Moon simulator game
Ranked 22 of 48 browser games by recommenders
A relaxing, simple ray-cast game with a voxel moon map built from real elevation data. Critics report slow frame rates on Firefox and sound glitches.
A relaxing, simple ray-cast game with a voxel moon map built from real elevation data. Critics report slow frame rates on Firefox and sound glitches.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 1 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: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not 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
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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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
Relaxing, enjoyable time waster
“I love this gorgeous and evocative little time waster and come back to it every now and then.”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Moon simulator game, ray-casting” “Neat little time waster, but enjoyed every minute of it.”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Moon simulator game, ray-casting” Simple games that feel good
“What a throw back to simple games that just feel good.”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Moon simulator game, ray-casting” “its been one of my top games”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Moon simulator game, ray-casting”
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The four most recommended other browser games, 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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TinyWind | 61 | 19 | 76% | 1 | — | — |
| Starfling | 59 | 17 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| Starcraft: Ashfall | 46 | 12 | 79% | 1 | — | — |
| Half-Life 2 in a Browser | 42 | 11 | 79% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Moon simulator gameThis page | 12 | 2 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“What a throw back to simple games that just feel good.”
“Neat little time waster, but enjoyed every minute of it.”
“Cool game. The sound keeps glitching on and off.”
“Game is broken with adblock btw”
“its been one of my top games”
“Very slow on Firefox (both wrt frame rate and actual game speed) and gets down to single digits FPS after a while.”
“I love this gorgeous and evocative little time waster and come back to it every now and then.”
“The controls are very awkward on iOS safari.”
“it's a voxel map with real elevation data? Yes, yes it is. VERY neat.”
“The README is phenomenal, it really tells the story of how the game was built.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.