Physics simulation games

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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[edit]

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



Game Screenshot Last Release Genres Description
Crashtest Crashtest.png Physics simulation
Crashtest
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Crashtest
GenrePhysics simulation
Latest release1.1[1]
DeveloperBram Stolk
Code licenseGPL[2]
Media licenseGPL[2]
EngineODE
P. languageC++
LibraryPLIB
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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.

Crashtest is a crash test simulator, written in C++ using the Open Dynamics Engine and PLIB.

Stormbaan Coureur Coureurshot.png 2008-06-11 Physics simulation, Racing game
Physics simulation games
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Stormbaan Coureur 2.0.0
GenresPhysics simulation, Racing game
Latest release2.1.6[3][4]
Release date2008-06-11
DeveloperBram Stolk
Code licenseBefore 2.1.4: GPL v2 or later
Since 2.1.4: GPLv3 or later.[5]
Media licenseBefore 2.1.4: GPL v2 or later
Since 2.1.4: GPLv3 or later.[6]
EngineODE
P. languageC++
LibraryPLIB
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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 Freegish.png 2010 Platformer, Physics simulation
FreeGish
Freegish.png
GenresPlatformer, Physics simulation
Latest release1.53
Release date2010
Code licensesGPL[7]
Media licensesCC BY-SA 3.0 mostly, CC BY-SA 2.5 and MIT some[7]
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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.

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 Irrlamb-0.1.0.jpg 2022-06-02 Platform, puzzle, physics simulation
irrlamb
Irrlamb-0.1.0.jpg
irrlamb v1.0.3
GenrePlatform, puzzle, physics simulation
Latest release1.0.3  (Announcement)
Release dateJune 2nd, 2022
DeveloperAlan Witkowski
Code licenseGPL v3
Media licenseCC-by-SA 3.0
P. languageC++
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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.
Available as a package in:  
Flatpak logo.png 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[8] and is based on the Irrlicht Engine. irrlamb is licensed under the third version of the GPL.[9] The latest version of the game is 1.0.3, released on June 2nd, 2022.[10]

Caph Caphgame.jpg 2010-10-25 Physics simulation, puzzle
Caph
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Caph
GenrePhysics simulation, puzzle
Latest release1.1
Release dateOctober 25th, 2010
DeveloperRoman Belov
Code licenseGPL v3+ [11]
Media licenseGPL v3+ [11]
P. languageC
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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.

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 PowderToy.png 2021-08-29 Physics simulation
The Powder Toy
PowderToy.png
The Powder Toy
GenrePhysics simulation
Latest release96.2.350  (Announcement)
Release dateAugust 29, 2021
Code licenseGPL v3
Media licenseGPL v3
P. languageC++
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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.

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.[12]

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 Numpty Physics - np l2.jpg 2022-06-10 Physics simulation, puzzle
Numpty Physics
Numpty Physics - np l2.jpg
Numpty Physics
GenrePhysics simulation, puzzle
Latest release0.3.10  (Announcement)
Release dateJune 10th, 2022
DeveloperTim Edmonds, Thomas Perl
Code licenseGPLv3+
Media licenseGPLv3+
EngineBox2D
P. languageC++
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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.

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 Jamp.png 2009-08-26 Physics, puzzle
Jamp
Jamp.png
Jamp
GenrePhysics, puzzle
Latest release1.0.2
Release dateAugust 26th, 2009
DeveloperDavid Perrenoud
Code licenseGPL v3
Media licenseGPL v3
P. languageC++
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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.

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 Construo - screenshot 0.2.0-2.png 2013-04-10 Physics simulation
Construo
Construo - screenshot 0.2.0-2.png
Construo version 0.2.0
GenrePhysics simulation
Latest release0.2.3
Release dateApril 10th, 2013
PlatformsLinux
DeveloperIngo Ruhnke
Code licenseGPL
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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.

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 The-butterfly-effect.png 2016-05-24 Puzzle
The Butterfly Effect
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GenrePuzzle
Latest release0.9.3.1  (Announcement)
Release date24 May 2016
PlatformsWindows, Linux
DeveloperKaa-Ching
Code licenseGPLv2[13]
Media licenseGPLv2[14]
P. languageC++
LibraryQt
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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.
Available as a package in:  
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Arch AUR:
tbe  
Mageia logo small.jpg 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 Principia image.png 2024-02-29 Physics sim, Puzzle
Principia
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GenresPhysics sim, Puzzle
Latest release2024.02.29  (Announcement)
Release dateFeb 29, 2024
DevelopersBithack AB (& the Principia community)
Code licenseBSD-3
Media licenseBSD-3
EngineTMS (in-house)
P. languageC++, C
LibrariesSDL
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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.
Available as a package in:  
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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.