Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Webbased Terminal Game launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   WebTerm Learn▲139

   Learn the terminal like a game — in a browser sandbox

   Aug 2026 · learn.webterm.app · its alternatives →

2. 2
   BrowerQuest▲65

   A HTML5/JavaScript multiplayer game experiment

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Blocks▲85

   A minimalist browser-based game.

   2016 · blocks.ovh · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Game of Bombs▲83

   Browser-based multiplayer Bomberman

   2015 · gameofbombs.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   SimpleRockets▲54

   A sandbox space experience 🚀

   2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Keep Out!▲65

   Remarkable WebGL Experiment.

   2015 · playkeepout.com · its alternatives →

7. 7GB
   Got Bored This Afternoon – Made a Terminal Emulator in HTML5▲5

   2014 · rbsn.me · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Wings.io▲73

   Another fast paced multiplayer game

   2016 · wings.io · its alternatives →

9. 9MT
   Multiplayer TRON Game in Browser▲7

   2025 · tron.kanishkdan.com · its alternatives →

10. 10CH
    CodeJunkers – HTML5 Loot-Based Programming Game▲6

    2017 · codejunkers.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    An online game I've been working on (eolsh) and its server architecture▲5

    2021 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

12. 12AG
    A game I made to explain binary search to non programmers▲7

    2019 · treasure.surge.sh · its alternatives →

13. 133B
    3D browser based multiplayer game▲7

    2015 · biome3d.com · its alternatives →

14. 14EA
    eolsh – a text-based game you play at a command prompt▲5

    2019 · eolsh.com · its alternatives →

15. 15CG
    Codebattle – game for coders▲7

    2015 · battle.hexlet.io · its alternatives →

16. 16BG
    Browser game about memorising flags of the world▲6

    2023 · kobadoo.github.io · its alternatives →

17. 177C
    7DRL Challenge 2019, my CSS-only roguelike browser game (no JavaScript)▲6

    2019 · ondras.zarovi.cz · its alternatives →

18. 18
    I made a collection of games for playing in a terminal▲5

    Hello HackerNews, I'm Kaamkiya, the author of this program. It's a collection of minimal games made for terminals, like 2048, Hangman, and even two player games like pong. They're all text-based, but they can actually be quite fun. If you want to test it right now, you can do this: go run github.com/Kaamkiya/gg@latest I started this project out of boredom, honestly. I was bored, and when I'm bored I like to code or play video games. So I coded video games. I kept them really minimal though, because I'm not great at gamedev and thought it would be easier to contribute to text-based…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19CA
    Cywolf, a port of the party game Mafia/Werewolf to Node.js▲6

    2014 · cywolf.co.uk · its alternatives →

20. 20CW
    Coding WebIDE▲5

    2015 · coding.net · its alternatives →

21. 21AO
    An Online Unix Simulator▲8

    2015 · uberty.co · its alternatives →

22. 22WI
    Wicked Invaders: A 1980s-arcade-style game using HTML5 Canvas/Web Audio▲9

    2022 · susam.net · its alternatives →

23. 23BA
    Battleweb, a game to play while you're working on or browsing the web▲6

    2017 · battleweb.net · its alternatives →

24. 24RR
    Rust / Red Alert inspired WASM game in the browser (open source)▲6

    Jun 2026 · punnerud.github.io · its alternatives →

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