# Beat Saber

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/beat-saber/

17 people recommended Beat Saber in Hacker News comments, 6 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 13 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a fun, active VR rhythm game that gets people moving. Critics point out that it doesn't add many fun features and that the headset cable can be annoying.

Summary written by Claude from 27 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun VR rhythm game (7 comments in the sample): "Beat Saber, or Walkabout mini  golf, or the I Expect You to Die series are insanely fun and unique." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47417422)) "rhythm games like Beat Saber and more are just such a better time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49703208)) "Taking turns playing Beat Saber with a few of your friends is fun" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45905551))
- Among the most successful VR games (4 comments in the sample): "the real survivors (Beat Saber: $255M revenue, VRChat: 150k+ concurrent) succeeded by giving users embodied activities" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47428452)) "Beat Saber & VRChat succeeded not because of tech, but because they solved for "embodied meaning" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46782271)) "The most successful VR games, such as Beat Saber, keep them locked together" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47565759))
- Gets you moving and exercising (2 comments in the sample): "Beat Saber replays are performances!  Do some dancing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45916441)) "VR actually helps me get more exercise (Beat Saber" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46002255))

## Other VR games people recommend

- [Half-Life: Alyx](https://hackerapproved.com/p/half-life-alyx/): 29 recommend, 7 mixed, 5 criticize
- [VTOL VR](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vtol-vr/): 6 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://beatsaber.com/)

## 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, "Beat Saber", https://hackerapproved.com/p/beat-saber/ (17 recommend, 6 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

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