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Max & the Magic Marker (2010)

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Max & the Magic Marker
Game
7.9/10on IGDB
Released
Draw a ledge or a wedge right on the page and let it fall into place. Pick this if you want a platformer where your own sketches become the tools that move Max past the obstacle.
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23

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (2013)

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Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
Game
7.0/10on IGDB
Released
Draw from specific points in the landscape to grow platforms, branches, or vines. The anchors impose limits, so you still need to plan the shape and timing of your route. Choose it if you want a platforming adventure around the construction puzzles.
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24

Magic Pen (2008)

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Magic Pen
Game
Released
Draw shapes that turn solid, then pin them together or let them swing on a hinge. Choose it if you want a few plain rules that let you improvise very different routes to the flag.
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25

Scribblenauts Unlimited (2012)

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Scribblenauts Unlimited
Game
7.3/10on IGDB
Released
Write the name of an object to make it appear in the game. Then use what you made to solve a practical problem, such as getting up to a higher spot. It’s a playful choice if you’d rather invent the tools first and see what they can do.
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26

Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers (2012)

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Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers
Game
7.0/10on IGDB
Released
Cut loose a slab of scenery and use the rope or rockets to move it where you need it. Choose this if you want to make a climbable route by reshaping the material around you.
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27

Incredipede (2013)

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Incredipede
Game
6.2/10on IGDB
Released
Grow or rearrange legs and muscles to make a creature that can travel through the level. Test the movement directly and see which limbs get in each other’s way. Pick it if you like machines that behave more like animals than carts.
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28

World of Goo 2 (2024)

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World of Goo 2
Game
7.1/10on IGDB
Released
Build with different kinds of goo and pay attention to liquid as it runs through a level. You may be solving where the fluid goes as well as what keeps a structure up. Choose the sequel when you want more kinds of physical problems than just balancing a tower.
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29

LEGO Builder's Journey (2019)

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LEGO Builder's Journey
Game
7.5/10on IGDB
Released
Place bricks to give a small figure a route across each diorama. Pick it for quiet, compact builds where changing a few bricks can be enough to give the character another place to go.
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30

World of Contraptions (2020)

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World of Contraptions
Game
Released
Snap together a machine for each course, where narrow openings and levers can force you to rethink the shape or reach of your build. Choose it if you like swapping parts for one stubborn obstacle at a time.
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31

Main Assembly (2021)

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Main Assembly
Game
Released
Design a robot around a challenge and test whether the chassis, joints, and controls work together when the motor runs. Choose it if you want more control over the shape of the machine than a grid of fixed blocks gives you.
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32

Trailmakers (2019)

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Trailmakers
Game
7.4/10on IGDB
Released
In Stranded in Space, you build around a practical problem, like getting yourself and a piece of salvage across rough terrain. Pick it if you want the next useful part to depend on what your current vehicle can reach.
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33

Instruments of Destruction (2024)

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Instruments of Destruction
Game
7.8/10on IGDB
Released
Head for the Build & Destroy epilogue when you want to solve the demolition jobs with machines you assemble. A claw, a magnet, and a wrecking ball give you very different ways to move a structure out of your way.
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34

Pontifex (2001)

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Pontifex
Game
Released
Build for the weight of a train in this early bridge simulator. Choose it if you want to think in three dimensions and learn whether the supports actually share the load when the locomotive crosses.
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35

Cargo Bridge (2009)

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Cargo Bridge
Game
Released
Draw a bridge on the blueprint, then send little workers across with heavy cargo. Choose it if you want the weight to matter in both directions after the first empty crossing fools you into trusting your work.
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36

Build a Bridge! (2017)

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Build a Bridge!
Game
Released
Set the road and supports in a flat blueprint view, then watch cars and trucks test it in 3D. Choose it if you want to see the moment your budget-saving shortcut meets a much heavier vehicle.
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37

Bridge Constructor: Playground (2012)

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Bridge Constructor: Playground
Game
6.0/10on IGDB
Released
Learn what a support or cable contributes by trying it in the same spot more than once. The challenge badges provide extra goals, but the basic building mode gives you room to experiment without a strict material budget.
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Bridge Constructor: Stunts (2015)

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Bridge Constructor: Stunts
Game
5.0/10on IGDB
Released
Build a ramp and then drive the vehicle yourself. Change the shape if the launch angle or landing gives you trouble, and aim for the level’s stunt goals. Try it if you want to be part of the test as well as set it up.
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Bridge Constructor: Medieval (2014)

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Bridge Constructor: Medieval
Game
6.0/10on IGDB
Released
Build crossings for your own supplies and troops in a medieval campaign. Other stages reverse the goal and ask you to collapse a span under enemy soldiers. The same failure that ruins one stage is the intended result in another.
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40

Crazy Machines 2 (2008)

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Crazy Machines 2
Game
5.0/10on IGDB
Released
Take a set of parts to a series of experiments and make an indirect solution work. When the machine stops early, see which piece failed to hand off motion to the next one. It suits players who like working with a prescribed kit.
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41

Crazy Machines Elements (2011)

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Crazy Machines Elements
Game
7.0/10on IGDB
Released
Use gadgets that interact through forces such as wind, temperature, and gravity, then run the entire setup. The themed stages give you a reason to pay attention to the environment and what it does to the machine.
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42

Contraptions (2019)

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Contraptions
Game
Released
Put the loose parts back into elaborate cartoon machines and hit play to see where the action stalls. Pick this if you want to diagnose a half-built machine by watching which object fails to reach the next one.
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