elect.horse
Shares rank 18 of 45 puzzle games by recommenders
Recommended as a fun, challenging puzzle game with colorblind mode, though critics call it a near copy of gerrymandle.com and enclose.horse.
Recommended as a fun, challenging puzzle game with colorblind mode, though critics call it a near copy of gerrymandle.com and enclose.horse.
24 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 10
- approval share
- 58%
Recommended in 1 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: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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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
Fun, challenging gameplay
“both are very fun and really challenging to play depending on the level”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse” “This is a problem, but you can show the problem as part of a fun game.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse” “A fairly basic game; my 9-year-old son has fun with it.”
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Colorblind mode keeps colors consistent
“I like that mode just for keeping the colors consistent.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse” “Thanks for colorblind mode!”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse” Distinct branding from enclose.horse
“the clear association to enclose.horse makes it just another cute take rather than a rip off”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse” “There's a enough of a branding and storyline difference for me to love elect.horse”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Seen as a rip-off of gerrymandle
“But this rip-off of gerrymandle.com makes me feel less inclined to continue playing enclose.horse.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse” “this rip-off of gerrymandle.com makes me feel less inclined to continue playing enclose.horse”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse” “Clone software they said, it will be good they said”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse” - Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse”
- Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse”
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- Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse”
Horse and donkey colors hard to tell apart
“I can barely see the difference between the horse and donkey colors”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse” “The colours make it too difficult for me on a good display”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse” Basic game with weak competitive side
“A fairly basic game; my 9-year-old son has fun with it.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse” “Competitve side is much weaker than in enclose.horse, this game only measures hints used.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse”
Other puzzle games people recommend
The four most recommended other puzzle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outer Wilds | 65 | 7 | 90% | 9 | — | Approved |
| enclose.horse | 64 | 10 | 86% | 4 | — | Approved |
| The Witness | 60 | 19 | 76% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Braid | 36 | 5 | 88% | 5 | — | Approved |
| elect.horseThis page | 14 | 10 | 58% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
21 of the 25 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The instructions were pretty confusing.”
“Thanks for colorblind mode!”
“In this case this is a literal carbon copy”
“Can't stop laughing. Genius!”
“Using LLM copy is disrespectful to your users and tells me you don't give a crap about the quality of what you're publishing.”
“A fairly basic game; my 9-year-old son has fun with it.”
“the clear association to enclose.horse makes it just another cute take rather than a rip off”
“They are objectively too similar.”
“I really like that you can use some kinds of deductive logic, as well as trial and error as well!”
“There's a enough of a branding and storyline difference for me to love elect.horse”
“Clone software they said, it will be good they said”
“This is a problem, but you can show the problem as part of a fun game.”
“the issue is that it rips off gerrymandle”
“Competitve side is much weaker than in enclose.horse, this game only measures hints used.”
“a rip-off of gerrymandle.com”
“But this rip-off of gerrymandle.com makes me feel less inclined to continue playing enclose.horse.”
“The colours make it too difficult for me on a good display”
“this rip-off of gerrymandle.com makes me feel less inclined to continue playing enclose.horse”
“I like that mode just for keeping the colors consistent.”
“I can barely see the difference between the horse and donkey colors”
“both are very fun and really challenging to play depending on the level”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.