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This is a list of four-dimensional games—specifically, a list of video games that attempt to represent four-dimensional space.

Games

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Title Genre Author First public release date Software license Programming language 4D visualization Stereoscopic view Ref.
Slice: 4D Shooter FPS Timofei Molokov 2025 AGPL Rust Ray marching No [1]
2048 4D puzzle Huon Wilson, based on 2048 by Gabriele Cirulli 2014 MIT JavaScript 2D sections No [2]
4D Blocks building blocks and trains John McIntosh 2013 Public Domain Java perspective projection Yes [3]
4D Building Blocks puzzle Henryk Trappmann 2006 ? Java parallel projection Yes [4]
4D Games sandbox / variety Joe Subbiani 2024 ? C# 3D sections, 2D sections, perspective projection No
4D Golf casual CodeParade 2024 ? C# 3D section No [5][6]
4D Maze maze ? 2010 ? C# text No
4dmaze maze Andreas Fackler 2015 MIT JavaScript 2D sections No [7]
4D Maze maze Jeff Weeks 2015 GPL C 3D + color No [8]
4D Maze Game maze John McIntosh 2002 Public Domain Java perspective projection Yes [9]
4D Miner sandbox Mashpoe 2022 (demo) ? C++ 3D section No [10]
4D Minesweeper puzzle Julian Schlüntz 2018 ? ? 2D sections No [11]
4D Tic-Tac-Toe table Sean Bridges 1998 ? Java 2D sections No [12]
4D Toys sandbox Marc Ten Bosch 2017 ? ? 3D section, perspective projection Yes [13][14]
4DTris puzzle Laszlo Simon 1999 GPL C perspective projection Yes [15]
54321 puzzle Patrick Stein 2001 free C++ 2D sections No [16]
5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel chess variant Thunkspace 2020 Proprietary C++ 2D sections No
Adanaxis FPS / Space Sim Mushware Ltd. 2005 Proprietary C++ 3D section No
AdanaxisGPL FPS / Space Sim Mushware Ltd. 2005 GPL C++ 3D section No
Brane (formerly Tetraspace) puzzle Riccardo Antonelli 2015 (demo) ? Unity 3D sections No [17]
Cake4D action-adventure TAP OK G 2022 ? Java 3D section No [18]
Chesseract table Jim Aikin, Robert Price 1999 Proprietary zrf 2D sections No [19]
Daedalus (4D maze) maze Walter D. Pullen 2003 GPL C++ 3D section No [20]
Daedalus (5D maze) maze Walter D. Pullen 2005 GPL C++ parallel projection No [20]
Dascant FPS Alem Dain, Jeremy Holman 2005 GPL C++, Java 3D section No [21]
Four-Dimensional Maze maze Christos Jonathan Seth Hayward 1989 ? Java 2D sections No
Frac4d puzzle Per Bergland, Max Tegmark 1990 Proprietary ? 3D sections No [22]
Hipercubo puzzle Studio Avante 2010 Proprietary ? perspective projection No [23]
Hyper first-person Greg Seyranian, Barb Krug, Geraldine Laurent, Scott Richman, Philippe Colantoni, Mike D'Zmura 1998 GPL C++ 3D section No [24]
Hypercube skill Harmen van der Wal 1998 GPL Java perspective projection Yes [25]
HyperLatin² puzzle Chris Moss 2010 GPL C 3D sections No [26]
Hypermaze maze Gondwana Software 2015 Proprietary Java 3D section No [27]
Hyperspeedcube puzzle Andrew Farkas 2022 MIT/Apache Rust perspective projection No [28]
HyperTetris puzzle Greg Kaiser 1996 ? C 3D sections No
Hyperspace Invaders multidirectional shoot 'em up Wyley Dai 2003 ? C++ ? No
Magic120cell puzzle Roice Nelson 2008 ? ? perspective projection No
Magic Cube 4D puzzle Don Hatch, Melinda Green c. 1988 Public Domain Java perspective projection No [29]
Miegakure platform / puzzle Marc ten Bosch Under development ? ? 3D section No
Moena flight simulator / variety Medenacci Games 2019 (demo) Proprietary C++ Perspective projection, point cloud No [30]
Pacman 5D maze Andrey Astrelin 2006 c. 2006 ? ? chromatic/perspective projection No [31]
Polytope Tetris puzzle David Risney 2003 ? Java 3D sections No
TAK4D - 4D maze and 4D Snake maze and snake Jeff Bigot 2021 ? JavaScript 4 3D sections No [32]
Tesseract! puzzle Anthony Grahn 2013 Proprietary ? perspective projection No [33]
Tesseract Explorer first-person Jason Hise 2008 ? C++ unfolding to 3D No
Tesseract Explorer interactive visualization Tarek Sherif 2020 MIT JavaScript orthographic projection, perspective projection No [34]
Title Genre Author First public release date Software license Programming language 4D visualization Stereoscopic view Ref.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "2048 4D game". huonw.github.io. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  3. ^ "urticator.net - 4D Blocks". urticator.net. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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  10. ^ "mashpoe.com - 4D miner". Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  11. ^ "4D Minesweeper". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Archived from the original on 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  12. ^ "4D Tic-Tac-Toe". University of Lisbon. Archived from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  13. ^ Machkovech, Sam (2017-06-03). "Crazy VR game lets you explore a world made from 4D mathematical models". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  14. ^ "4D Toys. An interactive toy for 4D children". Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  15. ^ simzer. "4DTRIS". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  16. ^ "5-4-3-2-1". Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  17. ^ Antonelli, Riccardo. "Brane by rantonels". rantonels.itch.io. Archived from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  18. ^ "Cake4D". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Archived from the original on 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  19. ^ Jim Aikin; David Howe (8 January 1999). "CHESSERACT". The Chess Variant Pages. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  20. ^ a b Pullen, Walter D. "Think Labyrinth: Daedalus". astrolog.org. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  21. ^ alem_dain; jeremy_holman (8 March 2013). "Dascant". SourceForge. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  22. ^ Swizzley (2012-09-04). "Frac : Simsalabim Software". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  23. ^ "Hipercubo". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Archived from the original on 2023-01-08. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  24. ^ "CNS Lab: 4D". University of California. Archived from the original on 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  25. ^ "Hypercube: a 4d game". vanderwal.eu. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  26. ^ Moss, Chris (2010-12-03). "HyperLatin²: Generating a Four-Dimensional Latin Square". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Archived from the original on 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  27. ^ "Hypermaze 4D Maze - Android Apps on Google Play". google.com. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  28. ^ "Hyperspeedcube - Hypercubing". hypercubing.xyz. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  29. ^ "Magic Cube 4D". Superliminal. Archived from the original on 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  30. ^ "Moena: A 4d game". medenacci.itch.io. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  31. ^ Astrelin, Andrey. "Pacman 5D". Superliminal. Archived from the original on 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  32. ^ "raktres.net/Tak4D - 4D Maze and 4D Snake games". raktres.net. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  33. ^ "Tesseract: a fourth dimension game". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Archived from the original on 2023-01-08. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  34. ^ Sherif, Tarek (8 July 2020). "Tesseract Explorer". GitHub. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.