Day of the Tentacle
Shares rank 13 of 24 adventure games by recommenders
Praised for rewarding puzzles, humour and a clever multi-character time-travel mechanic; the main caveat is its dependence on US culture.
Praised for rewarding puzzles, humour and a clever multi-character time-travel mechanic; the main caveat is its dependence on US culture.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Time-travel and non-linear design
“the need to pass objects through time added some variety and humour”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Ron Gilbert started production on Thimbleweed Park 2” “what's amazing about that is the intersecting non-linearity”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Grim Fandango Puzzle Document (1996) [pdf]”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Heavy dependence on US culture
“Day of the Tentacle's main problem is dependence of US culture.”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Ron Gilbert started production on Thimbleweed Park 2”
Other adventure games people recommend
The four most recommended other adventure games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Meier's Pirates! | 61 | 11 | 85% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Grim Fandango | 41 | 8 | 84% | 3 | 20 yrs3 owners | — |
| Myst | 31 | 7 | 82% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Monkey Island | 29 | 3 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Day of the TentacleThis page | 8 | 2 | 80% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is the sort of challenge that's actually rewarding when you manage to solve it”
“what's amazing about that is the intersecting non-linearity”
“Same for most LucasArt games, Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Islands”
“the need to pass objects through time added some variety and humour”
“executed the multiple characters mechanic the best I've seen”
“Day of the Tentacle's main problem is dependence of US culture.”
“thought the mechanic made things too complicated”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.