Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Payroll Dice
I Made a Game About Gambling Your Way Out of Debt.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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A browser based, retro sandbox game that let
2021 · simulator.money · its alternatives →
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Throw money down the drain in this game.
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Because sometimes, clients need a reality check
2024 · punchyourclient.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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I got the chance to create a whimsical game about their latest Adaptive Pricing feature, despite Stripe being a very serious financial company. I'm in an interesting place being able to be paid to make games for a non-gaming tech company.
2024 · priceadapter.com · its alternatives →
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Pitch Deck▲76A game about making ridiculous pitches for startup ideas.
2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Reflections on an epic Kickstarter campaign for a tiny game
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
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Beat people up and take their money
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Pitch Deck▲63A game about ridiculous pitches for bad startup ideas
2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Tox gives a reviewer's take on making an exceptional game
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
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I was addicted to game mechanics, so we made our own game.
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Yeamt▲22Sick of AI tools and endless work? Try 30 seconds of chaos
2025 · game.yeamt.com · its alternatives →
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Chris Kirkman talks about running a game publishing company
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
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Pulling off a career change into the board game industry
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
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Howdy, long time HN'er. Spent ~20 years in FAANG and startups, got the pink slip during a big layoff wave in spring 2023. That's ok, I was about to quit anyway :) Finally got back to a lifelong goal of mine, making an "indie" game. (Indie is subjective, but you get the drift.) So, here it is: Ballionaire, a "fast-paced pachinko roguelike where strategy meets physics to create outrageous wealth!" My influences were: Plinko(TM), Luck Be A Landlord, and Totally Accurate Battle Simulator. I was really fortunate because localthunk, the dev behind Balatro, noticed my game during its first month of…
2024 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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Feel like a VC partner and destroy my deck/pitch
2019 · destroymydeck.com · its alternatives →
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About a month ago, I shared the Day 1 prototype of this project (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46448670). It has since evolved into a somewhat more polished "Slot-Machine Deckbuilder." I also recently moved the project from qq-pwn.com to alt-qq.com. I did this mid-development specifically to see if I could migrate a live player base and session states without losing people. The Design Challenge: The core of the game is a "One-Armed Bandit" dungeon crawler. The challenge is balancing the "house always wins" nature of slots with the player agency required for a good…
Jan 2026 · alt-qq.com · its alternatives →
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Hearthstone▲31An addictive trading card game w/ surprising amount of depth
2014 · us.battle.net · its alternatives →
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