Hacker News Games

A curated catalog of 628 games created by the Hacker News community.

ExplainGame
10 points
Free

ExplainGame

Get teammates to guess words using only clues in this real-time multiplayer party game

Probabilistic Chess
2 points
Free

Probabilistic Chess

A chess variant where each square has a success probability affecting move outcomes

Haystack
3 points
Free

Haystack

Find a single word hidden among scrambled letters from that word

Sumochess
3 points
Free

Sumochess

Chess variant where you push opponent pieces off the board instead of capturing them

Chess Twist
29 points
Paid

Chess Twist

Chess played on an irregular hexagonal grid with new diagonals and strategic challenges

Checkers Twist
1 point
Paid

Checkers Twist

Checkers on an irregular hexagonal grid with new diagonals and challenging strategy

Liar Game
1 point
Free

Liar Game

A social deduction game where one secret liar must blend in while others identify them

Qwertle
103 points
Free

Qwertle

A Wordle-like where guesses are ranked by how close letters are on a QWERTY keyboard

SlideCross
3 points
Free

SlideCross

A combination of a crossword and Rubik's Cube