Hacker News Games

A curated catalog of 667 games created by the Hacker News community.

Exponentile
54 points
Free

Exponentile

Merge tiles and combine numbers up to 13 with match-3 and 2048-style mechanics

FocuMon
89 points
Free

FocuMon

An idle Pokemon-style game where you collect and evolve monsters by being productive while adventuring with friends in multiplayer mode

Truncate
188 points
Free

Truncate

A chess-flavored word game blending spatial reasoning and wordplay where you defeat opponents' words to take territory

Lighthouse of Doom
63 points
Free

Lighthouse of Doom

A retro adventure game written in Z80 assembly for CP/M and ZX Spectrum emulators, playable in your browser

HackMerlin
1 point
Free

HackMerlin

A prompt injection challenge game where you train yourself in LLM security by bypassing AI safety systems

Hypersplit
61 points
Free

Hypersplit

Start with large concepts and split them down to atomic parts in this incremental clicker game built entirely with emojis and CSS

ZakuChess
5 points
Free

ZakuChess

An open source fantasy-themed chess puzzles game

Brick Break Anywhere
1 point
Free

Brick Break Anywhere

Chrome extension that transforms any webpage into a brick-breaking game where you break blocks across any web page you visit

Gram Jam
5 points
Free

Gram Jam

A spatial word game where you swap limited tiles to make words, featuring both daily challenges and endless arcade modes