Gerrymandle
Ranked 12 of 45 puzzle games by recommenders
People enjoy this daily puzzle of redrawing electoral districts, calling it fun and satisfying. Critics note unclear controls, a confusing result screen, unrealistic ties and recent ads and popups.
People enjoy this daily puzzle of redrawing electoral districts, calling it fun and satisfying. Critics note unclear controls, a confusing result screen, unrealistic ties and recent ads and popups.
29 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 20
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 69%
Recommended in 2 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: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 20 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 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, satisfying puzzle to win
“it does make for a more fun puzzle”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts” “This felt very satisfying to win!”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts” Genuinely unique idea
“disappointing execution of an otherwise genuinely unique idea”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts” “great idea to make Gerrymandle! congrats on the alpha”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts” “I LOVE that people are creating things like this.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts” Rewarding once you learn it
“Lovely game! Takes a bit of fiddling to get the hang of it, but so do most puzzles worth doing.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts” “This is a fun way to learn.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Ads and popups recently added
“although it's started the slow slide into ads and popups in the past month.”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: What games do you religiously play on your phone browser?” “shows popup asking me to "Create profiles for personalised advertising" at 116 vendors”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “elect.horse” Unclear how to start new district
“now I click on hexes and it doesn't want to start a new district”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts” “it's not clear to me how to start a new district, it just extends the old one”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts” Unrealistic ties in winning strategy
“This isn't realistic as ties don't happen in practice in elections”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts” “the winning solution is to make sure your party wins one district and the other parties tie in the other four”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Gerrymandle - Daily puzzle game where you redraw electoral districts”
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The four most recommended other puzzle 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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outer Wilds | 65 | 7 | 90% | 9 | — | Approved |
| enclose.horse | 64 | 10 | 86% | 4 | — | Approved |
| The Witness | 60 | 19 | 76% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Braid | 36 | 5 | 88% | 5 | — | Approved |
| GerrymandleThis page | 20 | 9 | 69% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
23 of the 29 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“shows popup asking me to "Create profiles for personalised advertising" at 116 vendors”
“I am a big fan of both enclose.horse and gerrymandle.com.”
“ripping off gerrymandle.com 1:1, down to some particularly weird UI choices”
“This one doesn't load for me”
“although it's started the slow slide into ads and popups in the past month.”
“the result screen is a bit confusing”
“disappointing execution of an otherwise genuinely unique idea”
“I LOVE that people are creating things like this.”
“the winning solution is to make sure your party wins one district and the other parties tie in the other four”
“I get the same error, and chrome fails also.”
“The controls are really frustrating on mobile.”
“Love this! It would be amazing to see daily puzzles built from actual historical maps.”
“now I click on hexes and it doesn't want to start a new district”
“Lovely game! Takes a bit of fiddling to get the hang of it, but so do most puzzles worth doing.”
“great idea to make Gerrymandle! congrats on the alpha”
“I think yesterday's is more fun and doesn't have the unrealism.”
“it does make for a more fun puzzle”
“This isn't realistic as ties don't happen in practice in elections”
“it's not clear to me how to start a new district, it just extends the old one”
“This felt very satisfying to win!”
“If I try to do it earlier it auto includes unwanted cells.”
“I did not understand this game well. May I suggest adding a few introductory levels of increasing difficulty for beginners.”
“This is a fun way to learn.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.