Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. eolsh – a text-based game you play at a command prompt launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Cursor Chaos▲56

   Keyboard-controlled mini-game action!

   2015 · freewebarcade.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   WebTerm Learn▲139

   Learn the terminal like a game — in a browser sandbox

   Aug 2026 · learn.webterm.app · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Wings.io▲73

   Another fast paced multiplayer game

   2016 · wings.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Letterpress for macOS▲56

   Competitive word game

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   An online game I've been working on (eolsh) and its server architecture▲5

   2021 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Anagram▲84

   A modern take on a classic game.

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   BrowerQuest▲65

   A HTML5/JavaScript multiplayer game experiment

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Gridland ▲87

   An adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

   2015 · gridland.doublespeakgames.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Gristle and Grape▲60

   Interactive text adventure with multiple perspectives.

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Star Command ▲60

    Simple and fun 8-bit timing based starship simulator.

    2015 · starcommandgame.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    StudyQuest▲69

    Turn your notes into games

    17d ago · studyquest.app · its alternatives →

12. 12
    FiLR▲66

    A beautifully simple puzzle game

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Wordzip▲67

    A fast-paced word game

    2016 · warbleandstripe.com · its alternatives →

14. 14CG
    Codebattle – game for coders▲7

    2015 · battle.hexlet.io · its alternatives →

15. 15EK
    Experimental Keyboard Game▲5

    2017 · aneelkkhatri.github.io · its alternatives →

16. 16SA
    SpartanS – a pub-compatible minimal RPG rule system▲8

    2017 · dungeon-gazette.com · its alternatives →

17. 17AA
    An Apple-like computer with a built-in BASIC interpreter in my game▲9

    2025 · reprobate.site · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hotter Keys▲5

    a game for learning keyboard shortcuts

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

19. 19WT
    Webbased Terminal Game▲5

    2020 · command-line.online · its alternatives →

20. 20OS
    Open-source, developer-first prompt engineering platform▲6

    2024 · docs.hatchet.run · its alternatives →

21. 21IM
    I made a game testing your prompting skills▲10

    Also inspired by this HN submission: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/quasiblog/findl... The model is gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18.

    2024 · app4.hc11.org · its alternatives →

22. 22WA
    Wish - A command line enhancement for Windows (Kickstarter)▲7

    2012 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    HotterKeys▲16

    A game for learning keyboard shortcuts. With space otters.

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24BG
    Browser game about memorising flags of the world▲6

    2023 · kobadoo.github.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →