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24 alternatives to Alive or Dead: Game of Life

John Conway's Game of Life

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Alive or Dead: Game of Life launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Conway's Game of Life

    2023 · its alternatives →

  2. 2GO
  3. 3SG

    https://github.com/vnglst/stacked-game-of-life

    Feb 2026 · stacked-game-of-life.koenvangilst.nl · its alternatives →

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    A Rust implementation of John Conway’s Game of Life, using a zoomable infinite grid, and with access to a pattern library.

    2021 · lifeee.netlify.app · its alternatives →

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    How Evolution and Natural Selection works

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    A highly customisable cellular automaton.

    2018 · its alternatives →

  7. 7RI
  8. 8LS

    2021 · joelthelion.github.io · its alternatives →

  9. 9MP
  10. 10GO

    Hi HN, when learning Golang (and topology), I ported a simple GOL in C (https://github.com/Jeadie/GoL) into Go. I then added a bunch of features - Playing on other fundamental polygons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_polygon#Examples_o...) - Considering all possible update rules (of which, there are many). Looking to get back to this project soon. Would love some feedback + ideas.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Realistic life simulation game

    2019 · its alternatives →

  12. 12WL
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    Nirvana▲89

    A life simulation & adventure game with swipe mechanic

    2017 · its alternatives →

  14. 1433

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

  15. 15MR
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    inZOI▲193

    Life simulation where every life becomes a story

    2025 · playinzoi.com · its alternatives →

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    Interactive cellular automaton simulator with AI

    2025 · life.angen.ai · its alternatives →

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    A life simulation game to adapt yourself to live.

    2020 · its alternatives →

  19. 19LI
  20. 20CS

    Chess, but each square also follows the rules of Conway's Game of Life. Only your own pieces count as neighbours when deciding births/deaths. For births, an empty square must have 3 neighbours for 2 consecutive turns. For deaths, a piece must have 3 neighbours for 3 consecutive turns. This is a simple proof of concept I made with python and curses. You can play with a friend locally or over a socket connection. Controls: Arrow keys to move the cursor, enter/space to select and move a piece, u or backspace to undo a move, r to redo a move, q or escape to quit, s to perform a move…

    2023 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    Implementation to John Conway's Game of Life with JSXGraph.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Swipe decision game, explore, and conquer the galaxy

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Exists▲132

    Generate your own 3D worlds and team-deathmatch in minutes

    2025 · exists.ai · its alternatives →

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    Magic. No distractions.

    2019 · its alternatives →

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