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24 alternatives to The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

A rebellion of the Lunar penal colony established by Earth

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Moon is a Harsh Mistress▲75

   A computer leads the lunar population in a revolution.

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2LL
   Lunar lander-type game with computational fluid dynamics▲660

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Empire of the Summer Moon▲66

   Fascinating, vivid, and complex story of the "Old West"

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Where does the moon come from?▲111

   An illustrated story, from Hardbound

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Moon▲241

   The world's first levitating camera

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6LA
   Lander, a lunar lander style web game▲564

   I’ve been working on this game for the past few weeks. It’s written in plain JavaScript, mostly with canvas, with no dependencies. The code is here: https://github.com/ehmorris/lunar-lander

   2023 · ehmorris.com · its alternatives →

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   Rebels in the sky – Terminal game about space pirates▲242

   Rebels in the sky is a P2P multiplayer game about crews of space pirates roaming the galaxy to play basketball against each other. It's basically a basketball managerial game with some pirate-y stuff. It's a P2P game with no central server, built on top of libp2p. Players interaction are limited to playing games against each other and trading pirates. The game runs as a terminal application, meaning that you just need to run it from your terminal. You can try the game over ssh without installing: `ssh frittura.org -p 3788` My server is not very powerful and there is a limit to the number of…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Voxel Lunar Lander in the Browser▲149

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   To the Moon▲78

   A story-driven RPG with pixel graphics

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Neuromancer▲104

    The novel that defined cyberpunk

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Moon Hunters▲81

    A 1-4 player RPG about building your hero's mythology.

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Rise of the Rocket▲71

    The women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon > Mars

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Moonrakers▲91

    A game of ship-building, temporary alliances, & negotiation.

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Lunar Misson▲72

    Physics based game inspired by Lunar Lander

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Nomad by Matthew Mather▲61

    Something massive is coming... And it's heading for Earth.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Moonshot▲132

    A slingshot space adventure

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    moon▲99

    A multi-language monorepo tool

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Two Moons Saga▲55

    Just a nice raging game

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Lunar Soil▲4

    Your interstellar career is now within reach!

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Hidden Brain - Remembering Anarcha▲60

    The enslaved women sacrificed for modern gynecology

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Sympathizer: A Novel▲66

    One man's political beliefs and individual loyalties clash

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Werewolf▲79

    A Game of Accusations, Lying, Bluffing, and Second-Guessing.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Lun.AR Lander▲139

    Recreate the Moon landing in augmented reality 🌖🚀

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Red Cavalry▲54

    Brutal, beautiful, haunting.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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