- #1 Poly Bridge 3
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,176 reviews2023
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The best just got better! Rediscover your engineering creativity in this genre-defining bridge engineering and puzzle solving masterpiece.
Why similar: Building 26.3%, Level Editor 15.9%, Physics 15.9%, Simulation 13.2%, Puzzle 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: The direct successor to the seed game, offering refined physics, new materials, and expanded level-building tools.
- #2 Poly Bridge
96% matchVery Positive91% of 18,944 reviews2016
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 22.9%, Physics 12%, Level Editor 8.6%, Difficult 7.1%, Sandbox 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the series' signature blend of bridge-building, physics simulation, and puzzle-solving.
- #3 Besiege
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 53,310 reviews2020
Dev: Spiderling Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Building 25.4%, Level Editor 20.8%, Physics 17%, Sandbox 15.9%, Puzzle 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based building game where you construct medieval siege engines to destroy structures, sharing the same satisfying mechanical experimentation.
- #4 Bridge Constructor Portal
95% matchVery Positive92% of 7,543 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 23.7%, Physics 16.8%, Puzzle 12.7%, Level Editor 10.7%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines the core bridge-building mechanics of the genre with the iconic humor and puzzle elements of the Portal universe.
- #5 Trailmakers
94% matchVery Positive92% of 39,576 reviews2019
Dev: Flashbulb
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.
Why similar: Building 28.9%, Physics 19%, Crafting 18.7%, Sandbox 17.7%, Family Friendly 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building vehicles from modular parts to navigate challenging environments, emphasizing physics-based movement and structural integrity.
- #6 World of Goo 2
94% matchVery Positive87% of 885 reviews2025
Dev: 2D BOY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Build bridges, grow towers, terraform terrain, and fuel flying machines in the stunning followup to the multi-award winning World of Goo. The world is beautiful, dangerous, and evolving.
Why similar: Building 40.8%, Physics 28.9%, Puzzle 15.7%, Family Friendly 8.3%, Cute 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game where you build structures using living, sticky balls, emphasizing structural stability and clever design.
- #7 Scrap Mechanic
91% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 34.4%, Crafting 18.4%, Physics 18.2%, Sandbox 18%, Simulation 5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep creative sandbox where players build complex machines and contraptions using a robust physics engine.
- #8 When Ski Lifts Go Wrong
93% matchVery Positive86% of 888 reviews2019
Dev: Hugecalf StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ride into a hilarious construction puzzler; packed with over 100 creative physics-based challenges, sports and bloody disasters! Build contraptions to help every passenger reach their destination. Enjoy the sports by controlling your riders away from (or towards if you feel like it) peril!
Why similar: Building 28.5%, Physics 16.7%, Level Editor 16.4%, Sandbox 13.5%, Simulation 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features similar bridge and structure-building mechanics, but with a focus on creating functional ski lift systems that must survive physics-based stress.
- #9 Main Assembly
92% matchVery Positive83% of 1,355 reviews2021
Dev: Bad Yolk GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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: Building 26.5%, Sandbox 16.9%, Physics 16.4%, Crafting 15.8%, Education 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: A highly creative engineering game that allows you to build complex robots and vehicles with a focus on physics and logic.
- #10 Bridge Constructor
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,764 reviews2013
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Become an appraised bridge engineer and architect in Bridge Constructor. Create and design your own constructions and watch the cars and trucks pass over them - or see them fall and crash while your inferior creations collapse due to weight and the laws of physics!
Why similar: Building 34.3%, Physics 25.8%, Simulation 20.6%, Puzzle 14.2%, Indie 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: The classic bridge-building experience that focuses on material management and structural load-bearing in various environments.
- #11 SimplePlanes
90% matchVery Positive93% of 10,914 reviews2015
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build airplanes by snapping parts together, designing wing sections, and attaching engines. At any time, you can strap yourself into the cockpit and see how it flies with realistic physics. If you're not in the mood for building, over 100,000 airplanes are available to download for free.
Why similar: Building 37.9%, Physics 25%, Sandbox 23.7%, Funny 6.9%, Strategy 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A flight-focused engineering game where you design and test aircraft, requiring a deep understanding of aerodynamics and structural balance.
- #12 The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
87% matchVery Positive92% of 717 reviews2023
Dev: PeatyTurf
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Put your engineering and problem solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game! Enjoy the freedom of completely gridless 3D sandbox building combined with hilarious ragdoll third person controls, offering a truly unique and hilarious "Enjeniring" experience!
Why similar: Building 24.3%, Sandbox 20.3%, Physics 18.8%, Difficult 11.8%, Puzzle 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-heavy building game that focuses on the structural challenges of construction with a humorous, ragdoll-based twist.
- #13 Crazy Machines 3
88% matchVery Positive94% of 10,106 reviews2016
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.
Why similar: Physics 30.2%, Puzzle 17.7%, Simulation 14.9%, Sandbox 14.9%, Building 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A complex puzzle game centered on building Rube Goldberg-style machines to solve physics-based objectives.
- #14 Bridge Project
89% matchMixed47% of 782 reviews2013
Dev: Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KGPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Build A Bridge... and Get Over It!The Bridge Project is the successor to the original and award-winning Bridge Builder simulation, all amateur designers and structural engineers finally have a new challenge on their PC.
Why similar: Building 48.6%, Simulation 24.4%, Physics 18.7%, Puzzle 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic bridge-building simulator that emphasizes the technical aspects of structural engineering and load testing.
- #15 Bridge! 2
89% matchMostly Negative38% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: toxtronyx interactive GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Toxtronyx have now realised their game “Bridge2!” on the powerful Unity engine. Very realistic visuals and lots of new features as well as the possibility to create one’s own levels helped create a completely new game.
Why similar: Building 32.3%, Physics 20.4%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 7%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated bridge-building puzzle game that challenges players to create stable structures under strict budget and material constraints.
- #16 Fantastic Contraption
86% 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: Building 25.2%, Level Editor 21.6%, Physics 17%, Education 12.1%, Puzzle 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal physics-based puzzle game where you build bizarre machines to transport objects across complex levels.
- #17 Contraption Maker
86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,317 reviews2014
Dev: Kevin RyanPub: Top Meadow
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.
Why similar: Level Editor 22.3%, Building 19.6%, Sandbox 14.3%, Physics 14.1%, Puzzle 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine, focusing on building intricate, physics-driven contraptions to solve puzzles.
- #18 Bridge Constructor Medieval
85% matchVery Positive82% of 610 reviews2014
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Bridge Constructor Medieval turns back the clock a few centuries to the time of knights and castles. Build sturdy bridges to supply your city with provisions - or cunningly constructed bridges that collapse under the weight of attacking troops, sending the horde of enemies into the abyss below.
Why similar: Building 46%, Simulation 25.3%, Physics 13.3%, Puzzle 9.7%, Indie 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Adds a thematic layer to the bridge-building formula, requiring players to build structures that can withstand enemy attacks.
- #19 Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 353 reviews2020
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead combines the legendary and challenging puzzle gameplay of Bridge Constructor™ with the post-apocalyptic zombie universe of AMC’s The Walking Dead.
Why similar: Building 19.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Physics 12.9%, Crafting 10.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates the bridge-building genre with survival elements, requiring players to build structures that protect survivors from zombie hordes.
- #20 Railbound
82% matchVery Positive94% of 1,940 reviews2022
Dev: Afterburn
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A relaxing puzzle game about fixing train connections and travelling the world - now with a level editor!
Why similar: Building 37.3%, Difficult 25.6%, Puzzle 14.8%, Strategy 7.5%, Cartoony 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game about connecting tracks that requires careful planning and logical thinking, similar to the planning phase of bridge building.
- #21 Townscaper
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,651 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.
Why similar: Building 39.8%, Sandbox 24.4%, Simulation 10.7%, Family Friendly 9.3%, Stylized 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, experimental building game that focuses on the joy of construction and aesthetic design without the pressure of physics.
- #22 World of Goo
83% matchVery Positive94% of 6,603 reviews2008
Dev: 2D BOYPub: 2D BOY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
Why similar: Physics 27.4%, Great Soundtrack 21.6%, Puzzle 21.2%, Building 12.9%, Difficult 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: The original physics-based puzzle game that rewards creative structural design and careful resource management.
- #23 Bridge It +
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 147 reviews2013
Dev: Chronic LogicPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
A stunning, beautiful world awaits as you take on the challenge of bridging the chasm. Can you solve the puzzles and avert disaster?
Why similar: Building 46.2%, Simulation 25.6%, Physics 20.5%, Puzzle 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic bridge-building title that focuses on realistic physics and the challenge of spanning difficult terrain.
- #24 Crayon Physics Deluxe
82% matchVery Positive86% of 1,176 reviews2009
Dev: Kloonigames
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 28%
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: Physics 33.9%, Puzzle 24%, Family Friendly 9.3%, Level Editor 7.8%, Sandbox 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A charming puzzle game where your hand-drawn creations come to life with physics, requiring creative solutions to reach goals.
- #25 Kerbal Space Program
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 147,368 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 66.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Building 22.7%, Sandbox 20.9%, Physics 20.6%, Education 11.9%, Simulation 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep space-flight simulation that requires extensive building and testing of rockets, emphasizing real-world physics and orbital mechanics.
- #26 Baba Is You
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 24,648 reviews2019
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Why similar: Difficult 35.4%, Puzzle 31.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, Level Editor 8%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A logic-based puzzle game that challenges your understanding of rules and mechanics, appealing to the same problem-solving mindset as engineering games.
- #27 Mini Motorways
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,480 reviews2021
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: Building 28.6%, Simulation 19.5%, Puzzle 15.5%, Strategy 14.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.6%
- #28 Tricky Towers
79% matchVery Positive90% of 16,512 reviews2016
Dev: WeirdBeard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.
Why similar: Building 31.7%, Physics 21.9%, Puzzle 12.9%, Family Friendly 8.3%, Cartoony 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game where you must stack blocks to build a stable tower, emphasizing balance and structural integrity.
- #29 SpaceChem
79% matchVery Positive92% of 5,094 reviews2011
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
Why similar: Difficult 35.8%, Puzzle 33.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Education 3.8%, Indie 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: While more logic-focused, it shares the engineering spirit of building complex, automated systems to solve intricate puzzles.
- #30 Autonauts
78% matchVery Positive89% of 4,970 reviews2019
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
Why similar: Building 29%, Crafting 22.2%, Sandbox 18.3%, Simulation 17.6%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and automating systems, appealing to players who enjoy the technical and logical side of construction games.
- #31 Infinifactory
78% matchVery Positive95% of 2,485 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Building 33.4%, Sandbox 18%, Puzzle 17.7%, Difficult 12.4%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D puzzle game about building automated factories that requires spatial reasoning and mechanical design skills.
- #32 Fantastic Contraption Classic 1 & 2
77% matchVery Positive98% of 97 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 26%, Physics 19.6%, Education 10.6%, Sandbox 10.3%, Simulation 9.9%
- #33 Planet Coaster
76% matchVery Positive91% of 72,226 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
Why similar: Building 38%, Sandbox 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Family Friendly 7.9%
- #34 shapez 2 - Factory
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,399 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 29.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.
Why similar: Building 31.6%, Crafting 19.8%, Sandbox 18.2%, Puzzle 11.2%, Simulation 9.2%
- #35 Freeways
75% matchVery Positive90% of 2,219 reviews2018
Dev: Captain Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You are a traffic engineer. Draw freeway interchanges. Optimize for efficency and avoid traffic jams!
Why similar: Simulation 50.9%, Puzzle 36.2%, Indie 12.9%
- #36 Train Valley 2
74% matchVery Positive89% of 3,240 reviews2019
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!
Why similar: Building 30.8%, Level Editor 28.2%, Puzzle 11.9%, Simulation 9.7%, Family Friendly 8.4%
- #37 Bloons TD 6
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 395,697 reviews2018
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 78.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.9%, Sandbox 17.7%, Difficult 17.2%, Strategy 14%, Family Friendly 11.7%
- #38 Mini Metro
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,777 reviews2015
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Why similar: Puzzle 22.7%, Building 18.4%, Simulation 17.1%, Strategy 14.8%, Difficult 10.3%
- #39 Cities: Skylines
73% matchVery Positive93% of 292,422 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 66.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
Why similar: Building 45.7%, Sandbox 19.8%, Simulation 16.5%, Strategy 6.9%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%
- #40 Turing Complete
72% 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: Building 28.8%, Education 15.2%, Sandbox 14%, Simulation 9.3%, Difficult 9.2%
- #41 Aviassembly
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,569 reviews2025
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.
Why similar: Building 34.9%, Physics 20.3%, Sandbox 17.8%, Crafting 15.1%, Simulation 5.9%
- #42 Kerbal Space Program 2
75% matchMostly Negative26% of 32,033 reviews2023
Dev: Intercept GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Building 29.3%, Physics 19%, Sandbox 18.2%, Difficult 17.9%, Simulation 7.6%
- #43 Timberborn
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 41,938 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 44.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: Building 28.6%, Level Editor 20.5%, Sandbox 17.8%, Physics 16.7%, Simulation 7.4%
- #44 Bridge!
76% matchMostly Negative21% of 53 reviews2015
Dev: toxtronyx interactive GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Bridge! lets you be a structural engineer and a construction manager in one. Master the mystery to bridge with a limited budget and limited numbers of parts to divide and to ensure a smooth operation.
Why similar: Building 36.6%, Simulation 16.5%, Sandbox 16.5%, Physics 13.6%, Strategy 10.2%
- #45 Tiny Bridge: Ratventure
74% 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 30.7%, Physics 21.2%, Puzzle 19.4%, Family Friendly 8.1%, Strategy 6.9%
- #46 World of Contraptions
71% 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: Building 23.7%, Physics 15.3%, Level Editor 15.2%, Sandbox 14%, Education 11.8%
- #47 Cities: Skylines II
71% matchMixed56% of 92,848 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.7 hrsMean: 77.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: Building 45.1%, Sandbox 23.8%, Simulation 17.4%, Strategy 6.1%, Great Soundtrack 5%
- #48 shapez
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,968 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Why similar: Building 25.7%, Crafting 23.8%, Sandbox 23%, Puzzle 7.7%, Strategy 6.6%
- #49 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 154,313 reviews2021
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: Sandbox 30%, Physics 24.5%, Simulation 14.5%, Funny 9.9%, Strategy 7.4%
- #50 Learn to Fly 3
70% matchVery Positive95% of 11,333 reviews2017
Dev: Light Bringer Games inc.
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!
Why similar: Physics 26.1%, Sandbox 22.5%, Puzzle 13.3%, Simulation 12.1%, Family Friendly 8.4%
- #51 Bridge Constructor Playground
73% matchMixed69% of 294 reviews2014
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Bridge Constructor Playground offers people of all ages an introduction to the topic of “bridge building”. This game gives you the freedom to let your creative side run riot – nothing is impossible. Across 30 innovative levels you have to build bridges over deep valleys, canals or rivers.
Why similar: Simulation 62.4%, Puzzle 21.5%, Indie 16.1%
- #52 Steam Engine Simulator
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 9,021 reviews2023
Dev: Ektorom Software Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Why similar: Physics 34.1%, Education 32.8%, Simulation 20.1%, Difficult 4.8%, Great Soundtrack 4.7%
- #53 Planet Coaster 2
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,789 reviews2024
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
Why similar: Building 40.5%, Sandbox 25.7%, Simulation 16.5%, Strategy 8.1%, Family Friendly 5%
- #54 Tinytopia
69% matchVery Positive83% of 328 reviews2021
Dev: MeNic GamesPub: Mastiff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!
Why similar: Building 25.5%, Physics 17.5%, Crafting 16.8%, Sandbox 14.6%, Simulation 7.1%
- #55 Poly Bricks
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows
A brick-building puzzle game. Assemble sets of increasing complexity, design your own, share with the community.
Why similar: Building 32.7%, Physics 22.4%, Sandbox 21.5%, Puzzle 13.8%, Simulation 6.2%
- #56 House Builder 2: Casual Construction
67% matchMixed54% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
In House Builder 2, you build your dream structures in a vibrant, open-world low-poly environment! Purchase materials for your work, load them up, and head off to diverse tasks in the ultimate building adventure!🏠🛠️
Why similar: Building 33.7%, Sandbox 20%, Physics 18.9%, Education 17.5%, Simulation 5.3%
- #57 Bloons TD Battles
68% matchVery Positive91% of 29,323 reviews2016
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 6, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.
Why similar: Strategy 28.7%, Building 20.3%, Difficult 14.4%, Family Friendly 11.6%, Sandbox 11%
- #58 IncrediMarble
68% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2021
Dev: Dave Kap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build amazing marble contraptions with IncrediMarble! Enjoy idle incremental tycoon sandbox simulation gameplay with the best physics Unity can offer. It's like that old toy you had as a kid!
Why similar: Building 36.8%, Sandbox 25.2%, Physics 21.3%, Simulation 10.2%, Indie 2.6%
- #59 Bridge Constructor Stunts
70% matchMixed59% of 175 reviews2016
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Stuntman and engineer in one? No problem with Bridge Constructor Stunts! Build imposing ramps and loops to reach your goal in the diverse stages. But building structures alone isn't enough this time: you sit behind the wheel of the vehicles yourself and have to maneuver them skillfully to the goal.
Why similar: Simulation 52.4%, Building 47.6%
- #60 BalanCity
68% matchVery Positive81% of 911 reviews2016
Dev: MeNic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
BalanCity is a city building / balance physics game. It's a mixture between old school SimCity and Jenga. You must build the tallest towering city over a balancing platform while keeping your citizens happy.
Why similar: Physics 47.1%, Puzzle 19.8%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 7.9%, Family Friendly 5.4%