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Physics puzzle

You solve each level by exploiting consistent physics: throwing, stacking, balancing or building contraptions so that gravity, momentum and collisions do the work. The challenge is predicting how objects will react.

Also known as: physics game, physics-based puzzle

This is a basic entry: it has the definition and the classification. Full entries add history, games and a demo.

History

  1. 1993
    Origin

    There is no recognised first game. The Incredible Machine (1993), in which you build Rube Goldberg machines, is the oldest of the examples Wikipedia cites.

    Puzzle video game (Wikipedia)
  2. 2008

    The independent World of Goo builds structures out of goo balls that bend and topple.

    World of Goo (Wikipedia)
  3. 2009

    Angry Birds brings the physics puzzle to touchscreen phones with its slingshot.

    Angry Birds (video game) (Wikipedia)