Hacker News Games
A curated catalog of 649 games created by the Hacker News community.

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

Noctie
A chess AI tutor for deliberate practice with feedback, custom exercises, and opening prep

Matatu
A card game from East African tradition where players build trains and outsmart opponents

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

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

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

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

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

PawnPush
Daily chess challenges with unique character bots, each with its own personality, preferred openings, and distinct play style