# Blue Prince

30 Hacker News commenters recommended Blue Prince and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for layered puzzles, deduction and a house that rewards careful noticing. Critics most often cite crashes, bugs and a random, repetitive run structure.

## Why people recommend it

- Layered, deep puzzles to solve (7 comments): "it's a really compelling roguelite puzzler where you explore and understand the house and it's mechanics" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49589844)) "there is an entire _second game_ layered on top of it, which is largely about _noticing things_" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45823585)) "after finishing the game, there are still hundreds of hours worth of optional puzzles left" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49587908))
- Excellent, well-regarded original game (6 comments): "the final one is the worst thing in Blue Prince which overall is an excellent game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46315997)) "KCD2, Expedition 33, and Blue Prince were all incredible games." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388864)) "But the game is amazing and that's what matters." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46311504))
- Recommended to Myst fans (4 comments): "it's basically Myst + a spatial puzzle + modern drafting/resource management board game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47855870)) "Blue Prince has deep puzzle elements that would be at home to a Myst player" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49222275)) "If you prefer Myst then, besides Outer Wilds, I’d recommend Blue Prince." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50116769))
- Lots of content and hours (3 comments): "after finishing the game, there are still hundreds of hours worth of optional puzzles left" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49587908)) "I've poured tons of hours into Blue Prince, which is a great puzzle game." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48746620)) "one of the lovely things about Blue Prince is that there's a lot of it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810175))

## What people warn about

- Crashes, bugs and glitches (5 comments): "crashing was a regular occurrence, which made the lack of saves even more infuriating" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46811277)) "Falling off the world in Blue Prince due to collision bugs is annoying" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49771397)) "your example game would have been more enjoyable (especially for the mentioned Playstation users) if the code had been written a bit better" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46311715))
- Random, repetitive run structure (2 comments): "the RNG nature of the game stopped being exciting and started being a tedious obstacle" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46804663)) "lost patience with the repetitive nature of the game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46813888))
- No saving during runs (2 comments): "crashing was a regular occurrence, which made the lack of saves even more infuriating" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46811277)) "My biggest gripe was the lack of in-run saving." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810841))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Outer Wilds](https://hackerapproved.com/p/outer-wilds.md): 65 recommend
- [enclose.horse](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enclose-horse.md): 64 recommend
- [The Witness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/witness.md): 60 recommend
- [Braid](https://hackerapproved.com/p/braid.md): 36 recommend
- [Baba Is You](https://hackerapproved.com/p/baba-is-you.md): 25 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Blue Prince", https://hackerapproved.com/p/blue-prince/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).