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. Oolite space game in HTML5/WebGL launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify▲616

   Hello HN! We’re a small creative studio specializing in real-time 3D experiences. Netlify approached us to design and build an interactive experience to celebrate reaching 5 million developers. Inspired by the classic game Marble Madness, we created a gamified experience where users control a ball through playful, interactive levels. The goal was to blend marketing content with the look and feel of a game to engage users. The app is built with Three.js [1], using our custom render pipeline and shaders, and uses Rapier for physics simulation [2]. The 2D content is overlaid on the WebGL view…

   2024 · 5-million-devs.netlify.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Keep Out!▲65

   Remarkable WebGL Experiment.

   2015 · playkeepout.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Astrojump▲67

   A game about gravity and asteroids

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Gravity WebGL▲84

   A gravity simulator, with updated movement controls

   2016 · valentinvichnal.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   0RBITALIS▲60

   An abstract gravitational puzzler

   2015 · 0rbitalis.com · its alternatives →

6. 6MH
   My HTML5 Multiplayer Space Game, ShootR▲5

   2012 · shootr.signalr.net · its alternatives →

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   DarkOrbit▲57

   A breathtaking space game in your browser

   2017 · ad.admitad.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Planetarium▲61

   An 8-bit planet generator

   2015 · managore.itch.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   SimpleRockets▲54

   A sandbox space experience 🚀

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

10. 10WV
    WebGL Voxel Game Demo (Pure JS/ThreeJS)▲8

    2016 · qake.se · its alternatives →

11. 11W1
    WebGL 1M particles▲8

    2017 · img42.com · its alternatives →

12. 12WC
    Webgl canvas toy with source▲7

    2016 · canvas.piarts.xyz · its alternatives →

13. 13WL
    WebGL low-poly saturn example▲19

    2016 · whitestormjs.xyz · its alternatives →

14. 14WP
    Weekend project - a WebGL Orrery▲17

    This was my recent weekend project, aimed at teaching me JavaScript, a bit of HTML5, and (mostly) WebGL. The orbital data are from NASA JPL. I was inspired in part by this Flash app: http://www.dynamicdiagrams.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/orrery_2011_bce.swf, but wanted to do something in 3D. Coming from the games-dev world, this is my first introduction to web coding. The UI is jquery. I mostly used http://learningwebgl.com/blog for the 3D stuff. Being WebGL, it will work mostly on Chrome, Firefox 4 Beta. Forget about IE. I needed to figure out how to render text to the WebGL canvas - I…

    2011 · solar-system-explorer.com · its alternatives →

15. 15IU
    I used Squarespace to build a site for my new game. Very pleased▲7

    2014 · cartegram.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AW
    A WebGL EWA Surface Splatting Renderer▲7

    2018 · willusher.io · its alternatives →

17. 17SP
    Space Pong▲6

    A visually stunning space pong game with black hole physics and gravitational lensing effects

    Jan 2026 · pong.priyavkaneria.com · its alternatives →

18. 18WI
    Wicked Invaders: A 1980s-arcade-style game using HTML5 Canvas/Web Audio▲9

    2022 · susam.net · its alternatives →

19. 19MH
    My HTML5 animation & video design app now supports WebGL▲6

    2012 · radiapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 202A
    2001: A Space Odyssey Opening in SVG▲6

    2016 · codepen.io · its alternatives →

21. 21OP
    Openbloc: playing with React, D3, SVG path animation and morphing▲8

    2017 · lab.openbloc.fr · its alternatives →

22. 22MJ
    Mini JavaScript WebGL lib for loading and animating textured 3D models▲5

    2017 · minigl.pro · its alternatives →

23. 23A3
    A 3D ski game using the PlayCanvas engine with custom WebGL shaders▲7

    2015 · afterglowskigame.com · its alternatives →

24. 24M2
    MMO 2D Space Action Game▲8

    2014 · astralrift.com · its alternatives →

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