# Chants of Sennaar

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Chants of Sennaar and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People call it a favorite in its genre, with one playthrough taking around 12 hours and feeling mindblowing.

## Why people recommend it

- Favorite game in its genre (2 comments): "some of my all-time favorites in this genre" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47448059)) "Chants of Sennaar is my absolute favourite" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47451057))

## What people warn about

- Easy to miss a set of stairs (1 comments): "there was just a stairs down the edge of one section that I didn't see at all" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46804422))

## 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
- [Blue Prince](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blue-prince.md): 30 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Chants of Sennaar", https://hackerapproved.com/p/chants-of-sennaar/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).