Safety First! similar games & best alternatives

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Safety First!

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

Safety First! is a twin stick physics puzzler in which you have to fix broken electric wires using your Magical Yellow Repair Liquid (MYRL). Can you beat all 69 levels?

What works

  • Unique and humorous concept
  • Challenging and skillful physics-based puzzles
  • Good value for price
  • Multiple game modes and campaigns
  • Addictive and funny gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Frustrating difficulty spikes
  • Minimal graphics and sound quality
  • Awkward keyboard controls
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some levels rely on luck or have inconsistent physics

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Elle: Portal

  • Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio

  • Leap Year

  • Glyphica: Typing Survival

  • Electronic Super Joy 2

  • Crowd Simulator

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Safety First! but with less survival pressure

  • Q REMASTERED

  • Yugo Puzzle

  • Skala

  • Maxwell's puzzling demon

  • Hook 2

  • macdows 95

More story-driven

Games that feels like Safety First! but with deeper narrative immersion

  • BirdGut

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • VVVVVV

  • Smilemo

  • Monolight

  • Low Oxygen

Choose your own criteria ->

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Swipe to compare nearby games with Safety First!. These titles are not in What to play next.

Safety First!: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence, Expression.

Last update: 22/08/2026