# BitCraft

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/bitcraft/

5 people recommended BitCraft in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 3 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

3 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Open source server code for the BitCraft MMORPG”.

**Verdict:** People like its crunchy gathering and crafting gameplay and its appeal as a cool MMO. Critics say it is more a crafting and hangout sim than an RPG.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Gathering and crafting gameplay (2 comments in the sample): "But this is not an “rpg”, it’s a gathering, crafting, and hanging out simulator." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46713492)) "Great art style and very crunchy gathering/crafting gameplay." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46712447))
- Seen as a cool MMO (2 comments in the sample): "This is really cool, I don't really recall another MMO server written in Rust like this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46713038)) "it looks like a really cool MMO" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47206461))

## Other MMORPGs people recommend

- [World of Warcraft](https://hackerapproved.com/p/world-of-warcraft/): 39 recommend, 22 mixed, 61 criticize
- [EVE Online](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eve-online/): 28 recommend, 18 mixed, 18 criticize
- [RuneScape](https://hackerapproved.com/p/runescape/): 23 recommend, 11 mixed, 16 criticize
- [Ultima Online](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ultima-online/): 21 recommend, 4 mixed, 4 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, "BitCraft", https://hackerapproved.com/p/bitcraft/ (5 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

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