Top Science Games
60+ science games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Simulation, Sandbox, Indie.
Recommended Science Games

Kerbal Space Program
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.

Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.
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- #1 Kerbal Space Program98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 133,317 reviews2015Developer: SquadPublisher: Private DivisionPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.3hMean: 65.2h≥1hr: 84%
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
- #2 Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends98% matchVery Positive90% of 26,359 reviews2021Developer: Computer LunchPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 5.4hMean: 80.4h≥1hr: 79%
The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.
- #3 SPORE™96% matchVery Positive93% of 70,545 reviews2008Developer: Maxis™Publisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.1hMean: 19.3h≥1hr: 86%
Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.
- #4 Universe Sandbox93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015Developer: Giant ArmyPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.4hMean: 23.5h≥1hr: 71%
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
- #5 Kerbal Space Program 291% matchMostly Negative27% of 31,135 reviews2023Developer: Intercept GamesPublisher: Private DivisionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.7hMean: 19.1h≥1hr: 86%
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.
- #6 while True: learn()80% matchVery Positive91% of 8,061 reviews2019Developer: Luden.ioPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.0hMean: 6.0h≥1hr: 80%
You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!
- #7 STEINS;GATE78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,378 reviews2016Developer: MAGES. Inc.Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 6.5hMean: 66.2h≥1hr: 81%
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
- #8 Spaceflight Simulator75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,486 reviews2022Developer: Team Curiosity ✦Platforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.6hMean: 14.2h≥1hr: 84%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
- #9 STEINS;GATE 068% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,939 reviews2018Developer: MAGES. Inc.Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 4.7hMean: 124.0h≥1hr: 88%
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
- #10 Juno: New Origins67% matchVery Positive89% of 3,369 reviews2023Developer: Jundroo, LLCPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.0hMean: 12.8h≥1hr: 51%
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.
- #11 Thrive66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,599 reviews2021Developer: Revolutionary Games StudioPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.1hMean: 6.2h≥1hr: 66%
An evolution simulation game. Take control of your species in the environment and edit your species as a whole. Compete with other evolving species for resources on an alien planet.
- #12 OUTBRK66% matchVery Positive81% of 2,940 reviews2024Developer: SublimePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.9hMean: 19.3h≥1hr: 83%
Storm Chasing Simulator
- #13 The Sapling66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,846 reviews2019Developer: Wessel StoopPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 3.9hMean: 11.7h≥1hr: 86%
The Sapling is a short simulation game where you design your own plants and animals, and put them in a world together. Or you turn on random mutations, and see what evolution does to your ecosystem!
- #14 The Powder Toy65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,488 reviews2024Developer: The Powder Toy TeamPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
The Powder Toy is a classic physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances
- #15 MOLEK-SYNTEZ66% matchVery Positive89% of 678 reviews2019Developer: ZachtronicsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.2hMean: 5.8h≥1hr: 52%
Use the MOLEK-SYNTEZ to create small molecules with various pharmacological effects from the comfort of your small Romanian apartment.
- #16 Terraformers64% matchVery Positive88% of 3,606 reviews2023Developer: Asteroid LabPublisher: Goblinz PublishingPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.4hMean: 9.6h≥1hr: 87%
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
- #17 ΔV: Rings of Saturn64% matchVery Positive93% of 3,305 reviews2023Developer: Kodera SoftwarePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.3hMean: 11.6h≥1hr: 85%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
- #18 Mars Horizon65% matchVery Positive84% of 3,058 reviews2020Developer: Auroch DigitalPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 5.3hMean: 9.3h≥1hr: 93%
Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.
- #19 Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution66% matchMostly Positive74% of 988 reviews2018Developer: QuasarPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.3hMean: 8.6h≥1hr: 63%
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.
- #20 Sandboxels63% matchVery Positive95% of 844 reviews2025Developer: R74nPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.8hMean: 3.4h≥1hr: 60%
Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.
- #21 Children of a Dead Earth65% matchVery Positive90% of 902 reviews2016Developer: Q Switched Productions, LLCPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.2hMean: 23.8h≥1hr: 65%
The most scientifically accurate space warfare simulator ever made. Now with Steam Workshop!
- #22 TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator64% matchVery Positive86% of 3,029 reviews2022Developer: UNDEAD BATTERYPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.4hMean: 8.0h≥1hr: 80%
Fly freely and perfect your skills as an FPV pilot without the risk of breakage, with hyper-realistic visuals and flight sensations. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, TRYP FPV is the next-generation simulator that immerses you in the pure adrenaline of FPV drone flying.
- #23 Little Rocket Lab63% matchVery Positive91% of 1,227 reviews2025Developer: Teenage AstronautsPublisher: No More RobotsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.0hMean: 14.0h≥1hr: 85%
Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!
- #24 Signal Simulator64% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,022 reviews2018Developer: Blagovest PenevPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 2.9hMean: 7.4h≥1hr: 71%
Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient.
- #25 Tyto Ecology65% matchMostly Positive76% of 434 reviews2016Developer: Immersed GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac
Build your biome! With an empty biodome as your canvas, add plants and animals from three different ecosystems. Observe interactions like hunting, blooming, and even decomposing! Will your biodome last for decades, or will it experience a total ecosystem collapse? You’re in control!
- #26 Beecarbonize61% matchVery Positive94% of 2,094 reviews2023Developer: Charles GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac
Do you have what it takes to save the planet? Beecarbonize is an environmental card strategy game with climate change as your opponent.
- #27 Boson X62% matchVery Positive92% of 1,579 reviews2014Developer: Ian MacLartyPublisher: Shape ShopPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.9hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 77%
Boson X is a fast-paced rotational runner set in a particle accelerator.
- #28 Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator60% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,212 reviews2025Developer: Lyra CreativePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.0hMean: 5.7h≥1hr: 70%
Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.
- #29 Take On Mars63% matchMixed55% of 2,023 reviews2017Developer: Bohemia InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 10.5h≥1hr: 87%
Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on the Red Planet.
- #30 The Light Remake61% matchVery Positive88% of 1,488 reviews2020Developer: Носков СергейPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.4hMean: 4.7h≥1hr: 78%
There is only you, the abandoned remains of a former life and the flourishing nature that feels great in the absence of man. This world is both gloomy and empty, but so incredibly beautiful.
- #31 Planetary Life59% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 743 reviews2025Developer: SotenboxPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.5hMean: 7.9h≥1hr: 86%
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!
- #32 Lightmatter60% matchVery Positive91% of 2,853 reviews2020Developer: Tunnel Vision GamesPublisher: AspyrPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.9hMean: 8.3h≥1hr: 85%
A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.
- #33 Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors59% matchVery Positive95% of 1,044 reviews2023Developer: Coby DoxPublisher: GoonCorp Inc.Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.7hMean: 2.7h≥1hr: 62%
Follow Chud on his fight against Dr Soystein's 'jak army in this spine-tingling survival shooter. NOW FEATURING BADLANDSCHUGS
- #34 SpaceChem60% matchVery Positive92% of 5,057 reviews2011Developer: ZachtronicsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.8hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 66%
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
- #35 Odyssey - The Story of Science62% matchMostly Positive75% of 305 reviews2017Developer: The Young SocraticsPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.5hMean: 9.1h≥1hr: 62%
Odyssey is an enchanting and innovative science adventure game. Help Kai and her family escape their captors on the Wretched Islands - and learn the history of astronomy, mechanics, and scientific reasoning as you read Kai's journal and solve puzzles along the way!
- #36 Genome Guardian59% matchVery Positive92% of 770 reviews2024Developer: AlpheriorPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.8hMean: 5.8h≥1hr: 83%
COMBINE WEAPONS in the microscopic roguelite turret shooter with macroscopic depth. Survive 6 modes using an astounding array of turrets, perks, mutations and power-ups on this psychedelic journey to the heart of the abyss. Shmup Mode turns it into a vertical shoot 'em up!
- #37 My Furry Protogen 🐾59% matchVery Positive88% of 1,143 reviews2023Developer: Dirty Fox GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.9hMean: 8.7h≥1hr: 64%
When your fate is determined by the universe itself, you don’t have many options. You can either oppose it until the very end or accept it for the rest of your life, but neither choice can change your destiny.
- #38 Cyanotype Daydream -The Girl Who Dreamed the World-59% matchVery Positive88% of 761 reviews2022Developer: LaplacianPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 17.0hMean: 54.2h≥1hr: 81%
Kaito wakes to find himself in a strange room, with no memories, and a taciturn girl named Yonagi by his side. Upon learning of his role, he immerses himself into three wondrous dream worlds with her. When all three stories meet a bitter end, Kaito recovers his memories, and the true story unfolds.
- #39 Sokobond60% matchVery Positive93% of 688 reviews2014Developer: Alan HazeldenPublisher: Draknek & FriendsPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.6hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 57%
Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.
- #40 Gravity Field59% matchMostly Positive78% of 936 reviews2023Developer: Kazakov StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.9hMean: 8.7h≥1hr: 92%
Gravity Field is a spatial-logic puzzle game with time inverted objects, with no top or bottom.
- #41 Nucleares58% matchVery Positive83% of 1,020 reviews2023Developer: Iván Marcelo PrettiPublisher: MicroProse SoftwarePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.6hMean: 20.6h≥1hr: 84%
Nuclear Reactor Simulator: Take Control. Prevent Disaster. Power the World.
- #42 Primitier57% matchVery Positive94% of 304 reviews2025Developer: Ota MatoPlatforms: Windows
Primitier is a highly flexible VR sandbox game, where you can create tools and machinery by freely cutting and connecting objects in a vast world based on physics simulation.
- #43 My Furry Protogen 2 🐾57% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 528 reviews2024Developer: Dirty Fox GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.2hMean: 16.1h≥1hr: 84%
After every night comes a new dawn, filled with hope and light. As the adventure of our heroes continues, let’s discover what lies ahead!
- #44 Beyond Blue58% matchVery Positive88% of 1,441 reviews2020Developer: E-Line MediaPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 29.4h≥1hr: 68%
Beyond Blue is a single-player narrative adventure that takes you deep into our planet’s beating blue heart. Explore the awesome wonder and unbounded mystery that exists within the world’s ocean.
- #45 Size Matters57% matchVery Positive87% of 509 reviews2021Developer: Mazen GamesPublisher: GrabTheGamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.9hMean: 2.8h≥1hr: 69%
You play as a scientist who is shrinking every second in a race against time! Find all the ingredients and formulas scattered around the laboratory, which are necessary for producing the life-saving antidote. But beware, your time is very precious.
- #46 Virtual Circuit Board56% matchVery Positive93% of 302 reviews2023Developer: Reverie FoundryPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 1.5hMean: 21.2h≥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.
- #47 Dinosaur Fossil Hunter: Prologue57% matchVery Positive80% of 704 reviews2020Developer: ▲ Pyramid GamesPublisher: Pyramid Games S.A.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 1.1hMean: 3.5h≥1hr: 53%
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter is a story telling simulator where you play as a paleontologist, exploring different lands and searching for dinosaur fossils. The Prologue tells a story about a young Paleontology enthusiast and his passionate pursuit of success and self-determination.
- #48 Lab Rat55% matchVery Positive98% of 346 reviews2025Developer: Chump SquadPublisher: Klei PublishingPlatforms: Windows
A metrics-obsessed AI will monitor, profile, and entertain you as you progress through over a hundred genre-bending puzzles in this delightfully satirical adventure.
- #49 Science Girls59% matchMixed67% of 164 reviews2014Developer: Spiky CaterpillarPublisher: Hanako GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 54mMean: 11.5h≥1hr: 47%
Schoolgirls fight aliens with the power of science! Gather a team of science-themed specialists and defend your homeworld in classic turn-based combat.
- #50 Monster Lab Simulator56% matchMostly Positive77% of 483 reviews2026Developer: Round 3 StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.3hMean: 5.4h≥1hr: 75%
Ready to become a mad scientist? Synthesize, evolve, and command an army of unique creatures in your own lab. Manage your laboratory, master genetic essences, and dominate the battle arena in this deep creature collection simulator!
- #51 STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram56% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,225 reviews2019Developer: MAGES. Inc.Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 4.1hMean: 129.0h≥1hr: 88%
A story for every lab member. Discover a new side of each STEINS;GATE character and get a glimpse of their inner thoughts through 10 new stories.
- #52 Genome Guardian 255% matchVery Positive98% of 194 reviews2026Developer: AlpheriorPlatforms: Windows
COMBINE WEAPONS in the microscopic shooter with macroscopic depth. BUILD YOUR NANOBOT from hundreds of parts. SURVIVE the microbial onslaught once more in this psychedelic dive to the Abyss, full of mutations, minerals, anomalies and powerup polyps. SHMUP mode turns it into a vertical shoot 'em up!
- #53 ChromaGun57% matchVery Positive83% of 635 reviews2016Developer: Pixel ManiacsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.2hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 89%
Welcome to ChromaTec’s test lab! You’re here to test our state-of-the-art military-grade color-technology: The ChromaGun (patent pending)! Use it to solve our meticulously designed test chambers by painting the walls and droids. Remember how to mix colors from pre-school? Then you qualify!
- #54 Next Space Rebels56% matchVery Positive86% of 354 reviews2021Developer: Studio Floris KaaykPublisher: Balor GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac
SPACE IS FOR EVERYONE. In Next Space Rebels, you will develop from a naive rocket hobbyist into an experienced space activist by designing, building, and launching rockets of increasing complexity.
- #55 CAR TUNE: Project56% matchVery Positive84% of 608 reviews2020Developer: Vertices SoftwarePlatforms: Windows
CAR TUNE: Project is a detailed car tuning simulator where every bolt, screw, and gear matters. Build your dream machine, fine-tune every parameter, and test it on the track.
- #56 The King's Request: Physiology and Anatomy Revision Game56% matchVery Positive94% of 182 reviews2018Developer: Physiology with Dr ChristianPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
This short adventure game uses your knowledge of the human body and concepts from science, biology, physiology, anatomy, medicine, biomed, nursing, pharmacy, health or exercise science as your weapon! There's no negative if you get a question wrong - so have a go and save the kingdom!!
- #57 Breaking Good57% matchVery Positive88% of 158 reviews2017Developer: SeekSick6Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.1hMean: 28.0h≥1hr: 64%
1 puzzle, 4 views. Grab your test tubes and enter the lab to solve a unique puzzle game based on chemical compounds. Match the chemical elements to get more than 900 different compounds and see how far you can go. Do you have what it takes?
- #58 HyperRogue56% matchVery Positive96% of 482 reviews2015Developer: Zeno RoguePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.1hMean: 5.8h≥1hr: 93%
Time moves when you move in a truly non-Euclidean world
