Single-player games like PixPhys
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to PixPhys, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like PixPhys page.
Ranked picks
- 1
Plasma
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.
- 2
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with PixPhys.
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
- 3
Kerbal Space Program
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
- 4
Juno: New Origins
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
- 5
Logic World
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
Invent a new computer! Logic World is a first-person sandbox simulation game that's all about digital logic. Play alone or with friends, design unique machines, build up layers of complexity, and experience the joy of circuits!
- 6
Spaceflight Simulator
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
- 7
Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
- 8
Archean
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim.
- 9
SimpleRockets
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
I am excited to release my first game on Steam! SimpleRockets was released in 2013 for mobile and I've put a ton of work into it to get it ready for PC and Mac. It was inspired by KSP, and it offers a simpler 2D experience for building rockets and exploring space with realistic orbital mechanics.
- 10
People Playground
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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Contraption Maker
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.