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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 21%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Sandbox 10.8%, Nature 9.8%, Abstract 9.7%

Graviton is a falling sand simulator in which you define your own interactive sand art. Sit back, relax, and draw from existing sand materials. Or take time to learn and create your own sands with complex rules. The possibilities are endless!

Why similar: Abstract 17.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Physics 12.5%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Relaxing 9.3%

Enter the world of tiny, virtual protozoa. Take control of one in free play to just explore or attempt to outlast another in a variety of custom boards. The controls are simple, but in the spirit of experimentation you'll have to figure them out on your own by playing...

Why similar: Science 21.5%, Abstract 14.7%, Sandbox 13%, Simulation 12.4%, Exploration 10.6%

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 25.2%, Education 17.2%, Sandbox 17%, Simulation 13.1%, Physics 12.6%

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: Sandbox 17.8%, Automation 16.8%, Science 14.9%, Education 10.9%, Physics 8.8%

Unknot! is a physics-simulation puzzle game where you unknot knots with simple controls, based on knot theory. Blending art, puzzles, and math, it delivers a unique experience—whether you’re a casual player or a hardcore puzzle enthusiast.

Why similar: Science 22.5%, Abstract 21%, Physics 17.7%, Minimalist 13.6%, Simulation 10.8%

An evolution simulation game. Take control of your species in the environment and edit your species as a whole. Compete with other evolving species for resources on an alien planet.

Why similar: Science 26.9%, Sandbox 16.8%, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Education 12.5%, Nature 10.4%

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: Sandbox 26.2%, Science 20.8%, Nature 18%, Abstract 12.9%, Simulation 11.2%

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 26.6%, Sandbox 21.1%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Simulation 13.1%, Education 13.1%

FireStarter 2 is a simplified forest fire simulation game that offers a first approach to fire science for all.

Why similar: Science 27.8%, Sandbox 20.8%, Simulation 16.7%, Nature 14.5%, Procedural Generation 12.1%

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 33.7%, Simulation 13.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Education 10.7%

Explore the beauty of math with this real-time terrain engine. Control 13 generation variables to see exactly how algorithms shape landscapes.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 28.9%, Sandbox 23.3%, Simulation 18.7%, Relaxing 11.7%, Nature 10.7%

A sandbox adventure where every pixel is physically and chemically simulated! Build intricate, fully functional machines from the pixels around you. Harvest, react, and manipulate all 118 elements to craft everything from simple tools to complex systems.

Why similar: Science 26.3%, Sandbox 18.3%, Crafting 14.1%, Physics 13.2%, Education 11.3%

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 26.7%, Sandbox 22%, Simulation 17.8%, Education 16.8%, Physics 16.3%

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: Automation 15%, Sandbox 14.8%, Science 14.7%, Physics 11.4%, Procedural Generation 10%

Explore real digital life in The Bibites! Play god by guiding your bibites on their evolutionary journey or engineer your own. Analyze their Neural Network brains and genetic information as they adapt to their environments. Save your favorites and test their strength in Challenge Mode!

Why similar: Science 22%, Sandbox 14.9%, Education 11.8%, Artificial Intelligence 11.6%, Physics 11.4%

Practice Alchemistry, aka the art of merging elements to discover new ones! Solve challenges or play freely to discover every element. Craft the entire world from fire to life.

Why similar: Science 21.2%, Sandbox 13.7%, Abstract 12.9%, Education 11.9%, Crafting 11.1%

A 2D sandbox game with pixel physics. Freely place sand, water, lava, creatures, and physical entities. Watch them interact via gravity, fluids, and explosions. Chop trees, build structures, design circuits, trigger massive chain reactions, or simply create your own ecosystem!

Why similar: Sandbox 22.8%, Crafting 14.6%, Automation 12.4%, Physics 11%, Nature 10.1%

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 21.7%, Sandbox 20.8%, Simulation 15.1%, Education 10%, Procedural Generation 8.6%

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 20.7%, Sandbox 14.4%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Abstract 11.5%, Education 9.6%

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%, Automation 19.3%, Sandbox 19.1%, Education 17.1%, Physics 12.4%

Build a factory for the galaxy's pickiest customers: cats. Automate production, route goods and cats to your stores, and grow across surface and underground layers. Experiment with machine learning to improve your business, with no enemies to interrupt your plans.

Why similar: Science 20.3%, Automation 14.8%, Sandbox 12.8%, Education 10.8%, Crafting 10.3%

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 30.7%, Physics 19.6%, Education 17%, Simulation 12%, Stylized 11%

Protect the environment, and save it from harm! Give commands to the animals, observe their rituals and help them survive. Face different disasters, react to human presence and help the animal kingdom flourish in this unique, environmental experience!

Why similar: Science 20.2%, Sandbox 15.7%, Education 11.7%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Nature 9.9%

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: Science 24.4%, Sandbox 16.7%, Physics 14.1%, Education 10.6%, Nature 10.2%

Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.

Why similar: Automation 20.3%, Sandbox 17%, Abstract 16%, Crafting 11.8%, Education 11.3%

You are the last chance for humanity, Terraform, Build, Save Humanity one pixel at a time.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.4%, Simulation 21.1%, Automation 17.6%, Exploration 12.2%, Crafting 11.5%

Desktop and VR interactive space experience/game. Fan homage to SpaceX's efforts of inspiring humanity to finally become a spacefaring civilization! Experience launches, flights and landings of starships first-hand, engage with challenging mini-games, explore funny memes and more. :-)

Why similar: Science 23.9%, Sandbox 15.5%, Automation 14.9%, Physics 12.1%, Artificial Intelligence 11.3%

Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.

Why similar: Science 26.8%, Sandbox 18.4%, Education 13.3%, Nature 11.5%, Crafting 11.1%

Gas reaction simulator. Build the ultimate jet engine, solve puzzles, or just make everything explode!

Why similar: Science 27.5%, Sandbox 22.2%, Simulation 17.5%, Education 17.1%, Automation 7.6%

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 29.6%, Education 14.4%, Crafting 13.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Stylized 7.7%

A casual 2.5D physics oriented game about building unorthodox contraptions to solve puzzles with a variety of items at disposal

Why similar: Science 27.8%, Sandbox 19.5%, Education 15.3%, Physics 14.5%, Minimalist 9.1%

Automatica is a 2D automation and management game inspired by titles like Factorio and Shapez, but with a twist on the traditional conveyor belt system. Connecting buildings is now as easy as dragging them inside each other

Why similar: Automation 26.7%, Abstract 19.5%, Sandbox 11.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Crafting 10.1%

With just a few sliders you can make beautiful structures from millions of little creatures following each other.

Why similar: Sandbox 23.2%, Automation 22.4%, Education 20.7%, Simulation 20.3%, Relaxing 9.9%

To survive, you must guide your species through a constantly changing world. Compete with strange creatures for food and territory, and find your niche through careful evolutionary choices. The real question is not if you can survive, but for how long.

Why similar: Science 22.9%, Sandbox 15.8%, Procedural Generation 15.2%, Education 10.7%, Nature 9.4%

Fold & Fly is a relaxing yet fast-paced flying game where you guide a paper plane through whimsical worlds. Collect stars to raise your score, catch origami dragonflies to open portals, explore infinite, procedurally generated dreamscapes and use seeds to create new maps and save your favorites.

Why similar: Abstract 20.4%, Procedural Generation 16.2%, Physics 14.5%, Sandbox 12.8%, Minimalist 9.5%

"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!

Why similar: Science 17.7%, Sandbox 17.2%, Physics 12%, Automation 11.5%, Education 11%

Create and evolve your own digital lifeforms! Watch or interact as your creations adapt and thrive in a world governed by the laws of physics. Download now and start your own evolutionary journey!

Why similar: Science 22.7%, Sandbox 16.1%, Procedural Generation 15%, Automation 12.7%, Nature 10.8%

Every chip is a PNG image. Draw circuits where wire length and timing actually matter.

Why similar: Sandbox 16.6%, Science 16.4%, Automation 14.2%, Education 11.8%, Design & Illustration 11% ★

Explore a universe of tiny planets, swing between worlds, and jump into handcrafted bubble scenes. Train simple AI companions to follow you and join your adventures. A playful physics sandbox you can enjoy solo, online, or in split-screen.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.6%, Procedural Generation 19.7%, Physics 16.2%, Artificial Intelligence 12.6%, Exploration 11%

Neat particles is a small particle simulation toy in which you explore and play around with randomly generated interesting/weird/preety particle behaviors and patterns. (Does not use AI or machine learning of any kind)

Why similar: Abstract 25.3%, Sandbox 22.2%, Simulation 19.5%, Design & Illustration 17.7% ★, Procedural Generation 11.4%

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 32.1%, Sandbox 25.8%, Nature 16.7%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Simulation 11.8%

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 28.7%, Sandbox 21.7%, Physics 16.7%, Education 12.8%, Simulation 9.9%

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 20.5%, Sandbox 18.3%, Abstract 15.7%, Education 13.4%, Crafting 12.4%

GlowCore is a singleplayer progression game focused on resource gathering and gradual world expansion. In the center of the world lies the GlowCore. The goal is to expand the world by feeding the GlowCore with wood and other resources.

Why similar: Automation 20.4%, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 12.3%, Minimalist 10.3%, Nature 10.1%

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 18.8%, Sandbox 16.9%, Automation 15.7%, Abstract 15.1%, Education 11.3%

Guide thousands of glowing little creatures home by drawing paths through calm, living puzzles.

Why similar: Abstract 19.7%, Sandbox 15.6%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Physics 12.8%, Design & Illustration 11.1% ★

Minimalist style domino sandbox. Build your domino effect with unlimited pieces, customizable colors and reversibility.

Why similar: Sandbox 23.3%, Minimalist 17.9%, Physics 16.1%, Relaxing 13.1%, Crafting 10.5%

Survive and Change is a fantasy-based survival evolution game located in a twisted world where strange creatures roam around and consume each other. In order to survive, you must craft yourself into a weapon through careful evolutionary choices. Can you do it though?

Why similar: Abstract 24.2%, Science 21.7%, Simulation 20%, Exploration 12.8%, Procedural Generation 11.1%

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 18.8%, Sandbox 18.5%, Abstract 18.3%, Physics 14.1%, Exploration 10%

A pulse crosses one cell per tick — the longer way arrives later. From that one rule you build machines out of light: lay conduits, split colours, hit the beat. Quiet, untimed, free.

Why similar: Abstract 21.8%, Sandbox 21.2%, Simulation 16.6%, Automation 13.2%, Minimalist 12.1%

A planet-building sandbox where you create entire worlds from the ground up. Generate unique planets, shape vast landscapes, and use interconnected simulations inspired by real-world processes to bring your fantasy planet to life.

Why similar: Sandbox 21.5%, Science 20.2%, Procedural Generation 20%, Simulation 16.6%, Exploration 9.3%

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 33.5%, Sandbox 25.8%, Physics 17.4%, Simulation 11.4%, Relaxing 8.8%

Discover the fun of zombie genetics in this physics based puzzle game. Explore dozens of levels in the micro-cosmos, as you combine simple shapes into complex molecules to help mend broken bones, ward off nasty viruses, and revive cells.

Why similar: Science 26.3%, Abstract 17.8%, Sandbox 17.2%, Physics 14.4%, Crafting 13.8%

It is a non-objective sandbox builder. Build in a procedurally generated world. No management, no combat, no goals, no objectives, no points.

Why similar: Sandbox 27.6%, Procedural Generation 26.5%, Minimalist 20.2%, Simulation 14.5%, Relaxing 11%

Grow colonies of fluorescent cells that mutate, swarm, and devour each other in a petri dish arena. Propagate a unique biology of your own as you compete against rival labs in a detailed artificial life simulation.

Why similar: Science 20.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Physics 10.6%, Crafting 9.7%

Decay is an incremental game in which you are tasked with using your trusty particle launcher to create ever-larger and more unstable atomic nuclei, witnessing longer and more complex atomic decay chains and aiming to discover all the isotopes!

Why similar: Science 36.6%, Automation 22.7%, Physics 17.2%, Simulation 13%, Minimalist 10.3%

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 23.3%, Automation 18.7%, Education 18.3%, Simulation 14.9%, Physics 12.2%

Welcome to my first game! Enjoy total freedom in this sandbox domino builder. Play with physics, test out unique special dominoes to spice things up, or use the image-to-domino generator for instant fun. Build, experiment, and have fun knocking them down!

Why similar: Sandbox 29.8%, Simulation 24.6%, Minimalist 20%, Physics 14.4%, Relaxing 10.9%