# CodinGame

5 Hacker News commenters recommended CodinGame and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for coding challenges with an external editor and fun, battle-based objectives. No criticism was recorded.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun battle-based objectives (2 comments): "I have also been having a lot of fun with" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47250737)) "It has similar battle based objectives" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47295596))
- Allows coding with external editor (1 comments): "It's doing many things the right way, like allowing coding with an external editor" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45811650))
- Close to what people want (1 comments): "This is close to, if not exactly what I was looking for!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50307124))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [LeetCode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/leetcode.md): 50 recommend
- [Project Euler](https://hackerapproved.com/p/project-euler.md): 45 recommend
- [Advent of Code](https://hackerapproved.com/p/advent-of-code.md): 31 recommend
- [Codecrafters](https://hackerapproved.com/p/codecrafters.md): 14 recommend
- [AlgoDrill](https://hackerapproved.com/p/algodrill.md): 13 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.codingame.com/start/)

## Cite as

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