Dev tools · 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. Hacker League (open-source Rocket League) now has multiplayer launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux▲192

   minimal carball on linux. fun for humans and ai! Contribute to moritztng/hacker-league development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Open-source Counter-Strike-like game▲420

   Multiplayer FPS game - Counter-Strike: Football 🏉. Contribute to solcloud/Counter-Strike development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3MA
   made a html5 game, polished it many many times▲211

   hi all, I've always wanted to make my own game, but couldn't afford a thousand-dollar adobe (flash+photoshop) license. I'm not a talented programmer, have no degree in CS. But I understand some elements of design. So I got me a copy of ImpactJS, and after about 5 months of steep learning curve (at least for me), I managed to come up with a game. I also integrated it with a highscore and badge system, similar to what you get at Kongregate. You need to login with Google/OpenID to earn badges/scores. link is: http://www.hotbazooka.com/privatejoe hope to hear some feedback/questions from you guys!

   2011 · hotbazooka.com · its alternatives →

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   Rocket League▲61

   Soccer with RC cars

   2015 · rocket-league.com · its alternatives →

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   Open-source shooter which made it to AC: Valhalla and Skydio drones▲270

   So just for fun, I wrote a complete multiplayer game in pure C++. I even wrote my own texture atlas packer, which is now used by Assassin's Creed, 2 scientific publications as well as a drone manufacturing company - each of these basically mentions the name of my game. There is even a claim that Unity patented some of the ECS ideas that originate from this project. See https://github.com/TeamHypersomnia/Hypersomnia#tech-highligh... for details. By the way the game is pretty darn good. 10 people connected yesterday to test a new map:…

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6AO
   An online 2D MMO game, written in Rust and JavaScript▲171

   I made a game (https://polyfight.io/) which revolves around a player (a tank) leveling up and upgrading by killing shapes and other tanks (partially inspired by https://diep.io). It has a bunch of features, a vast number of tanks, an inbuilt chatting system, clans to make teams with your friends, a colour scheme maker, controllable sandboxes which can be public or private, a last man standing gamemode, and an inbuilt 1v1 system with its own ELO rankings and a global leaderboard. The game has a few players right now, and I'd hope to spread the joy players have with…

   2024 · polyfight.io · its alternatives →

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   Rocket League▲103

   Soccer meets driving in this physics-based arena sport

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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   Gametje – A casual online gaming platform▲112

   Hi all, I’ve been working on this project for a while but haven't shared it properly on Hacker News. It is a casual gaming platform focused on simple multiplayer games that can be played in person with a central screen (like a TV) or remotely via video chat. You can also play on your smart Android based TVs via the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gametje (it was just released recently so could be buggy). It is also available directly in Discord: https://discord.com/discovery/applications/12153230008666071... as an…

   Nov 2025 · gametje.com · its alternatives →

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   Wings.io▲73

   Another fast paced multiplayer game

   2016 · wings.io · its alternatives →

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    Nomad Dot▲52

    A living map of indie hackers around the world

    Mar 2026 · nomaddot.verifiedtools.info · its alternatives →

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    Acolytefight.io – Multiplayer Skillshot Arena HTML5 Game▲66

    2018 · acolytefight.io · its alternatives →

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    Play the front page of Hacker News as interactive text games▲109

    Hey HN, I hacked together this fun project that lets you play any article on the front page of Hacker News as an interactive text game. You can create a game about anything by going to infinityarcade.com/ You can also use a URL, which is what this page uses. The whole thing is open source: https://github.com/themaximal1st/InfinityArcade

    2023 · infinityarcade.com · its alternatives →

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    Dirty Bomb▲57

    Online fast-paced team shooter

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Playbase.GG▲81

    We deliver Esports platforms instantly!

    2021 · playbase.gg · its alternatives →

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    ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS▲73

    Neon-flavored arena shooter for local multiplayer addicts!

    2015 · rocketsrocketsrockets.com · its alternatives →

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    Server-rendered multiplayer games with Lua (no client code)▲85

    Hey folks — here’s a small experiment I hacked together over the weekend: https://cleoselene.com/ In short, it’s a way to build multiplayer games with no client-side game logic. Everything is rendered on the server, and the game itself is written as simple Lua scripts. I built this to explore a few gamedev ideas I’ve been thinking about while working on Abstra: - Writing multiplayer games as if they were single-player (no client/server complexity) - Streaming game primitives instead of pixels, which should be much lighter - Server-side rendering makes cheating basically…

    Jan 2026 · cleoselene.com · its alternatives →

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    League of Evil▲57

    Platformer for people with skills

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

18. 18WM
    We made a game this week-end!▲9

    Hi Hacker News! My friend and I [1] would like to share with you something we did this week-end. We really like the idea of game jams like the Ludum Dare, and we’d like to participate, but it’s often complicated for us, as we are often limited by the rules inherent to this kind of competition: we have to be available at specific dates, and the rules doesn’t always work for us. For example: if you want to participate as a team in a Ludum Dare compo, you have 72h instead of 48h, and you are not required to publish your code. We realized that what we really like is: - To work together. - The…

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    I made a open source multiplayer game▲5

    Multiplayer top down shooter. Contribute to sameid/shootyroads development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Bored Hackers – A threaded-realtime chat community▲20

    GitHub is where people build software. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.

    2018 · spectrum.chat · its alternatives →

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    Hacker Feud▲32

    :boom: A single page web game made with Svelte. Contribute to lettier/hacker-feud development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22HA
    HackerLunch - a new way meet hackers▲9

    Hello HN! Here's my November Startup Sprint project (coded in two days). http://hackerlunch.com It allows you to post your lunch plans and lets other hackers join you. I built this because I often see HN users are interested in meeting each other if they are in the same area. I am not a coder, so this version is very rough. If people use it, I will work with others to build a more polished version. I would love some feedback. What do you think? Is this something you will be using?

    2010 · hackerlunch.com · its alternatives →

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    Hacksquad▲24

    Participate in hacktoberfest 2021 with your team

    2021 · its alternatives →

24. 24IM
    I made a multiplayer browser game▲14

    2024 · boxfight.xyz · its alternatives →

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