# Gamedate

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Gamedate and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for reviving forgotten multiplayer games with low player counts and for its clean, snappy, Steam-inspired interface. Critics say the website design needs work and moderation could be better.

## Why people recommend it

- Clean, Steam-inspired UI (4 comments): "I love seeing the original concept brought back with a cool UI." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47109408)) "Love the old school steam inspired ui." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47108254)) "I absolutely freaking LOVE this UI." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110749))
- Promising concept worth pursuing (2 comments): "there is something here worth continuing to push and try to find traction" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110287)) "I love seeing the original concept brought back with a cool UI." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47109408))

## What people warn about

- Website design needs work (2 comments): "it just highlighted another problem in the design of the website" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47121969)) "this isn't winning any design award" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114056))
- Moderation could be better (1 comments): "it definitely could use some better moderation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47108848))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Gamedate", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gamedate/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).