An aquarium game with a real nitrogen cycle
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HN · launched Nov 5, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 86%) · 0 views
Niche: simulation games · 118 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▼ -44% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes An aquarium simulator is a game UI over a small set of well-understood equations for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and bacterial growth, which a solo developer can build with a game engine or web canvas.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 425 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #352 of 426 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 363 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Solaris the Thinking Ocean Simulator · hn · 2026-06-14 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Neon Flow · ph · 2026-10-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- jevolution · github · 2026-09-26 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- salt-line-game · github · 2026-11-11 · 23 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- OctaPulse - Building the Autonomous Aquaculture Farms of the Future · yc · 2026-02-20 · 161 upvotes · similarity 0.45
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