Games Like Particulars

Guide your puddle of fluid through a vast range of environments and puzzles!

Why similar: Physics 33.8%, Puzzle 33.6%, Indie 32.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Particulars, this game focuses on manipulating fluid physics through challenging, obstacle-filled environments.

A carefully created world with unique environments and an engrossing atmosphere, Unmechanical offers over 30 unique puzzles of exploration and adventure!

Why similar: Puzzle 46.3%, Indie 32.3%, Physics 21.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar blend of physics-based puzzle solving and atmospheric exploration in a mechanical, sci-fi setting.

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: Puzzle 53.9%, Physics 46.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person physics puzzle game that relies heavily on gravity and magnetism, echoing the scientific themes of Particulars.

And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platformer, set in a unique world, made of ripped paper. Within the paper-collage you can jump, run and last but certainly not least: rotate the world. Learn how to apply the physical consequences of rotation to master the many tricky situations you may encounter.

Why similar: Physics 41.8%, Puzzle 32.1%, Indie 26.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title uses physics-based rotation mechanics to solve puzzles, which feels very similar to the spatial logic required in Particulars.

Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack. Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax - good things come to those who wait.

Why similar: Puzzle 42.3%, Indie 35.2%, Physics 22.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the subatomic, particle-like movement and gravity-based mechanics that define the feel of Particulars.

An addictive physics-based vehicle building puzzle game. Build weird and wonderful vehicles using whatever you can find. Master rockets, balloons, parachutes and more. Save as many Keebles as you can, and be quick - the Whale at the End of the World won't wait forever.

Why similar: Indie 59.4%, Physics 40.6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on physics-based building and momentum, requiring the same kind of careful planning and execution found in the seed game.

Inspired by two not so different worlds, Mind Spheres brings you an exclusive and awesome experience. A physics puzzle with minigolf + pinball unique mashup. Figure out puzzles in order to proceed to the next level.

Why similar: Puzzle 45.5%, Physics 41.5%, Indie 13%

Why You'll Like It: It combines precision-platforming with physics-based puzzles, requiring the same level of focus as the seed game.

Art Of Gravity is a voxel/physics based puzzle game, revolving around the theme of destroying abstract figures, which results in mesmerizing displays of dance of gravity.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.1%, Indie 37.1%, Physics 24.8%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that focuses entirely on gravity-based interactions and object destruction.

Gravity Ghost is a physics game with a twist. Run, jump, and soar around planets, using gravity to glide through the air. Explore a shattered galaxy and rescue its survivors, armed with powerups and mysterious terraforming powers. Meet the 7 magical guardians and best their challenges. There's no killing, no dying, and no way to fail.

Why similar: Physics 43%, Indie 41.8%, Puzzle 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes fluid, physics-based movement through space, capturing the ethereal and scientific aesthetic of the seed game.

Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Indie 60.3%, Puzzle 39.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game features arcade-style movement based on wave physics, matching the high-speed, particle-focused gameplay of the seed.

A puzzle game about magnets designed for human brains.

Why similar: Indie 63.1%, Puzzle 36.9%

Why You'll Like It: A clever 2D puzzle game that uses magnetism and physics to navigate levels, feeling like a simplified, logic-focused cousin to Particulars.

Discover the world of light physics: play with lasers, prisms, mirrors, magnets and dozens of other optical devices. Explore the world of Optika with Prof. Opticus and his assistant, Sofia! Research and complete more than one hundred challenging puzzles!

Why similar: Indie 71.9%, Puzzle 28.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features light and physics-based puzzles that require careful manipulation of the environment to succeed.

Radium is a minimalist and physics-based skill game, featuring unique game controls.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist physics game where you control a glowing particle through hazardous environments, mirroring the subatomic theme.

World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.

Why similar: Puzzle 45.3%, Physics 30.7%, Indie 24%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes complex physics and structural integrity mechanics to solve puzzles in a way that feels tactile and rewarding.

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.

Why similar: Puzzle 42.5%, Physics 31.6%, Indie 25.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic physics puzzle game that rewards creative problem-solving using gravity and object interaction.

Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!

Why similar: Puzzle 70.1%, Physics 29.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game explores physics-based puzzles through the manipulation of dimensions and gravity, fitting the scientific theme perfectly.

The great arcade challenge in physics based platform world. Join the hardcore journey of 200 levels with puzzle elements and claim the title of Ultimate Solid!

Why similar: Indie 43.6%, Puzzle 29.3%, Physics 27.1%

Why You'll Like It: It blends action and physics-based puzzle solving, providing a similar mix of twitch gameplay and logic.

Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.

Why similar: Puzzle 52.6%, Indie 47.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses time-manipulation to solve physics puzzles, offering a cerebral challenge similar to the logic found in the seed.

A lovely logical puzzle game about the many-worlds interpretation and quantum mechanics.

Why similar: Puzzle 71.7%, Indie 28.3%

Critical Mass is an action puzzle game that takes traditional match 3 and brings it into the world of 3D.

Why similar: Puzzle 60.4%, Indie 39.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that requires matching and clearing elements, sharing the core 'particle' theme of the seed.

2D puzzle-action game in black and white

Why similar: Indie 45.4%, Puzzle 31.4%, Physics 23.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that uses physics-based mechanics to navigate and clear levels.

Adventures of different characters with their unique atmosphere and puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle 49%, Indie 36.6%, Physics 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle platformer that uses physics to navigate complex, multi-dimensional levels.

An addictive physics-based mix of a shoot'em up and arkanoid. Defeat all the enemies while you keep the ball alive in this frantic retro-styled arcade game.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: This arcade-action game features physics-based movement and combat in a space setting.

A physics puzzle game like no other! You are inside the big old machine. There are rusty gears and shafts all around you, along with interactive objects such as planks and cubes. Use each object and place the wheel on the platform – easy!

Why similar: Indie 37.7%, Puzzle 37.2%, Physics 25%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric physics puzzle game that emphasizes mechanical movement and environmental interaction.

In ION ASSAULT players wield thousands of Ion Particles to blast, fry and disrupt anything on screen as you see fit! GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST: By centering its gameplay around its unique fluid and particle physics system, ION ASSAULT adds a twist to arcade style space shooters!

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade shooter that focuses on particle-based combat, capturing the high-speed action elements of the seed game.

Gravity Field is a spatial-logic puzzle game with time inverted objects, with no top or bottom.

Why similar: Puzzle 39.8%, Physics 36.5%, Indie 23.7%

Phat Stacks is puzzle platformer, physics based addictive arcade game that is all about collecting crystals by building platforms and controlling an alien lifeform across these platforms

Why similar: Indie 100%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based stacking game that requires careful balance and spatial awareness to complete levels.

Pixplode is a 3d puzzle game with 2d physics mechanics. At first glance puzzle seem to be impossible to solve, but why not to change the view of the whole level? Over 40 detailed levels allow you to rack your brains for a long time!

Why similar: Indie 50%, Puzzle 50%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses physics and chain reactions to solve puzzles, capturing the explosive, particle-heavy feel of the seed.

Merge planets together in this puzzle game with soft physics. Can you make it to the sun? Can you merge two suns? Find out for science!

Why similar: Puzzle 51.3%, Physics 38.5%, Indie 10.2%

In a world where inhabitants live in the sky on floating islands made of cubes, a disaster threatens to make the population fall into the depths. Use the magic paint in this puzzle game to stuck cubes together and avoid the disaster.

Why similar: Indie 41.7%, Puzzle 41.1%, Physics 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that focuses on balance and structural stability in a minimalist environment.

Mission: Translate an interstellar message, using the universal languages of math & science.

Why similar: Puzzle 76.3%, Indie 23.7%

Gravitia is an adventure game about manipulating gravity to escape a unique world full of mystery.

Why similar: Puzzle 53.1%, Physics 39.1%, Indie 7.8%

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: Puzzle 41%, Physics 35.3%, Indie 23.7%

Atomic Reconstruction is a atmospheric Puzzle game, where you have to use the power of fusion and fission to create and modify specific atoms or groups of atoms.

Why similar: Indie 49.7%, Puzzle 28.4%, Physics 21.9%

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: Puzzle 52.8%, Physics 47.2%

As a subatomic particle you start a journey into subatomic space! This arcade title takes you to the limits of your reaction speed - and with the powerful level editor you can create even harder challenges!

Why similar: Indie 100%

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: Puzzle 56.9%, Physics 27.4%, Indie 15.7%

Merri Puzzle is a physics based puzzle solving game, with a unique look and feel to it. The goal is simple, getting an object, often a ball to the end of a maze.

Why similar: Indie 40.5%, Puzzle 33%, Physics 26.5%

Schrödinger’s Cat is a fun, frantic, wacky and colourful puzzle-laden platform game. Following an emergency, the Particle Zoo is overrun with hungry leptons, sticky-fingered gluons and massive bosons. Schrödinger’s Cat must sort out this chaos!

Why similar: Indie 100%

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: Puzzle 49.6%, Physics 35.1%, Indie 15.4%

Experimental minimal physical puzzle with explosions.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.9%, Indie 36.4%, Physics 25.7%

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: Indie 41.7%, Puzzle 36.1%, Physics 22.2%

Experience the mind bending power of single player cooperation. Project Temporality is a third person action/puzzle game built around the concept of allowing the player to play with time. Thanks to our propriety engine Sparta 3D we make the fourth dimension as available as the other three.

Why similar: Puzzle 50%, Indie 50%

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: Puzzle 43.9%, Physics 40.1%, Indie 15.9%

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: Physics 100%

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 62.7%, Puzzle 21.3%, Physics 16%

Ilamentia is an experimental abstract puzzler where you must first discover the level mechanics before solving them. Delve into mysterious mind-bending levels that each have unique mechanics to explore that will test the limits of every facet of your cognitive faculties.

Why similar: Puzzle 61%, Indie 39%

Sethian is a sci-fi puzzle game in which you master a fictitious language. The only surviving speaker is an ancient computer. Does it hold the answers behind the disappearance of the Sethianese people?

Why similar: Indie 54.6%, Puzzle 45.4%

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: Physics 100%

Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.

Why similar: Indie 47.4%, Physics 26.3%, Puzzle 26.3%

A dynamic clicker puzzle simulating real physics.

Why similar: Indie 63.6%, Puzzle 36.4%

A unique abstract puzzle game with an emphasis on lateral thinking. Use catalysts to build compounds and manipulate cell structures. 100 puzzle levels and a level editor to create your own custom puzzle designs.

Why similar: Puzzle 55.5%, Indie 44.5%

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: Puzzle 49.3%, Indie 26%, Physics 24.7%

Classic 2D platforming that blends elements of: Nikola Tesla, puzzles, inventions, 1800's-era undead and a sprinkling of the maniacal Thomas Edison. Throw in a dash of randomly generating level sectors, a zesty squeeze of items and a pinch of indie love... Tasty!

Why similar: Indie 100%

A unique puzzle game : a nonviolent trickshooting challenge with gamepad VR option.

Why similar: Indie 44.4%, Puzzle 29.8%, Physics 25.8%

Discover what lies beyond our reality with Alchemy. A portal-like experience that will challenge you to think with potions while trying to solve the mysteries of this strange new place.

Why similar: Puzzle 100%