Physics simulation games

Physics simulation games are games where the laws of physics and sometimes contraptions that leverage them serve a primary role during gameplay.

List of Physics simulation games

This is a list of free/libre physics simulation games:

Game	Screenshot	Last Release	Genres	Description
Crashtest			Physics simulation	Crashtest Crashtest Genre Physics simulation Latest release 1.1 Developer Bram Stolk Code license GPL Media license GPL Engine ODE P. language C++ Library PLIB Contribute Crashtest is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Crashtest is a crash test simulator, written in C++ using the Open Dynamics Engine and PLIB.
Stormbaan Coureur		2008-06-11	Physics simulation, Racing game	Physics simulation games Stormbaan Coureur 2.0.0 Genres Physics simulation, Racing game Latest release 2.1.6 Release date 2008-06-11 Developer Bram Stolk Code license Before 2.1.4: GPL v2 or later Since 2.1.4: GPLv3 or later. Media license Before 2.1.4: GPL v2 or later Since 2.1.4: GPLv3 or later. Engine ODE P. language C++ Library PLIB Contribute Physics simulation games is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Stormbaan Coureur is a simulated obstacle course for automobiles, written in C++ using the Open Dynamics Engine and the PLIB library. Formerly known as Sturmbahnfahrer.
FreeGish		2010	Platformer, Physics simulation	FreeGish Genres Platformer, Physics simulation Latest release 1.53 Release date 2010 Code licenses GPL Media licenses CC BY-SA 3.0 mostly, CC BY-SA 2.5 and MIT some Contribute FreeGish is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code FreeGish is a physics simulation platformer where you control a blob of tar. It can slick and slide and jump. There is also a multiplayer with modes like sumo wrestling and football.
Irrlamb		2022-06-02	Platform, puzzle, physics simulation	irrlamb irrlamb v1.0.3 Genre Platform, puzzle, physics simulation Latest release 1.0.3  (Announcement) Release date June 2nd, 2022 Developer Alan Witkowski Code license GPL v3 Media license CC-by-SA 3.0 P. language C++ Contribute irrlamb is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Available as a package in:   Flatpak: io.github.jazztickets.irrlamb irrlamb is a platform game, in which the player moves a ball through a 3D terrain to find all the orbs. It is being developed by Alan Witkowski and is based on the Irrlicht Engine. irrlamb is licensed under the third version of the GPL. The latest version of the game is 1.0.3, released on June 2nd, 2022.
Caph		2010-10-25	Physics simulation, puzzle	Caph Caph Genre Physics simulation, puzzle Latest release 1.1 Release date October 25th, 2010 Developer Roman Belov Code license GPL v3+ Media license GPL v3+ P. language C Contribute Caph is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Caph is a physics simulation puzzle game in which the player has to get a red and a green circle together. Similar to the proprietary Crayon Physics game, Caph has the user draw objects such as ramps, fulcra, levers, and weights to move a ball to the destination using the laws of physics.
Powder Toy		2021-08-29	Physics simulation	The Powder Toy The Powder Toy Genre Physics simulation Latest release 96.2.350  (Announcement) Release date August 29, 2021 Code license GPL v3 Media license GPL v3 P. language C++ Contribute The Powder Toy is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Chat Forum The Powder Toy is a 2D physics simulation/sandbox game. It showcases a big number of materials such as liquids, gasses or explosives, and interactions by simulating air pressure, heat, gravity and electricity. Construction of complex machines and mechanisms is possible. Controllable stickmen can be placed in the scenes. Users can create accounts and share their simulations. As a result there is a big repository of creations including working power plants, cities or human body simulations. Many of them are under free licenses or even public domain.
Numpty Physics		2022-06-10	Physics simulation, puzzle	Numpty Physics Numpty Physics Genre Physics simulation, puzzle Latest release 0.3.10  (Announcement) Release date June 10th, 2022 Developer Tim Edmonds, Thomas Perl Code license GPLv3+ Media license GPLv3+ Engine Box2D P. language C++ Contribute Numpty Physics is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Numpty Physics is a drawing puzzle game, where the goal is to draw shapes on a drawing to get two given objects to touch.
Jamp		2009-08-26	Physics, puzzle	Jamp Jamp Genre Physics, puzzle Latest release 1.0.2 Release date August 26th, 2009 Developer David Perrenoud Code license GPL v3 Media license GPL v3 P. language C++ Contribute Jamp is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Jamp is a physics puzzle game. The player controls a squirrel character inside a wheel-like cage, using contraptions and the laws of physics to move the character to the destination. Jamp was created by a Swiss pupil.
Construo		2013-04-10	Physics simulation	Construo Construo version 0.2.0 Genre Physics simulation Latest release 0.2.3 Release date April 10th, 2013 Platforms Linux Developer Ingo Ruhnke Code license GPL Contribute Construo is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Construo is a construction game written by Ingo Ruhnke and licensed under the GPL. The latest version of the game is 0.2.3 released on April 10th, 2013.
The Butterfly Effect		2016-05-24	Puzzle	The Butterfly Effect Genre Puzzle Latest release 0.9.3.1  (Announcement) Release date 24 May 2016 Platforms Windows, Linux Developer Kaa-Ching Code license GPLv2 Media license GPLv2 P. language C++ Library Qt Contribute The Butterfly Effect is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Chat Available as a package in:   Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: line 1: convert: command not found Arch AUR: tbe   Mageia: tbe The Butterfly Effect is a physics-based puzzle game in which you solve puzzles in a 2D environment to build complex contraptions (like Rube Goldberg did) to solve relatively simple tasks, such as helping a butterfly find its way to a flower, shooting a soccer ball into the goal, knocking off bowling pins. The game features various moving and non-moving objects, like balls, seesaws, cola-and-mentos bottles but also interactive objects such as dynamite.
Principia		2024-02-29	Physics sim, Puzzle	Principia Genres Physics sim, Puzzle Latest release 2024.02.29  (Announcement) Release date Feb 29, 2024 Developers Bithack AB (& the Principia community) Code license BSD-3 Media license BSD-3 Engine TMS (in-house) P. language C++, C Libraries SDL Contribute Principia is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Available as a package in:   Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: line 1: convert: command not found Arch AUR: principia-git Principia is, in its simplest form, a physics-based sandbox game. In Principia, you can build contraptions and simulate them in the physics simulation. This could be a mechanical contraption, an RC car, or a pinball game. Principia also contains a LuaScript object which allows you to write and create Lua programs that can interact with and affect the simulation. Principia also features the Adventure game mode. In this game mode, you take control of a small robot which can do whatever you decide it to do. It can take part in a giant battle with enemy robots, or it can take control of the giant robot and wreak havoc on the world.

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