Regex Blaster
Shares rank 23 of 48 browser games by recommenders
Fun, educational Tetris-style game for practising regex patterns, praised for its execution. Critics mainly cite mobile layout problems and low text contrast.
Fun, educational Tetris-style game for practising regex patterns, praised for its execution. Critics mainly cite mobile layout problems and low text contrast.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 58%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not 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
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not 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
Original, cool idea
“cool idea but it needs to get slower as the levels get harder”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Regex Blaster” “Cool idea! I shall give it a try”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Regex Blaster” Well executed implementation
“Gives Tetris vibes and is executed beautifully.”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Regex Blaster” “I really like your implementation!”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Regex Blaster”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Not responsive on mobile
“It’s a fixed Desktop view and you can’t pinch to zoom as needed.”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Regex Blaster” “The page width is not responsive and unusable on mobile”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Regex Blaster” “most of the text is outside my phones viewport”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Regex Blaster” Poor colour contrast and readability
“The colors are difficult for colorblind people.”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Regex Blaster” “all the text is grey-on-grey and basically unreadable”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Regex Blaster” Looks vibe coded and janky
“feels as janky as 99% of vibecoded web apps”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Regex Blaster” “Looks vibe coded with little testing”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Regex Blaster”
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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 |
| Regex BlasterThis page | 11 | 8 | 58% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
17 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it took me a minute to realize it's sub string/grep match”
“the fatal flaw is having to specifically delete the last regex before entering the next one”
“Looks vibe coded with little testing”
“It’s a fixed Desktop view and you can’t pinch to zoom as needed.”
“The colors are difficult for colorblind people.”
“cool idea but it needs to get slower as the levels get harder”
“The page width is not responsive and unusable on mobile”
“it should be a button, not a "system default"”
“I wish it wasn't time-limited”
“most of the text is outside my phones viewport”
“My top complaint is that if I've successfully used a pattern, I want my text removed.”
“feels as janky as 99% of vibecoded web apps”
“Gives Tetris vibes and is executed beautifully.”
“all the text is grey-on-grey and basically unreadable”
“Genuinely fun, and educational at the same time.”
“Cool idea! I shall give it a try”
“I really like your implementation!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.