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Design Bureau KB-11 · 2026 · Windows

Steam: 77 % positive of 427 reviews, as of Oct 28

Design. Simulate. Detonate. As a junior engineer at the Kurchatov Institute, you design atomic devices to satisfy the demands of the State. A hardcore physics game simulating hydrodynamics, neutron transport, and thermonuclear fusion.

24 games that play like Nuclear Design Bureau and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Space Engineers, Nucleares and How to Make an Atomic Bomb in Your Garden.

Player tags

  • Simulation
  • Strategy
  • Physics
  • Cold War
  • Science
  • Sandbox
  • Puzzle
  • 2D
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By gameplay

Plays like Nuclear Design Bureau

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  2. Plasma90 % positive of 1,173Shared: Simulation · Physics · Sandbox
  3. Teardown94 % positive of 128,293Shared: Simulation · Physics · Sandbox
  4. Sprocket91 % positive of 12,594Shared: Physics · Cold War · Sandbox
  5. Archean86 % positive of 245Shared: Simulation · Physics · Science
  6. Stationeers87 % positive of 8,656Shared: Physics · Science · Sandbox
  7. Besiege95 % positive of 48,185Shared: Simulation · Physics · Sandbox
  8. IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator96 % positive of 14,797Shared: Simulation · Physics · Historical
  9. Nuclear Option95 % positive of 10,770Shared: Simulation · Physics · Destruction
  10. DEFCON87 % positive of 3,509Shared: Strategy · Cold War · Difficult
  11. Reactor Tech²67 % positive of 352Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Science
  12. Instruments of Destruction90 % positive of 1,433Shared: Simulation · Physics · Destruction

By look

Looks like Nuclear Design Bureau

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

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  1. Unnamed Space Idle91 % positive of 4,562
  2. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes96 % positive of 14,387
  3. Nucleares84 % positive of 1,139
  4. Last Call BBS94 % positive of 1,225
  5. Heat Signature94 % positive of 6,867
  6. Screeps: World86 % positive of 1,944
  7. Voyager-1987 % positive of 995
  8. Core Defense: Prelude87 % positive of 211
  9. Drone Sector87 % positive of 397
  10. FACEMINER89 % positive of 1,565
  11. Xenonauts 281 % positive of 4,938
  12. IXION76 % positive of 15,437

At a glance

What games like Nuclear Design Bureau have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Nuclear Design Bureau: Simulation (19 of 24), Physics (14) and Strategy (9).
  • They came out between 2006 and 2026, none of them after Nuclear Design Bureau (2026).
  • Best rated by Steam players: The Powder Toy (98 % positive of 3,107).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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