# app games that require solving physics puzzles **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 13, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/app-games-that-require-solving-physics-puzzles/840192 "2019-09-13T22:36:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/app-games-that-require-solving-physics-puzzles/840192/1 "2019-09-13T22:36:52Z")
I used to have a game on my ipod touch about ten years ago where you had to build and connect these balls to make something go through a maze. You could use various kinds of balls and connectors to make your device bounce, not bounce, etc. Are there apps where you can play games similar to this? I wish I knew the name of the app I played back then. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/app-games-that-require-solving-physics-puzzles/840192/2 "2019-09-13T23:18:22Z")
Try The Incredible Machine. ETA, it’s an old PC game from the early 90’s, but you should be able to find a ‘current’/working version of it. I know I’ll go download a copy and play it for a few days once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/app-games-that-require-solving-physics-puzzles/840192/3 "2019-09-13T23:29:26Z")
Brain It On! it a pretty popular one these days. iOS/Android. Also Brain Dots and Shatterbrain. Sensing a trend. Off to trademark “Brainy McBrainbrain.” ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/app-games-that-require-solving-physics-puzzles/840192/4 "2019-09-14T01:15:16Z")
[Fantastic Contraption 2](http://www.physicsgames.net/game/Fantastic_Contraption_2.html) is a flash game that has some pretty great puzzles along these lines. I played the heck out of it a few years ago. Otherwise, searching for physics games on the Apple store gives a lot of highly-rated, free games. I once bought Bridge Constructor Portal, and had a pretty good time with it: it combines bridge-building physics with the matched portals of the Steam game. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/app-games-that-require-solving-physics-puzzles/840192/5 "2019-09-14T01:33:53Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Try The Incredible Machine. [Archive.org](http://Archive.org) has a version that [works in your web browser](https://archive.org/details/TheIncredibleMachine_201901). ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/app-games-that-require-solving-physics-puzzles/840192/6 "2019-09-14T01:40:58Z")
Monument Valley ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/app-games-that-require-solving-physics-puzzles/840192/7 "2019-09-14T03:01:29Z")
Monument Valley is great, and I recommended it wholly, but it’s not at all physics based. What you want specifically is Bond Breaker. It’s all abound manipulating atoms such that they accomplish a particular goal – lots of attraction and repulsion involved. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/app-games-that-require-solving-physics-puzzles/840192/8 "2019-09-14T14:39:51Z")
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