# elect.horse

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/elect-horse/

11 people recommended elect.horse in Hacker News comments, 3 had mixed feelings and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

11 of the 11 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “elect.horse”.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a fun, challenging puzzle game with colorblind mode, though critics call it a near copy of gerrymandle.com and enclose.horse.

Summary written by Claude from 21 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 20 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun, challenging gameplay (4 comments in the sample): "both are very fun and really challenging to play depending on the level" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50302386)) "This is a problem, but you can show the problem as part of a fun game." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303458)) "A fairly basic game; my 9-year-old son has fun with it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50305651))
- Colorblind mode keeps colors consistent (2 comments in the sample): "I like that mode just for keeping the colors consistent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50302651)) "Thanks for colorblind mode!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50308756))
- Distinct branding from enclose.horse (2 comments in the sample): "the clear association to enclose.horse makes it just another cute take rather than a rip off" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50305532)) "There's a enough of a branding and storyline difference for me to love elect.horse" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50304692))

## What people warn about

- Seen as a rip-off of gerrymandle (6 comments in the sample): "this rip-off of gerrymandle.com makes me feel less inclined to continue playing enclose.horse" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303224)) "Clone software they said, it will be good they said" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303786)) "In this case this is a literal carbon copy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50306905))
- Horse and donkey colors hard to tell apart (2 comments in the sample): "I can barely see the difference between the horse and donkey colors" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50302495)) "The colours make it too difficult for me on a good display" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303300))
- Basic game with weak competitive side (1 comment in the sample): "Competitve side is much weaker than in enclose.horse, this game only measures hints used." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303420))

## Other puzzle games people recommend

- [Outer Wilds](https://hackerapproved.com/p/outer-wilds/): 56 recommend, 6 mixed, 7 criticize
- [enclose.horse](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enclose-horse/): 45 recommend, 15 mixed, 9 criticize
- [The Witness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/witness/): 41 recommend, 15 mixed, 16 criticize
- [Braid](https://hackerapproved.com/p/braid/): 30 recommend, 5 mixed, 5 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "elect.horse", https://hackerapproved.com/p/elect-horse/ (11 recommend, 3 mixed, 9 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.