- #1 Scrap Mechanic
97% 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 32%, Sandbox 24.8%, Physics 20.2%, Funny 7.4%, Simulation 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: The closest match for creative robot and machine building, featuring a robust logic system and sandbox freedom.
- #2 Main Assembly
96% 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: Robots 24.6%, Building 19.2%, Sandbox 17.5%, Physics 14.6%, Education 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Highly focused on custom robot construction and programming, allowing for intricate designs similar to RoboCo.
- #3 Besiege
96% 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 27.7%, Sandbox 25.6%, Physics 22.1%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for physics-based building and destruction, requiring creative engineering to solve complex puzzles.
- #4 World of Contraptions
95% 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: Robots 21.4%, Building 17.3%, Sandbox 15%, Education 14%, Physics 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the physics-based puzzle-building gameplay found in RoboCo with a focus on machine design.
- #5 Trailmakers
94% 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 33.5%, Sandbox 30.2%, Physics 26.4%, Singleplayer 5%, Action 5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly intuitive and fun vehicle-building system with physics-based challenges in a vast sandbox.
- #6 Plasma
94% matchVery Positive90% of 1,062 reviews2023
Dev: Dry CactusPub: Dry Licorice
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.9%, Robots 25.2%, Building 22.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Physics 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An advanced physics-based building game with a heavy focus on robotics, logic, and creative engineering.
- #7 Rover Builder
93% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: Hatfuls GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Rover Builder is a 3D engineering sim tasking you to create the right rover to complete the job. Unleash your creativity in the garage, building vehicles using an impressive array of parts, materials and machinery. Or try your hand at level editor - creating entire missions and levels from scratch!
Why similar: Robots 25.1%, Building 21.3%, Sandbox 19.7%, Physics 16.1%, Simulation 7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building custom vehicles to navigate and solve physics-based terrain puzzles.
- #8 Mars First Logistics
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,474 reviews2025
Dev: Shape Shop
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!
Why similar: Robots 23.9%, Building 19.2%, Sandbox 17.3%, Physics 14.8%, Funny 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Physics-based building focused on transporting cargo across challenging terrain, emphasizing structural integrity.
- #9 LogicBots
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 184 reviews2017
Dev: Incandescent Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Design, build and wire up your own unique robot to complete challenging logic puzzles. LogicBots is a puzzle game where robots are used to complete the various levels.
Why similar: Robots 30.3%, Sandbox 18.5%, Building 16.4%, Education 13.6%, Simulation 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines robot building with logic and programming puzzles, perfect for players who enjoy the technical side of RoboCo.
- #10 Fantastic Contraption
91% 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 22.9%, Physics 18.5%, Education 18.1%, VR 12.3%, Simulation 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on creative problem-solving through physics-based building in a charming, tactile environment.
- #11 Nimbatus - Drone Creator
91% matchVery Positive90% of 270 reviews2020
Dev: Stray Fawn Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Use the Nimbatus Drone Creator to construct physically simulated drones and try them out in a virtual testing environment. Do you have what it takes to become a drone engineer?
Why similar: Sandbox 17.7%, Simulation 16.7%, Physics 13.6%, Building 12.2%, Education 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features complex drone building with physics-based combat and exploration in a procedurally generated universe.
- #12 SimplePlanes
89% 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 28.1%, Sandbox 26.1%, Physics 22.2%, Funny 11.6%, Strategy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep vehicle construction with realistic physics simulations that reward precise engineering.
- #13 TerraTech
88% matchVery Positive91% of 24,455 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Building 29.6%, Robots 28.3%, Sandbox 23.7%, Physics 7.8%, Third Person 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: Creative building of combat vehicles using modular parts with a focus on physics and resource gathering.
- #14 Autocraft
89% matchMixed56% of 297 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
Why similar: Sandbox 31.2%, Building 28%, Physics 20.5%, Simulation 11.9%, Indie 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for creative vehicle and machine building in a sandbox environment with a focus on physics.
- #15 Age Of Warbots
86% matchVery Positive86% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: VDimension
Windows
A sandbox battle simulator game where you can build your own shape-shifting warbots, program their AI, and watch them smash each other up on the battlefield! Join the battles yourself by taking control of the warbots! Use Steam Workshop to check out warbots created by players from around the world!
Why similar: Robots 26.9%, Sandbox 19.6%, Building 17%, Physics 16.3%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: An early access title focusing on robot construction and physics-based combat in a sandbox setting.
- #16 Gadgeteer
87% matchVery Positive97% of 121 reviews2020
Dev: Metanaut
Windows
Gadgeteer is a physics-based VR puzzle game where you build chain reaction machines to solve fun, intricate puzzles. Your machines will use gadgets to launch, bump, twist, and turn—creating chain reactions that may even end up tearing apart the fabric of space-time.
Why similar: Simulation 18%, Sandbox 17.5%, VR 17.1%, Physics 17%, Building 16%
Why You'll Like It: Physics-based puzzle building in a charming, tactile environment that rewards creative chain-reaction designs.
- #17 Brickadia
85% matchVery Positive87% of 1,234 reviews2025
Dev: Brickadia, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Brickadia is a next-generation brick building sandbox that gives you the tools to create and play, your way. Build massive worlds, invent cool contraptions, and play in them however you like - all with your friends!
Why similar: Building 27.7%, Sandbox 27.5%, Physics 23.9%, Arcade 7.2%, Third Person 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox building game with a focus on physics and creative freedom, allowing for complex machine construction.
- #18 SOKOBOT
86% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Alexander Taylor
Windows
SOKOBOT is an open-ended puzzle game where you place down cute robots, give them commands, and create infinitely-looping assembly lines that combine shapes together!
Why similar: Building 31.9%, Sandbox 28.2%, Simulation 8.3%, Puzzle 7.5%, Cute 6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logic and automation side of robot construction through challenging puzzle-based gameplay.
- #19 Stormworks: Build and Rescue
84% matchVery Positive90% of 57,601 reviews2020
Dev: Geometa
Windows · Mac
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 111.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.7%, Building 33.1%, Physics 23.5%, Third Person 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply technical building simulation with complex logic and physics for those who want a more serious engineering challenge.
- #20 Instruments of Destruction
83% matchVery Positive91% of 1,507 reviews2024
Dev: RadiangamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Crash through walls and tear down buildings in Instruments of Destruction, a vehicle-action game featuring advanced physics-based demolition. Pilot 130+ unique vehicles across scores of challenge-packed missions or design your own contraptions and wreck highly-interactive sandbox worlds.
Why similar: Physics 43.9%, Simulation 18.3%, Arcade 16.9%, 3D 8.4%, Action 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Physics-based building focused on creating machines specifically designed for environmental destruction.
- #21 Manufactoria 2022
84% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: PleasingFungus Games
Windows · Mac
Manufactoria 2022 is a constructive puzzle game about pushing robots around. (It's okay, they don't complain.) Use simple parts to engineer solutions to open-ended problems, then rebuild 'em better! Take a company from your backyard to the soaring heights of success! How hard could it be?
Why similar: Robots 46.1%, Funny 15.6%, Simulation 11%, Building 10.4%, Puzzle 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Deeply rooted in logic and automation for robot-like systems, perfect for fans of the programming aspects of RoboCo.
- #22 Poly Bridge 3
82% 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 33.4%, Physics 23%, Simulation 19.4%, Funny 8.7%, Puzzle 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based engineering puzzle game that shares the core spirit of building structures to solve specific challenges.
- #23 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
81% matchVery Positive85% of 620 reviews2024
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
You land on a frozen planet in a tiny rocket with a robot inside. Harvest and combine materials to discover new ones. Use visual programming to make the robot do the tiresome work for you. Slowly build a gang of self-sustaining robot workers and watch them terraform the planet.
Why similar: Education 27.6%, Robots 27.2%, Sandbox 21.2%, Simulation 5.5%, Puzzle 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines automation and programming with a sandbox feel, focusing on teaching robots to perform tasks.
- #24 Tiny Town VR
82% matchVery Positive92% of 1,217 reviews2017
Dev: Lumbernauts
Windows
Create an original world and fill it with buildings, roads, vehicles and more. Give it life with posable characters. Tell a story with custom speech bubbles and in-game photo captures. Then, share with friends!
Why similar: Sandbox 34.7%, VR 17.3%, Simulation 14.5%, Building 14.4%, Funny 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a creative, sandbox-style building experience in a virtual space that emphasizes tactile interaction.
- #25 PlayForm: Human Dynamics
81% matchVery Positive90% of 181 reviews2022
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
PlayForm is an experimental physics sandbox. Physically simulated humans run, jump, climb, push, pull and smash their way through diverse worlds. Have fun with various tools and obstacles to create thrilling situations and experience next-gen physics.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.6%, Building 22.6%, Physics 20%, Funny 11.6%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the physics-based, slightly chaotic humor and ragdoll interactions found in RoboCo.
- #26 Fun with Ragdolls: The Game
80% matchVery Positive88% of 5,115 reviews2019
Dev: Jadon BarnesPub: Fun & Simple
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Become a ragdoll and create your own environments in Sandbox Mode, explore worlds created by others, or just flop around your destructible sets! Fun with Ragdolls®: The Game lets you enjoy everything you love about ragdolls!
Why similar: Sandbox 27.3%, Physics 23.1%, Building 18.2%, Funny 12.8%, Simulation 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on physics-based sandbox chaos and humor, providing a lighthearted experience similar to RoboCo's tone.
- #27 PC Building Simulator
79% 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: Education 34.5%, Building 21.3%, Sandbox 15%, Simulation 12.3%, Funny 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the technical, component-based building aspect of the genre, focusing on realistic hardware assembly.
- #28 Rebots
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: FlatPoniesPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Rebots is a first-person automation game with an expansive universe to explore. Using intelligent(ish) rebots, you can gather resources, terraform planets, and scan all of the things. Traverse the galaxy in the name of space capitalism!
Why similar: Robots 36.1%, Sandbox 26.2%, Building 22.6%, Simulation 9.3%, Cute 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on automation and resource management using customizable robots in a sandbox setting.
- #29 House Builder
77% 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: Education 21.4%, Building 19.7%, Sandbox 16.8%, Physics 13.2%, Funny 8.7%
- #30 Sand:box
76% 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: Sandbox 27%, Education 22.3%, Physics 19.9%, Building 14.3%, Simulation 9%
- #31 ACTION SANDBOX
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,004 reviews2022
Dev: Vona Soft
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A physics sandbox game for people who like to play with digital toys. Create, control toys and define your goals.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.1%, Building 22.8%, Physics 19.1%, Robots 15.6%, Simulation 8.8%
- #32 4D Toys
78% matchVery Positive87% of 270 reviews2017
Dev: mtb design works, inc.
Windows
4D Toys: A box of toys from the fourth dimension.
Why similar: Education 28.8%, Simulation 26.2%, VR 20.9%, Physics 13.7%, Indie 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Explores physics and geometry in a unique, sandbox-style educational format that challenges spatial reasoning.
- #33 Job Simulator
76% matchVery Positive91% of 5,311 reviews2016
Dev: Owlchemy Labs
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In a world where robots have replaced all human jobs, step into the "Job Simulator" to learn what it was like 'to job'.
Why similar: Robots 24.6%, VR 19.8%, Funny 12.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Physics 12.1%
- #34 Animal Revolt Battle Simulator
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,594 reviews2022
Dev: VDimension
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The ultimate physics-based, sandbox battle simulator where you can create funny battles between all sorts of ragdoll creatures! You can also make your own monsters with the unit creator or even join the battles yourself in the first-person mode!
Why similar: Robots 26.3%, Sandbox 21.9%, Physics 16.4%, Funny 10%, Simulation 8%
- #35 Poly Bridge
75% matchVery Positive91% of 18,451 reviews2016
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 29.4%, Physics 18.3%, Education 13.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 8.1%
- #36 Mini Maker: Make A Thing
75% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Casa Rara
Windows
A hero thing, a monster thing, a robo thing… in Mini Maker, you can make any ‘thing’! Use an arsenal of plastic limbs, wonky tools, rainbow stickers and googly eyes to assemble creations, please demanding clients, and laugh in the face of perfectionism.
Why similar: Building 27%, Sandbox 26.9%, Funny 11.9%, Physics 10.1%, Simulation 8.5%
- #37 Tinytopia
73% 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 24.5%, Sandbox 20.8%, Physics 20.1%, Funny 8.9%, Simulation 7.8%
- #38 Logic World
73% matchVery Positive94% of 349 reviews2021
Dev: Mouse Hat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Invent a new computer! Logic World is a first-person sandbox simulation game that's all about digital logic. Play alone or with friends, design unique machines, build up layers of complexity, and experience the joy of circuits!
Why similar: Education 32%, Building 27.8%, Sandbox 23.5%, Simulation 7.7%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #39 MachineCraft
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 889 reviews2016
Dev: G2CREW
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
The main purpose of this game is showing and watching machines made out of blocks. Some of the game-modes allow you to battle or race against other players. (testing phase) You can create your original machine with ease by reassembling those machines that are distributed, or by using the automatic control block.
Why similar: Building 36.8%, Sandbox 31.4%, Robots 18.4%, Simulation 9.5%, Indie 3.2%
- #40 Sunshine Heavy Industries
72% 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 28.9%, Sandbox 26.7%, Funny 13.8%, Simulation 8.1%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #41 The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
70% 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: Sandbox 25.3%, Building 20.5%, Physics 19%, Funny 10.6%, Simulation 7.3%
- #42 The Colonists
72% matchVery Positive86% of 1,205 reviews2018
Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.
Why similar: Robots 33.4%, Building 28%, Sandbox 19.9%, Simulation 6.1%, Strategy 4.8%
- #43 Purplis Sandbox
73% matchMixed67% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGOLITEPub: DRAGOLITE STUDIO
Windows
Create your own worlds, build interesting mechanisms and just beautiful buildings, everything depends on your imagination.
Why similar: Sandbox 40.4%, Building 32.3%, Simulation 22%, Indie 3.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #44 Robot Rumble 2
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 249 reviews2024
Dev: Nerd Island Studios, LLC
Windows · Mac
Build your robot. Battle your robot. Robot Rumble 2 is the premier robot combat building simulator, where you create your robot from real-world inspired parts, then drive it in the arena to defeat other robots.
Why similar: Robots 30.3%, Building 19%, Physics 17.1%, Sandbox 16.1%, Simulation 8.5%
- #45 Marble World
70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,278 reviews2022
Dev: Vector Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Marble World is a physics sandbox simulator with marbles. Create your own marble races, runs and machines. Customize a variety of tracks, decorations and marbles to create a beautiful world.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.7%, Physics 22.1%, Building 20.8%, Education 12.1%, Simulation 7.9%
- #46 Industrial Petting
71% matchVery Positive91% of 92 reviews2020
Dev: Another Yeti
Windows · Mac
Industrial Petting is a cozy factory game about building an adoption empire of adorable pets! Play with friends or solo. Build happy pet pipelines, explore and farm an alien island, and fulfill adoption contracts from across the galaxy!
Why similar: Robots 29%, Building 22.9%, Sandbox 22.8%, VR 9.2%, Simulation 5%
- #47 Autonauts
69% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 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 23.6%, Sandbox 22.6%, Simulation 16.9%, Robots 15.2%, Indie 6.4%
- #48 Retro Gadgets
69% matchVery Positive90% of 505 reviews2022
Dev: Licorice ehf
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 60.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Why similar: Education 34%, Building 28.4%, Sandbox 20.1%, Simulation 9.6%, Puzzle 5.5%
- #49 MyRobot
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: sgthale
Windows
MyRobot is a robot sandbox game with optional AI features!
Why similar: Robots 31.2%, Simulation 27.5%, Funny 16.5%, 3D 9.3%, Action 7.6%
- #50 Blocksworld
71% matchMixed65% of 764 reviews2017
Dev: Fortell Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Build anything from characters that run around to mighty machines that drive, blast, crawl, and fly! Then play with your creations in action-packed games, share what you’ve built with your friends, and explore creations made by people all over the world!
Why similar: Robots 27.1%, Building 23%, Sandbox 21%, Funny 10.2%, Simulation 8.3%
- #51 Virtual Circuit Board
67% matchVery Positive93% of 302 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
Why similar: Education 29.9%, Building 25.1%, Sandbox 24.3%, Simulation 10.8%, Sci-fi 4%
- #52 Brick Rigs
65% matchVery Positive95% of 56,117 reviews2023
Dev: Fluppisoft GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 77.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs!
Why similar: Sandbox 31.3%, Building 30.2%, Physics 20.9%, Funny 8.7%, Simulation 6.6%
- #53 House Builder 2
67% matchMixed53% of 136 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 24.6%, Sandbox 21.6%, Education 20.9%, Physics 16.4%, Simulation 4.4%
- #54 Tracks - The Train Set Game
67% 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 29.2%, Sandbox 27.6%, Physics 12.2%, Simulation 11.8%, Funny 7.8%
- #55 Handyman Corporation: Prologue
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 170 reviews2022
Dev: YuzuGamesPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
In Handyman Corporation you become the owner of a business where you handle a variety of jobs in cleaning, maintenance, design, and construction. Accept contracts, play minigames to perform every task required. Then expand your company – buy spare parts, tools, train skills, and manage employees.
Why similar: Education 35.4%, Building 20.4%, Simulation 16.8%, Funny 7.8%, Casual 6.9%
- #56 Cybermotion
69% matchVery Positive81% of 90 reviews2017
Dev: Lukayson
Windows
Cybermotion is physics based platformer. You play as a student project robot that's constantly beeing tested by its creators. Combine physics animations and poses to move through the levels full of obstacles. Upgrade the robot, build new levels.
Why similar: Robots 26.5%, Sandbox 26%, Physics 23.9%, Simulation 14%, Indie 5.4%
- #57 Medieval Machines Builder
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Medieval - times of constant sieges. Acquire plans, gather resources, create most powerful and destructive machines and then test them in battle. Thanks to your creations you will conquer more than one castle. The knights wage wars, but thanks to your machines they win them.
Why similar: Education 21.4%, Building 18.1%, Sandbox 16.6%, Physics 16.2%, Funny 8.4%
- #58 Good Company
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Building 29.3%, Robots 25.9%, Sandbox 25.8%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 6.5%
- #59 Realistic Tower Destruction
68% matchMixed65% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita Markin
Windows
Game allows you to build many kinds of towers from a variety of bricks and experience their dynamic destruction physics in a sandbox environment.
Why similar: Simulation 33%, Sandbox 19.4%, Building 18.2%, Physics 15.6%, Indie 13.8%