Physics Games
Games that place a focus on how momentum and trajectory impact the movement of objects or characters find their home in the physics genre. Some of the most popular games in this genre include the worldwide hit Angry Birds and popular Cut the Rope, and both of these provide an excellent premier into what this genre has to offer.
Angry Birds is a video game franchise created by the Rovio Entertainment game developer.
- Puzzle Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Kindle Fire
+5World of Goo is a physics based puzzle / construction game. The millions of Goo Balls who live in the beautiful World of Goo dont know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious.
- Puzzle Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Steam
- Nintendo Switch
Algodoo gives you the opportunity to play with physics. Use your own hands and simple drawing tools to design, construct and explore the world of physics.
- Sandbox Game
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- iPad
You have always dreamed of flying - but your wings are tiny. Luckily the world is full of beautiful hills. Use the hills as jumps - slide down, flap your wings and fly! At least for a moment - until this annoying gravity brings you back down to earth.
- Paid • Proprietary
- iPhone
- iPad
+3Join Alto and his friends as they embark on an endless snowboarding odyssey. Journey across the beautiful alpine hills of their native wilderness, through neighbouring villages, ancient woodlands, and long-abandoned ruins.
- Running Game
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Apple TV
+2Cut the Rope is an innovative and addictive puzzle game series that combines physics oriented gameplay with bright and colorful visuals, in deviously designed challenges. Help get the candy to Om Nom, the adorable monster, by facing a range of obstacles and pesky enemies, which...
- Puzzle Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Symbian S60
- Blackberry
- Android Tablet
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Kindle Fire
The Powder Toy is a desktop version of the classic 'falling sand' physics sandbox game, it simulates air pressure and velocity as well as heat!.
- Sandbox Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- PortableApps.com
Sandboxels is an in-browser falling sand simulation game, with mechanics such as heat simulation, electricity, density, chemical reactions, fire, explosions, and over 500 unique elements to play with.
- Sandbox Game
- Free • Open Source
- Online
+16The full game includes 47 levels (plus "infinite" bonus content) across 8 distinct level types: Ambient, Solar, Antimatter, Impasse, Repulsor, Sentient, Warped Chaos, and Epicycles.
- Absorb Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Steam
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've crafted yourself.
- Action Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
+6A fun physics-based puzzle game where you throw balls at boxes to smash them out of the screen.
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- F-Droid
- Windows
- Linux
- itch.io
FlatOut is a series of demolition derby-style racing games (formerly) developed by Finnish Bugbear Entertainment and (formerly) published by Empire Interactive. FlatOut-series has sold almost 3 million units worldwide.
- Racing Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.
- Racing Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Android
- Steam
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.
- Sandbox Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Physion can be used to create interactive physics simulations for fun or educational purposes.
- Sandbox Game
- Free • Proprietary
- Online