# Arcane Dimensions (Quake mod)

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/arcane-dimensions/

8 people recommended Arcane Dimensions (Quake mod) in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 8 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Quake – 30th Anniversary Update”.

**Verdict:** Free mod that people praise for better mechanics than vanilla Quake and strong map design.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Excellent overall Quake mod (3 comments in the sample): "It makes the quake the best single player FPS ever. The mechanics are even better than vanilla quake" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49202534)) "Ive played a lot of excellent doom and quake mods..." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104792)) "Arcane Dimensions is worth the effort." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49205886))
- Strong map design and mapper work (2 comments in the sample): "There are some incredible Quake mappers out there making things that would make your jaw drop" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50218787)) "the map design is unbelievable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46534496))

## Other game mods people recommend

- [Quake Brutalist Jam III](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-brutalist-jam-iii/): 12 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize
- [GregTech: New Horizons](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gregtech-new-horizons/): 9 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Tamriel Rebuilt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tamriel-rebuilt/): 7 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [IKEA Skyrim mod](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ikea-skyrim-mod/): 6 recommend, 1 mixed, 3 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, "Arcane Dimensions (Quake mod)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/arcane-dimensions/ (8 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

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