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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.

1
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress▲75
A computer leads the lunar population in a revolution.
2016 · amazon.de · its alternatives →
2
Empire of the Summer Moon▲66
Fascinating, vivid, and complex story of the "Old West"
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West ▲67
An epic of the violence and depravity of Manifest Destiny
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Where does the moon come from?▲111
An illustrated story, from Hardbound
2016 · its alternatives →
5
Moon▲241
The world's first levitating camera
2017 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
6
Lunar lander-type game with computational fluid dynamics▲660
Lunar lander type game with computational fluid dynamics - s-macke/Interplanetary-Postal-Service
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
7
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 →
8
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 →
9
To the Moon▲78
A story-driven RPG with pixel graphics
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
Ancillary Justice▲60
An AI space opera with surprising emotional depth
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
Neuromancer▲104
The novel that defined cyberpunk
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Moon Hunters▲81
A 1-4 player RPG about building your hero's mythology.
2015 · moonhuntersgame.com · its alternatives →
13
Rise of the Rocket▲71
The women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon > Mars
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Moonrakers▲91
A game of ship-building, temporary alliances, & negotiation.
2019 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
15
Lunar Misson▲72
Physics based game inspired by Lunar Lander
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
16
Gardens of the Moon▲60
First of the Malazan books, 1999
2015 · goodreads.com · its alternatives →
17
Nomad by Matthew Mather▲61
Something massive is coming... And it's heading for Earth.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
Moonshot▲132
A slingshot space adventure
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
19
moon▲99
A multi-language monorepo tool
2023 · moonrepo.dev · its alternatives →
20
Two Moons Saga▲55
Just a nice raging game
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
21
Lunar Soil▲4
Your interstellar career is now within reach!
2018 · lunar-soil.com · its alternatives →
22
A Man on the Moon▲59
The voyages of the Apollo astronauts
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
The Sympathizer: A Novel▲66
One man's political beliefs and individual loyalties clash
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
Werewolf▲79
A Game of Accusations, Lying, Bluffing, and Second-Guessing.
2014 · maxistentialism.com · its alternatives →

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