Skip to main content
Games like How does it work!?

Games like How does it work!?

Games like How does it work!?

Looking for games like How does it work!?? Here are top tactical puzzle recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Crazy Machines 3, Brain Break or Contraption Maker.

Change display type

Skip Platform filter

Skip Play Mode filter

Skip Price filter
  1. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 3,511 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

    A hyper-realistic simulation with plenty of physical puzzles awaits! Did ever wonder what a leaping-laser-mouse-bomb would look like? Or better yet: what it's capable of? Then be ready for your very own ultimate playground with possibilities you didn't know you could imagine. Use physical systems to your advantage, no matter if it’s electricity, explosions, lasers, lightning, or wind. By tinkeri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crazy Machines 3.

    View Game
  2. View Game
    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 200 reviews

    Brain Break is a minimalistic but not simple puzzle game. The object of the game is to move all the cubes to their positions of their color. It's not as easy as it sounds! The player can push one cube at a time, but not pull it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brain Break.

    View Game
  3. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    93% User Score Based on 1,314 reviews

    The team that created the original Incredible Machine is bringing all of the Rube Goldberg craziness to the modern age. Solve puzzles involving ridiculous chain reactions full of hamster motors, trampolines, alligators, cats, and so much more. Everything you loved about the original game is back and improved with a new physics engine, high definition art, new parts, and even online multiplayer. T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Contraption Maker.

    View Game
  4. View Game
    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    69% User Score Based on 575 reviews

    "From Cyan, the indie studio that brought you Myst and Obduction, comes a new steampunk adventure.The game of Firmament is a resplendent, magical, journey — a monumental voyage through four diverse and curious realms, working in concert with an ever-present, clockwork companion, and the support and instruction of a long-dead, ethereal mentor.Everything is not as it seems." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Firmament.

    View Game
  5. View Game
    26%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    26% User Score Based on 219 reviews

    The world is darkness. My mind is blank, like a void. Except, well, I recall that book...and you! Help Robbe reclaim his memories in this 2D, adventure platformer. Search shadowed dungeons, face his darkest fears - and maybe some of your own. Dungeons are filled with traps, secrets, and hidden collectibles in this non-linear story of conquering fears and finding yourself. Battle shadowed bosses, f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Imagine Me.

    View Game
  6. View Game
    View Game
  7. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    57% User Score Based on 289 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 5 reviews

    Sprint between saw blades while dodging homing missiles. Duck under lasers while the floor crumbles beneath you. Almost There was designed specifically for fans of the hardcore platforming genre - you've been warned If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Almost There: The Platformer.

    View Game
  8. View Game
    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 190 reviews

    Orborun is a 3D action skill run & roll game. Control your Orbot to collect the goods, avoid the obstacles and escape the hazardous Orbo-world. Complete levels on perfect run to get more bonus. More than 100 levels, local co-op multiplayer, feeling of speed and adrenaline, twisted levels in haste/puzzle and hazard shaped different worlds and cool Orbot skins makes this game fun to play for ages! … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orborun.

    View Game
  9. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    65% User Score Based on 1,230 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 4 reviews

    Out of cash, out of luck, out on the fringe. Juno Markev has a killer to tail, a debt to pay, and more trouble headed her way. In the Dodge Sector it’s hard to get by – and even harder to get even. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rebel Galaxy Outlaw.

    View Game
  10. View Game
    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability
    82% User Score Based on 532 reviews

    Maze is a straight-forward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to aMAZE.

    View Game
  11. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 444 reviews

    1 Moment Of Time: Silentville is a casual adventure with hidden objects and logical puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 1 Moment Of Time: Silentville.

    View Game
  12. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    60% User Score Based on 469 reviews

    Devilishly difficult but insanely rewarding physics puzzler. Play through 85 levels of diverse and ingenious physics-based challenges. If you like Super Monkey Ball, Marble Madness, or Peggle, this one is for you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball.

    View Game
  13. View Game
  14. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    67% User Score Based on 231 reviews

    Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land is a turn-based strategy/role-playing game based on the award winning Call of Cthulhu RPG. Developed in conjunction with Chaosium and based their multi-award winning Call of Cthulhu RPG. Set in the midst of World War One, the game pits your team of investigators and soldiers against an ancient enemy, one older than humanity itself... Can your team of investigators … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land.

    View Game
  15. View Game
    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    57% User Score Based on 254 reviews

    Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farlight Explorers.

    View Game
  16. View Game
    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 264 reviews

    Grey Cubes is a modern variation on the brick-breaker-type game, based on real-time physics and three-dimensional gameplay (not just 3d look). Minimalist in style, with clean graphics and deep, original soundtrack. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grey Cubes.

    View Game
  17. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    55% User Score Based on 234 reviews

    Ball laB is a hardcore platformer with minimalist graphics.In the role of the ball, you must overcome more than 60 challenging levels.Can you do it? Features: 60 levels Difficult gameplay If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ball laB.

    View Game
  18. View Game
    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story
    88% User Score Based on 1,059 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 3 reviews

    In Rush's fully three dimensional levels, players need to guide cubes to color coded exit points using Conveyor belts, Warps, Stops Signs, Splits and more! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RUSH.

    View Game
  19. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 594 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    Take your opportunity as real Train Mechanic. Find locomotives around game world that needs your help and repair them in one of 3 workshops localized in huge 25 km2 open world. You will be face all types of damages in all genres of trains: Diesel, Electric and even Old-School Steam units. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Train Mechanic Simulator 2017.

    View Game
  20. View Game
    16%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    16% User Score Based on 89 reviews

    A completely different take on the tower defense genre. Combining it with the Puzzle genre, making for a difficult game. Buy traps, bombs, turrets and walls and place them in optimal positions to defend against enemies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bomb Defense.

    View Game
  21. View Game
    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 430 reviews

    LineWay is a concise style and easy-to-handle puzzle game, its goal is to connect all bricks into one line, and based on that, there are many different functional bricks to form varied challenging game levels. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LineWay.

    View Game
  22. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    67% User Score Based on 436 reviews

    This mind-bending game will challenge you to create complex structures to get your woodland creatures over vast chasms. In a bridge-builder first, you'll guide your creatures and construct your bridges in real time. Use the weight of various creatures to balance your structures as you build them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tiny Bridge: Ratventure.

    View Game
  23. View Game
    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    59% User Score Based on 135 reviews

    You don't have any abilities. The only thing you have is your brain. By using it you can get out of the most difficult situations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colortone.

    View Game
  24. View Game
    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere
    76% User Score Based on 302 reviews

    Domino Sky is a physics based game where you place and topple domino pieces to solve puzzles. Free build mode also available. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Domino Sky.

    View Game
  25. 43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    43% User Score Based on 468 reviews

    Build A Bridge... and Get Over It! The Bridge Project is the successor to the original and award-winning Bridge Builder simulation, all amateur designers and structural engineers finally have a new challenge on their PC. The gameplay has been subject to much tweaking and development with new up to date materials exciting scenarios and a variety of tasks waiting to be solved. Build stable bridges… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bridge Project.

    View Game
  26. View Game
    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    92% User Score Based on 148 reviews

    Deliver a payload from point A to point B with only a few simple tools and the laws of physics. Create ramps and catapults, watch objects tumble and fall, and someway... somehow reach the destination. Each project is a hand-drawn puzzle for you to interact with -- Devise a plan, experiment, and make it happen! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TransPlan.

    View Game
  27. View Game
    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    81% User Score Based on 155 reviews
    Critic Score 55%Based on 1 reviews

    Point-and click adventure exploration puzzle game set in a magical academy. The player arrives to the academy and discovers everyone has vanished. The player sets to find out What happened. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Keepsake.

    View Game
  28. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    68% User Score Based on 485 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 15 reviews

    In Stealth Inc 2, you play the role of a clone escaping a sinister and high-tech testing facility. Stealth Inc 2 tests both your brain and your reflexes over 60 varied levels linked together in a sprawling overworld. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones.

    View Game
  29. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 3,350 reviews

    Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving. Kara, our heroine, has access to a unique gameplay mechanic that she uses to manipulate the world around her. She has a gun that is able to alter the laws of physics through the creation of pockets of gravity and anti-gravity. By mastering the use of these abilities Kara is able to au… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Defy Gravity Extended.

    View Game
  30. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 390 reviews

    A huge hand-crafted world packed with 13 unique bosses, a gripping story, and tons of enemies, Spaceport Hope is the ultimate test of gaming prowess. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spaceport Hope.

    View Game
  31. View Game
    View Game
  32. View Game
    36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    36% User Score Based on 362 reviews

    $1 Ride is a casual game with a fast paced, timing and reflex testing game-play style. Travel through space at warp speed! Collect power ups to increase your speed or risk your fuel to collect money, missiles and more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to $1 Ride.

    View Game
  33. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    51% User Score Based on 381 reviews

    The Sandbox is a unique world building & crafting game featuring over 200+ physics elements presented in 2D pixel blocks that can interact with each others. Players can craft amazing worlds, create pixel art, chain reactions, chiptune music, advanced contraptions, electric circuits or just play with physics. Play with basic elements ranging from simple water, stone, sand, wood, glass, lava, fire,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sandbox.

    View Game
  34. 40%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    40% User Score Based on 116 reviews

    Our mission is to destroy all the walls on the screen for a total of 25. In principle, we can start the top 15, choosing the desired before starting the game.In each of these walls there are different pods of bricks, some of which you will assist us if we catch them when they fall . If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brick Breaker.

    View Game
  35. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    69% User Score Based on 646 reviews

    The last ship against the endless. Exterminate as many as you can, and gather points to upgrade your ship from a crafted deck of equipment and power-ups. Will your choices be enough to overcome the thousands hunting you? Survive the swarm in this rogue-lite + survivors + asteroids mashup. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Survivor.

    View Game
  36. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 864 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 3 reviews

    It's the Holiday Season, and you don't get your Christmas Bonus. The only logical solution is to start a killing spree at a corporate party. Welcome to Party Hard 2, the sequel to 2015's stealth strategy hit. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Party Hard 2.

    View Game
  37. View Game
  38. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    42% User Score Based on 742 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 2 reviews

    Starship Corporation is a starship-building simulation game in which you must design and build spaceships for a hugely demanding galaxy-wide market. It is you who must decide which technologies to invest in first, where to open new shipyards and where to establish new markets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starship Corporation.

    View Game
  39. View Game
    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    69% User Score Based on 106 reviews

    Dungetris is a game in a Rogue-like genre with an original system of building a level and the elements of a card game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungetris.

    View Game
  40. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 1,923 reviews

    Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Machinika Museum.

    View Game
  41. View Game
    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    74% User Score Based on 3,444 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 2 reviews

    Polarity features the same type of polished gameplay found in games like Portal, but is made exclusively for experienced gamers. You’ll need clever wits and fast reflexes to beat the system’s security and reach the world-changing prize buried deep inside. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Polarity.

    View Game
  42. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 618 reviews

    Timelock VR is an action-escape the room game for HTC VIVE. You'll play as an agent from corporation which research time travels. You`ll have the newest tools that will help you to change the past and solve any problems. Also, you`ll be supported by the quantum computer S.T.A.S.I.S that will become your assistant in difficult situations and will coordinate your actions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TimeLock VR.

    View Game
  43. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 882 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 16 reviews

    Xeodrifter is an action-packed exploration game with a retro graphical style. Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets, and defeat ancient guardians to unlock powers from a legendary supreme culture in this exciting journey of mystery and adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Xeodrifter.

    View Game
  44. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    57% User Score Based on 72 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "Rube Goldberg-style" contraptions yet! All new elements, plus an amazing 3D physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crazy Machines 2.

    View Game
  45. View Game
    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    68% User Score Based on 943 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

    Big classic platformer with tons of power-ups and 12+ hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration. 8BitBoy is a tribute to all the greatest platformers of the 80s and 90s and a symbol of my endless love and passion for gaming. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 8BitBoy.

    View Game
  46. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    60% User Score Based on 608 reviews
    Critic Score 61%Based on 9 reviews

    Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India throws you into the tension between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company in 1841. When a Master Templar arrives with a mysterious item that used to belong to the Assassin Order, Arbaaz Mir must discover why he's come, steal back the item, and protect his friends and his lover. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Assassin's Creed Chronicles India.

    View Game
  47. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 1,750 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 10 reviews

    The Bridge is a 2D logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bridge.

    View Game
  48. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 69 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Project Temporality is a third person action/puzzle game built around the concept of allowing the player to play with time. Thanks to our propriety engine Sparta 3D we make the fourth dimension as available as the other three. Just as with a VCR you can rewind time or fast-forward through it seamlessly.Combining this and our time line concept you will solve mind-bending puzzles, by giving yourself… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Temporality.

    View Game
  49. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    78% User Score Based on 575 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    You can't save the whole world. It's going to be eaten by a mythological demon with the head of a fish. But as a puppet that absorbs all it touches, you can try to rescue as much of Earth's greatness as you can before the end arrives. In the beginning, you roam the Earth, capable of absorbing only the tiniest of objects. A glass marble you collect becomes your head, and a pair of jellybeans becom… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Wonderful End of the World.

    View Game
  50. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 132 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    A simple, accessible twitch platformer. Play as a tiny robot named Blitz, and escape the factory where it seems everything is trying to break you. The gameplay is as simple as it is satisfying. Blitz can only jump, and perform an air dash in one of 4 directions. Upon colliding with an object that doesn't break you, you are free to dash again. Use this to navigate the challenges ahead and reach th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blitz Breaker.

    View Game