Games on Whales
Shares rank 17 of 22 game streaming software by recommenders
Free open-source project that streams PC games to Moonlight clients, including remote use, and reported to work well without a dummy HDMI monitor.
Free open-source project that streams PC games to Moonlight clients, including remote use, and reported to work well without a dummy HDMI monitor.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Streams to remote or low-power devices
“It seems you can stream to multiple underpowered systems provided you have network, RAM, GPU and enough cores.”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “Moonshine: Lets you stream games from your PC to any device running Moonlight” “You can do it completely remotely.”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “Moonshine: Lets you stream games from your PC to any device running Moonlight” Reported to work well
“The games on whales project is really good”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “I am giving up on VM Gaming” “seems to work perfectly in my experience”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “Moonshine: Lets you stream games from your PC to any device running Moonlight”
Other game streaming software people recommend
The four most recommended other game streaming software, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moonlight | 68 | 10 | 87% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Sunshine | 55 | 16 | 77% | 10 | — | Approved |
| RustDesk | 32 | 20 | 62% | 8 | — | — |
| Sunshine and Moonlight | 18 | 6 | 75% | 7 | 3 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Games on WhalesThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It seems you can stream to multiple underpowered systems provided you have network, RAM, GPU and enough cores.”
“which is much more efficient and scales cursor better”
“You can do it completely remotely.”
“seems to work perfectly in my experience”
“it allowed selecting any resolution, it didn't require hdmi connector that simulated a monitor”
“The games on whales project is really good”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.