Neil the Seal Game
Shares rank 16 of 48 browser games by recommenders
Silly free browser game about pushing cars into pools and destroying Tasmania; fans enjoy the meme references. Common caveats: Firefox problems and buggy car physics.
Silly free browser game about pushing cars into pools and destroying Tasmania; fans enjoy the meme references. Common caveats: Firefox problems and buggy car physics.
23 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 16
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 70%
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: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not 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
- 16 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 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
Funny, absurd premise
“Combines my 2 favourite things, cutely annoying animals, and destroying tasmania.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” “This is pretty hilarious. :D”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” Meme and Family Guy references
“Well it's funny nonetheless and a nice little homage to Family Guy.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” “Lovely little game! I also appreciate the meme references.”
Comment from 10 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” Lovely, fun little game
“Sound isn't working in Firefox on Linux, but otherwise very fun.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” “Lovely little game! I also appreciate the meme references.”
Comment from 10 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” “Cool game! Love free web games.”
Comment from 9 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Car physics feel buggy or hard
“the car challenges in Tier 8 feel undoable”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” “The car-pushing physics seem buggy, the rotation direction seems opposite to what it should be.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” “I nudged a car exactly into the pool and got no credit for it.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” - Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game”
Firefox blank screen or no sound
“Sound isn't working in Firefox on Linux, but otherwise very fun.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” “On Firefox, I just got a uniform blue screen. On Chrome, I could turn left or right, but that was all.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” Rendering glitches, missing roofs or water
“I had some rendering issues with some part of the houses' roofs not showing”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” “the water doesnt render very well for me”
Comment from 10 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” Controls slow or unresponsive on mobile
“your volume and camera buttons don’t work at all”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” “found it immediately frustrating on mobile”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game” “the action button is really slow to react”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Neil the Seal Game”
Other browser games people recommend
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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Neil the Seal GameThis page | 16 | 7 | 70% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
18 of the 25 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the water doesnt render very well for me”
“Lovely little game! I also appreciate the meme references.”
“Cool game! Love free web games.”
“Well it's funny nonetheless and a nice little homage to Family Guy.”
“Need more achievements please haha.”
“On Firefox, I just got a uniform blue screen. On Chrome, I could turn left or right, but that was all.”
“found it immediately frustrating on mobile”
“I had some rendering issues with some part of the houses' roofs not showing”
“I nudged a car exactly into the pool and got no credit for it.”
“the action button is really slow to react”
“pools need to be bigger and cars need to be easier to push”
“Combines my 2 favourite things, cutely annoying animals, and destroying tasmania.”
“your volume and camera buttons don’t work at all”
“the car challenges in Tier 8 feel undoable”
“great idea to immortalize him”
“The car-pushing physics seem buggy, the rotation direction seems opposite to what it should be.”
“Sound isn't working in Firefox on Linux, but otherwise very fun.”
“This is pretty hilarious. :D”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.