Dreadsweeper
Minesweeper Raycasted
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HN · launched Aug 18, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 87%) · 0 views
Niche: browser puzzle games · 310 launches, 26 in the last 7 days ▼ -7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 310 launches in browser puzzle games →
Could you build this?
Yes Dreadsweeper is a self-contained browser raycaster game implementing classic Wolfenstein 3D-style DDA algorithms and Minesweeper logic, which modern LLMs can readily generate in HTML5 canvas/vanilla JS.
Discussion
2 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Map feature feels like cheating, Not actually useable
Feature requests: Option to hide the map
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 747 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #642 of 748 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 290 days after the earliest competitor.
- Minesweeper Raycasted · hn · 2026-07-25 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.88
- ButchGraves3D · github · 2026-10-08 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Entombed in a Raycaster · hn · 2026-10-03 · 37 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Zsweep · hn · 2026-01-18 · 78 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Classic Minesweeper · hn · 2026-06-30 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- oma-cast · github · 2026-10-19 · 408 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- LLM-assisted reconstruction of partially decompiled Minecraft 26.1.2 · hn · 2026-04-29 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Reverse Minesweeper · hn · 2026-07-26 · 267 upvotes · similarity 0.49
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