Best Science games on PC
These games use real or fictional science as a central subject, setting, or system, including physics, space, evolution, engineering, and laboratory research. Players may solve puzzles, run simulations, build systems, or survive in research environments.
- Scientific themes and settings
- Simulation, puzzles, or survival
- Physics, engineering, and experimentation
Related: Simulation, Physics, Space, Sci-fi
382 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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The Light Remake
First-person walking simulator with environmental storytelling and two possible endings
87% positive
1,635 reviews
Boson X
Fast arcade runner through a rotating particle accelerator
92% positive
1,583 reviews
Demo Botany Manor
First-person puzzle game about growing rare plants in a manor
95% positive
1,578 reviews
Demo Stardeus
Space colony sim about rebuilding a broken ship with drones
85% positive
1,511 reviews
Demo Osmos
Physics puzzle game about absorbing motes while losing mass to move
86% positive
1,445 reviews
STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram
Time-travel visual novel told through ten character-focused side stories
96% positive
1,395 reviews
Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
Realistic spaceflight simulator with historical missions and detailed spacecraft systems
97% positive
1,390 reviews
Demo Tin Can
First-person space survival sim about repairing a failing escape pod
84% positive
1,362 reviews
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1
Retro action RPG collection with grid battles and chip deckbuilding
87% positive
1,355 reviews
Demo Little Rocket Lab
A factory-building life sim with friendships and a rocket project
90% positive
1,320 reviews
Machinika: Museum
Point-and-click sci-fi puzzle game about repairing alien machines
91% positive
1,220 reviews
Sandboxels
Falling-sand sandbox for experimenting with materials and their reactions
94% positive
1,220 reviews
RIPOUT
Co-op sci-fi horror shooter with mutating monsters and a living gun
60% positive
1,211 reviews
Nucleares
First-person power plant simulator about controlling a nuclear reactor
81% positive
1,207 reviews
Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors
Top-down survival shooter with escalating waves and bullet-hell boss fights
94% positive
1,177 reviews
My Furry Protogen 🐾
A short sci-fi visual novel about helping a cyborg scientist
90% positive
1,168 reviews
Beyond Blue
Underwater narrative adventure about exploring the ocean as a scientist
88% positive
1,127 reviews
Incremental Cubes
Idle incremental game about collecting cubes and resetting for upgrades
70% positive
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Main Assembly
Physics-based robot-building sandbox with programmable machines and custom test courses
85% positive
1,092 reviews
Demo Mudborne: Frog Management Sim
Top-down frog management sim with genetic breeding and puzzles
96% positive
1,031 reviews
Signal Simulator
First-person observatory simulation about tracking signals from outer space
79% positive
1,029 reviews
Gravity Field
First-person puzzle game with shifting gravity and time-reversed objects
81% positive
1,004 reviews
Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
Evolution sandbox where you guide species or watch them adapt
74% positive
1,003 reviews
Demo Imagine Earth
Real-time planetary city builder balancing expansion against climate damage
82% positive
971 reviews