# Day of the Tentacle

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Day of the Tentacle and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised for rewarding puzzles, humour and a clever multi-character time-travel mechanic; the main caveat is its dependence on US culture.

## Why people recommend it

- Time-travel and non-linear design (2 comments): "the need to pass objects through time added some variety and humour" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49110462)) "what's amazing about that is the intersecting non-linearity" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49794022))

## What people warn about

- Heavy dependence on US culture (1 comments): "Day of the Tentacle's main problem is dependence of US culture." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49110330))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Sid Meier's Pirates!](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sid-meier-s-pirates.md): 61 recommend
- [Grim Fandango](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grim-fandango.md): 41 recommend
- [Myst](https://hackerapproved.com/p/myst.md): 31 recommend
- [Monkey Island](https://hackerapproved.com/p/monkey-island.md): 29 recommend
- [Doki Doki Literature Club](https://hackerapproved.com/p/doki-doki-literature-club.md): 25 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Day of the Tentacle", https://hackerapproved.com/p/day-of-the-tentacle/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).