# 4D Doom

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/4d-doom/

7 people recommended 4D Doom in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

7 of the 7 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “4D Doom”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a mind-bending way to explore higher dimensions and a cool, fun project. Critics say the controls and very low resolution get in the way of playing it.

Summary written by Claude from 11 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Neat concept and cool project (3 comments in the sample): "very cool demo, but its not the 4d that hurts my brain and/or soul" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47605269)) "still a really neat concept" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47595707)) "Its really a cool project" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47603602))
- Explores higher dimensions in a mind-bending way (2 comments in the sample): "Very useful tool to get exposure to thinking in "higher" dimensions!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47593757)) "His dev log linked from GitHub is really neat. Mind-bending stuff." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47596063))
- Interesting dev log and experiment (1 comment in the sample): "what the author is doing is kind of interesting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47594728))

## What people warn about

- Controls hard to use or unplayable (2 comments in the sample): "Doesn't work on iPadOS/iOS without an external keyboard, and the arrow keys don't work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47617682)) "the controls made this completely unplayable for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47598439))

## Other video games people recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2/): 33 recommend, 14 mixed, 33 criticize
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper/): 31 recommend, 8 mixed, 24 criticize
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2/): 25 recommend, 5 mixed, 7 criticize
- [The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/witcher-3/): 22 recommend, 3 mixed, 5 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "4D Doom", https://hackerapproved.com/p/4d-doom/ (7 recommend, 1 mixed, 4 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.