# Garry's Mod

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Garry's Mod and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Garry's Mod for its open-ended sandbox play, with mods and maps still being made years later and a lasting influence on culture and games.

## Why people recommend it

- Mods and maps still made (2 comments): "People are playing and making Gmod and HL2 mods and maps to this day." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46064851)) "on gmod i have a couple dozen IP mods" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46072295))
- Active, lively community (2 comments): "It's just as lively as ever but other games have blown up by an order of magnitude larger." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48023762)) "People are playing and making Gmod and HL2 mods and maps to this day." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46064851))
- Lasting cultural and industry influence (2 comments): "I really like all the cultural oddities that Garry's Mod spawned." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46062686)) "absolutely paved the way for VTubing and Unreal Engine in film" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46065251))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Minecraft](https://hackerapproved.com/p/minecraft.md): 222 recommend
- [Luanti](https://hackerapproved.com/p/luanti.md): 23 recommend
- [No Man's Sky Cosmos](https://hackerapproved.com/p/no-man-s-sky-cosmos.md): 22 recommend
- [Voxile](https://hackerapproved.com/p/voxile.md): 16 recommend
- [Terraria](https://hackerapproved.com/p/terraria.md): 14 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Garry's Mod", https://hackerapproved.com/p/garry-s-mod/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).