Games like Contraption Maker
by Kevin Ryan
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.
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$19.99The Signal State
Sep 23 · Reckoner Industries
Both: Puzzle · Sandbox · Level Editor
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.
PuzzleLogicSimulationAutomationProgrammingIndieSandboxLevel EditorModdableTutorial👍 651
-85%$1.49MouseCraft
Jul 8 · Crunching Koalas
Both: Puzzle · Lemmings · Level Editor
Ever wondered what a cross between Tetris and Lemmings would look like? Well, wonder no more, 'cause... MouseCraft is here! MouseCraft is an A to B puzzle game where players help Schrödinger, the crazy cat scientist, in completing his mysterious, mice-powered invention.
PuzzleLemmingsStrategyCuteFunnyIndieCasualLevel EditorFamily FriendlyScience👍 200
Mod and Play
Apr 20 · bucikpro
Both: Sandbox · Moddable · Physics
Mod&Play - physics sandbox. Manipulate objects and create your own constructions with friends. There are no restrictions or goals, it all depends on you.
IndieMassively MultiplayerSandboxModdableMultiplayerModPhysicsBuildingOnline Co-OpCo-op👍 1,370
$9.99Crazy Machines 3
Oct 18 · Fakt Software
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Sandbox
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.
SimulationPuzzlePhysicsStrategySandboxSingleplayerMultiplayerBuildingCasualDifficult👍 7,484
-80%$3.99Main Assembly
Jan 26 · Bad Yolk Games
Both: Online Co-Op · Sandbox · Physics
You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.
3DOnline Co-OpCo-opSingleplayerSandboxBuildingProgrammingSimulationRobotsPhysics👍 1,004
-90%$0.99Flockers™
Sep 19 · Team17 Digital Ltd
Both: Lemmings · Puzzle · Level Editor
New from the creators of Worms, Flockers is a modern day take on the classic A to B puzzle genre with a generous helping of dark humour for good measure.
LemmingsStrategyIndieActionPuzzleFunnySide ScrollerLevel EditorCartoonyColorful👍 158
$5.99Cogs
Apr 14 · Lazy 8 Studios, https://lazy8studios.com
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Family Friendly
Cogs is a puzzle game where players build machines from sliding tiles. Players can choose from 50 levels and 3 gameplay modes. New puzzles are unlocked by building contraptions quickly and efficiently. Inventor Mode: Starting with simple puzzles, players are introduced to the widgets that are used to build machines gears, pipes,...
PuzzleIndiePhysics3DLogicSteampunkFamily FriendlyCasualSingleplayerDifficult👍 311
$9.99Portal
Oct 10 · Valve
Both: Puzzle · Physics
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
PuzzlePuzzle PlatformerFirst-Person3D PlatformerSingleplayerSci-fiComedyFemale ProtagonistPhysicsFunny👍 173,660
Crisp's Charging Challenge
Aug 29 · Lads Game Studio
Both: Puzzle · Level Editor · Moddable
Play as our hero, Crisp, and navigate the puzzles by using the elements of electricity, ice, and fire. Ascend the castle and complete the challenge! OR Kick back and enjoy some fishing, who knows what's in those waters! Go beyond the challenge, create your own, or try challenges from others!
StrategyPuzzleArcadeRetroPixel GraphicsFunnyLevel EditorModdableMystery Dungeon2D
$1.99Tiny Bridge: Ratventure
May 8 · Estelion
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Family Friendly
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.
IndiePuzzleCasualStrategyAdventure2DPhysicsSingleplayerBuildingFamily Friendly👍 816
$4.99The Sandbox
Jun 29 · PIXOWL INC.
Both: Sandbox · Physics
READY FOR CRAFTING VIRTUAL WORLDS ON YOUR PC?The acclaimed world-building game featuring a unique mission-based approach is coming onto PC via Steam Early Access. With over 16 million players on mobile & tablets versions and 1,500,000 pixel blocks creations shared in the Online Gallery to date, this PC version is taking world...
SandboxSimulationIndiePixel GraphicsCasualGod GameStrategy2DPhysicsEarly Access👍 524
$14.99Alan's Automaton Workshop
Jan 20 · Laputa Labs
Both: Puzzle · Sandbox
Alan's Automaton Workshop is an open-ended programming puzzle game. Start a new business with Alan Turing and his groundbreaking innovation: the Turing Machine. Build unique automatons, and solve all kinds of problems from clients.
EducationProgrammingAutomationSteampunkPuzzleSandboxLogicBuildingSimulationSingleplayer👍 196
$24.99Infinifactory
Jun 30 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Sandbox
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
PuzzleBuildingAutomationIndieProgrammingSandboxSimulationSingleplayerDifficultFirst-Person👍 1,790
-60%$5.99DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game
Nov 23 · Gibier Games
Both: Sandbox · Physics
Put simply, DEEEER Simulator is a “Slow-Life Town Destruction Game”. You can spend your days enjoying a nice, relaxed frolic here and there together with the other animals around town, or you can choose to relieve some stress and absolutely destroy the town and everything in it.
ExplorationSandboxFunnyPhysicsThird PersonCuteParody SurrealOpen WorldHorses👍 4,446
-40%$8.99The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
Dec 18 · PeatyTurf
Both: Sandbox · Physics
Put your engineering and problem solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game! Enjoy the freedom of completely gridless 3D sandbox building combined with hilarious ragdoll third person controls, offering a truly unique and hilarious "Enjeniring" experience!
SandboxPhysicsParkourMedievalBase BuildingFunnyThird PersonSingleplayerSimulationBuilding👍 682
$3.99Stack World
Sep 19 · dev4all
Both: Physics · Level Editor · Puzzle
Stack World is a physics puzzle game. Place all the given blocks and make sure they do not fall off the screen before the countdown timer hits 0. Enjoy over 100 levels of gameplay and use the level editor to create your own levels. Compete for the fastest times on the leaderboards.
PhysicsLevel EditorScore AttackLogicCasualIndiePuzzleSingleplayer2D
$17.99Kebab Chefs! - Restaurant Simulator
Jun 11 · Biotech Gameworks
Both: Physics · Sandbox
Kebab Chefs! is a Co-Op, cooking and restaurant management game that can be played up to 4 players. Design your own restaurant. Cook delicious foods, fill your menu with various recipes, feed customers and become the biggest kebab restaurant in town!
CookingMultiplayerSimulationManagementPhysicsSandboxFunnyTime ManagementImmersive SimBuilding👍 7,017
$19.99Factory Town
Nov 17 · Erik Asmussen
Both: Sandbox
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
AutomationBase BuildingResource ManagementSandboxSimulationCraftingManagementCity BuilderColony SimEconomy👍 4,143
-65%$8.74Bang-On Balls: Chronicles
Oct 5 · Exit Plan Games
Both: Sandbox · Online Co-Op
A quirky, absolutely content-packed, destructible open-world sandbox adventure with combat, platforming, character customization, and collect-a-thon scavenger hunt experience. Play solo, 2-player split screen, or online co-op for up to 4 players. No paid cosmetic DLC nonsense.
CombatCo-opOpen WorldLocal Co-OpSandboxSingleplayerAdventureSplit ScreenOnline Co-OpAction👍 4,335
$4.99Escape Goat
Oct 9 · MagicalTimeBean
Both: Puzzle · Level Editor
Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where you take control of a goat, who has been imprisoned for witchcraft, and overcome traps and obstacles to escape the Prison of Agnus. Fear not, for with your supreme agility, sturdy horns, and the help of a magic mouse friend, you can turn the tables on foes and use the environment to your advantage.
Puzzle PlatformerIndiePuzzlePlatformerPixel GraphicsActionLevel Editor2DGreat SoundtrackRetro👍 429
$9.99Crazy Machines
Dec 12 · Fakt Software
Both: Puzzle · Physics
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.
PuzzleCasualStrategyPhysicsSingleplayer👍 118
$13.99Scrapnaut
Sep 15 · SpiffyBit
Both: Online Co-Op · Sandbox
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
BuildingSurvivalMultiplayerCo-opOnline Co-OpAdventureSandboxExplorationOpen World Survival CraftTop-Down👍 738
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle
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
$19.99SPORE™ Creepy & Cute Parts Pack
Dec 19 · Maxis™
Both: Sandbox
Add horror and humor to your universe. Make grotesque beasts or cuddly critters, then watch them do the robot, zombie walk, break dance and more! Includes over 100 new items. 60 New parts 48 New paint options 24 New animations
SimulationOpen WorldGod GameSingleplayerAdventureFunnySandboxCuteStrategyCharacter Customization👍 2,054
$0.99Volt
Apr 14 · Quantized Bit
Both: Puzzle
You were on the way to a recycling process when fortunately for you - and unfortunately for the environment - you accidentally ran off. Now your goal is to escape from the facility, which is an extremely difficult task due to the fact that you are a battery without legs.
IndieActionPuzzlePlatformer2D👍 321
-50%$4.49Q REMASTERED
May 1 · liica, Inc.
Both: Puzzle · Physics
Over 13M downloads! The pinnacle of physics puzzles. A challenge to humanity: Can you get the ball out of the cup? What to do is simple: Just draw on screen. Yet, it is surprisingly hard. Infinite solutions—even devs can't solve every Q. Sound confusing? Try it out! How will you solve it?
PuzzleDifficultPhysicsCasualHand-drawnSingleplayerIndie2DAbstractEducation👍 423
$2.99Save Room - Organization Puzzle
Apr 28 · Fractal Projects
Both: Puzzle
When you enter a save room you know you are safe, no danger can come to you, you can relax. Take advantage of this short period of time to organize your inventory, heal your wounds and reload your weapons. Can you make all the items fit in your inventory?
PuzzleInventory ManagementRelaxingMinimalistLogicGrid-Based MovementResource ManagementSurvival HorrorMilitaryGun Customization👍 2,033
$0.99Landlord of the Woods
Mar 17 · Madison Karrh
Both: Puzzle · Physics
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Point & ClickHidden ObjectPuzzleSurrealCuteAdventurePhysicsShortHand-drawnAtmospheric👍 1,242
$9.99Voxelgram
Nov 7 · Procedural Level
Both: Puzzle
Voxelgram is a 3D nonograms game where solving puzzles feels like sculpting in three dimensions. Reveal voxel models as you complete each challenge.
Hidden ObjectDesign & IllustrationPuzzleStrategyVoxel3DCuteIsometricRelaxingProcedural Generation👍 684
$9.99Crazy Machines 2
Jun 20 · Fakt Software
Both: Puzzle · Physics
Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "Rube Goldberg-style" contraptions yet! All new elements, plus an amazing 3D physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects.
CasualPuzzleStrategyPhysicsSingleplayer👍 119
-40%$5.99OneShot
Dec 8 · Future Cat LLC
Both: Puzzle
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Story RichPixel GraphicsIndieGreat SoundtrackCuteAtmosphericPuzzleSingleplayerChoices MatterAdventure👍 59,257






















