Physics-Based PC Games | Building, Destruction and Vehicles Ranked
Physics-based covers very different games depending on what the physics is doing. In some, you assemble parts, drive or fly them, and even the way they break is simulated. Others have you build bridges and towers to bear a load. And in others, physics itself is the source of the comedy and absurdity. What they share is that there is no single right answer: the same challenge yields different results depending on how you build, which makes them video-friendly and often discovered through streamers long after release. Pickupbal and PancitoMerge, for example, hold a steady rating with fewer than 500 reviews.
4,435 titles match. 1,009 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 1,464 support Japanese, and 487 are free.
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2,076 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Zeke's Peak: Classic Bar Game Reimagined with 70+ Levels10/11$8.9988% positive 26precision-platformerpuzzle-platformercasualracingpinballS
Dofamine: A First-Person Sci-Fi Puzzle Adventure5/27$9.9976% positive 252adventurecyberpunksimulationsci-fiphysicsS
GlassSmash: The Satisfying Physics Puzzle of Breaking Glass4/16$1.9984% positive 43indiepuzzlephysicsdifficultminimalistS
Paint It Black: A Minimalist Puzzle-Action Challenge3/20$4.9981% positive 69actionindiecasualpuzzleminimalistS
HellBorn: Face the Nightmare in Co-Op Horror3/26$4.9988% positive 25co-opmultiplayerpuzzledifficultthird-personS
Solar System Simulator: Build Your Own Universe3/22$7.9988% positive 25simulationspace-simspacesandboxexplorationS
Keplerian Space Discovery: Realistic Spacecraft Trajectory Simulation3/16$24.9988% positive 25flightsciencespace-sim3d-platformerphysicsS
Vindefiant: Unleash Supernatural Rage in a Pixel-Art Revenge Adventure4/4$14.9983% positive 48physicsvillain-protagonistdestructionpixel-graphicsaction-adventureS
Needle In A Haystack: Co-op Physics Fun for Up to 6 Players9/29$4.79-20%76% positive 226hidden-objectonline-co-opfunnysimulationcasualS
World of Subways 2: Berlin Line 7 - The Longest Subway Journey6/12$14.9975% positive 317simulationcasualtrainsindierealisticS
Mr. Mookie and the Runaway Cookie: A Cute Puzzle Platformer Adventure2/9Free90% positive 20puzzle-platformercasualphysicsindiepuzzleS
Odyssey: The Story of Science - An Educational Adventure Puzzle4/19$4.9975% positive 306adventureindieeducationpuzzlephysicsS
Bish Bash Bots: Brawl and Build to Save the Future10/19$19.9976% positive 213co-opmultiplayertower-defenseco-op-campaigncuteS
City Climber – Floppy Ragdoll Physics Fun to Save the World2/24$4.9974% positive 457difficultpsychological-horrorsingleplayerphysicsfunnyS
Sea of Craft: Build, Sail, Conquer the Oceans3/9$14.9974% positive 455multiplayercraftingexploration3dopen-worldS
Touch Grass VR Simulator — The Ultimate Virtual Outdoors Experience11/1$2.9993% positive 15vrcasualsimulationincremental3dS
The Dunkers: 2D Streetball Action with Signature Moves1/6$9.9993% positive 15multiplayersimulationside-scroller2dcolorfulS
Tiny Solar System: Realistic Space Flight Simulation10/19$5.9993% positive 15singleplayercasualsimulationphysicsspaceS
Shatterbound: Solve Puzzles with Your Past Selves5/16Free93% positive 15free-to-playsingleplayercasualpuzzle-platformerpuzzleS
Gravity: Physics-Based Puzzle Adventure7/28$4.9993% positive 15simulationpuzzlephysicsbuildingsandboxS
Duck Race: Twitch Viewer Interactive Racing Fun11/12$11.9993% positive 15racingcasualcharacter-customizationfamily-friendlycuteS
Fiasco Restoration and Repair: Get Creative with Art Fixes2/27Free93% positive 15simulationcasualfunnyphysics3dS
Grappling Hook and Grappling Hook: Master VR Physics and Movement9/12Free93% positive 15vractionphysicssingleplayertutorialS
Kickback Slug: Cosmic Courier - Blast Your Way Through Space10/26$4.9993% positive 15casualactionphysics2d-platformerside-scrollerS
Magnetion: Magnetic Force 3D Action Puzzle Platformer5/15Free93% positive 15actionsolitaire3d-platformerpuzzle-platformerthird-personS
Neonwall: A Cyberpunk Precision Platformer with Laser Puzzles9/13$9.9993% positive 15physicsprecision-platformerplatformerindievrS
Screen Greens: Relaxing 2D Golf Sim in a Transparent Window11/28$2.9993% positive 15casualrelaxingsportsgolfcuteS
LogiGun: A Mind-Bending Physics Puzzle Platformer7/22$4.9981% positive 63indiecasualpuzzleplatformerfemale-protagonistS
Color Splash: Cats - A Relaxing Puzzle Adventure with Adorable Felines8/8$0.55-72%88% positive 24casualpuzzlecreature-collectorfunnyrelaxingS
Destroy The Hexons: A Hex Grid Puzzle Challenge3/15$0.9988% positive 24puzzlelogicstrategycasualhex-gridS
Lost Paws: Become Man's Best Friend or Worst Nightmare11/10$19.9988% positive 24dogsopen-worldsurvivalrpgtradingS
Bean There, Won That: Frantic Physics Fun for Friends9/25$7.9977% positive 148actionmultiplayerpvpparty-gamephysicsS
Wreck Runners: Co-op Extraction Horror in the Bermuda Triangle7/16$9.9981% positive 62horroronline-co-opphysicscomedymultiplayerS
Only One Burn: Manual Control Lunar Lander Challenge9/2$9.9985% positive 34indiecasualsimulationphysicsdifficultS
Jumping Jazz Cats: Online Multiplayer Mayhem in a Jazzy Mansion5/20$8.9976% positive 189catsparty-gamemultiplayer3d-platformercasualS
Rat Racer: Master Realistic Physics in This Indie Racing Sim3/12$5.9684% positive 38racingindiesimulationearly-accessphysicsS
BouleMan: A Colorful and Accessible Family Adventure6/26$0.9985% positive 33family-friendlysingleplayercontroller-supportbullet-hellphysicsS
GraFi: A Minimalist Physics Puzzle with Shifting Gravity4/26$1.9985% positive 33puzzlephysics2dsingleplayerside-scrollerS
Space Scaven: Physics-Based Space Garbage Collection4/8$6.9985% positive 33actionindiespace2dsci-fiS
VITAL: A Mind-Bending First-Person Puzzle Adventure12/13Free85% positive 33indieadventurefirst-personpuzzlephysicsS
Chocolate Makes You Happy 2: Casual Physics Puzzler with Sweets12/18$1.9977% positive 136puzzle2dabstractrelaxingphysicsS
A Smithing Game: Forge Weapons, Fight Players in Chaotic PvP5/1$3.9978% positive 106actionfantasyfirst-personcharacter-customizationcraftingS
Go Home, Mr. Fisk!: A Surreal Precision Platformer9/27Free82% positive 50physics2d-platformersouls-likeprecision-platformersurrealS
Dieselpunk Wars Prologue: Build Your Dream Machines for Free!4/20Free76% positive 177free-to-playsimulationactionindiesandboxS
Cruise Ship Handling: Master the Art of Maritime Navigation12/15$6.9986% positive 29simulation3dsailingtransportationphysicsS
Space Crash Simulator: A GPU-Accelerated Planetary Collision Sandbox11/26$9.9986% positive 29space-simcasualsimulationspacephysicsS
SurviBall: Master Physics Puzzles in a Fast-Paced 3D Platformer12/19Free84% positive 37singleplayerarcadeplatformerphysicscasualS
Mr. Bottle and His Dream: A Pixel Physics Adventure12/10$2.9983% positive 42physicsdynamic-narrationprecision-platformerphilosophicalemotionalS
Space Kettle: Ascend the Surreal Mountain with Tea Power2/7$4.9983% positive 42singleplayercasualadventureprecision-platformerpsychological-horrorSShowing 1001-1050 of 2076 items
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