# Weball

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Weball and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A Katamari-style game where you roll up page elements on any website, praised as fun, addictive and well made. The main caveat is that framerate drops on pages with lots of text.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun and addictive gameplay (3 comments): "Horrible framerate after a few hundred words, but super fun until then!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50161670)) "lwn.net makes for a pretty fun level. See how big a combo you can get!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50166010)) "most addictive things I have seen in ages" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50160766))
- Awesome, well-made and polished (2 comments): "Awesome! This sort of thing brings me back to the good old days" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165428)) "this is surprisingly well done" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50141781))

## What people warn about

- Framerate drops on text-heavy pages (1 comments): "Horrible framerate after a few hundred words, but super fun until then!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50161670))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [TinyWind](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tinywind.md): 61 recommend
- [Starfling](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starfling.md): 59 recommend
- [Starcraft: Ashfall](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft-ashfall.md): 46 recommend
- [Half-Life 2 in a Browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/half-life-2.md): 42 recommend
- [Number Gacha](https://hackerapproved.com/p/number-gacha.md): 33 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Weball", https://hackerapproved.com/p/weball/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).