Extras

Evolving creatures walk better and better. Created by Rafael Matsunaga

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

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

A gravity simulator for the web. Created by apexearth.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Simple and pretty fluid simulation by Johann Troendle.

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

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

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.

Simulates the flow of a fluid around a barrier. Created by Dan Schroeder.

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

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

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

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.

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

A gravitational simulator that lets you fling planets and see what happens. Created by MinuteLabs.

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

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.

An online quantum game. Created by Rohan.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Gravity simulation by the National Science & Tech Medals Foundation.

Evolving cars on a procedural racetrack. Created by Rafael Matsunaga.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Flash simulation of an orbit that lets you control the parameters directly, and gives graphs and data showcasing how Kepler’s Laws relate to your setup. Built by the Nebraska Astronomy Applet Program.