Beakdown
Shares rank 5 of 6 arcade games by recommenders
An arcade game inspired by Joust and Skirmish, liked for its old-school feel, good mobile controls and addictive play. Some find landing on the other birds counterintuitive.
An arcade game inspired by Joust and Skirmish, liked for its old-school feel, good mobile controls and addictive play. Some find landing on the other birds counterintuitive.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good mobile controls
“The mobile controls are good.”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Beakdown – a game inspired by Joust/Skirmish” Addictive, fun to play
“very addictive lol nice work!”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Beakdown – a game inspired by Joust/Skirmish” Old-school Joust vibe
“I enjoyed the old school joust vibe.”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Beakdown – a game inspired by Joust/Skirmish”
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The four most recommended other arcade games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Fly By retro biplane game | 22 | 7 | 76% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Sopwith | 18 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Pac-Man | 9 | 2 | 82% | 5 | — | — |
| Atari Tempest arcade game | 8 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| BeakdownThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“very addictive lol nice work!”
“I enjoyed the old school joust vibe.”
“The mobile controls are good.”
“It was also a little counterintuitive to land on the other birds”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.