mac
Colorgrid is a puzzle game about mixing colors in a Lab. Find the correct positions for your lasers and mirrors to get the right mix of colors in each material.
Why similar: Science 20.6%, Education 15.5%, Physics 13.5%, Difficult 13.2%, Logic 11.4%
- #38 The Shape of Time
75% matchVery Positive90% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Julien Papo
Windows
This virtual exhibition has one goal: In half an hour, it will challenge your understanding of what time is.
Why similar: Philosophical 31.5%, Science 29.1%, Physics 19.6%, Education 14.3%, First-Person 4.6%
- #39 Year Unknown
72% matchVery Positive95% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: Julian Heuser
Windows · Linux
A story-based exploration game about the very far future. With the help of two Artificial Intelligences, explore a universe conquered by humanity, uncover your purpose in it, and try to stop it from falling apart.
Why similar: Philosophical 39.2%, Walking Simulator 24.7%, Sci-fi 15.1%, First-Person 5.5%, Adventure 3.8%
- #40 Sophie's Safecracking Simulator
73% matchVery Positive97% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: Sophie Houlden
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crack simulated safe locks using real techniques!
Why similar: Education 43.8%, Simulation 20.7%, Puzzle 15.7%, Physics 14.9%, 3D 4%
- #41 Way of Rhea
71% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Games by Mason LLC
Windows · Linux
A puzzle game with challenging puzzles, but forgiving mechanics. Master the use of your color changing staff to solve mind bending puzzles, unlock new areas, and help out your friends. Undo any mistake with the press of a button.
Why similar: Difficult 29.1%, Logic 28.3%, Puzzle 15.4%, Physics 12.2%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #42 Relicta
73% matchMixed67% of 473 reviews2020
Dev: Mighty PolygonPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.
Why similar: Science 25.9%, Physics 16.9%, Logic 14.9%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Puzzle 10.1%
- #43 Rover Mechanic Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 671 reviews2020
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Pyramid Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As an Engineer - crew member of one of the first Mars colonies - you are responsible for repairing and maintaining Mars Rovers. In this advanced simulator you will learn the internal details of various Mars Rovers and their components.
Why similar: Science 28.7%, Education 25.7%, Logic 11.5%, Difficult 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #44 while True: learn()
71% matchVery Positive91% of 8,246 reviews2019
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You're a programmer. Your cat is a better one. Solve visual puzzles built from real machine learning ideas, from decision trees to neural networks, to create a cat-to-human translator. Take freelance jobs, upgrade your rig, gamble on startups, dress up the cat. No coding required, curiosity is.
Why similar: Education 42.4%, Science 27.5%, Puzzle 12.5%, Simulation 11.4%, Logic 6.1%
- #45 Rivage
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 351 reviews2026
Dev: Exnilo StudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Rivage is an immersive sci-fi puzzle adventure set aboard the A.R.E.S. space station trapped in a space phenomenon. Wake up as Miranda, forced to explore, solve intricate puzzles to unravel the fate of your missing crew.
Why similar: Science 20.8%, Philosophical 16.9%, Logic 14.6%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #46 EXOTERRA: A Space Journey
70% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: ManuHerreraDev
Windows
EXOTERRA: A Space Journey is a first-person science fiction puzzle game set aboard a stranded ship in the vast, dark expanse of outer space. Explore the HOPE-03 and uncover the mysteries it holds as you solve fully interactive escape-room-style chambers powered by a physics-based system.
Why similar: Physics 29.5%, Puzzle 17.1%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Simulation 11.5%, First-Person 9.6%
- #47 ALUMNI - Escape Room Adventure
72% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: M9 Games
Windows · Mac
An escape room inspired adventure. Play as a scientist transported back in time to memories of college, trying to escape the nightmare reality. Explore areas and take in your surroundings. Use all of your puzzle solving skills to make your way through Ridgeway College and return back to the present.
Why similar: Education 20.7%, Walking Simulator 17.2%, Science 17.2%, Logic 17.2%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #48 Exo One
68% matchVery Positive90% of 5,287 reviews2021
Dev: ExbleativePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Why similar: Philosophical 24.6%, Physics 19.2%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Story Rich 8%
- #49 LIT: Bend the Light
70% matchVery Positive94% of 325 reviews2020
Dev: Copperglass
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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: Science 23.5%, Education 17.9%, Physics 14%, Logic 12.3%, Difficult 12.1%
- #50 Nucleares
69% matchVery Positive84% of 1,171 reviews2023
Dev: Iván Marcelo PrettiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nuclear Reactor Simulator: Take Control. Prevent Disaster. Power the World.
Why similar: Science 35.9%, Walking Simulator 17.1%, Logic 15.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #51 Periapsis: Eclipse
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Skytrellis Games
Windows
Conquer the Settled Galaxy in Periapsis: Eclipse where gravity, heat and the physics of space are the keys to conquest. Master orbital mechanics, real-world inspired weapons and nuclear rockets to outmaneuver dozens of hostile ships and claim victory for the Exiled Empire.
Why similar: Science 56.9%, Physics 20.7%, Simulation 11%, Sci-fi 6.6%, 3D 4.2%
- #52 BAIONLENJA
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 555 reviews2025
Dev: BAION
Windows
First-Person Adventure that focuses on Source-Engine inspired movement physics. Explore an impossibly huge research facility using physics-breaking abilities granted by a mysterious fossil monolith. Evolve to reach new areas and fight strange machines roaming the laboratories.
Why similar: Physics 36.5%, Sci-fi 18.1%, First-Person 18%, Futuristic 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.9%
- #53 The Qubit Factory
68% matchVery Positive98% of 56 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: Education 22.6%, Science 19.7%, Logic 19%, Puzzle 13.4%, Physics 12.6%
- #54 Playback Loop
68% matchVery Positive94% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: MapPack
Windows
Carefully capture tracks of your actions, then play them back to solve puzzles with the aid of your recorded ghosts. Immerse yourself in a cerebral first-person puzzle platformer, where strategically thinking several steps ahead is the key to success.
Why similar: Difficult 29.8%, Science 22.6%, Physics 20%, Puzzle 10.7%, First-Person 8.5%
- #55 Chromatic Conundrum
65% matchVery Positive99% of 369 reviews2026
Dev: Digs
Windows
Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.
Why similar: Physics 26.9%, Puzzle 19.4%, Sci-fi 16.4%, First-Person 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #56 Phil in the Mirror
66% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Lunanod
Windows
More than just an anomaly hunt, this is a knowledge-based game. Uncover the truth behind the anomalies and confront a massive narrative. Countless documents will be your guide toward the singular truth. Experience unique mechanics and deep puzzles.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.8%, Puzzle 20.8%, Story Rich 16.7%, Simulation 10%, First-Person 7.5%
- #57 Nuclear Design Bureau
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 328 reviews2026
Dev: Design Bureau KB-11
Windows
Design. Simulate. Detonate. As a junior engineer at the Kurchatov Institute, you design atomic devices to satisfy the demands of the State. A hardcore physics game simulating hydrodynamics, neutron transport, and thermonuclear fusion.
Why similar: Science 38%, Physics 19.4%, Difficult 19.2%, Puzzle 9.9%, Simulation 9.2%
- #58 The Art of Reflection
65% matchVery Positive97% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: Hydrozoa
Windows
Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.
Why similar: Logic 34.6%, Puzzle 25.1%, First-Person 18.6%, Atmospheric 8.7%, 3D 6.5%
- #59 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
65% matchVery Positive92% of 3,475 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Why similar: Science 34.6%, Physics 20.9%, Difficult 18.6%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Simulation 7.4%
- #60 Luna's Wandering Stars
71% matchMixed59% of 123 reviews2015
Dev: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A planetary physics game that challenges you to master the powers of the universe. Use orbital mechanics to maneuver the trajectories of moons, with the powers of changing gravity, creating black holes, forming wormholes, and even shooting lasers!
Why similar: Simulation 44.8%, Physics 30.2%, Puzzle 25%