Physicus: Save the World with Science!

Physicus: Save the World with Science! (1999)

by Ruske & Pühretmaier Design und Multimedia GmbH, BrainGame Publishing GmbH, HEUREKA-Klett-Softwareverlag GmbH, Tandem Verlag, tewi publishing GmbH
Genres:Adventure, Puzzle, Point-and-click
Themes:Educational, Mystery
Game modes:Single player
Story:A point-and-click adventure and digital learning game for physics. The player moves through several levels and has to investigate different locations, collect objects and use them in other places and solve physics puzzles in order to progress through the game. The narrated knowledge base covers the following areas of physics: optics, mechanics, acoustics, electricity and thermodynamics.Show more
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user avatar@KaTaTToonuser avatar@KaTaTToon
February 07, 2025
This game is an extraordinary merge of education and game. Back in the days, I found my deep appreciation and love for sciences via the series of games by "HEUREKA-Klett-Softwareverlag GmbH". They also boosted my confidence of being able to learn these things. I still own the hard copies of these games since I was reluctand to ever throw them away. Games such as Chemicus 1 + 2, Biolabs, Physicus and Mathematica should re-apear in the landscape of gaming.
Why I love this game? Quite simply, the joy of learning while having fun. I had no understanding of physics and chemistry before this game. Classes at school were boring and difficult, the teacher was horrible. I was terrible. And then I bought this game! It introduced me to an incredible world, and I've become a physics and chemistry buff to this day (in my own humble way, of course).
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