Physics games or physics-based games are those video games that realistically use the laws of physics as one of their main mechanics. This usually results in puzzle games and arcade games with different levels of ingenuity.
In Android, these types of games tend to take advantage of a lot thanks to sensors such as the gyroscope or the pressure sensor, which are equipped as standard in any modern mobile phone. Thus, Android is a highly recommended platform to enjoy a good physics game.
The best physics-based games for Android
One of the most famous mobile games in history, precisely, it is a physics-based game. Surely you already know the game of the angry little birds, although I hope to surprise you with some other title that is of interest to you.
Angry Birds
The quintessential physics game on Android. Put a bird in the giant slingshot, calculate the trajectory of the shot and try to shoot down the pigs (the enemy). The game offers simple mechanics, with scenarios that will become more complicated as we progress through the level.
Currently, Angry Birds has become an entire franchise, with a multitude of titles and versions available, Angry Birds 2 being probably the most recommended if we want to try the original experience of the first Angry Birds.
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Angry Birds 2
Developer: Rovio Entertainment Corporation
Price: Free
Brain It On!
The most downloaded physics based puzzle game on Android. Brain It On! It offers us different puzzles that we will have to solve by applying the laws of physics and drawing things on the screen.
To give us an idea, they can ask us to put an object inside a glass, to lift a box or to put some balls inside different containers. These are simple tasks at first glance, but they become really complicated when we apply factors such as the law of gravity, the rebound of some materials, fluids, and other physics mechanisms. A highly entertaining game from indie developer Orbital Nine Games.
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Brain It On! – Physics Puzzles
Developer: Orbital Nine Games
Price: Free
Machinery
Machinery is a physics game where we must apply logic to be able to solve each of the puzzles that are presented to us. The puzzle only supports two basic shapes: rectangles and squares .
From there, we will have the possibility of scaling, rotating and combining them to create any mechanism or device that comes to mind. All this taking into account details such as the weight and fall of the objects. The interesting thing about Machinery is that the puzzles admit several solutions, which encourages the player’s creativity.
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Machinery – Physics Puzzle
Developer: WoogGames
Price: Free
Bridge Construction Simulator
A bridge construction simulator. If you wanted to study civil engineering with this game you will be able to remove that little thorn from your resume. They won’t give you an engineering degree, but at least you’ll have a good time solving puzzles.
Our objective, as you can imagine, is to build a bridge with a structure that adapts to the environment and that is capable of supporting the weight of a car. The first levels in the city are simple, but as we move to the valleys and mountains things get more complicated.
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Bridge Construction Simulator
Developer: BoomBit Games
Price: Free
Steampunk Puzzle
A puzzle game where object physics is combined with a slight touch of randomness . On each screen we are presented with a level with different moving mechanisms, where we will drop a ball and it will have to reach the basket at the end of the level.
Steampunk Puzzle can be challenging at times, since once the ball is released anything can happen, but the truth is that it has a pretty good gameplay. If you get the hang of it, you’ll find more than 300 levels available.
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Steampunk Puzzle
Developer: RevampSoft Inc.
Price: Free
Hill Climb Racing
Another classic physics game that became wildly popular in the early years of Android. Hill Climb Racing’s proposal is very simple: control a car with the only help of the accelerator and brake pedals, to take it to the end of the screen through the steep slopes and slopes of the road.
The grace is that the driver we have in the car has a very fragile neck, and if we make too sudden a movement, he will suffer a contracture and we will lose the game. Therefore, we must take into account the laws of physics so that it reaches the goal safely.
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Hill Climb Racing
Developer: Fingersoft
Price: Free
True Skate
One of the best sports games for Android. In True Skate your fingers become your feet, and you will have to use all your finger skills to accelerate, grind and do tricks.
Without a doubt, a very fun game in its proposal. Of course, we must bear in mind that the game costs 2.09 euros, which only gives us access to a skatepark. The rest of the missions and improvements are available via in-app purchases, which is a bit excessive (they could make the game a bit more expensive from the start and thus avoid this type of practice). In any case, a different and very original physics game.
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True Skate
Developer: True Axis
Price: 2,09 €
Pinball
Also known as Flipper, petaco or millioncete, Pinball is one of the best-known physics-based games, both in physical and digital formats. The objective is to throw a ball and achieve the highest score trying to keep the ball on the screen for as long as possible with the help of the paddles.
Android has a multitude of pinball games in its catalogue, but we have chosen this one specifically because it is one of the best rated, with a considerable number of tables and very few ads.
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Pinball
Developer: Classic Arcade games
Price: Free
NewtonBall
If you are looking for a puzzle game that doesn’t take up a lot of space on your device (it barely weighs 77MB), take a look at NewtonBall. This is one of the purest physics games that we can find on Android: shoot a red ball into the white basket that appears on the screen.
Everything else doesn’t matter. The graphics are so simple that they look like simple doodles drawn on a blackboard. But that’s where the magic of the game is, in applying logic and the laws of physics to solve the puzzle. Some levels have been designed to be tricky, so don’t be fooled by the naive game design.
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NewtonBall – Physics Puzzles
Developer: Vaishakh Thayyil
Price: Free
GRID Autosport
If you are looking for a racing game with realistic graphics and physics, you won’t find anything better than GRID Autosport. The game features more than 100 cars and tracks, with customizable controls and different types of races (single-seater, tuning, touring, endurance, demolition, drifting, acceleration, and urban).
At a playable level, it is much more precise and realistic than typical arcade games for Android, although it must be taken into account that it is a premium game (its current price is €7.99).
