--- title: PhysX Reviews meta\_title: 'PhysX Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 37 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how PhysX works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.9 review\_count: 37 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Game Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/game-development --- # PhysX Reviews & Product Details PhysX creates effects and scene filled with dynamic destruction, particle based fluids, and life-like animation with accurate physics simulation. * * * Seller [NVIDIA](https://www.g2.com/sellers/nvidia) Discussions [PhysX Community](https://www.g2.com/products/physx/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/physx/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Bullet](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Bullet") Bullet 4/5(2) ](https://www.g2.com/products/bullet/reviews) [ ![Box2D](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Box2D") Box2D 4.4/5(11) ](https://www.g2.com/products/box2d/reviews) [ ![Havok](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Havok") Havok 3.8/5(2) ](https://www.g2.com/products/havok/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/physx/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 37 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Omar K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Omar K.") OK Omar K. Senior Software Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/31/2020 "Stable, efficient and well documented" 5/5 What do you like best about PhysX? It’s the most stable and efficient of all the physics engines that I’ve used. The documentation is thorough and the developers are knowledgeable and responsive to any issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhysX? The latest versions don’t support anisotropic friction. No triangle mesh support for dynamic rigid bodies, though I understand the rationale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhysX solving and how is that benefiting you? Real-time simulation of material handling systems and machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/1/2021 "PhysX is a great physics engine for medical simulation" 5/5 What do you like best about PhysX? Detailed documentation and rich sample snippets. Easy for development and integration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhysX? Lack of simulation for deformable objects. Hope it will integrate FleX inside. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhysX solving and how is that benefiting you? I used physx for medical simulation. It’s easy to simulate the interaction between the instruments and tissue/bones. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/5/2021 "Great physics engine for simulation" 5/5 What do you like best about PhysX? Rigid body dynamics and their interactions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhysX? Lack choices of deformable object simulation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhysX solving and how is that benefiting you? Used it for rigid body simulations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Animation](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Animation") UA Verified User in Animation Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/4/2019 "Realistic visual effects " 5/5 What do you like best about PhysX? The graphics card auto-detects which settings to use; not all applications I use for work requires it (usually, youtube for audio/story lessons, or video streaming). The NVIDIA Control Panel will always tell you which parts of the graphics card is in use, and this includes PhysX. It comes with the NVIDIA graphics card, and so you must buy the card and install it yourself (most laptops cannot be modified this way), or buy a custom-built PC with it already included in the design blueprints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhysX? No complaints. Sometimes I'd like for it to auto-enable all the time, but I have a second graphics card that is designed for lesser color performance (like looking at still photos, or for casual streaming). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhysX: When purchasing your PC, make sure you know which one you are getting - the second gen NVIDIA GTX cards just dropped, which could leave you behind if you buy too old a version. It will also help boost your picture quality if you connect your PC to your TV for videconferencing, or tele-meetings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhysX solving and how is that benefiting you? It's part of my PC's graphics card, which helps improve the visual quality of youtube videos. It knows when to swtich between my regular Intel HD Graphics card, and my NVIDIA 1050. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Malik F.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Malik F.") MF Malik F. Organization Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/19/2019 "The best" 5/5 What do you like best about PhysX? probably the best for the gaming experience, you will notice the difference instantly ( the game will run much faster and smoother without any lags) the difference PhysX provides is dramatic. Smoke is richer, thicker, and more volumetric. Fabrics ripple realistically in the wind, and glowing particles crackle from flames and gunfire. It’s a visual upgrade you can appreciate without freeze-frames or Photoshop analysis. Demos give an even better look, with optimized code that pushes the API’s advantages to the limit, a glimpse of what universal support might have looked like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhysX? none, the only thing is they need to update the program for windows 10 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhysX: The best Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhysX solving and how is that benefiting you? Smoke is richer, thicker, and more volumetric. Fabrics ripple realistically in the wind, and glowing particles crackle from flames and gunfire. It’s a visual upgrade you can appreciate without freeze-frames or Photoshop analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite RP Ricardo P. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/27/2018 "good technology" 5/5 What do you like best about PhysX? one of the best technologies from Nvidia that makes video games reach another level of detail and perfection. It's incredible the amount of detail that can be achieved by activating this type of technology while playing. The environment and settings become cinematic and the physics of the environment improve enormously, in addition to making everything much smoother. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhysX? sometimes there are very strong FPS drops due to the large amount of calculations needed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhysX: none Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhysX solving and how is that benefiting you? Professionally, the computing power of graphics processors is incredible for many tasks such as image and video rendering, but the greatest attribute of this technology is for the physics of video games, and that's where it shows all its potential. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 7/30/2018 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 inviteAI Translated ![Jerod J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jerod J.") JJ Jerod J. Marketing Manager Business Supplies and Equipment Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/1/2016 "Excellent Game Physics Simulator" 5/5 What do you like best about PhysX? Gaming on a PhysX enabled device is awesome. It's one of a handful of things that has kept me a committed nVidia customer - you can't get this technology on AMD or anywhere else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhysX? It's sort of frustrating that this is a separate installation from the main driver. Very minor thing. Honestly I have no real complaints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhysX: nVidia is head and shoulders above the competition right now. Only reason to buy from another company is cost; but if you have the coin, nVidia is a no brainer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhysX solving and how is that benefiting you? I use this personally - it's solving the problem I have of needing the best graphical experience in my games humanly possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Recreational Facilities and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Recreational Facilities and Services") GR Verified User in Recreational Facilities and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/14/2016 "A software that anyone with built-in nVidia GPU with PhysX engine should be taking advantage of" 5/5 What do you like best about PhysX? The ability to control my GPU settings and configuration manually, and on the fly. I ignored the setting and allowed the system defaults to do what they wanted, but realized (for Workstation purposes) using Quadro without dedicating my GPU to PhysX calculation tasks, I was wasting resources. This has made rendering times and on screen graphics presentation occur much more efficiently, refreshing and rebuilding assemblies and complex sketches much more rapidly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about PhysX? I think that a lot of the features I manually enabled in order to optimize the GPU should be turned on by default, but having the ability to manipulate them now is fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering PhysX: If you have an nVidia based GPU with PhysX capabilities, you should be using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is PhysX solving and how is that benefiting you? Efficiency: I can run through manipulating sketches and assemblies with more ease and efficiency, saving time and allowing a more thorough design and execution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about PhysX? 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