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Space Simulation Toolkit

2020

Should you play it?

Physics sandbox game that uses a graphics card as a supercomputer. Change the laws of physics, design mechanisms, create A-Life worlds and inhabit them with living beings, experiment with evolution and AI.

What works

  • Highly detailed and optimized particle physics simulation
  • Extensive customization and creativity potential
  • Active developer engagement and community support
  • Multiple simulation modes including evolution and planetary physics
  • Absorbing and relaxing experience for enthusiasts

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve with poor ui and lack of tutorials
  • Frequent crashes and stability issues
  • High hardware requirements, limited amd support
  • Early access with incomplete features and content
  • Expensive for current state and limited guidance

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sand:box

  • SimpleRockets

  • Jigsaw Puzzles Infinite

  • Universe Sandbox

  • Terra Firma

  • SpaceEngine

More violent

Games that feels like Space Simulation Toolkit but with more combat and destruction

  • Regular Human Workshop

  • People Playground

  • Happy Room

  • ACTION SANDBOX

  • Nova Drift

  • ABRISS - build to destroy

More story-driven

Games that feels like Space Simulation Toolkit but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Gravity Ghost

  • No Players Online

  • Doodle Empires

  • RymdResa

  • Feed the Deep

  • Cosmochoria

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Space Simulation Toolkit. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Space Simulation Toolkit. These titles are not in What to play next.

Space Simulation Toolkit: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026