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Control gravity, orbit around black holes, and have fun mastering physics with your car in space! With this educational puzzle game, only your genius and your analytical skills can get you out of trouble after a painful car crash on the Moon!
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-75%$9.99Kerbal Space Program
Apr 27 · Squad
Both: Space · Physics · Science
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.
SpaceSimulationSandboxPhysicsScienceSpace SimBuildingModdableEducationIndie👍 120,709
$4.99Odyssey - The Story of Science
Apr 19 · The Young Socratics
Both: Education · Puzzle · Physics
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!
AdventureIndieEducationPuzzlePhysicsScienceRealisticStory RichFirst-Person👍 207
$9.99OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe)
Mar 1 · Orbital Views
Both: Education · Science · Space
Overview is a mind-changing experience about our position in the Universe. With a narrative and an interactive mode, it features realistic imagery and accurate data to leave you in awe and wonder at the vastness of the Cosmos.
EducationCasualExplorationMarsScienceSpacePhysicsNatureSpace SimVR👍 114
$19.99Juno: New Origins
Jan 26 · Jundroo, LLC
Both: Science · Education · Physics
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.
BuildingScienceSpace SimProgrammingFlightEducationBase BuildingRealisticSandboxPhysics👍 3,088
$14.99THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE
Nov 29 · Three Dots Games
Both: Puzzle · Science · Physics
Dr. Herman, your sci-fi journey begins. Armed only with your mind and the Manipulator that operates with different types of energy, you'll have to pass through portals, visit parallel worlds, and solve physics-based puzzles.
PuzzleStory RichAdventureSciencePhysicsSurrealSci-fiFirst-PersonSingleplayerExploration👍 341
$29.99Universe Sandbox
Aug 24 · Giant Army
Both: Space · Education · Physics
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.
Early AccessSimulationSandboxIndieSpaceEducationSpace SimRelaxingPhysicsOpen World👍 27,857
$12.99ChromaGun
Feb 16 · Pixel Maniacs
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Sci-fi
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!
PuzzlePuzzle Platformer3D PlatformerFirst-PersonSingleplayerColorfulSci-fiComedyScienceDark Humor👍 303
$7.99SimpleRockets
Jun 3 · Jundroo, LLC
Both: Physics · Space
I am excited to release my first game on Steam! SimpleRockets was released in 2013 for mobile and I've put a ton of work into it to get it ready for PC and Mac. It was inspired by KSP, and it offers a simpler 2D experience for building rockets and exploring space with realistic orbital mechanics.
SimulationSandboxPhysicsSpace SimIndieSpace2D👍 280
$4.99iO
Dec 5 · Gamious
Both: Physics · Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer
iO is an abstract physics platformer about size and speed. Grow bigger and smaller in order to solve some of the trickiest puzzles. Reach the exit as quickly as possible and grab a gold medal as your reward!
IndieActionRacingPhysicsPuzzlePuzzle Platformer2DPlatformer👍 102
$4.99Planetary Settlers
May 30 · Leveler Games
Both: Space · Education · Science
Planetary Settlers is a family friendly game with real benefits! Learn about the solar system as you play. Experience realistic gravity as you control Blue 42 on each planet, completing mini games, uncovering secrets, solving puzzles, and completing quizzes to enhance your abilities!
SpaceEducationExplorationScienceAdventureEarly AccessIndieMarsRobotsSci-fi
$14.99Spaceflight Simulator
Feb 17 · Team Curiosity ✦
Both: Space · Science
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
SandboxSpace SimSpaceSimulation2DExplorationSingleplayerScienceCraftingSpaceships👍 9,440
$18.99Beam
Sep 29 · Binary Impact
Both: Space · Puzzle Platformer · Sci-fi
BEAM is a challenging precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams and tightly maneuver MARBLE in order to save both your lives.
Precision PlatformerSpacePuzzle PlatformerSci-fiPhysicsAdventureDifficultPuzzleFunnyDark Humor
-50%$0.99Underland
Feb 5 · Minicactus Games
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Physics
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!
Dungeon CrawlerDestructionLemmingsExplorationPixel GraphicsPuzzle PlatformerPhysicsSimulationLevel EditorTactical👍 116
$7.99Gravity Shot
Nov 9 · Intrepid Marmot
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Space
Sling shot explosive nuclear warheads into collision course with your planetary assassination targets. Using the gravitation of a planet against itself, while navigating your payload around asteroids, moons and even Black Holes for devastating effect!
PuzzlePhysicsCasualSpaceArcadeSpace SimTop-DownSci-fiSingleplayerSimulation
$8.99Anoxemia
Jan 16 · BSK Games
Both: Physics · Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
Anoxemia is a story-driven exploration game that puts you in control of the scientist Dr. Bailey and his operations drone, ATMA. Search the ocean floor as you discover and extract samples from the bowels of the underwater caves. Danger lurks in each passageway.
PhysicsPuzzle PlatformerDarkPuzzleAtmosphericSide ScrollerPlatformerSingleplayerDark FantasyAdventure
$29.99SpaceEngine
Jun 11 · Cosmographic Software
Both: Sci-fi · Space · Science
The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.
Early AccessOpen WorldSci-fiCasualSandboxSpaceSpace Sim3DRealisticScience👍 15,848
-30%$17.49Space Simulation Toolkit
Jun 5 · Pavel Kudinov
Both: Physics · Space · Education
Physics sandbox game that uses a graphics card as a supercomputer. Change the laws of physics, design mechanisms, create A-Life worlds and inhabit them with living beings, experiment with evolution and AI.
SimulationSandboxPhysicsEarly AccessIndieArtificial Intelligence2DSpaceSpace SimEducation👍 501
$9.99ΔV: Rings of Saturn
Jul 21 · Kodera Software
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Physics
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.
SpaceSci-fiPhysicsSingleplayerExplorationTop-DownSpace SimImmersive SimVehicular CombatOpen World👍 2,883
$19.99Rocket Science
Feb 20 · unbeGames
Both: Space · Physics · Science
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
SpaceExplorationSandboxBuildingPhysicsScienceSimulationSpace SimFlightRealistic👍 165
$2.99The Shape Of Heart
Oct 25 · Dragon Whisper Game
Both: Puzzle · Physics
Have you ever tried to save your lunch money in order to buy a game or comic book? After so many years, you have grown up, but your colorful life costs all your energies. The unlimited pressure makes you exhausted. Is there anything that could fulfill the void of your heart?
IndieEarly AccessPuzzlePhysicsNarrative👍 202
$0.99Down is Relative
May 17 · Bret Swearengen
Both: Puzzle · Puzzle Platformer · Sci-fi
A first-person story-based puzzle game with an emphasis on subverting your current familiarity to gravity. The perfect game for those that enjoy interesting twists and unique puzzle elements.
PuzzleStrategyPuzzle PlatformerPsychological HorrorSci-fiPhysicsInteractive FictionHorrorSpaceAliens
$19.99Pid
Oct 31 · Might and Delight
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle
You are stranded on a strange and peculiar planet. It’s time to embark on your journey and find your way home! Explore a gravity defying and challenging platformer with striking visuals and a captivating story that transports you to a world beyond ours.
IndiePuzzle PlatformerAdventurePlatformerPuzzleLocal Co-OpDifficultSingleplayerCo-opGreat Soundtrack👍 296
$1.99Beyond Gravity
Sep 23 · Qwiboo Ltd
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Physics
Beyond Gravity is procedurally generated "platformer" where you jump in-between planets and try to collect as many pickups as you can. This gets progressively harder the further you jump. No need to worry tho as you can upgrade your character with loads of upgrades and power-ups!
CasualActionIndiePlatformerSpace2DSci-fiAnimePhysicsProcedural Generation👍 790
$14.99Genesis Noir
Mar 26 · Feral Cat Den
Both: Puzzle · Space
A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.
NoirPoint & ClickStory RichExplorationPuzzleSurrealAtmosphericStylizedHand-drawnSpace👍 1,696
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
PuzzlePhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackRobotsExploration👍 29,240
$14.99OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
Apr 22 · SIGONO INC.
Both: Puzzle · Space
Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.
Story RichAtmosphericVisual NovelSingleplayerPuzzleSpaceAdventureFemale Protagonist2DPoint & Click👍 1,404
$8.99BLACKHOLE
Feb 27 · FiolaSoft Studio
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Puzzle · Space
BLACKHOLE is an award-winning hardcore platformer with over 15 hours of story-driven sci-fi comedy and gravity-twisting puzzles. Complete Edition out now!
AdventureIndiePuzzle PlatformerDifficultAction2DPuzzleSpaceGreat SoundtrackPlatformer👍 583
$1.99Plazma Being
Feb 9 · Hedge Knight Games
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · Physics
Take control of Zeb in this puzzle/platformer. He is a small energy based life form from space, known as a Plazma Being. While journeying through space to his home, Zeb was surprised to find that he was being kidnapped by aliens. They took him back to their planet and unceremoniously threw him into captivity.
AdventurePuzzlePlatformerIndieActionSci-fiAnimePhysics2DSingleplayer👍 312
$4.99Carry The Glass
Oct 23 · Çağatay Demir, Enes Kaplan
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Funny · Physics
Team up as two quirky construction workers in this fun 2-player co-op platformer! Carry a fragile glass window through colorful levels filled with challenges. Communicate and coordinate to dodge obstacles and solve puzzles. Can you finish the job without breaking the glass?
Co-opMultiplayerPuzzle PlatformerOnline Co-OpFunnyAdventurePlatformer3D PlatformerPhysicsCasual👍 2,838
$9.99Radical Relocation
Aug 31 · Winglett Entertainment
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Funny
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!
DrivingPuzzlePhysicsFunnyThird PersonDifficultReal-TimeColorfulSimulationStrategy👍 258
FreeIce Caves of Europa
Jul 9 · Io Normal
Both: Sci-fi · Science · Physics
Ice Caves of Europa will challenge your reflexes and your mind, blending free-flowing precision flight with confronting science fiction ideas about the nature of humanity. An inquisitive flying robot exploring the hazardous caves beneath Europa stumbles upon a sinister interplanetary conspiracy.
ActionAdventureIndieSimulationSci-fiScienceExplorationTime AttackSpace SimPhysics
$19.99Moon Mystery
Oct 28 · Cosmoscouts
Both: Sci-fi · Space · Puzzle
The Moon's haunted - and when an astronaut loses contact with Earth, the adventure begins in full. Fill up your oxygen, load up the guns, and set out on an interstellar FPS adventure across the stars, filled with puzzles, fights, exploration, and strange secrets of the universe.
AdventureSingleplayerSci-fiFPSSpaceMysteryPuzzleRobotsActionAction RPG👍 551
$14.99Signal Simulator
Apr 29 · Blagovest Penev
Both: Space · Science
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.
SimulationIndiePsychological HorrorSpaceAliensHorrorScienceSandboxAtmosphericFirst-Person👍 967
$7.99JellyCar Worlds
Dec 8 · Walaber Entertainment LLC
Both: Puzzle Platformer · Physics
It's a Car, made of Jelly! Squishy Physics, Tactile, Silly & Imaginative Driving/Platforming
2D PlatformerRacingPrecision PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPhysicsDrivingSimulationActionPlatformerCharacter Customization👍 1,008
-90%$0.99Luna's Wandering Stars
May 15 · Serenity Forge
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Space
A planetary physics game that challenges you to master the powers of the universe. Use orbital mechanics to maneuver the trajectories of moons, with the powers of changing gravity, creating black holes, forming wormholes, and even shooting lasers!
SimulationActionIndiePuzzleLevel EditorGreat SoundtrackPhysicsSpaceSingleplayer
-84%$0.79Gravity Badgers
Nov 28 · Wales Interactive
Both: Puzzle · Space · Physics
Step into the space suit of valiant gravity badger Captain T Bayback as he ventures into the deadly depths of deep space to save his friends, family and the universe itself from the threat of the deadly Evil Honey Badgers, aka the Hellsett.
CasualIndiePuzzleSpaceTouch-FriendlySingleplayerSide ScrollerGoreMemesPhysics👍 213
$9.99Out There Somewhere
Mar 14 · MiniBoss
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
PlatformerPixel GraphicsIndiePuzzleAdventure2DGreat SoundtrackRetroActionSci-fi👍 6,161
-70%$7.49Trailmakers
Sep 18 · Flashbulb
Both: Space
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.
SpaceFamily FriendlyActionCo-op CampaignOnline Co-OpSingleplayerAdventureAction-AdventureFlightColorful👍 33,497
-60%$7.99Terraformers
Mar 9 · Asteroid Lab
Both: Sci-fi · Space · Science
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!
SimulationProcedural GenerationSurvivalAtmosphericRoguelikeSci-fiSingleplayerSpaceChoices MatterScience👍 3,031
$1.99Space Drone: Rescue Mission
Aug 23 · Gray Boss
Both: Puzzle · Space · Sci-fi
Space drone is a minimalist open world puzzle game with grid movement where you remotely control a drone to find and rescue your lost mates in space. Every movement spend energy, be aware to don't be without it!
SokobanMinimalistPuzzleGrid-Based MovementBoard GameSpaceLogicOpen WorldSci-fiStrategy













