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24 alternatives to THE BOX
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. THE BOX launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1IB
2013 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 2IB
2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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- 5IB
2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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- 7MI
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 8AS
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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- 10MB
My brother is trying to rewamp his career into that of an independent game developer. This is his first attempt at an Android game. Any critique or advice for improvements are highly welcome!
2011 · its alternatives →
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- 12MF
2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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- 15CF
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 16M1
2015 · pizzascripters.com · its alternatives →
- 17M4
Well HN, I've finally produced something I think is worthy of sharing, but I didn't do it "in a weekend". Yeah, it's an iOS puzzle game. And yeah, it's a game I built because I wanted to play it rather than based on market research, so all this sort of makes it the antithesis of a popular HN post. But whatever. Still hoping for some of that patented (har har) expert HN feedback. Critique any part of it except the music. Also, PM me for upgrade codes, or I can post some here if there's any interest. Download (it's free):…
2012 · its alternatives →
- 18FA
Hey everyone, I'm Fabio, a very long time lurker here. Today I want to celebrate and share with you, again, a game that I conceived more than 8 years ago. I shared it last week with all its history (if you're curious) [1], but it just stayed in the "shownew" and never reached the main "show" page, hopefully this time it'll do better (:crossed_fingers:)! What changed since last week? Today I've also published the mobile apps for both iOS and Android (last week it was just web), which are also my first mobile apps ever. So I believe it's still a worthwhile post and something to show :) I'd…
2024 · fiftygame.com · its alternatives →
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Wants to improve your brain skills then this game is for you
2020 · its alternatives →
- 20MF
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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I recently prototyped a web game for a nonprofit to highlight the dangers of phone addiction, but unfortunately I ended up making a really addictive game instead. :-\ I'm sharing this here mainly to serve as an indicator of what can be achieved early-2026 by a senior dev working with Opus 4.7 over 2 days using genuinely collaborative prompting. (ie plan->feedback->iterate) Hope it provides some inspiration or entertainment - there's a level editor too - maybe Hacker Newsers could share their favourite creations here? PS: If there's enough demand I'm happy to Open Source this (or DM me) -…
May 2026 · downtime.partridge.works · its alternatives →
- 22IR
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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