- #1 Poly Bridge
97% 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: Physics 42.8%, Puzzle 41.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive bridge-building simulator that perfectly captures the physics-based construction challenge of TransPlan.
- #2 Crayon Physics Deluxe
96% 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: Puzzle 42.7%, Physics 33.4%, Casual 13.9%, Indie 10%
Why You'll Like It: Features a hand-drawn art style where you draw objects that immediately come to life with physics properties to solve puzzles.
- #3 Poly Bridge 2
95% 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: Puzzle 41.2%, Physics 40.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Refines the engineering mechanics of its predecessor with more complex physics and creative puzzle-solving opportunities.
- #4 Bridge Constructor
96% 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: Physics 34.6%, Puzzle 34.2%, Casual 20.5%, Indie 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic bridge-building puzzle game that emphasizes structural stability and material management.
- #5 Contraption Maker
94% 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: Puzzle 47%, Physics 38%, Casual 8.9%, Indie 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine that focuses on building intricate Rube Goldberg machines to solve physics puzzles.
- #6 Besiege
93% 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: Physics 42.5%, Puzzle 38.9%, Strategy 18.6%
Why You'll Like It: A deep physics-based construction game where you build siege engines to complete complex destruction and delivery objectives.
- #7 World of Goo
94% matchVery Positive94% of 6,476 reviews2008
Dev: 2D BOYPub: 2D BOY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
World of Goo is a multiple award winning physics based puzzle / construction game made entirely by two guys.
Why similar: Puzzle 47.5%, Physics 33.9%, Indie 9.6%, Casual 7%, Strategy 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: Uses physics-based structural integrity to build bridges and towers to reach goals in a charming, artistic world.
- #8 Bridge Constructor Portal
92% 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: Puzzle 43.7%, Physics 31.7%, Strategy 18.6%, Casual 3.8%, Indie 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines the structural engineering of bridge builders with the unique spatial physics of the Portal universe.
- #9 Freeways
91% 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: Puzzle 71%, Indie 29%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist construction puzzle that tasks you with designing efficient traffic flow systems using simple drawing tools.
- #10 Puddle
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 506 reviews2012
Dev: Neko Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Guide your puddle of fluid through a vast range of environments and puzzles!
Why similar: Physics 41.7%, Puzzle 39.4%, Indie 14.6%, Casual 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges you to guide a fluid through complex levels by tilting the environment, emphasizing physics-based navigation.
- #11 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: Puzzle 40%, Physics 37.8%, Strategy 18.8%, Casual 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly detailed sandbox for creating complex chain-reaction machines using various physics-based components.
- #12 Cefore
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: Pixelz Games
Windows
CEFORE is a physics-based puzzler in an abstract simplistic art style in which you get contracted to bring down different structures in the most creative ways possible. Try not to cause too much destruction, of course.
Why similar: Puzzle 48.5%, Strategy 25.3%, Indie 14.8%, Casual 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines physics-based construction with demolition, requiring you to build structures to reach objectives or destroy targets.
- #13 Fantastic Contraption
89% 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: Puzzle 38.6%, Physics 37.2%, Strategy 18.5%, Indie 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building bizarre, physics-driven machines to transport objects across difficult terrain.
- #14 Unium
88% matchVery Positive93% of 319 reviews2015
Dev: Kittehface Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Draw a line. A single line. How complex can that be?
Why similar: Puzzle 48.3%, Strategy 19.9%, Casual 19.7%, Indie 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that focuses on pathfinding and logic within a clean, simple interface.
- #15 Ballway
86% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: Freedomize Studio
Windows
Ballway is a casual physical puzzle with explosions. The player's goal is to keep the ball on the green platform, using explosive and other interactive blocks in order to pass the level.
Why similar: Puzzle 34.8%, Physics 31.4%, Casual 19.5%, Indie 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist physics puzzle game that requires careful path planning to get a ball from start to finish.
- #16 Bridge It +
87% 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: Physics 59.8%, Puzzle 40.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the engineering side of bridge construction with realistic physics and material stress analysis.
- #17 Radical Relocation
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 297 reviews2020
Dev: Winglett EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Radical Relocation is an absurd physics-based puzzle game that turns a sleepy neighbourhood into an insane obstacle course! You’ll need flawless planning and nerves of steel to get your belongings from A to B – while they’re stacked and balanced on the roof of your moving vehicle!
Why similar: Puzzle 38.9%, Physics 37.9%, Strategy 16.6%, Casual 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based transport game where you must move household items across dangerous environments without losing your cargo.
- #18 Incredipede
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 361 reviews2013
Dev: Colin Northway with art by Thomas ShahanPub: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Grow arms and legs to transform into a snake, spider, butterfly, or fifty-legged horror - anything you can imagine. Control your creations in a fumblecore dash to solve each puzzle. Learn to swing through the trees, climb sheer cliffs, or even fly.
Why similar: Physics 49.7%, Puzzle 43.1%, Indie 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Requires you to build organic, physics-based creatures to navigate challenging obstacle courses.
- #19 Grab the Bottle
83% matchVery Positive84% of 138 reviews2017
Dev: Kamina Dimension
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Grab the Bottle is a puzzle game in which you solve puzzles by stretching an infinitely stretchy arm through various levels, grabbing and dropping objects along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle 34%, Casual 25.7%, Physics 22.7%, Indie 17.6%
Why You'll Like It: Uses physics-based limb manipulation to solve puzzles and navigate environments to reach a specific goal.
- #20 Bridge Project
84% 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: Physics 60%, Puzzle 40%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic structural engineering simulation that tests your ability to build stable bridges under various environmental conditions.
- #21 Tiny Bridge: Ratventure
82% 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: Puzzle 40.1%, Physics 24.3%, Strategy 13.1%, Indie 12%, Casual 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A casual bridge-building puzzle that offers a lighter, more accessible take on the genre.
- #22 Rayland
81% matchVery Positive91% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Naoka Games
Windows
Your mission is to help the inhabitants of Rayland to transport the energy of the Domus through the various lands contained in the path. For this, you must correctly position the Reflectus and rotate them so that the energy rays reach the necessary Domus.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.2%, Strategy 22.3%, Casual 18.8%, Physics 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: A logic-based puzzle game where you must reflect lasers to reach targets, requiring careful spatial planning.
- #23 Strata
82% matchVery Positive87% of 360 reviews2014
Dev: GraveckPub: GLITCH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Simple. Elegant. Challenging.
Why similar: Puzzle 41.5%, Strategy 24.5%, Casual 21.3%, Indie 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing but challenging pattern-based logic puzzle that tests your ability to plan sequences correctly.
- #24 Inside The Gear
84% matchMostly Negative40% of 140 reviews2014
Dev: Mykhail Konokh
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A physics puzzle game like no other! You are inside the big old machine. There are rusty gears and shafts all around you, along with interactive objects such as planks and cubes. Use each object and place the wheel on the platform – easy!
Why similar: Puzzle 37.3%, Physics 26.4%, Casual 21.8%, Indie 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric puzzle game that utilizes physics and mechanical interactions to progress through its world.
- #25 Transport Services
81% matchMixed51% of 75 reviews2019
Dev: Hammer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Transport services is a lightweight fast-paced simulation game about designing and managing transportation for a dynamic world.
Why similar: Strategy 47.8%, Puzzle 30.2%, Indie 22.1%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy and logistics puzzle game that requires efficient pathing and network building.
- #26 Art Of Gravity
79% matchVery Positive91% of 682 reviews2017
Dev: Hamster On Coke Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Art Of Gravity is a voxel/physics based puzzle game, revolving around the theme of destroying abstract figures, which results in mesmerizing displays of dance of gravity.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.9%, Physics 23.4%, Casual 16.2%, Strategy 14.7%, Indie 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game where you manipulate gravity and objects to clear levels through destruction.
- #27 Masterplan Tycoon
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 729 reviews2023
Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.
Why similar: Puzzle 53.5%, Strategy 27.6%, Casual 18.8%
Why You'll Like It: A resource management and logistics game that emphasizes the planning and connection of production chains.
- #28 Reach Me
80% matchVery Positive83% of 65 reviews2017
Dev: Antizero company
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Reach Me is a colorful physical puzzle in a minimalist style.The goal of this game is to move the blocks onto the platform using special ammunition, as well as various objects in the level.
Why similar: Puzzle 42.1%, Casual 34%, Indie 24%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that focuses on simple, physics-adjacent mechanics to solve levels.
- #29 Mini Countries
79% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2021
Dev: Yheeky Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A level-based strategy/puzzle game where you have to build up a resource transport network for a country.
Why similar: Puzzle 61.2%, Strategy 23.3%, Casual 15.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic building and management game that requires careful planning to connect and develop territories.
- #30 Shoot, push, portals
78% matchVery Positive85% of 75 reviews2019
Dev: CrewLab
Windows
Casual physical puzzle!
Why similar: Casual 39.1%, Indie 27.3%, Puzzle 17%, Physics 16.6%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist physics puzzle game that focuses on simple mechanics to navigate obstacles.
- #31 Mini Metro
74% 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 48.8%, Strategy 29%, Casual 12.4%, Indie 9.9%
- #32 Mars First Logistics
70% 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: Puzzle 50.7%, Physics 49.3%
- #33 SiNKR
75% matchVery Positive94% of 545 reviews2017
Dev: Robert WahlerPub: Wahler Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
SiNKR is a minimalist puzzler using various contraptions to sink pucks. Responsive ambient music. No holes left behind.
Why similar: Puzzle 49.4%, Strategy 28.7%, Casual 13.2%, Indie 8.7%
- #34 Crazy Machines
77% matchVery Positive82% of 199 reviews2008
Dev: Fakt SoftwarePub: Viva Media
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers, Use the catapult, explode it, or fly it...From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brain-teasers will light up your imagination with creative and addictive fun.
Why similar: Puzzle 44.8%, Physics 25.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Casual 13.7%
- #35 Interstellar Logistics Inc
76% matchVery Positive81% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Exalted Guy Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Interstellar Logistics Inc. is an action puzzle game. The player shoots an object from Point A to Point B using the gravity of planets, stars, and black holes while hitting certain points along the way. There's a lot more to the game, but that is the basic idea.
Why similar: Puzzle 50.1%, Casual 26.4%, Physics 23.5%
- #36 Busway Islands - Puzzle
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows
Busway Islands is a puzzle game about organizing roads and rails across a large archipelago. Your goal is to create a safe and efficient route between bus stations, ensuring that all passengers are picked up along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle 70%, Casual 20.8%, Indie 9.2%
- #37 Bridge Constructor Stunts
77% 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.
- #38 Draw It!
74% matchVery Positive83% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Antizero company
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Draw it! With the help of drawing and physics - help the smiley to get to the platform.
Why similar: Casual 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #39 Mini Motorways
69% 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: Puzzle 38.3%, Strategy 32.2%, Casual 20.4%, Indie 9.1%
- #40 Plan B: Terraform
66% matchVery Positive91% of 3,463 reviews2025
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.
Why similar: Strategy 66.2%, Indie 33.8%
- #41 Chinese Rail SIm
73% matchMixed51% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Mai
Windows
Start with an empty Chinese map, create, build a rail network with your own imagination and sophisticated design, help millions of people to reach where they want to go. Ready yourself as a lead rail engineer to make some challenging decisions along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle 70.3%, Strategy 23.4%, Indie 6.3%
- #42 The Bridge
72% matchVery Positive87% of 4,339 reviews2013
Dev: Ty TaylorPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
Why similar: Physics 39.3%, Puzzle 38.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Indie 6.7%, Casual 5.9%
- #43 Ichi
73% matchVery Positive85% of 663 reviews2014
Dev: Stolen Couch Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Ichi is an easy to play but challenging one button puzzle game. Don't be deceived by the game simplistic look, it’s a braintwister for sure! Collect golden rings by rotating objects, using teleporters, breaking blocks and more.
Why similar: Puzzle 49.3%, Casual 20.8%, Strategy 16.9%, Indie 13%
- #44 Storm
75% matchMixed67% of 104 reviews2013
Dev: Eko Software
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take a deep breath and prepare for a tranquil journey through the seasons with Storm, an atmospheric, ethereal experience where you use natural phenomena to guide a simple seed to fertile soil so it can take root and spring to life.
Why similar: Puzzle 65%, Indie 35%
- #45 Bridge!
76% matchMostly Negative21% of 53 reviews2015
Dev: toxtronyx interactive GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Bridge! lets you be a structural engineer and a construction manager in one. Master the mystery to bridge with a limited budget and limited numbers of parts to divide and to ensure a smooth operation.
Why similar: Strategy 35.5%, Casual 29.7%, Physics 28.6%, Indie 6.2%
- #46 Underland
71% matchVery Positive85% of 173 reviews2021
Dev: Minicactus Games
Windows
Use the elements at your disposal, such as excavators, pumps, plumbing, among others, to drill the soil to the indicated location. The dynamic scenario, fluid mechanics and the laws of physics must be manipulated correctly to achieve the goal. Find the city of Underland!
Why similar: Physics 45.6%, Puzzle 31%, Strategy 13%, Indie 10.4%
- #47 Shoot. Push. Repeat.
71% matchVery Positive85% of 72 reviews2020
Dev: CrewLab
Windows
A dynamic clicker puzzle simulating real physics.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.7%, Casual 37%, Indie 25.3%
- #48 Blokker
70% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: LM Games Studio
Windows
Move the blocks strategically until the balls find the targets. Simple yet challenging! This is Blokker.
Why similar: Puzzle 35.2%, Physics 30.6%, Strategy 15.9%, Casual 13.3%, Indie 5%
- #49 The Howler
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,099 reviews2014
Dev: Antanas Marcelionis
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Use gravity, tension, and wind currents to get your hot air balloon to its destination, dropping off cargo on your way, in this ultra-challenging physics-based game. All art used in the Howler was meticulously created by classically-trained experienced painters.
Why similar: Puzzle 40%, Casual 23.7%, Indie 20.8%, Strategy 15.5%
- #50 Circularity
72% matchMixed61% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: Giorgi AbelashviliPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Relaxing puzzle with interesting game mechanics - bring your character to the final portal which will transit you to the next level. You will need to move straight, avoid obstacles, jump through portals, ricochet from walls and a lot more.
Why similar: Casual 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #51 Railway Islands - Puzzle
67% matchVery Positive94% of 262 reviews2021
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Railway Islands is a puzzle game about designing a railway map for a large archipelago. Make a safe path between the stations and let your train deliver all the resources and go to the next island.
Why similar: Puzzle 81.5%, Casual 18.5%
- #52 BLOK DROP NEO
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: RCMADIAX
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 17%
BLOK DROP NEO is a simple, yet challenging, physics-based puzzle game for PC. Your goal is to guide the orange blok safely to rest on any of the normal platforms by tapping, and destroying, the grey bloks.
Why similar: Casual 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #53 Zup! Y
64% matchVery Positive93% of 315 reviews2024
Dev: Quiet River
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Minimal physical puzzle with explosions
Why similar: Physics 42.5%, Puzzle 38.8%, Casual 14.1%, Indie 4.6%
- #54 Twickles
68% matchVery Positive92% of 133 reviews2017
Dev: Neox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Twickles is an original puzzle game with a minimalist aesthetic. Navigate a ball through increasingly complex labyrinths by rotating their individual parts or the entire structure. Complete each level in the perfect amount of moves and collect all of the trophies.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.2%, Physics 26.3%, Casual 21.7%, Indie 14.9%
- #55 LOGistICAL
67% matchVery Positive84% of 251 reviews2017
Dev: Sacada
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 77.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LOGistICAL is a strategy puzzle game where you transport different cargoes to complete all the towns throughout the country. The whole game is a huge puzzle while each town is its own little piece of puzzling. Plenty of towns are easy enough. LOGistICAL covers all of Australia.
Why similar: Puzzle 31.7%, Strategy 29.8%, Casual 24.4%, Indie 14.1%
- #56 Streamline
69% matchMixed56% of 55 reviews2015
Dev: Frostcloud Studios
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Streamline combines traditional platforming with a fresh take on physics based survival. Your goal is simple; stay alive for as long as possible in a world literally falling apart.
Why similar: Strategy 46%, Casual 31.1%, Indie 22.9%
- #57 Bridge Constructor Playground
68% 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: Casual 43%, Puzzle 30.9%, Indie 26.1%
- #58 Reverse Problem
62% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Tag Axle Games
Windows
Navigate through small diorama islands and tackle 200 handcrafted parking challenges with 100 unique trucks and buses. For an extra challenge, create your own custom problems in the Sandbox mode!
Why similar: Casual 64.8%, Indie 35.2%
- #59 Constracktion
62% matchMixed70% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Lapioware
Windows
Drive a track laying train up and down steep hills and canyons to connect industries. Navigate your network carefully as AI-trains begin to use it. Help industries level up by optimizing tracks, signals and speed limits for efficient flow of traffic.
Why similar: Puzzle 51.2%, Physics 41.8%, Indie 6.9%
- #60 Bridge Constructor Medieval
67% 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: Casual 30.6%, Puzzle 28.6%, Physics 21.9%, Indie 19%