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24 alternatives to Catagame
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi HN, I built OctoGames a free browser games hub where you can play instantly without installing anything. It’s aimed at people who want quick, casual games on desktop or mobile, without app stores or downloads. What it does - Hosts thousands of HTML5 browser games in one place - Works on desktop and mobile in the browser (plus an optional Android APK) - Lets you search, filter by genre, and sort (popularity, date added, A–Z) - Optional account to save favorites, track what you’ve played, and earn simple badges - News Hub with read/unread tracking for new games and updates -…
Feb 2026 · octogames.io · its alternatives →
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GIPHY Arcade▲141Create and share microgames powered by fun GIFs 👾
2019 · arcade.giphy.com · its alternatives →
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I'm making a platform for simple open source games you can play anywhere. Games are all just JavaScript classes and you can read the source of every game on the platform. I started working on initial "games" (mostly rendering tests) in 2018 and eventually built all of the platform stuff around it to make it easy to share games. There's also an in-browser editor available for you to make and publish games all from the browser. Would love some feedback on the games and studio features as well as the platform overall. All of the code is available at https://github.com/homegamesio
Jul 2026 · homegames.io · its alternatives →
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puzzl.io▲66Make 🧩 with msg to reveal when solved. Make sharing fun! 👻
2019 · puzzl.io · its alternatives →
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2012 · khele.in · its alternatives →
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puzzl.io 2.0▲74Make shareable puzzle with hidden gems to discover when done
2021 · puzzl.io · its alternatives →
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Simple quiz with very difficult questions
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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LEON by leon▲88A choose-your-path style game played through tweets
2015 · twitter.com · its alternatives →
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PlayCanvas▲90Create amazing games, AR and VR using just your browser!
2015 · playcanvas.com · its alternatives →
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Free online browser games across every genre
2025 · wahagamestore.com · its alternatives →
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Gamee▲59Play the best arcades and puzzles directly in Telegram
2016 · telegram.me · its alternatives →
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Create and share puzzles from photos
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Dear Hacker News, I'm kindly asking for your participation in the open beta for my AI-managed mini-games website. Thank you in advance! For a limited time window, I'm setting the all-free feature flag to true. I hope you have a lot of fun exploring the AI's sense for games! Here and there, I tweaked it to help with visual consistency. I would be deeply grateful if you opted into analytics. $2,300 in API tokens... Cheers!
Jun 2026 · minigames.world · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I made https://linkians.com which is a game where all the action and state is contained in the url. The game involves taking care of little pets (emojis) that live in your url bar. Kind of like tamagotchi or sims. Feed them, play with them, and watch out for enemies! There's no server, just emojis in the url and client-side logic. Any linkians url using the supported emojis is a valid game state so you can save your game, or type out your own url and send it to a friend. I'd appreciate any feedback.
2022 · linkians.com · its alternatives →
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So, me (dev) and my friend (designer) have been building a website/mobile app to help users manage their game library (think MyAnimeList, but games) for a little over a year. We launched with a very basic set of features, and have been slowing expanding since then. All the code is open source, and most of the things we implemented were direct feedback from users (e.g. being able to import games from Steam/PSN, and the Posts feature). We don't show ads or have any kind of subscription. This is just a hobby project. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, as honestly the hardest…
2025 · gamenode.app · its alternatives →
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Play free browser games instantly — no downloads
Aug 2026 · bunagames.com · its alternatives →
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