# arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games

A curated list of engineering-related video games rated Very Positive or higher on Steam

Repository: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-engineering-games
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: awesome
Last push: 2024-07-09T20:40:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 27/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 72
- inputs: {"age_days": 1018, "days_push": 785, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1771, forks 38 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:34.054206+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of engineering-themed video games on PC, all rated Very Positive or higher on Steam. Games are organized into categories like factory automation, city building, vehicle building, and transportation management.

## Use cases
- find engineering-themed video games to play
- discover highly rated factory automation games on Steam
- recommend city builder games for civil engineering fans
- find games that teach engineering concepts through play
- browse curated simulation and building games by category
- find free or cloud-streamable engineering games

## When to choose
- you want a curated, quality-filtered list of engineering games
- you're looking for games by engineering discipline like civil, electrical, or software engineering
- you want community-maintained recommendations with Steam ratings as a quality bar

## When to avoid
- you need actual engineering software or CAD tools rather than games
- you want console or mobile games, since the list focuses on PC
- you need comprehensive coverage of all simulation games regardless of review ratings

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: gaming-tools, awesome-lists, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, video-games, engineering, curated-list, steam, simulation-games

## Member repositories
- arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games (main) score 27

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:34.054206+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:25:59.370624+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/arcataroger/awesome-engineering-games (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:34.054206+00:00, sha df8ed4dde2bd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.