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24 alternatives to Witness Archives
Inspect clues. Guess the event. Build your streak.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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Hi HN! Worked on this side project for a while and wanted to share it. It's free to play.
2025 · detective.wiki · its alternatives →
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Hey folks, I built Hisorty, a small daily game where you sort historical events in chronological order (strongly inspired by Wordle mechanics). Each day you get 6 events and 3 attempts to place them correctly. I found it surprisingly tricky to design those puzzles so the difficulty is just about right. Would love feedback on: - difficulty balance - UI/UX - whether the concept feels engaging long-term Happy to answer any questions about how I built it.
Apr 2026 · hisorty.app · its alternatives →
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histories▲226Explore history of places through audio stories & fun facts
2024 · pardoesoudewater.nl · its alternatives →
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The Witness▲155Explore a mysterious island and solve its puzzles
2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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Artifacts▲235Hey everyone, I recently built Artifacts, a platform to slow down and remember what lasts — to give meaning and story back to the things we hold onto. Artifacts lets you: • Explore a growing archive of thoughtfully curated objects • Create your own digital inventory of things you own or want • Connect with a community that values intentional owning You can explore it at artifacts.is Appreciate any feedback. – Oscar
Nov 2025 · artifacts.is · its alternatives →
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Krono▲78Place persons & events on a timeline, how far can you go?
2023 · kronotrivia.com · its alternatives →
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History Book▲66Search the content of your browsing history
2022 · andadinosaur.com · its alternatives →
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The Witness▲84A puzzle-adventure game set on a mysterious island.
2015 · the-witness.net · its alternatives →
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Word Slicer▲85I shared Word Slicer here a while back — it’s a free, ad-free, browser-based word game where you try to find 5 words in 5 minutes. Since then I’ve been improving it (daily challenge archive, cleaner UI, better stats), and I’d love more feedback from the HN crowd. In particular, I’m interested in thoughts on the gameplay flow, design/UX, and what would make it more engaging.
2024 · wordslicer.com · its alternatives →
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Replica▲67Uncover a mystery by searching someone's phone
2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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A new murder mystery to solve every day, by pure logic
May 2026 · dailymurder.com · its alternatives →
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Discover, explore and learn a new fun fact every day.
2024 · dailyfactorfiction.com · its alternatives →
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Hi! Any history nerds here? I made Time Pin, a little game inspired by Geo Guessr but history-themed. You can play it here(it works on both desktop and mobile). Any feedback is appreciated: https://www.crazygames.com/game/time-pin Now some details: The goal is to guess the time and place that a character is from. You base your guess on some environmental photos, and on questions that you can ask the character(you have 12 questions but can only ask 5 so you have to choose carefully). The closer you are the more points you get. At the end, a portrait picture of the…
Apr 2026 · crazygames.com · its alternatives →
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I haven't seen anything like this so I decided to build it in a weekend. How it works: You see a bunch of things pulled from Wikipedia displayed on cards. You ask yes or no questions to figure out which card is the secret article. The AI model has access to the image and wiki text and it's own knowledge to answer your question. Happy to have my credits burned for the day but I'll probably have to make this paid at some point so enjoy. I found it's not easy to get cheap+fast+good responses but the tech is getting there. Most of the prompts are running through Groq infra or hitting a cache…
Apr 2026 · sleuththetruth.com · its alternatives →
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hey HN, I am re launching an HN client app that i built this year. It got very little traction when i launched earlier. Following YC advice to do multiple launches, I am going to give it another shot. It’s fairly basic, but here are some of the features that I hope you would like. - Minimal, distraction-free UI - keyword based search functionality to see past stories. - Dark mode support - Breeze through comments with collapse functionality. - Bookmark your favourite stories to read later or revisit any time - All your reading history is saved. - Export reading history when you want it. I…
2025 · its alternatives →
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A daily “what happened first?” challenge
May 2026 · playearlier.com · its alternatives →
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Stop doom scrolling. Learn history instead.
May 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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The location-based history app - explore the world's history
Jun 2026 · locopast.com · its alternatives →
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Timelnfree tier, from $9.99/mo▲13Your entire reading history, as context for any LLM
Aug 2026 · timeln.app · its alternatives →
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