# Chronos web game

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Chronos web game and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an intriguing puzzle-style game with a clever concept worth revisiting. The most common caveat is that mobile text selection gets in the way of dragging entries.

## Why people recommend it

- Intriguing concept for a game (1 comments): "Love the concept for the game! On mobile I run into issues where I select the text instead of being able to drag the entries" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46636798))
- Fun to explore and revisit (1 comments): "had a wonderful time poking around, will definitely give this another shot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49130955))

## What people warn about

- Mobile text selection blocks dragging (1 comments): "Love the concept for the game! On mobile I run into issues where I select the text instead of being able to drag the entries" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46636798))
- Arcane edit schemas frustrate players (1 comments): "Tickle my brain, don't make me figure out arcane edit schemas." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49128935))

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- [TinyWind](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tinywind.md): 61 recommend
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- [Starcraft: Ashfall](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft-ashfall.md): 46 recommend
- [Half-Life 2 in a Browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/half-life-2.md): 42 recommend
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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Chronos web game", https://hackerapproved.com/p/chronos/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).