
Sand in a Box is a 'falling sand' game that simulates thermal flow, electricity, radioactive decay, and gravity. Create art, experiment with physics, and craft your own simulation rules with user-friendly mod support!
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Sand in a Box is a 'falling sand' game that simulates thermal flow, electricity, radioactive decay, and gravity. Create art, experiment with physics, and craft your own simulation rules with user-friendly mod support!

Creaturing - Sea Wonders
Create physics-based sea creatures and discover evolution through surprising challenges! Control, test, and share your creatures made with our flexible building system! Evolution is full of quirky surprises, can you be more creative than nature it self?

Alchemy Laboratory: Simulator
Dive into a world of creation and discovery, where each element combines to form new ones. Experiment freely in this interactive sandbox. But be careful: every combination has its consequences..
Create physics-based sea creatures and discover evolution through surprising challenges! Control, test, and share your creatures made with our flexible building system! Evolution is full of quirky surprises, can you be more creative than nature it self?
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Dive into a world of creation and discovery, where each element combines to form new ones. Experiment freely in this interactive sandbox. But be careful: every combination has its consequences..
Why similar: Science 25.5% ★, God Game 22.8% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Education 13.4%, Physics 10.7%
Build physics-based mechanical toys and complex gearworks in a cozy workshop. Solve puzzles your own way, or freely tinker in sandbox mode. Use premade Kits or craft from scratch. Customize your creations with colors, scale, and glue to bring your clockwork ideas to life.
Why similar: LEGO 23% ★, Science 16.9% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Education 10.2%, Physics 9.3%
A creative sandbox simulation where you experiment with physical interactions, build structures, and observe emergent behaviors in a world fully under your control.
Why similar: Science 18.1% ★, God Game 17.5% ★, Education 11.5%, Sandbox 8.5%, Immersive Sim 7.9%
Enjoy playing with gears? Gearplexed is a constructive problem-solving game with a variety of gear-based puzzles ranging from opening gates to building factories. Build gears to get the right amount of speed or torque to the target gears and be careful not to lock up your gear train.
Why similar: Science 25.6% ★, Lemmings 24% ★, Education 16.4%, Building 10.8%, Physics 9.9%
Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.
Why similar: Science 25.5% ★, God Game 25.2% ★, Education 14.9%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 8.4%
Reactonix is a flexible and enjoyable simulation sandbox where every force is at your command. Create ecosystems alone or with friends, experiment with physics and watch life evolve—or start an apocalypse for the sake of science. Complete freedom to create and destroy is in your hands.
Why similar: Science 25.9% ★, God Game 24.8% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Physics 11.1%, Logic 7%
Eureka! Superconductor Lab is a crafting+simulation game where you synthesize materials and witness the astonishing scientific phenomena. Work alongside scholars, science geeks, and your girlfriend to synthesize the Holy Grail of modern physics: a room-temperature superconductor!
Why similar: Science 27.7% ★, God Game 22.9% ★, Education 12.4%, Logic 9.3%, Physics 7.8%
In this physics-based particle sandbox, everything is in flux: water, steam, ice, magma, acid... Blast it. Wreck it. Build it!
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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: God Game 27.7% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Physics 12.2%, Logic 10.4%, Building 8.8%
Build cube gadgets for special agents. Combine parts, test inventions, and save missions in a race against time and a limited budget.
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Practice Alchemistry, aka the art of merging elements to discover new ones! Solve challenges or play freely to discover every element. Craft the entire world from fire to life.
Why similar: Science 21.7% ★, God Game 20.7% ★, Education 13%, Sandbox 10.3%, Building 8.9%
Shape breathtaking worlds in Terra Firma 2, a vast simulation where your creations evolve through the forces of nature. Sculpt the land, then watch as weather, erosion, and life itself transform your world into a dynamic, living ecosystem- right down to every plant and creature.
Why similar: God Game 31.4% ★, Science 19.7% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Physics 11.8%, Building 7.6%
PHYSARUM is a sandbox simulation game. Simulate the real world slime mold Physarum polycephalum by generating millions of living particles. Create and mutate slime species in real time to discover countless mesmerizing and emergent patterns.
Why similar: Science 30.4% ★, God Game 22.2% ★, Education 17.5%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 8.4%
Click to place components to create anything from a piano to a computer in a virtual sandbox environment.
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A casual 2.5D physics oriented game about building unorthodox contraptions to solve puzzles with a variety of items at disposal
Why similar: Science 29.4% ★, Education 18.9%, Sandbox 14.4%, Building 12.3%, Physics 11.1%
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: Science 26.8% ★, God Game 19.3% ★, Sandbox 16.4%, Physics 12.3%, Education 11.2%
Grow fluorescent cells that create mesmerizing emergent chaos. Simple mechanics hide deep complexity as cells evolve survival strategies through synergistic interactions. Catalogue successful lines and culture them to develop your own unique biology.
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Join Aggi and dive into a world that lies just out of sight. Customize your own cell and see it thrive in a vibrant ecosystem. Discover a wide variety of organisms like you've never seen before. And learn real science in a playful and relaxed environment.
Why similar: Science 42.4% ★, Education 22.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Simulation 7.3%, Casual 5.8%
Chimp Memory is a logical puzzle game and memory challenge. Take on the same tests faced by lab monkeys and prove your memory skills are sharper than theirs. Can you outperform the primates? Test yourself and find out!
Why similar: Science 39.4% ★, Education 28.2%, Logic 15.9%, Simulation 7.8%, Casual 5.6%
Interact with elements and molecules in a way that you have never before! Observe them and make them react with each other in the sandbox mode. Synthesize every molecule in the quest mode. Discover countless macromolecules and the elegancy of chemistry.
Why similar: Science 31.4% ★, Education 18.1%, God Game 15.7% ★, Logic 12.1%, Sandbox 10.3%
Jingjie: Reject grinding. Embrace chaos. Victory isn't won by memorizing formulas, but by scripting robust laws to tame the probability cloud. Here, you write the rules of nature. From simple logic, complex life emerges. Observe. Experiment. Evolve.
Why similar: God Game 31.8% ★, Science 17.2% ★, Logic 13.1%, Sandbox 12%, Physics 9.6%
Protect the environment, and save it from harm! Give commands to the animals, observe their rituals and help them survive. Face different disasters, react to human presence and help the animal kingdom flourish in this unique, environmental experience!
Why similar: God Game 27.9% ★, Science 22.4% ★, Education 15.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Relaxing 6.4%
This is a serious game. Made for educational purposes. It was made in order to enable students to understand the high school chemistry curriculum and to provide equality of opportunity.
Why similar: Science 32.7% ★, Education 26.1%, Sandbox 15.3%, Physics 11.8%, Simulation 9.5%
Physics-based cross-play mechanic simulator. Become a real engineer, create new mechanisms and build your worlds. Craft, join & share your creation across PC and mobile devices. Play with your friends beyond one platform.
Why similar: LEGO 26.5% ★, Science 19.6% ★, Sandbox 16.8%, Building 11.1%, Simulation 9.8%
Play with evolution! Species: ALRE is a scientifically-grounded, emergent simulation of natural selection. Creatures evolve and speciate in response to in-game mutation and selection forces, allowing you to experience and tinker with evolution in real-time.
Why similar: God Game 31.2% ★, Science 30.6% ★, Sandbox 19.3%, Simulation 8.9%, Education 5.9%
Force and Motion is a physics puzzle game where you apply your knowledge of real physics to solve puzzles in the game.
Why similar: Science 32.8% ★, Education 21.2%, Physics 14.2%, Logic 11.1%, Relaxing 7.6%
Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!
Why similar: God Game 31.7% ★, Science 27.8% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Education 10.4%, Relaxing 6.5%
Test your intelligence and creativity! With Genius At Work you will have your construction area where you can let your imagination fly and carry out your technical projects.
Why similar: LEGO 33.7% ★, Science 27.3% ★, Education 15.7%, Physics 8.9%, Building 5.9%
Great precision puzzles with physics!! You must help Spike, the Blue Ball, and take him to the target platform with the help of your friends. Calculate the timers, configure the friends, hit play, and watch the action! And remember, each second matters!
Why similar: Lemmings 38.7% ★, LEGO 25.6% ★, Simulation 7.3%, Physics 6.9%, Relaxing 5.3%
This is a physics-based casual sandbox game, where there are no limits to your creativity. Mess around with liquids, explore the space, build machines, or just explode everything you can see.
Why similar: God Game 32.4% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Physics 13.3%, Building 10.7%, Relaxing 6.5%
This water physics sandbox lets you experiment with realistic fluid behavior, sink ships by using bomb explosions, and enjoy a ragdoll people playground built to simulate destruction.
Why similar: God Game 32.9% ★, Sandbox 17.7%, Physics 15%, Simulation 10.8%, Building 8.7%
** 10 Chemistry and 1 Physics VR Modules – Available for $7.99 Each! ** Learn STEM through gamified experiences in VR! Co-created with award-winning science teachers, tested with students in classroom and at home.
Why similar: Science 29.2% ★, Education 19.1%, Sandbox 13.9%, Physics 13.5%, Logic 11.6%
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Why similar: Science 21.9% ★, LEGO 21.3% ★, Education 11.7%, Sandbox 11%, Physics 10%
This program simulates astrophysics, allowing the creation of stellar systems in the void and the experience of being one of the celestial bodies.
Why similar: Science 37% ★, Education 24%, Physics 17.1%, Simulation 8.1%, Sandbox 7.8%
To survive, you must guide your species through a constantly changing world. Compete with strange creatures for food and territory, and find your niche through careful evolutionary choices. The real question is not if you can survive, but for how long.
Why similar: God Game 31.5% ★, Science 25.2% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Exploration 6.1%
Planetarium for VR to learn about the stars, constellations, and deep sky objects from the Messier, Caldwell, Herschel400, NGC, IC, Sharpless, and Arp catalogs. Learn the positions of stars and the Messier objects; play the minesweeper in VR in a polyhedron.
Why similar: Science 31.5% ★, Education 14.8%, Physics 10.5%, Simulation 9.7%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
Design computational circuits which defy restrictions of our universe in this open-ended puzzle. Your completed creations become components to solve future challenges. As you design a circuit and can place your design within it, where there is a smaller you doing the same, and so on to infinity.
Why similar: Science 23.2% ★, Education 16.6%, Logic 13.7%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 10%
Seed, Breed, Create. From single cell organisms to complex ecosystems. Evolve every part of your own unique aquarium / terrarium by applying scientifically accurate principles of natural and artificial selection, in Creatura - ultimate Virtual Evolution Vivarium Simulator.
Why similar: Science 28.4% ★, God Game 22.1% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Education 11.1%, Immersive Sim 8.7%
MiniEco is a cozy top-down nature sim that combines laid-back idle gameplay, hands-on ecosystem management, and a hint of god-like power. Nurture or disrupt evolving species, shape their habitats, and watch as thousands of organisms adapt—or clash—in real time.
Why similar: Science 32.6% ★, God Game 30.9% ★, Sandbox 16.7%, Simulation 6%, Relaxing 5.2%
A collection of 3 relaxing simulators, never before released on PC. Grow the worlds, find all the endings.
Why similar: God Game 43.1% ★, Sandbox 16.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Logic 10.7%, Building 10.3%
Play with lasers and solve puzzles in Laser Attraction. Use reflection, refraction, dispersion and filtration to direct the laser beams, mix and separate colours, open doors, hit targets and complete puzzles.
Why similar: Science 35.2% ★, Physics 17.9%, Education 13.3%, Logic 11.2%, Relaxing 8.6%
Dive into virtual brick-building with Master Builder Simulator! Explore solo or with friends in Sandbox, Model Building, Co-op, or versus modes. Unleash your inner Master Builder in endless creative adventures!
Why similar: LEGO 35.5% ★, Sandbox 12.8%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Building 10.4%, Physics 9.2%
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Why similar: Education 20%, Sandbox 14.6%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Building 12.3%, Relaxing 7.9%
Woodland Empire is an anti-citybuilder; a natural take on the typical city building game. Instead of building roads and power lines, you'll control the wind, rain and sunlight to help your forest grow. Employ the help of woodland creatures to manage, upgrade and grow your empire.
Why similar: God Game 31.4% ★, Science 24.2% ★, Sandbox 12.8%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Physics 8.1%
You have four basic elements, an empty planet and plenty of time. Not that these alone are enough to create the Universe. You will also have to use your intelligence and imagination as you combine air, water, fire and earth to create hundreds of new elements to make your planet come alive!
Why similar: God Game 29.6% ★, Science 24.6% ★, Logic 16.6%, Sandbox 8.1%, Colorful 5.1%
Cinch Bridge is a 2D physics-based puzzle game built around trial and error. The rules are simple: guide the protagonist to the goal. Place gimmicks, watch the outcome, and use bouncing mushrooms and gusts of wind to lead the character to safety.
Why similar: Lemmings 60.2% ★, Physics 18.4%, Casual 8.2%, Relaxing 5.5%, Cute 4.2%
pan·gaia is a whole-Earth sandbox fresh outta 1999. Sculpt your planet's climate, balance its ecology, design the perfect species for a niche, and maybe, lead them to sapience. Or... hurl meteors at them.
Why similar: God Game 31.8% ★, Science 28.6% ★, Sandbox 25.2%, Simulation 8.6%, Relaxing 5.8%
Unknot! is a physics-simulation puzzle game where you unknot knots with simple controls, based on knot theory. Blending art, puzzles, and math, it delivers a unique experience—whether you’re a casual player or a hardcore puzzle enthusiast.
Why similar: Science 32.8% ★, Physics 18.7%, Logic 15.9%, Education 11.4%, Simulation 8.8%
Colorgrid is a puzzle game about mixing colors in a Lab. Find the correct positions for your lasers and mirrors to get the right mix of colors in each material.
Why similar: Science 26.9% ★, Education 15.2%, Physics 14.4%, Logic 12.5%, Building 10.2%
A powerful 2D sandbox simulator — physics and magic, characters and animation. Create anything you can imagine!
Why similar: God Game 34.6% ★, Sandbox 19.1%, Building 15.6%, Physics 14.8%, Simulation 7.7%
You've get a no people island. Then there is only one thing to do. Use your hands to increase the number of sheep.
Why similar: God Game 45.4% ★, Sandbox 20.8%, Simulation 13%, Relaxing 6.6%, Cute 5.6%
"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!
Why similar: Science 17.4% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Education 14.4%, Physics 11.7%, Logic 9.4%
Join the journey to clean the world! Start your social responsibility company in a small tent, clean the dirty areas of cities, upload before/after photos to your social media page, and collect donations. Use the donations to buy equipment and hire staff. Grow from a tent into a global movement!
Why similar: Education 27.5%, Sandbox 18.4%, Immersive Sim 17.5%, Simulation 13.2%, Building 8.3%
Enter the world of tiny, virtual protozoa. Take control of one in free play to just explore or attempt to outlast another in a variety of custom boards. The controls are simple, but in the spirit of experimentation you'll have to figure them out on your own by playing...
Why similar: Science 31.4% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Relaxing 10.3%, Simulation 10.2%
Bloxiti is a photorealistic builder where you snap and stack blocks to craft cozy cabins, massive megastructures, or peaceful dioramas.
Why similar: Education 19%, Sandbox 16.8%, Physics 14.6%, Building 13.6%, Immersive Sim 12.5%
Ever wondered what a cross between Tetris and Lemmings would look like? Well, wonder no more, 'cause... MouseCraft is here! MouseCraft is an A to B puzzle game where players help Schrödinger, the crazy cat scientist, in completing his mysterious, mice-powered invention.
Why similar: Lemmings 52.3% ★, Science 26% ★, Relaxing 5.9%, Logic 5.4%, Cute 4.5%
DOG'S DONUTS is a physics-based game. Place the machines, make the adjustments and try to feed this adorable husky crazy for DONUTS.
Why similar: Lemmings 50.3% ★, Physics 13.4%, Building 11.2%, Logic 10.8%, Colorful 4.1%