Diablo 4
Shares rank 6 of 14 action role-playing games by recommenders
Recommended as a playable action RPG that runs well for many players. Critics say it is unstable with ray tracing and weaker than Diablo 2 and 3.
Recommended as a playable action RPG that runs well for many players. Critics say it is unstable with ray tracing and weaker than Diablo 2 and 3.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 53%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.1 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 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
Runs fine for most players
“Works fine. I had some performance issues and had to add some command line args.”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: Diablo 4 on Ubuntu?” “very playable on Day 1 (and if was, from my experience)”
Comment from 22 Jun 2026 in “Steam Machine” “that appears to be running fine”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “How Microsoft Abuses Its Users”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Feels worse than Diablo 2 and 3
“For someone who played D2 and D3 for thousands of hours, D4 typically comes off as really awful.”
Comment from 27 Oct 2026 in “Software may be getting worse, but it used to be horrible” “makes d1 and d2 "better" games than d3 and d4”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “Good software knows when to stop” Disappointing, some won't buy again
“it was so meh I have no interest in the D4 expansion or anything else by Blizzard again”
Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “Gamedate – A site to revive dead multiplayer games” “This is why Diablo 4 was a complete flop.”
Comment from 9 Aug 2026 in “Making difficulty curves in games” “The first Diablo game that I will not buy”
Comment from 13 Sep 2026 in “Diablo V”
Other action role-playing games people recommend
The four most recommended other action role-playing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elden Ring | 25 | 8 | 76% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Dark Souls | 23 | 6 | 79% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Diablo II: Resurrected | 19 | 3 | 86% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Mass Effect | 19 | 5 | 79% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Diablo 4This page | 10 | 9 | 53% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
18 of the 21 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“For someone who played D2 and D3 for thousands of hours, D4 typically comes off as really awful.”
“Basic features are often broken, like dungeon exits sending you to the right locations”
“Works fine. I had some performance issues and had to add some command line args.”
“it worked for me in the steamdeck with Proton out of the box”
“Diablo 4 in particular won’t even run on a Mac I believe”
“Going to Diablo 5 without even having Diablo in Diablo 4 is strange.”
“Diablo IV looked good initially too!”
“The story seems so far more interesting!”
“The first Diablo game that I will not buy”
“This is why Diablo 4 was a complete flop.”
“very playable on Day 1 (and if was, from my experience)”
“The same goes for Diablo 3 and 4, which did not shut down yet but they might”
“that appears to be running fine”
“makes d1 and d2 "better" games than d3 and d4”
“Blizzard did the same exact thing with Diablo 4 too”
“it was so meh I have no interest in the D4 expansion or anything else by Blizzard again”
“a way that Diablo III and IV seem to have missed”
“I was shocked at how unstable and stutter-filled the game was with ray tracing enabled”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.