# Baba Is You

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/baba-is-you/

23 people recommended Baba Is You in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 12 months, in 15 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for mechanics that make puzzles feel endlessly clever and rewarding. Some find the late game frustrating, and few players seem to finish it.

Summary written by Claude from 22 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised as a top puzzle game (4 comments in the sample): "it's the best puzzle game ever made, full stop." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50007722)) "Lovely game overall though, highly recommend!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46656214)) "Really fun and unique puzzle game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47328534))
- Mechanics make you feel clever (2 comments in the sample): "Baba Is You does some wild things with the mechanics that make you feel super clever when you figure it out." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50035941)) "the "a-ha"s feel to me more like having a grand insight than finding the right very specific sequence of moves" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47858076))
- Endless, deep puzzle possibilities (2 comments in the sample): "the amount of interesting puzzles you can do with the mechanics of Baba is You is virtually endless" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47854402)) "The wonder and the sense of… a sort of abyssal depth of the mechanics" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50115299))
- Experimental, original design (2 comments in the sample): "There are more experimental games, sometimes in established genres, like Inscription, Undertale, or Baba Is You." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46819048)) "Original, phenomenal games covering damm near every genre" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817864))

## What people warn about

- Frustrating late game, few finish (1 comment in the sample): "it absolutely does become quite frustrating at the end, and you can see from achievements that very few people actually stick with the game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46657137))

## Other puzzle games people recommend

- [Outer Wilds](https://hackerapproved.com/p/outer-wilds/): 56 recommend, 6 mixed, 7 criticize
- [enclose.horse](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enclose-horse/): 45 recommend, 15 mixed, 9 criticize
- [The Witness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/witness/): 41 recommend, 15 mixed, 16 criticize
- [Braid](https://hackerapproved.com/p/braid/): 30 recommend, 5 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, "Baba Is You", https://hackerapproved.com/p/baba-is-you/ (23 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

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