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Best Science Games

Top 50 of 83 qualifying games — tagged Science (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-08-06.

1 Portal 2 (2011) Platformer · Puzzle · First-Person · $9.99 98.7%464,803 reviews 2 Portal (2007) Puzzle · Puzzle-Platformer · First-Person · $9.99 98.5%197,839 reviews 3 STEINS;GATE (2016) Visual Novel · Story Rich · Anime · $29.99 97.1%26,514 reviews 4 Spaceflight Simulator (2022) Sandbox · Space Sim · Space · $9.89 96.8%9,598 reviews 5 Universe Sandbox (2015) Sandbox · Space · Simulation · $29.99 96.5%31,869 reviews 6 Aviassembly (2025) Early Access · Flight · Building · $9.99 96.6%9,236 reviews 7 Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator (2025) Early Access · Space · Simulation · $34.99 96.9%1,337 reviews 8 SpaceEngine (2019) Early Access · Open World · Casual · $20.99 96.1%16,206 reviews 9 Timberborn (2026) City Builder · Voxel · Colony Sim · $34.99 96.0%40,851 reviews 10 Abiotic Factor (2025) Survival · Online Co-Op · Open World Survival Craft · $34.99 95.8%57,844 reviews 11 Kerbal Space Program (2015) Space · Simulation · Sandbox · $9.99 95.6%145,341 reviews 12 Mudborne: Frog Management Sim (2025) Casual · Simulation · Education · $7.99 96.7%1,060 reviews 13 The Talos Principle (2014) Puzzle · Philosophical · First-Person · $29.99 95.3%32,973 reviews 14 Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing (2018) Simulation · Flight · Racing · $19.99 95.2%13,753 reviews 15 Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator (2021) Simulation · Flight · Sports · $14.99 95.2%7,611 reviews 16 Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For- (2016) Visual Novel · Anime · Dating Sim · $9.99 95.0%8,235 reviews 17 The Talos Principle 2 (2023) Puzzle · Story Rich · First-Person · $29.99 94.9%13,301 reviews 18 Mars First Logistics (2025) Early Access · Stylized · Mars · $19.99 94.9%3,719 reviews 19 Botany Manor (2024) Exploration · Puzzle · Walking Simulator · $24.99 95.3%1,517 reviews 20 Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game (2015) Simulation · Management · Building · $29.99 93.9%17,770 reviews 21 Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors (2023) Action · Bullet Hell · Shooter · $3.99 94.5%1,215 reviews 22 Sand:box (2023) Sandbox · Pixel Graphics · Simulation · $1.99 93.8%1,698 reviews 23 SPORE (2008) God Game · Open World · Sandbox · $19.99 92.6%72,340 reviews 24 The Outlast Trials (2024) Horror · Multiplayer · Co-op · $39.99 92.5%110,010 reviews 25 Machinika: Museum (2021) Puzzle · Mystery · Point & Click · $7.99 92.7%6,272 reviews 26 Slipways (2021) Strategy · Puzzle · Turn-Based Strategy · $16.99 92.9%2,304 reviews 27 ΔV: Rings of Saturn (2023) Space · Sci-fi · Physics · $9.99 92.6%3,428 reviews 28 SpaceChem (2011) Puzzle · Difficult · Programming · $9.99 92.2%5,077 reviews 29 Boson X (2014) Difficult · Action · Arcade · $4.99 92.2%1,584 reviews 30 Thrive (2021) Simulation · Science · Sandbox · $4.99 92.1%1,711 reviews 31 while True: learn() (2019) Programming · Simulation · Education · $12.99 91.3%8,160 reviews 32 Lightmatter (2020) Logic · Indie · Adventure · $19.99 91.5%2,905 reviews 33 WolfQuest: Classic (2025) Simulation · RPG · Survival · $29.99 90.9%1,664 reviews 34 Prehistoric Kingdom (2022) Dinosaurs · Management · Simulation · $29.99 89.8%6,571 reviews 35 Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends (2021) Clicker · Free to Play · Simulation · Free 89.4%27,687 reviews 36 STEINS;GATE ELITE (2019) Visual Novel · Anime · Time Travel · $59.99 90.2%1,662 reviews 37 Juno: New Origins (2023) Building · Science · Space Sim · $19.99 89.2%3,521 reviews 38 Tesla vs Lovecraft (2018) Top-Down Shooter · Lovecraftian · Arena Shooter · $14.99 89.7%1,236 reviews 39 The Sapling (2019) Life Sim · Sandbox · Science · $17.99 89.2%1,964 reviews 40 Terraformers (2023) Simulation · Procedural Generation · Survival · $19.99 88.4%3,727 reviews 41 The Invincible (2023) Adventure · Robots · Futuristic · $11.99 87.8%12,697 reviews 42 Suicide Guy (2017) Funny · Action · Comedy · $5.99 88.3%3,339 reviews 43 Stationeers (2017) Early Access · Space · Base-Building · $34.99 87.7%9,185 reviews 44 Beyond Blue (2020) Underwater · Adventure · Exploration · $19.99 88.4%1,505 reviews 45 Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1 (2023) RPG · Action · Action RPG · $39.99 87.6%1,527 reviews 46 The Light Remake (2020) Walking Simulator · First-Person · Survival Horror · $4.99 87.3%1,538 reviews 47 TRYP FPV: Drone Racer Simulator (2022) Early Access · Flight · Immersive Sim · $16.99 85.7%3,176 reviews 48 Osmos (2009) Indie · Casual · Puzzle · $9.99 86.1%1,441 reviews 49 Quantum Conundrum (2012) Puzzle-Platformer · Puzzle · 3D Platformer · $8.99 84.8%2,148 reviews 50 Mars Horizon (2020) Management · Space · Strategy · $19.99 84.1%3,086 reviews