Extras

A periodic table where you can drag various elements around, and see which ones interact with which. Created by the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Interesting interactive web simulations, many of which are about fluids and flow. Created by a variety of developers.

An absolute classic – guide an electric charge to the goal using only other electric charges. Created by PhET.

Evolving creatures walk better and better. Created by Rafael Matsunaga

A classic flash game about cell biology, created by Phoenix00017, larsiusprime, and BGroupProduction.

A mobile explanation/game about qubits and quantum gates. Created by Dimosthenis Michailidis.

An approachable look at Fourier Transforms. Or, what sound waves, cool circular drawings, and jpegs have in commmon. Created by Jez Swanson.

A digital simulator of Spintronics, a physical science toy that lets you build electrical circuits modeled not with wires and electricity, by physical analogs of spinning gears. Built by Upper Story.

Wide variety of simulations and virtual labs, covering biology, chemistry, physics and more. Curated by LabXchange.

Simulating evolution with little avocado-blobs running to get food. Built by MinuteLabs.

An online quantum game. Created by Rohan.

A gravity simulator for the web. Created by apexearth.

An old (2001) virtual life sim where the creatures have digital dna and traits are passed down accordingly. Surprisingly complex. Created by Creature Labs.

Chemistry puzzle game about lining up molecules correctly by placing certain tiles around a factory. Built by NoNotCar.

Super silly game about building circuit components, but instead of electrons moving, there are little 2d physics balls. Created by NoNotCar.

Game about quantum logic gates, where you use gates to direct falling balls. Build by rsoiffer.

A full multimedia quark adventure, with videos, stories, and games. Created by a team led by Alice Bean.

Various small astronomy simulations built by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Astronomy Department.

Particle physics puzzle game, based on the rules of the Standard Model. Version 1 is a bit hard to access now. Created by TestTubeGames.

An interactive periodic table by PBS media, which includes a little mystery game to match elements to their descriptions.

Website that has tons of videos, simulations, and mathematical explanations of how to visualize relativity. Created by Ute Kraus and Corvin Zahn.

A game that involves optics, aiming lasers and such, loosely based on physics. Created by PlayZilla.tk.

List of science games and interactives, pulled together by the SyllabusGames YouTube channel, in association with this video.

Quick simulations that shows the relativistic effects of delayed light on the images you might see. Created by Michael Burns-Kaurin.

A variation of chess that includes some quantum rules. Created by Selim Akl and Ryan Kartavicius.

Various simple, short simulations of Special Relativity. Created by Alex Reinhart.

Various small simulations about chemistry and physics, created by Nerd Island Studios.

Very complex evolution simulator where you can observe and interact with whole 3D ecosystems.

Classic web game about playing golf in space, having to take the gravity of various objects into account. Created by Funky Pear.

Fight off diseases using microbiology. Created by Molecular Jig Games.

A tool for exploring and animating electromagnetic waves. Created by András Szilágyi.

Learn how RNA fits together by playing this game. Created by Nova Labs.

A complicated puzzle game where you’re building large molecules. Created by Zachtronics.

Explore the spacetime around a black hole in your rocket ship. Created by TestTubeGames.

Simulates the path of light around a black hole, and you can drag your view around. Created by Antonell.

Trippy game which takes place in a strange geometric world unlike our own. Two actually, one with de Sitter spacetime, and another with anti-de Sitter spacetime. Created by Zeno Rogue.

Game exploring quantum mechanics where you’re a little robot traveling along a wavefunction. Created by folks at Georgia Tech.

Simple and pretty fluid simulation by Johann Troendle.

Explore adaptations in this museum-style interactive. Build fish and see how well they survive. Created by Shedd Aquarium.

Collection of physics simulations, with many interactive graphs, created by H. K. Wilfred Lee.

Given a certain layout of positive and negative electrodes, this simulator will calculate and display the resulting electric potentials and fields. Built by Nathaniel Klemm.

Tic Tac Toe with quantum mechanical rules, for both web and mobile. Created by Evert.

A platformer game that includes some relativistic effects. By the SyllabusGames YouTube channel, in association with this video: https://youtu.be/bHGTDTIE23c

Lots – hundreds at least – of small physics applets, around a wide range of topics, separated out into two semesters of college physics. Motion, thermo, EM, waves, and optics all covered. Created by Andrew Duffy.

Simple game about natural selection, with moths of different colors. Created by Craig Tevis.

Simulation using SPH of a ball in water. Created by Hector Arellano.

Gravity simulation by the National Science & Tech Medals Foundation.

If you’re looking for a game where you design physical computer chips, this PC game is for you. Pretty complex. Created by Elorth.

A little rolling marble game where you’re a nucleus slowly fusing and radioactively decaying as you march through the periodic table. Fair warning, in Portuguese, but not too many words. Created by Priscila Caimi.

Very simple online oscilloscope that you can fiddle the knobs and buttons on. Created by PhysicsZone.

Physical objects simulator that lets you draw and add objects to a scene, with lots of options for creativity. Created by Algoryx Simulation.

Confusing game about building a quantum circuit to play pong. Good luck! By kirais.