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. MMO Pixelart with and Websockets launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic▲76

   An RPG with random generated elements.

   2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2MV
   Multiplayer VR in the browser using websockets▲5

   2015 · client.scenevr.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Project V▲64

   A browser based scrolling shooter.

   2015 · projectv.bigvikinggames.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Inky Blocks▲95

   A colorful reimagining of Tetris

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5IS
   I synced 1 million pixels in real-time on Android to make a MMO canvas▲5

   2015 · neelmango.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Megabits▲98

   An 8-bit, Pokemon-like MMO in real-life (iOS)

   2015 · megabitsapp.com · its alternatives →

7. 7AC
   A collaborative pixel drawing game for when you're bored▲69

   Hello HN. This is a project me and some friends built at university in 2017. It was originally built in a rush, but we've added a few improvements over the years. It's a fun game to host at a demoparty and project on a big screen - We did that at Instanssi many times. The implementation is still rough, and suffers from the fast pace of the modern web - The frontend is likely very outdated, and the backend is built with Vapor 2 and Swift 3.1, both no longer supported. You can host this yourself, but it might be a bit of a pain to set up. The WebSocket protocol is fairly trivial to work out…

   2022 · pixel.vkoskiv.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Silk▲92

   An Interactive web canvas for "Light Painting"

   2015 · weavesilk.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Keep Out!▲65

   Remarkable WebGL Experiment.

   2015 · playkeepout.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Sword of Xolan▲64

    A pixelart action platformer for Android.

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11AA
    An API to compress images and reduce bandwidth costs▲8

    2014 · tapcelerate.com · its alternatives →

12. 12AR
    AirDrum - Rock out over websockets▲5

    2013 · airdrum.co · its alternatives →

13. 13WI
    Wicked Invaders: A 1980s-arcade-style game using HTML5 Canvas/Web Audio▲9

    2022 · susam.net · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Programming and deployment of a mobile-friendly web game made easy▲9

    canvas game, smartphone

    2020 · easylang.online · its alternatives →

15. 15CW
    Coding WebIDE▲5

    2015 · coding.net · its alternatives →

16. 16AW
    A web-browser to web-browser file sharing app (uses WebSockets, no DB)▲9

    2020 · easy-file-share.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

17. 17PA
    Porting a C++ Multiplayer Game to the Web with Cheerp, WebRTC, Firebase▲8

    2019 · medium.com · its alternatives →

18. 18LM
    live map infographic of activity in Couple using Canvas and WebSockets▲7

    2014 · map.couple.me · its alternatives →

19. 19SP
    Sound playground implemented in C++ Crow WebSocket▲5

    2016 · sound.ipknlab.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Swarmation▲6

    The Multiplayer Pixel Formation Game

    2017 · swarmation.com · its alternatives →

21. 21DI
    Delivering Image Advertisements in Minecraft - Built with Meteor.js▲5

    2016 · adventurize.com · its alternatives →

22. 22PH
    Play Hearts – Open-source, made with Vue and web sockets▲6

    2020 · playhearts.cards · its alternatives →

23. 23AW
    A WebGL EWA Surface Splatting Renderer▲7

    2018 · willusher.io · its alternatives →

24. 248A
    8192px, an expanding collaborative pixel art canvas▲5

    2017 · 8192px.co · 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 →