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AI agent games and chess tools

Recent window: last 5.1 months (2026-04-24 → 2026-09-27), compared with the prior 5.1 months.

media · 173 members · Data as of 2026-09-30

These products include games designed for or played by AI agents, as well as novel chess engines and tactical board games. They cater to developers, AI researchers, and gaming enthusiasts exploring multi-agent simulations and strategic reasoning. Unlike general video game platforms, this cluster centers on competitive agent benchmarks, LLM gameplay experiments, and specialized chess utilities.

Metrics

Stage
crowded
Recent count
132
Prior count
14
Total count
173
Momentum
300.00
Attention
0.31
Crowding
0.71
Concentration
0.81
Opportunity
0.45

Opportunity components

Attention
0.31
Low crowding
0.29
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Low concentration
0.19

Monthly trajectory

Source split

github
2 (0.02)
hn
12 (0.09)
ph
115 (0.87)
yc
3 (0.02)

Dominant source: ph · Divergence: 0.86

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Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
Sameshi HN 230 2026-02-14
Playground PH 198 2026-07-13
Play poker with LLMs, or watch them play against each other HN 163 2026-01-10
Voronoi Go HN 158 2026-08-27
TinyAIArena watch AI agents battle it out HN 120 2026-09-27
Playabl.ai - TikTok for user-generated games. YC 102 2026-06-02
I built a new word game, Wordtrak HN 81 2026-05-05
Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game HN 77 2026-04-26
A Claude Code skill to analyze your chess games HN 75 2026-09-26
Mela PH 60 2026-09-18
Hormuz Havoc, a satirical game that got overrun by AI bots in 24 hours HN 54 2026-04-11
Watch LLMs play 21,000 hands of Poker HN 36 2026-01-08
Radioactive Pooping Knights HN 27 2025-12-06
Chess on a Donut/Torus and Deep-Dive HN 24 2025-11-29
Quick games disguised as boring spreadsheets HN 22 2026-06-08
thank-you-for-the-fish GITHUB 21 2026-09-13
PokerClubHub - The First Licensed Online Poker Club Platform YC 14 2026-07-27
I built a chess explorer that explains strategy instead of just stats HN 14 2026-01-21
I trained a chess engine to play like humans HN 14 2026-05-10
Off By HN 12 2026-03-24
Can you beat frontier LLMs at social strategy games? | Multi-Agent Arena by Olam Labs, evaluating through multi-agent simulations YC 9 2026-08-05
I built a multiplayer strategy game for AI agents HN 9 2026-03-10
DungeonOne PH 7 2026-09-10
TavernCardStudio-Public GITHUB 7 2026-09-22
Classic Video Poker v2 HN 6 2026-03-21
Multi-player poker on SSH HN 6 2026-07-15
Blunderbase: A Personal Chess Database HN 6 2026-09-06
Solitaire.Free HN 6 2026-07-03
A never-ending chess match between Claude and Codex HN 6 2026-09-28
Play Zener Cards HN 6 2026-01-30
Open-source, offline Kanban board with "swim lanes" HN 5 2026-02-02
Chess-TUI Play Lichess games in your terminal (Rust) HN 5 2025-12-11
Drawing Arena PH 5 2026-09-18
3·6·9 COMMANDER, a turn-based strategy card game HN 5 2026-07-05
GladAITor HN 5 2026-03-23
Friendly prediction markets to turn trips into a running tournament HN 5 2026-04-27
Blindfold Chess App HN 5 2025-11-18
Can a person's chess mind outlive them? An attempt with 41 masters HN 5 2026-04-30
玲珑 Linglong PH 4 2026-09-18
Fastest Lap PH 4 2026-09-11
Aniclash PH 4 2026-09-25
Coffeehouse Chess PH 3 2026-09-18
Mochi Pop PH 3 2026-09-19
Fifteen for Chrome PH 3 2026-09-29
PokerGame PH 3 2026-09-18
Flip Hop PH 3 2026-09-23
Blunder - Chess Scanner PH 3 2026-09-25
DENZIN - AI Playtest Researcher PH 3 2026-09-23
Act Out PH 2 2026-09-09
Chessora PH 2 2026-09-20