# LucasArts Afterlife

9 Hacker News commenters recommended LucasArts Afterlife and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Fun, funny and memorable game with great music that people still replay years later. Caveat: it is very hard.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun and satisfying to finish (2 comments): "Afterlife is wonderfully fun and satisfying to experience to completion for the first time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738621)) "Fun game, but very hard, and teaches you the danger of debt quite early in life." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49740373))
- Great graphics, music and theme (2 comments): "I absolutely loved the graphics and the theme and everything" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738385)) "The music from this game is still in my regular rotation." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738772))
- Humor and voice acting (2 comments): "The whole design, the voice acting, humour and frustratingly hard game play" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49738165)) "The humor really stuck out to me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49741149))

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## Cite as

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