Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Red Light Green Light
a classic childhood game inspired by Squid Game
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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"Lights Out" is a mathematical puzzle that lives on an grid where each cell of the grid is one of two colors: either red or white. The goal is to eventually get all the cells in the grid to be red. What's the catch? Clicking a cell will not only flip its color, but also that of all cells sharing the same row or column as it. To me, this game feels like playing with a Rubik's cube --- every time you think you are fixing one cell, you mess up its neighbors! There are many ways to arrive at a solution... some mathematical (linear algebra, or combinatorics), others more logical,... and yet…
2025 · raymondtana.github.io · its alternatives →
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2016 · stavros.io · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Use the arrow keys to collect all coins and finish each level.
2014 · lessmilk.com · its alternatives →
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Another great pixel arcade game by Nitrome
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Brain challenging puzzle game for true erudits
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Simple, frustrating, addictive, one touch tap game on iOS
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Blinks▲169An open-source board game system with a mind of its own
2018 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Basketball Entertainment System that Attaches to your Hoop
2018 · hoop-light.com · its alternatives →
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Tap a correct ball on the right moment and chain them to win
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Light Flip ▲147Nostalgia for a time before smartphones
Jul 2026 · thelightphone.com · its alternatives →
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Weekend Project: Web-controlled Christmas Lights with Node.js, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi
2013 · gnewt.at · its alternatives →
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Optical illusion cube game: quickly find the off-color cube
2014 · its alternatives →
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