Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

GameDev News is a news aggregation and discussion platform designed for video game developers. Similar to Hacker News or Designer News, it curates and hosts conversations around game development topics, industry… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GameDev News- It's like DN or HN for people who make games launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1GC
   GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers▲118

   2014 · gamedevs.com · its alternatives →

2. 2SH
   Show HN▲1,302

   2014 · news.ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

3. 3IN
   Indiedevs.net – A place for indie game developers▲82

   2021 · indiedevs.net · its alternatives →

4. 4
   I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer▲985

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hashnode Platform▲411

   Dev community that lets you blog on your domain for free

   2020 · hashnode.com · its alternatives →

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   HN Update – Hourly news broadcast of top HN stories▲644

   Hello HN, I was away from my computer for two weeks, and after coming back and reading the latest discussions on HN about coding assistants (models, harnesses), I felt very out of the loop. My normal process would have been to keep reading and figure out the latest and greatest from people's comments, but I wanted to try and automate this process. Basically the goal is to get a quick overview over which coding models are popular on HN. A next iteration could also scan for harnesses that people use, or info on self-hosting or hardware setups. I wrote a short intro on the page about the…

   2024 · hnup.date · its alternatives →

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   Hashnode▲250

   A friendly and inclusive Q&A network for coders

   2015 · hashnode.com · its alternatives →

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   I built an interactive HN Simulator▲538

   Hey HN! Just for fun, I built an interactive Hacker News Simulator. You can submit text posts and links, just like the real HN. But on HN Simulator, all of the comments are generated by LLMs + generate instantly. The best way to use it (IMHO) is to submit a text post or a curl-able URL here: https://news.ysimulator.run/submit. You don't need an account to post. When you do that, various prompts will be built from a library of commenter archetypes, moods, and shapes. The AI commenters will actually respond to your text post and/or submitted link. I really wanted it to feel…

   Nov 2025 · news.ysimulator.run · its alternatives →

9. 9IM
   I made an HN job board▲149

   I noticed the who's hiring threads are very popular every month, so I decided to create a job board specifically for hacker news. You can tag jobs, search, view user's profiles and more. Tell me what you guys thing! Any feedback is appreciated.

   2013 · hnjobs.org · its alternatives →

10. 109D
    90s.dev – Game maker that runs on the web▲352

    2025 · 90s.dev · its alternatives →

11. 11HB
    HN Badges – Displays game-like badges for your HN profile▲242

    Get your public IP address instantly. Simple, fast, and reliable API for developers.

    2021 · hnbadges.netlify.app · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The News 2▲323

    Product Hunt + Hacker News + Designer News

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The HN Arcade▲352

    I love seeing all the small games that people build and post to this site. I don't want to forget any, so I have built a directory/arcade for the games here that I maintain. Feel free to check it out, add your game if its missing and let me know what you think. Thanks!

    Jan 2026 · andrewgy8.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14FI
    Find info about the developers who post projects on Show HN▲99

    2020 · showhn-dashboard.netlify.app · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Game Dev Story▲80

    Run your own game dev studio!

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Curated gamedev specific search engine▲82

    Curated gamedev search engine

    2025 · gamedevtorch.com · its alternatives →

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    HN Game Stories – mini-documentary of games that hit the front page▲16

    Hi all, This is coolwulf and I have been working on a project. The idea is to generate video content on popular Hacker News gaming stories. So far I just started this idea and will continue contributing to the content.

    Jun 2026 · video.intellios.ai · its alternatives →

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    devlogs.gg▲229

    daily game devlog finds

    2024 · devlogs.gg · its alternatives →

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    Best of Show HN▲249

    Discover standout projects launched on Hacker News Show HN from 2008 to 2026, organized by date, topic, and Y Combinator batch.

    2019 · bestofshowhn.com · its alternatives →

20. 20HN
    Hacker News Git Blame▲66

    One night I was deep in a rabbit hole, reading old HN comments. I eventually ended up scraping a bunch of usernames and building a game! Please suggest any other users who you'd want to see/upstanding members of the community who deserve to be featured.

    2023 · hngitblame.com · its alternatives →

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    HN+▲92

    Launch your very own HackerNews clone & grow your community

    2023 · hn.plus · its alternatives →

22. 22FH
    FollowDev, HH-like forum exclusively for software dev-related topics▲41

    I'm not interested in politics or business, yet I somehow end up wasting time reading them here. That's why I've decided to create a Hacker News-like forum exclusively for software development-related topics. I find ranking to be unnecessary since i don't see more than 50-100 posts a day. I will add a comments feature once there are enough users. I hope FollowDev helps you discover new & unique content

    2023 · followdev.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    GameDevMap▲81

    A map and catalog of game development organizations.

    2017 · gamedevmap.com · its alternatives →

24. 24SH
    Showing HN▲66

    2012 · showinghn.com · its alternatives →

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