Games Like SimplePlanes

Build and fly realistic aircraft. Use free-form fuselage and wing editor tools and tune your engines to recreate aircraft from any era or design your own.

Why similar: Flight 33%, Sandbox 18.5%, Military 15.7%, Building 15.6%, Physics 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most similar experience to SimplePlanes with its advanced procedural wing and fuselage design tools.

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: Sandbox 23.4%, Moddable 22.9% ★, Physics 19.1%, Building 16.3%, Open World 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for physics-based vehicle construction and orbital mechanics simulation.

Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.

Why similar: Flight 21.3%, Automation 17.2%, Moddable 17% ★, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-fidelity aerospace simulator that allows for deep customization of rockets and aircraft with a focus on realistic physics.

Developed by the creator of the original Kerbal Space Program, KitHack Model Club is a physics-based model building sandbox that offers limitless freedom for you and your friends. Design, build, battle, fly (and crash!) your very own RC vehicles, or experiment with over 2,400 ready-made vehicles!

Why similar: Moddable 19.8% ★, Vehicular Combat 17.9% ★, Automation 17.1%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the creator of Kerbal Space Program, this game focuses on building and flying custom RC vehicles with a similar sandbox feel.

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: Flight 22.6%, Automation 21.8%, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 14%, Physics 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines complex vehicle building with logic systems and a challenging maritime and aviation rescue environment.

Carefully balance mobility, firepower and armour in a dedicated tank designer. Then uncarefully put them to the test in a series of combat scenarios progressing through the ages of the tank. Here, your limit is what you can fit inside your hull and turret while still being able to move forwards.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 25.9% ★, Military 22.2%, Sandbox 18.8%, Building 18.7%, Physics 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly detailed, part-based design system specifically for tanks that mirrors the engineering depth of SimplePlanes.

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: Vehicular Combat 22.9% ★, Racing 16%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Physics 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: An accessible, physics-based sandbox that makes building and testing custom vehicles intuitive and fun.

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: Moddable 20% ★, Flight 19.7%, Vehicular Combat 18% ★, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 12%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building mechanical contraptions and siege engines using a robust, physics-based construction system.

A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 25.8%, Moddable 18.7% ★, Racing 13.8%, Physics 13.6%, Sandbox 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features the most advanced soft-body physics engine, making it the perfect sandbox for testing vehicle durability and handling.

Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 22.9% ★, Military 16%, Building 15.6%, Artificial Intelligence 14.6%, Sandbox 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply complex vehicle design game where you build naval and aerial warships block-by-block for tactical combat.

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 21.5%, Building 19.7%, Physics 14.7%, Open World 13.8%, Flight 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game that focuses on building vehicles from bricks and testing them in environments with high-fidelity destruction physics.

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 25.3%, Sandbox 20.7%, Physics 17.4%, Open World 15.4%, Moddable 12.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: Offers a creative building experience with a powerful logic and sensor system for creating complex moving machines.

Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.

Why similar: Moddable 26.5% ★, Building 16.3%, Sandbox 15.6%, Physics 13.9%, Open World 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Allows for large-scale vehicle and base construction with a focus on realistic physics and survival mechanics in space.

Explore a world of creative building, interactive machines, and gears - lots of gears. Build all things mechanical: cars, trucks, cranes, tanks, gearboxes, engines, clocks, anything you can think of. Test your creations to destruction in challenging scenarios, and share them in the workshop!

Why similar: Moddable 22.2% ★, Automobile Sim 20.9%, Building 17.4%, Sandbox 14.6%, Physics 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-heavy building game that excels at letting players create complex mechanical systems and working machinery.

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: Automation 27.7%, Artificial Intelligence 20.4%, Building 16.9%, Sandbox 16.3%, Physics 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on modular robotics and custom vehicle design with a strong emphasis on programming and physics.

Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics on intense battlefields, facing land, air and sea threats. Wage war against AI or other players with an array of potent weapons. Wield tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, capable of annihilating anything in their path.

Why similar: Flight 45.9%, Military 29.5%, Physics 15.4%, 3D 4.8%, Action 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A flight simulator that captures the intensity of modern aerial combat with a focus on realistic flight dynamics.

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 26.6%, Sandbox 22.4%, Open World 16.1%, Vehicular Combat 14.8% ★, Physics 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a modular, snap-together building system that encourages creative vehicle design for combat and exploration.

Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?

Why similar: Automobile Sim 22.6%, Building 15.7%, Moddable 14.4% ★, Automation 14.1%, Sandbox 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly deep engine and chassis design simulation for those who enjoy the engineering side of vehicle building.

Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!

Why similar: Building 58.2%, Exploration 22.1%, Strategy 19.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features detailed ship design where the layout and placement of components directly impact the physics and combat performance.

Dieselpunk Wars is a vehicle building game, focused on combat with advanced physics and damage simulation. Use over 300 elements to build a war machine of your dreams. Construct vehicles that ride on the ground, soar through the skies, or dive underwater. Prepare for combat and test your skills!

Why similar: Combat Racing 17% ★, Flight 15.9%, Vehicular Combat 15.2% ★, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 10%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build massive combat vehicles from a wide variety of parts with a strong focus on physics-based warfare.

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 40.3%, Physics 27.1%, Sandbox 18.5%, Funny 8.8%, Strategy 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based construction puzzle game that challenges your understanding of structural integrity and load-bearing design.

Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.

Why similar: Flight 34%, Building 18.6%, Sandbox 15%, Physics 13.9%, Open World 8.2%

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: Flight 45.4%, Sandbox 23.3%, Physics 22.4%, Strategy 9%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, physics-based flight game that focuses on incremental upgrades and testing to reach higher altitudes.

A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.

Why similar: Flight 27.5%, Vehicular Combat 17.4% ★, Building 16.3%, Sandbox 15.9%, Open World 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A space-faring game that features procedural ship building where the shape and composition of your ship determine its capabilities.

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: Sandbox 45.5%, Physics 33.8%, Open World 13.1%, Exploration 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive space simulator that allows you to manipulate gravity and physics to see how celestial bodies interact.

England, 1940. The Luftwaffe is preparing for the invasion of Britain and the RAF need every man to stop it. They need you. Join the ground crews as they struggle to keep the aircraft flying. Repair engine, patch bullet holes, rearm machine guns and more.

Why similar: Building 72.4%, Strategy 18.2%, Action 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a technical look at the maintenance and assembly of WWII-era aircraft, appealing to those who love the mechanics of flight.

Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!

Why similar: Building 25%, Sandbox 20.9%, Physics 18.1%, Open World 18%, Exploration 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features comprehensive vehicle and base construction tools within a vast, open-world survival setting.

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: Military 48.8%, Strategy 19.7%, Exploration 19.6%, 3D 12%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic management and control of various vehicles in a high-stakes military simulation.

Crazy physics and high-speed races! Craft vehicles cleverly by combining building blocks and mechanical parts to create powerful drivetrains. Unlock new parts, race for the gold, and challenge your friends in multiplayer.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.8%, Racing 22.3%, Building 20.5%, Physics 16.9%, 3D 4.3%

A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

Why similar: Building 27.3%, Sandbox 26.4%, Open World 25.7%, Exploration 14.9%, Action 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique building experience where you construct and upgrade a steampunk drill-ship to survive a volcanic environment.

SimplePlanes VR is a flight sim with an ever-expanding collection of hand-crafted aircraft to download and fly for free. Airplanes, helicopters, cars, boats, and more are available and new crafts are added every day.

Why similar: Flight 17.2%, Combat Racing 17.1% ★, Automobile Sim 11.9%, Military 9.9%, Racing 9.6%

In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.

Why similar: Sandbox 34.5%, Moddable 16.7% ★, Building 14.4%, Exploration 13%, Physics 12.7%

Take to the skies in the World’s favourite flight simulator! The multi award winning Microsoft Flight Simulator X lands on Steam for the first time. Take off from anywhere in the world, flying some of the world’s most iconic aircraft to any one of 24,000 destinations.

Why similar: Flight 67.1%, Moddable 12.2% ★, Open World 12.1%, Military 4%, Sandbox 2.5%

Design your car from scratch: from the frame to the suspension and race it!

Why similar: Automobile Sim 35.9%, Building 20.1%, Racing 19.8%, Sandbox 18.3%, Physics 5.9%

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: Moddable 19.5% ★, Building 18.7%, Sandbox 18.2%, Physics 15.8%, Open World 11.3%

Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!

Why similar: Flight 46.7%, Building 22.9%, Sandbox 20.7%, Strategy 7.6%, Funny 1.5%

Unleash your creativity and craft anything from flying cars to jet-powered toilets.Fair warning: there's a learning curve. But once you've got it, the sky's the limit for your creations!While active development is paused, we focus preserving the game and keeping it accessible.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 35.5%, Racing 22.6%, Building 14.9%, Sandbox 14.5%, Physics 12.5%

From gliders and helicopters to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition. The world is at your fingertips.

Why similar: Flight 66.5%, Open World 19.3%, Physics 14.2%

Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.

Why similar: Automation 25.4%, Building 15.1%, Sandbox 14.3%, Physics 12.5%, Open World 10.5%

VTOL VR is a near-futuristic combat flight game built for Virtual Reality. Pilot advanced multi-role jets, using your hands to flip switches, press buttons, and manipulate the virtual flight controls.

Why similar: Flight 33.6%, Vehicular Combat 18.7% ★, Military 18%, Artificial Intelligence 11.1%, Physics 9.6%

Build and manage an international airport!

Why similar: Flight 28.6%, Moddable 23.3% ★, Automation 20%, Building 12.4%, Sandbox 11.3%

The future of flight simulation is now! X-Plane 11 is the detailed, realistic, and modern simulator you’ve been waiting for. Intuitive user interface, 3-D cockpits, new effects, 3-D sound, living airports and world-wide scenery.

Why similar: Flight 69.7%, Open World 14.5%, Physics 8.2%, Sandbox 6.1%, Exploration 1.1%

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 49.2%, Sandbox 44.3%, Open World 4.9%, Action 1.6%

The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

Why similar: Physics 100%

Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!

Why similar: Military 30.9%, Moddable 21.7% ★, Sandbox 21.4%, Physics 9.8%, Funny 7.6%

The sequel to the unfinished Sinking Simulator, now with a lot more POWER!!!! Witness your witty love of chaos and destruction sinking 2D ships and everything else on board!

Why similar: Sandbox 63.6%, Physics 36.4%

RealFlight® is the industry-leading flight simulator for radio-controlled airplanes, helicopters, and drones. Fly more than 300 hyper-realistic vehicles in an immense, open world right from your desktop. This RC classic is a must-have tool for flight enthusiasts of all skill levels!

Why similar: Flight 35.2%, Vehicular Combat 23.7% ★, Racing 17.2%, Physics 15.2%, 3D 5.2%

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: Flight 32.9%, Sandbox 22.4%, Physics 17.6%, Building 14.5%, Action 9%

Feel the excitement of flying the Su-25T "Frogfoot" attack jet and the TF-51D "Mustang" in the free-to-play Digital Combat Simulator World!

Why similar: Flight 51.4%, Military 28%, Open World 10.3%, Sandbox 6.8%, Strategy 2.1%

Ultra-Realistic Flight Simulation

Why similar: Flight 42%, Military 19.1%, Moddable 17.2% ★, Physics 7.8%, Open World 7.7%

Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.

Why similar: Moddable 26.7% ★, Building 18%, Sandbox 17.6%, Physics 14.1%, Open World 11.6%

Tiny Combat Arena is an approachable combat flight simulator sporting a stylized look and various game modes. Dogfight your way in the Arena and in Quick Action or craft your own scenarios and take part in a vast war with objectives and friendly armies to support.

Why similar: Flight 46.9%, Vehicular Combat 23.6% ★, Military 22.9%, 3D 6.6%

Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.

Why similar: Sandbox 44.4%, Physics 40.1%, 3D 9.6%, Action 5.9%

Design your own warships, equip them with a variety of armament, and bring them out to the ocean!

Why similar: Sandbox 33.4%, Military 29.8%, Building 28.8%, Strategy 8%

Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.

Why similar: Sandbox 37.5%, Building 31.9%, Physics 25.2%, Open World 5.4%

Vehicle Simulator is an open world flying/sailing simulator with accurate physics and dynamics, simulating well the various boats, planes and land vehicles included. The game allows the user to modify and experiment with scenery making and vehicle design by way of extreme modability, with a large library of existing mods and add-ons.

My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 43%, Open World 15.1%, Racing 14%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 9.6%

Explore the world with our largest fleet of aircraft and take simulation to new heights while pursuing your aviation career within Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

Why similar: Flight 58.9%, Sandbox 16.4%, Open World 11.7%, Exploration 7.6%, Physics 5.4%