# Endless Sky

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Endless Sky and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a close, faithful reimagining of the Escape Velocity series, with a feel that stays true to the originals. No recurring criticism.

## Why people recommend it

- Captures Escape Velocity's feel (3 comments): "Endless Sky does a great job of capturing the essence of the Escape Velocity games" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307322)) "seems to be a pretty faithful "reimagining" of the EV series" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48673882)) "much closer to the old EV games in feel" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48132686))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Elite (BBC Micro)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/elite.md): 11 recommend
- [Escape Velocity](https://hackerapproved.com/p/escape-velocity.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Endless Sky", https://hackerapproved.com/p/endless-sky/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).