# Gemini Rue

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-rue/

5 people recommended Gemini Rue in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Adventure Game Studio: OSS software for creating adventure games”.

**Verdict:** Praised for its story, with commenters calling it one of the best game stories they have seen and a personal favorite from Wadjet Eyes Games.

Summary written by Claude from 5 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Named a personal favorite (3 comments in the sample): "Gemini rue is one of my favorite games ever, not just point and click." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46847663)) "That and Gemini Rue are my two favourite Wadjet Eyes Games" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46847118)) "Gemini Rue” and “Technobabylon” were my favorites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46849354))
- Great overall game (1 comment in the sample): "Resonance, Unavowed, Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon are all great as well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49836908))

## Other adventure games people recommend

- [Sid Meier's Pirates!](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sid-meier-s-pirates/): 41 recommend, 16 mixed, 10 criticize
- [Grim Fandango](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grim-fandango/): 30 recommend, 10 mixed, 6 criticize
- [Myst](https://hackerapproved.com/p/myst/): 22 recommend, 8 mixed, 7 criticize
- [Doki Doki Literature Club](https://hackerapproved.com/p/doki-doki-literature-club/): 22 recommend, 1 mixed, 6 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Gemini Rue", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-rue/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.