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I love seeing all the small games that people build and post to this site.I don't want to forget any, so I have built a directory/arcade for the games here that I maintain.Feel free to check it out, add your game if its missing and let me know what you think. Thanks!
HN · launched Jan 28, 2026 · 352 upvotes (top 1%) · 0 views
Niche: terminal and arcade games · 42 launches, 3 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Marketplace
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
Visit website ↗ Source listing ↗
More like this: all 42 launches in terminal and arcade games →
Could you build this?
Yes It is a basic static curated directory and showcase site built using standard documentation tools like Docusaurus.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Million Dollar Homepage, Reddit Canvas, HN Algolia search
Concerns raised: Using LLM for placeholder data instead of obvious placeholders, Limited historical data backfilling
Feature requests: Sort by new/recent games, Publish date filtering, Analyze historical submissions
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 566 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #10 of 567 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 91 days after the earliest competitor.
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- PicoPlayer · hn · 2026-10-30 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Terminal Arcade · hn · 2026-05-08 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- built my 15-year-old game idea · hn · 2026-08-16 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- Gaming Couch · hn · 2025-12-21 · 437 upvotes · similarity 0.50
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