id: 439
uid: 156AK
insdate: 2025-07-04 07:44:42
title: The Powder Toy
additional: The Powder Toy is a classic physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances
category: Simulation
md5: fdd5722ab1a22e3f6a8101192dce0cfe
game_description_snippet: The Powder Toy is a classic physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions between different substances
game_review_summary: Overwhelmingly Positive
responsive_reviewdesc: - 98% of the 354 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
review_number: 354
release_date: Jun 14, 2024
developer: The Powder Toy Team
publisher: The Powder Toy Team
popular_tags: Simulation,Sandbox,2D,Singleplayer,Pixel Graphics,Moddable,Destruction,Building,Physics,Electronic,Science,Education,Realistic,Free to Play
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game_area_description:

About This Game

Unleash your inner scientist - and maybe a little chaos - with The Powder Toy!

This free particle physics sandbox lets you experiment with hundreds of elements, from fiery explosives to intricate electronics. Simulate real-world phenomena like air pressure, heat, and gravity to create:

• High-Powered Explosions: Blow things up in spectacular fashion with meticulously crafted bombs, triggered on your command.
• Miniaturized Power Plants: Design and operate nuclear, chemical, or hydroelectric power plants and reactors using both real-world and imaginary reactions builtin to the game.
• Custom CPUs: Build your own logic circuits and processors, pushing the boundaries of in-game computing.
• Anything Your Imagination Can Dream Up: Create realistic landscapes, explosive-resistant bunkers, or technical machines, the possibilities are endless!

More than just destruction:

• Community Creations: Explore and download millions of amazing saves uploaded by other players, or upload your own to strive for a slot on Front Page!
• Custom Elements: Use the Lua API to mod your own elements into the game, or download packs of elements from other users from the Script Server!
• Open Source: The Powder Toy is fully open source under the GPLv3 license and maintained by the community. Want to see your name in the credits? Anyone can contribute to development!

Ready to unleash your inner mad scientist? Download The Powder Toy today!

Account registration on The Powder Toy website is required to enable certain online features such as saving and commenting.
sys_req: Windows,macOS,SteamOS + Linux
community_hub_url: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1148350
game_url: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148350/The_Powder_Toy/
game_id: 1148350