# GregTech: New Horizons

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/gregtech-new-horizons/

9 people recommended GregTech: New Horizons in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Polished, long-running Minecraft modpack with many quality-of-life fixes and realistic energy and oil processing. Its most common caveat is that a large AE2 craft can still break.

Summary written by Claude from 17 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Polished and well maintained (3 comments in the sample): "It's extremely well polished, and I've played enough that it's nearly impossible for me to play Minecraft without playing GT:NH" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46042733)) "GT:NH is a very interesting software project in itself, a long-living open source environment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46044834)) "The level of care and work there is incredible" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48970086))
- Realistic factory and energy systems (3 comments in the sample): "a fair amount of GregTech really reframed my viewpoint on energy production" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47964867)) "He was just ahead of its time in terms of grind and realism." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48978161)) "fairly realistic oil processing lines" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47964126))
- Many quality-of-life fixes (2 comments in the sample): "it actually has tons and tons of quality of life fixes to the various mods that make it up" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46042727)) "they've automated and standardized all that. It was just download, fix and build." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48974378))
- Hard to stop playing (1 comment in the sample): "cannot play without the QoL mods from GT:NH for long" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50262785))

## What people warn about

- Can break large AE2 crafts (1 comment in the sample): "it can still utterly mess up a large craft being orchestrated thru AE2" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46041782))

## Other game mods people recommend

- [Quake Brutalist Jam III](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-brutalist-jam-iii/): 12 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize
- [Arcane Dimensions (Quake mod)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/arcane-dimensions/): 8 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Tamriel Rebuilt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tamriel-rebuilt/): 7 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [IKEA Skyrim mod](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ikea-skyrim-mod/): 6 recommend, 1 mixed, 3 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, "GregTech: New Horizons", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gregtech-new-horizons/ (9 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

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