Physics Games

About physics games

Momentum and gravity do half the work. Physics games hand the outcome to a simulation rather than a rule table, which means a solution the designer never planned is usually still a valid solution — and that is most of the fun.

Expect ragdolls, ropes, catapults, stacking puzzles and vehicles that flip if you accelerate too hard. Related: sandbox, bike and moto, car games and golf.

Playnix lists 209 physics games, ordered best-first rather than alphabetically. Most sit in the arcade and puzzle categories. The three ranked highest right now are Body Drop 3D, God of Light and Cut the Rope: Magic. Every one of them loads straight into the page — no download, no plugin, no account.