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
Craftica
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
Craftica is an elegant block-based sandbox game with ultra high degrees of freedom for creative building. Here you can build smooth and beautiful architectures, or construct advanced devices and machineries such as computers, vehicles and robots. Try it out and start exploring your imaginations!
- 2
Roody:2d
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
Use simple machines to build complex assembly lines and automate increasingly advanced blocks. Weld together blocks and move them as one unit for vehicles, elevators, or mining machines.
- 3
Meco Rocket Simulator
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with PixPhys.
Meco Rocket Simulator is a realistic physics game where you play as an underpaid rocket scientist working for Mecodyne to design and test rocket engines without regard for your safety.
- 4
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.
- 5
Modbox
Single-player alternative to PixPhys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with PixPhys.
Modbox is a multiplayer game creation sandbox for Desktop+VR
- 6
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.
- 7
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.
- 8
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.
- 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
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.
- 11
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!
- 12
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.