Show HN: The HN Arcade

#1

Post by yuppiepuppie » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC

I love seeing all the small games that people build and post to this site.

I don't want to forget any, so I have built a directory/arcade for the games here that I maintain.

Feel free to check it out, add your game if its missing and let me know what you think. Thanks!

Show HN: The HN Arcade
andrewgy8.github.io

Re: Show HN: The HN Arcade

#2

Post by tippa123 » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC

Nice! There are some great games on HN, but it’s difficult to catch them all. Shout out to the creator of enclose.horse, I’ve been playing this every day since I saw it on HN.

Re: Show HN: The HN Arcade

#3

Post by keepamovin » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC

Smart idea! Some curated graphics for each game in the preview cards would really enhance this. Nice "retro orange" on the landing :)

Re: Show HN: The HN Arcade

#4

Post by yuppiepuppie » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC

tippa123 wrote: post #2

Nice! There are some great games on HN, but it’s difficult to catch them all. Shout out to the creator of enclose.horse, I’ve been playing this every day since I saw it on HN.

Haha! Yeah that game is what wanted me to build this site :)

Re: Show HN: The HN Arcade

#5

Post by yuppiepuppie » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC

keepamovin wrote: post #3

Smart idea! Some curated graphics for each game in the preview cards would really enhance this. Nice "retro orange" on the landing :)

Thanks! It's in the works as well as screen shots

Re: Show HN: The HN Arcade

#6

Post by stared » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:09 AM UTC

Thank you for sharing! I like the idea, I feel there is some work ahead so I could find it useful.

I opened that to see what are the most recommended games on the Hacker News (and perhaps posts introducing these, notes by authors, discussions).

Yet, I got alphabetic sorting. (Good for librarians, the worst possible for actual recommendations.)

How about: sorting some by upvotes and linking posts (with dates) when it was mentioned?

Also, if there is a game, instead of card with names, cards with screenshots would be infinitely better.

Re: Show HN: The HN Arcade

#7

Post by andvari_bekho » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC

Great idea!

Please check my HTML5 3D racing game :), it's an Arcade racer with dreamcast / PSX aesthetics and async multiplayer.

https://gamesnacks.com/games/52v00umba6lko#eids=95379098&sc=...

Re: Show HN: The HN Arcade

#8

Post by smusamashah » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC

Is there a way to see the most popular / highest voted ones? If every submission makes it to the list it will collect lots of clutter.

Re: Show HN: The HN Arcade

#9

Post by Etheryte » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:24 AM UTC

tippa123 wrote: post #2

Nice! There are some great games on HN, but it’s difficult to catch them all. Shout out to the creator of enclose.horse, I’ve been playing this every day since I saw it on HN.

enclose.horse is fun, I wish they removed all the clearly fake high-scores though. It would be a lot more interesting to see the actual score distribution rather than thousands of points on a level where the perfect score is 50.

Re: Show HN: The HN Arcade

#10

Post by heyitssim » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:25 AM UTC

I love making games! I've been building a no-code game engine by extracting reusable components each time I make a new game. Started as a way to scratch my own itch, now it's becoming a proper platform. A couple games I've shipped with it:

- https://craftmygame.com/game/e310c6fcd8f4448f9dc67aac/r/play

- https://craftmygame.com/game/f977040308d84f41b615244b/r/play

Each game I build adds to the component library: multiplayer, event systems, NPC behaviors, dialogues, etc... Currently working on a multiplayer Bomberman clone which is stress-testing the networking layer.

The engine/editor is at craftmygame.com if anyone wants to poke around!