- #1 Poly Bridge 2
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,114 reviews2020
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!
Why similar: Building 22.8%, Physics 12.2%, Level Editor 8.6%, Difficult 6.9%, Sandbox 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel refines the original physics engine and adds new materials for even more complex bridge-building challenges.
- #2 Poly Bridge 3
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,977 reviews2023
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.5 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 24.7%, Physics 14.5%, Simulation 13%, Level Editor 12.2%, Puzzle 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the series introduces new mechanics and a vast array of levels that push your engineering creativity to the limit.
- #3 Bridge Constructor Portal
96% matchVery Positive92% of 7,257 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 25.6%, Physics 18.5%, Puzzle 13%, Simulation 10.4%, Level Editor 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines the satisfying structural engineering of bridge builders with the iconic humor and portal-based physics of the Aperture Science universe.
- #4 Besiege
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,104 reviews2020
Dev: Spiderling Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 19.1 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 28.1%, Physics 19%, Level Editor 18.4%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This physics-based sandbox game challenges you to build intricate medieval siege engines to destroy structures and complete objectives.
- #5 SimplePlanes
94% matchVery Positive93% of 10,799 reviews2015
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.7 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 40.3%, Physics 27.1%, Sandbox 18.5%, Funny 8.8%, Strategy 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep engineering simulator that allows you to design, build, and fly your own aircraft using realistic physics and aerodynamics.
- #6 When Ski Lifts Go Wrong
94% matchVery Positive86% of 871 reviews2019
Dev: Hugecalf StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 30.2%, Physics 17.9%, Level Editor 13.7%, Simulation 11.6%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game tasks you with building ski lifts and bridges that must withstand the weight of passengers while adhering to strict physics constraints.
- #7 Main Assembly
93% matchVery Positive84% of 1,337 reviews2021
Dev: Bad Yolk GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 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 31.4%, Physics 20.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 12%, Education 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This robotics-focused engineering game lets you build custom machines and solve complex puzzles using a powerful visual programming system.
- #8 World of Contraptions
91% 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 25.8%, Physics 16.9%, Level Editor 13.2%, Sandbox 11.1%, Education 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based building game where you construct robots and machines to overcome various obstacles and puzzles.
- #9 Bridge Constructor
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,734 reviews2013
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 34.2%, Physics 26.2%, Simulation 21.6%, Puzzle 13.2%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: The classic bridge-building experience that focuses on material management and structural stability across various terrains.
- #10 The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
90% matchVery Positive91% of 691 reviews2023
Dev: PeatyTurf
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 26.5%, Physics 20.8%, Sandbox 16.1%, Difficult 8.6%, Puzzle 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A humorous and challenging engineering simulator that focuses on the physics of construction and structural integrity.
- #11 Scrap Mechanic
91% matchVery Positive92% of 117,049 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 57.3 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 38.7%, Physics 20.9%, Sandbox 14.8%, Crafting 12.3%, Simulation 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a robust creative mode where you can build complex machines, vehicles, and automated structures using a detailed physics engine.
- #12 Trailmakers
89% matchVery Positive92% of 34,107 reviews2019
Dev: Flashbulb
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.4 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 30.6%, Physics 20.6%, Family Friendly 14.8%, Sandbox 13.6%, Crafting 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A creative sandbox game where you build vehicles from modular blocks and test them in challenging physics-based environments.
- #13 Crazy Machines 3
89% matchVery Positive94% of 10,052 reviews2016
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 32.7%, Puzzle 17.6%, Simulation 16.4%, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A Rube Goldberg-style puzzle game that uses a sophisticated physics engine to create intricate chain reactions.
- #14 Kerbal Space Program
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 133,317 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 65.2 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 25%, Physics 23.1%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 13.2%, Education 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A highly realistic space flight simulator that requires careful engineering and physics knowledge to successfully launch rockets into orbit.
- #15 Infinifactory
87% matchVery Positive95% of 2,459 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 38%, Puzzle 18.8%, Sandbox 14.7%, Simulation 9.8%, Difficult 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game that focuses on building automated assembly lines to manufacture products, requiring spatial reasoning and logic.
- #16 Tinytopia
85% matchVery Positive84% of 319 reviews2021
Dev: MeNic GamesPub: Mastiff
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 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 25.8%, Physics 18%, Sandbox 10.8%, Crafting 10%, Cartoon 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that incorporates physics-based mechanics, allowing you to stack and balance buildings to create a thriving miniature world.
- #17 Bridge!
86% 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 37.3%, Simulation 17.4%, Physics 14.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward bridge-building simulator that emphasizes structural planning and resource management.
- #18 Fantastic Contraption
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2016
Dev: Northway Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 27.4%, Physics 18.8%, Level Editor 18.8%, Education 10.8%, Puzzle 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal physics-based building game where you must construct bizarre machines to move objects across challenging landscapes.
- #19 Bridge Project
86% matchMixed47% of 776 reviews2013
Dev: Halycon Media GmbH & Co. KGPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 5.1 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 25.4%, Physics 18.6%, Puzzle 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation game offers a variety of bridge-building scenarios that test your ability to handle different environmental factors.
- #20 Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 338 reviews2020
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 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 22.3%, Simulation 15.8%, Physics 15%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Puzzle 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This unique spin on the genre incorporates trap-building and zombie-survival elements into the classic bridge-construction formula.
- #21 Crayon Physics Deluxe
84% matchVery Positive86% of 1,153 reviews2009
Dev: Kloonigames
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.6 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 36%, Puzzle 23.4%, Family Friendly 10.5%, Level Editor 6.5%, Sandbox 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A charming puzzle game where you draw objects that come to life with realistic physics to solve creative challenges.
- #22 Mini Metro
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,391 reviews2015
Dev: Dinosaur Polo Club
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 23.9%, Building 20.2%, Simulation 19.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy game that focuses on the logistics and efficiency of building a subway network, sharing the puzzle-solving appeal of bridge builders.
- #23 Bridge Constructor Medieval
82% matchVery Positive82% of 599 reviews2014
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.2 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 46.1%, Simulation 26.2%, Physics 13.6%, Puzzle 9%, Indie 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A thematic take on the bridge-building genre that adds medieval siege elements and structural defense mechanics.
- #24 Tricky Towers
79% matchVery Positive90% of 16,237 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 32.3%, Physics 22.5%, Puzzle 12.3%, Family Friendly 9.2%, Funny 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that focuses on stacking blocks to build stable towers while competing against others.
- #25 Human Fall Flat
78% matchVery Positive95% of 223,253 reviews2016
Dev: No Brakes GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
Why similar: Physics 36.7%, Sandbox 23.7%, Puzzle 19.8%, Funny 15%, Simulation 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle platformer where you must manipulate the environment and your character's movement to overcome obstacles.
- #26 Bridge It +
81% matchMixed70% of 146 reviews2013
Dev: Chronic LogicPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 3.0 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 45.9%, Simulation 26.3%, Physics 20.7%, Puzzle 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic bridge-building simulator that focuses on realistic structural analysis and material stress testing.
- #27 Bridge Constructor Playground
81% matchMixed69% of 286 reviews2014
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 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 65.1%, Puzzle 20.3%, Indie 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: A more accessible entry in the bridge-building genre that focuses on experimentation and learning the basics of structural engineering.
- #28 Train Valley
79% matchVery Positive90% of 3,405 reviews2015
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!
Why similar: Building 39.5%, Puzzle 15%, Simulation 13.3%, Family Friendly 11.9%, Cute 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A management puzzle game where you must build railway tracks and manage train traffic to ensure efficient transport.
- #29 Mini Motorways
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,591 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 30%, Simulation 20.9%, Puzzle 15.3%, Strategy 11.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.1%
- #30 Totally Reliable Delivery Service
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,132 reviews2021
Dev: We're Five GamesPub: Infogrames
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.
Why similar: Physics 35%, Sandbox 23.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Funny 13.5%, Cute 7%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic physics-based game where you must transport packages using poorly controlled vehicles and machinery.
- #31 Planet Coaster
77% matchVery Positive91% of 71,331 reviews2016
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 22.2 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 39.6%, Sandbox 13.8%, Simulation 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Family Friendly 8.9%
- #32 Cities: Skylines
77% matchVery Positive93% of 286,936 reviews2015
Dev: Colossal OrderPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 65.0 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 49.3%, Simulation 18.4%, Sandbox 15.5%, Strategy 5.6%, Great Soundtrack 4.5%
- #33 Bridge! 2
80% matchMostly Negative36% of 55 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 20.6%, Sandbox 12.2%, Simulation 12%, Family Friendly 7%
Why You'll Like It: An updated version of the original bridge builder with improved graphics and more challenging construction puzzles.
- #34 Townscaper
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,438 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.6 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 38.6%, Sandbox 17.1%, Simulation 10.8%, Family Friendly 9.8%, Stylized 7.6%
- #35 Fantastic Contraption Classic 1 & 2
75% matchVery Positive98% of 92 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 28.2%, Physics 21.6%, Simulation 11.1%, Education 9.4%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #36 Turmoil
74% matchVery Positive93% of 15,720 reviews2016
Dev: Gamious
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Why similar: Simulation 48.8%, Strategy 30.1%, Singleplayer 12.7%, Indie 8.4%
- #37 Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
73% matchVery Positive82% of 80,812 reviews2017
Dev: Bennett Foddy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.
Why similar: Difficult 43.4%, Physics 34.9%, Funny 7.8%, Great Soundtrack 6%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #38 Tiny Bridge: Ratventure
76% matchMixed68% of 1,090 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 31.4%, Physics 22%, Puzzle 18.5%, Family Friendly 8.9%, Simulation 6.8%
- #39 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 147,242 reviews2021
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Physics 25.5%, Sandbox 22.2%, Simulation 15.2%, Funny 12.1%, Family Friendly 6.1%
- #40 Sand:box
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,486 reviews2023
Dev: smellymoo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!
Why similar: Physics 22.2%, Building 18.7%, Sandbox 17.4%, Education 14.5%, Simulation 10.6%
- #41 shapez
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,210 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 31.2%, Sandbox 20.5%, Crafting 17%, Puzzle 8.7%, Simulation 6.9%
- #42 Tracks - The Train Set Game
72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,507 reviews2019
Dev: Whoop GroupPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Jump into the ultimate toy sandbox and build the train set of your dreams! Create colourful railway systems, decorate beautiful towns, transport commuting passengers, and even ride your train in first-person.
Why similar: Building 34.9%, Sandbox 16.3%, Simulation 12.7%, Physics 12.4%, Crafting 7.9%
- #43 Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 150,567 reviews2009
Dev: PopCap Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.6%, Strategy 15.8%, Family Friendly 13.8%, Puzzle 12.6%, Funny 11%
- #44 RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe
73% matchVery Positive94% of 8,087 reviews2014
Dev: Chris Sawyer ProductionsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
One of the best games from acclaimed Tycoon series, with well designed gameplay mechanics, appealing graphics, and really high re-playability value. There’s no limit to what you can create so design and build the most thrilling roller coaster the world has ever seen!
Why similar: Building 34.4%, Simulation 25.2%, Sandbox 20.6%, Strategy 6.5%, Funny 3.2%
- #45 Sunshine Heavy Industries
71% matchVery Positive99% of 416 reviews2021
Dev: Rocket Rat Games
Windows
Welcome to Sunshine Heavy Industries! As the new spaceship engineer, solve increasingly tricky design puzzles with your own personal style. Manage customer demands, juggle budget and ship performance, and survive the questionable decision making skills of your business partner.
Why similar: Building 35.5%, Sandbox 16.2%, Puzzle 14.2%, Funny 9%, Simulation 9%
- #46 Game Dev Tycoon
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 44,663 reviews2013
Dev: Greenheart Games 💚
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Why similar: Simulation 51.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Sandbox 10.3%, Indie 7.4%, Great Soundtrack 5.3%
- #47 Bridge Constructor Stunts
74% matchMixed59% of 172 reviews2016
Dev: ClockStonePub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
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 53.2%, Building 46.8%
- #48 Marble Run
73% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2017
Dev: PS Games
Windows · Mac
Marble Run - is a fantastic educational toy that provides hours of fun while combining basic learning skills with coordination and organizational skill.
Why similar: Building 32%, Physics 20.2%, Level Editor 17.2%, Sandbox 14.9%, Simulation 8.5%
- #49 PC Building Simulator
70% matchVery Positive94% of 52,392 reviews2019
Dev: Claudiu KissPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.
Why similar: Building 31.8%, Education 25.7%, Simulation 16.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #50 World of Goo 2
66% matchVery Positive88% of 809 reviews2025
Dev: 2D BOY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 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 35%, Physics 25%, Puzzle 12.5%, Cartoon 8.1%, Family Friendly 7.8%
- #51 IncrediMarble
69% 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 37.4%, Physics 21.9%, Sandbox 18.6%, Simulation 10.7%, Colorful 4.3%
- #52 Universe Sandbox
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Physics 32.3%, Sandbox 25.8%, Simulation 16.2%, Education 15.7%, Family Friendly 6.7%
- #53 Freeways
68% matchVery Positive90% of 2,120 reviews2018
Dev: Captain Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You are a traffic engineer. Draw freeway interchanges. Optimize for efficency and avoid traffic jams!
Why similar: Simulation 54%, Puzzle 34.2%, Indie 11.8%
- #54 Contraption Maker
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,303 reviews2014
Dev: Kevin RyanPub: Top Meadow
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.7 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: Building 21.4%, Level Editor 19.4%, Physics 15.6%, Sandbox 11.4%, Puzzle 9.8%
- #55 Plague Inc: Evolved
67% matchVery Positive94% of 59,582 reviews2016
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
Why similar: Simulation 44.6%, Strategy 26%, Difficult 9.6%, Sandbox 8.5%, Indie 6.4%
- #56 Prison Architect
68% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: Building 47.5%, Sandbox 20.3%, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 6.5%, Funny 6.5%
- #57 Clustertruck
67% matchVery Positive94% of 18,074 reviews2016
Dev: LandfallPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.
Why similar: Physics 35.7%, Difficult 18.6%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Level Editor 11.9%, Funny 7.9%
- #58 Bloons TD 6
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 382,546 reviews2018
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 75.6 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 20.1%, Sandbox 16.9%, Family Friendly 16.6%, Difficult 15%, Strategy 13.7%
- #59 RoboCo
62% matchVery Positive88% of 204 reviews2026
Dev: Filament Games
Windows
RoboCo is a sandbox game about designing and building robots to serve the needs of squishy, hapless humans in the world of tomorrow!
Why similar: Building 29.4%, Physics 18.3%, Education 13.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 8.1%
- #60 House Builder
64% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,523 reviews2024
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware of unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!
Why similar: Building 26.2%, Physics 14.9%, Education 14.2%, Sandbox 11.1%, Puzzle 8.7%