The Entire City of San Francisco
Ranked 18 of 78 video games by recommenders
Fun to wander and drive around the city, with slow tile loading, buggy performance, and a hard-to-use camera as common complaints.
Fun to wander and drive around the city, with slow tile loading, buggy performance, and a hard-to-use camera as common complaints.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 76%
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: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, 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 to explore the city
“This was loads of fun haha. I would have liked to have optionally clicked a button and started at my current physical location because the tile load time dominated how long it took to get there.”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “The entire city of San Francisco as a video game” “very fun game. I don't live there any longer but I "ran" the commute from my apartment to work.”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “The entire city of San Francisco as a video game” “Had a lot of fun (tedious tho) going out to Alcatraz and figuring out how to get in.”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “The entire city of San Francisco as a video game” - Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “The entire city of San Francisco as a video game”
Captures the feel of driving
“very fun game. I don't live there any longer but I "ran" the commute from my apartment to work.”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “The entire city of San Francisco as a video game” “felt like it captured the feeling of driving around the city”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “The entire city of San Francisco as a video game”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Memory leaks and overheating
“I'd guess that you need to have your agent do a couple of passes for memory leaks.”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “The entire city of San Francisco as a video game” “I got the spinner wheel for a while and my phone started getting hot”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “The entire city of San Francisco as a video game” Buggy and locks up browsers
“This locks up safari on my recent macbook pro and you cant close the window to clear it.”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “The entire city of San Francisco as a video game” “This is buggy as hell and the quality of the textures is terrible.”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “The entire city of San Francisco as a video game”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| The Entire City of San FranciscoThis page | 13 | 4 | 76% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is buggy as hell and the quality of the textures is terrible.”
“felt like it captured the feeling of driving around the city”
“I managed to get stuck in a courtyard.”
“Awesome. Please keep developing this.”
“This locks up safari on my recent macbook pro and you cant close the window to clear it.”
“I checked some obscure buildings and I found every one of them in-game, but you're correct that it's not 1:1 topographically.”
“The free will of walking.”
“very fun game. I don't live there any longer but I "ran" the commute from my apartment to work.”
“where you can just wander around and take in the city, pretty chill”
“This was loads of fun haha. I would have liked to have optionally clicked a button and started at my current physical location because the tile load time dominated how long it took to get there.”
“genuinely this made me emotional”
“the camera system is hard to grasp”
“I got the spinner wheel for a while and my phone started getting hot”
“I'd guess that you need to have your agent do a couple of passes for memory leaks.”
“Had a lot of fun (tedious tho) going out to Alcatraz and figuring out how to get in.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.