Everyone knows Angry birds, the game from 2009, in which you shoot birds of multiple colors from a slingshot. You may not notice it on the first sight, but this game is actually good for demonstrations of object motion through space, and factors that affect that movement.

It may not be the best studying tool for self-learner but rather for teachers that want to enhance the lesson. Students can discuss factors and its effects towards the objects with the teacher, and afterwards test their theories in game. Thanks to that they can memorize how the physics work.

There is an whole academical article on this topic:

DE ALDAMA, Carlos a Juan Ignacio POZO. Do You Want to Learn Physics? Please Play Angry Birds (But With Epistemic Goals). Journal of Educational Computing Research [online]. 2019, 58(2), 26 [cit. 2022-01-24]. Accessíble HERE

The game itself is accessible HERE on their official webpage.

The game series Portal is another classic. There are two parts, and in each you practice creative thinking and get introduced to the laws of physics.

The game involves riddles in which you will use portal gun, with which you can get to otherwise inaccessible places. This way the game encourages creative thinking in problem solving and gives you the opportunity to “feel” the laws of physics yourself. Especially those that have something to do with gravity and object movement, and sometimes basics of optics.

Every level in the game presents seemingly easy task – to get from point A to point B. To do that, the player has portal gun, that opens portals. There can only be two portals open at the same time, and they are two-way portals. The game revolves around the law of physics, for example, it makes difference on how fast you enter the portal, as it affects how you leave the other one. Thanks to this function the player can reach places that were otherwise too far, too high, or around the corner.

It would be good to play the game with the students and discuss how and why the objects behave as they do, while considering the circumstances. This way the players can experience the laws of physics themselves and memorize them better.

Both parts are accessible on Steam. First one HERE and Second one HERE.