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Links not on the main list. Smaller or more esoteric projects, or things built in old tech like flash. Worth digging through.
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CPU Balls

CPU Balls

Super silly game about building circuit components, but instead of electrons moving, there are little 2d physics balls. Created by NoNotCar.
Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Game
Relative Hell

Relative Hell

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.

Teen, Adult
Free, Paid
PC
Game
Clim’ City

Clim’ City

Sim city style game about climate change. Currently only available in French, and also quite a bit out of date. But I love it. Created by Cap Sciences.

Kid, Teen
Free
Web
Game
QPong

QPong

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Web
Simple Circuit Simulation

Simple Circuit Simulation

As the title says, a pretty basic, though visually interesting, simulation of an electric circuit. Helpful for understanding electron flow. Created by Electricity Explained.

Kid, Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Gravitee

Gravitee

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

Kid, Teen
Free
Web
Game
Genetic Walkers

Genetic Walkers

Evolving creatures walk better and better. Created by Rafael Matsunaga

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Quantum TiqTaqToe

Quantum TiqTaqToe

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

Teen, Adult
Free, Paid
Web, Mobile
Game
LabXchange Library

LabXchange Library

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Collection
Particle Sandbox

Particle Sandbox

A gravity simulator for the web. Created by apexearth.

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Optical Microscopy Primer

Optical Microscopy Primer

Many, many pages explaining the history of microscopes and how they work. Occasionally has some interactive simulations mixed in. Created by Michael W. Davidson.

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Logic Gates

Logic Gates

Part game, part quiz about building logic gates. Created by Keremoner.

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Game
QUARKED! Adventures in the Subatomic Realm!

QUARKED! Adventures in the Subatomic Realm!

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

Kid, Teen
Free
Web
Game
goREACT

goREACT

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.

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Evolution Simulator

Evolution Simulator

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

Teen
Free
Web
Simulation
An Interactive Introduction to Fourier Transforms

An Interactive Introduction to Fourier Transforms

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Bloch Sphere Simulator

Bloch Sphere Simulator

If you’re looking to simulate the state of a qubit, and how quantum logic gates will affect that state, look no further! Created by saich08.

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Star in a Box

Star in a Box

Explore the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and how stars of various sizes evolve. Built by Jon Yardley, Stuart Lowe, Edward Gomez, Haley Gomez, and Chris North.

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Optika

Optika

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

Teen
Paid
PC
Game
Immune Defense

Immune Defense

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

Teen, Adult
Free, Paid
PC
Game
EMANIM

EMANIM

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
MOLEK-SYNTEZ

MOLEK-SYNTEZ

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

Teen
Paid
PC
Game
Hard Chip

Hard Chip

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

Teen, Adult
Free, Paid
PC
Game
Quantum Tic Tac Toe

Quantum Tic Tac Toe

An online quantum game. Created by Rohan.

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Game
Standing Waves

Standing Waves

Simple simulation where you can control a wave. Built by Nerd Island Studio.

Kid, Teen
Free
Web
Simulation
Spintronics

Spintronics

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.

Teen
Free, Paid
Web
Simulation
Quantum 3 Game

Quantum 3 Game

Game for iPhone (Android version not working) where you basically play a match-3, but with quarks forming hadrons. Created by Michigan State University.

Teen, Adult
Free
Mobile
Game
Airfoil

Airfoil

A long interactive blog post about how a wing works, simulating the movement of air and pressure. The post gets into lots of related physics along the way.

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Relativity Simulator

Relativity Simulator

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Physics Simulations

Physics Simulations

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.

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Collection
Virtual Oscilloscope

Virtual Oscilloscope

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Gravity Lab

Gravity Lab

Gravity simulation by the National Science & Tech Medals Foundation.

Kid, Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
SPH Fluid Simulator

SPH Fluid Simulator

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

Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Creatures Docking Station

Creatures Docking Station

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

Teen, Adult
Free, Paid
PC
Game
Quantum Puzzle Generator

Quantum Puzzle Generator

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Mobile
Game
Donkey Kong Country with Relativity

Donkey Kong Country with Relativity

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Game
Space Time Travel

Space Time Travel

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
StarFluid

StarFluid

Simple and pretty fluid simulation by Johann Troendle.

Kid, Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
PBS Periodic Table

PBS Periodic Table

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

Kid, Teen
Free
Web
Simulation
Peppered Moth Game

Peppered Moth Game

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

Kid, Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Game
SWC Physics Simulations

SWC Physics Simulations

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Collection
Neutron Star in my City

Neutron Star in my City

Fun toy that shows what it would look like to have massive space objects floating over your town. Created by Daniel Wysocki and HanGyeol Suh.

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Foldit

Foldit

Fold proteins as best as you can. A classic ‘citizen science’ game where by playing you can help investigate the science of how proteins get their shapes.

Teen, Adult
Free
PC
Simulation
Quantum Marble Maze

Quantum Marble Maze

A very neat downloadable java game about quantum mechanics. Created by Crispin Cooper.

Teen, Adult
Free
PC
Game
Sim Bucket

Sim Bucket

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

Kid, Teen
Free
Web
Collection
Quantum Chess

Quantum Chess

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Game
Spore

Spore

A game about evolving creatures, all the way to space if I’m not mistaken. Created by Maxis.

Kid, Teen
Paid
PC
Game
Eterna

Eterna

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web, Mobile
Game
Visualizing a Black Hole

Visualizing a Black Hole

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Gravitation Physical Visualization

Gravitation Physical Visualization

Flash interactive that shows a visualization of the curvature of spacetime. Created by Adam Trepczynski.

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Simulation
Psi & Delta

Psi & Delta

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

Teen
Free
Web
Game
Superposition Arcade

Superposition Arcade

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

Teen, Adult
Free
Web
Game
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