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
125 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Tin Can
First-person space survival sim about repairing a failing escape pod
84% positive
1,362 reviews
STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram
Time-travel visual novel told through ten character-focused side stories
97% positive
1,357 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
84% positive
1,167 reviews
Sandboxels
Falling-sand sandbox for experimenting with materials and their reactions
95% positive
1,159 reviews
Mudborne: Frog Management Sim
Top-down frog management sim with genetic breeding and puzzles
97% positive
1,071 reviews
Signal Simulator
First-person observatory simulation about tracking signals from outer space
79% positive
1,029 reviews
Incremental Cubes
Idle incremental game about collecting cubes and resetting for upgrades
68% positive
Free
Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
Evolution sandbox where you guide species or watch them adapt
74% positive
1,003 reviews
Imagine Earth
Real-time planetary city builder balancing expansion against climate damage
82% positive
971 reviews
Children of a Dead Earth
Space warfare strategy simulation built around orbital physics and ship design
90% positive
942 reviews
Bionic Bay
2D sci-fi puzzle platformer built around physics and position swapping
85% positive
922 reviews
Cyanotype Daydream -The Girl Who Dreamed the World-
Romance visual novel linking three stories to one mystery
88% positive
803 reviews
Genome Guardian
Top-down roguelite shooter with DNA-combined weapons and customizable turrets
92% positive
785 reviews
Crawling Lab
First-person roguelike shooter with gun upgrades in an AI-controlled lab
83% positive
727 reviews
ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE
Sci-fi visual novel about building a giant robot and uncovering conspiracies
91% positive
721 reviews
Sokobond
Sokoban-style chemistry puzzles where you assemble molecules from atoms
93% positive
715 reviews
The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
Physics-based building sandbox with missions and ragdoll movement
92% positive
714 reviews
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
TV quiz game with escalating questions and a prize ladder
50% positive
708 reviews
MOLEK-SYNTEZ
Programming puzzles where a machine assembles molecules from industrial chemicals
89% positive
694 reviews
Fish Game
Freshwater aquarium sim about designing tanks and keeping fish alive
93% positive
644 reviews
The WILDS
Open-world animal survival sim about hunting, foraging, and exploration
76% positive
621 reviews
CAR TUNE: Project
Car tuning and driving simulator with racing and customization
84% positive
617 reviews
Machinika: Atlas
First-person sci-fi puzzle adventure aboard a crashed alien ship
77% positive
613 reviews