Hedra
Ranked 3 of 5 open world games by recommenders
A 3D open world game a high school student wrote from scratch. Commenters praise its smooth performance on older PCs and say it is fun to play.
A 3D open world game a high school student wrote from scratch. Commenters praise its smooth performance on older PCs and say it is fun to play.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 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: not 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
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Impressive work for a high school project
“now I wanna yell from the rooftops for everyone to come see your awesome work”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Hedra is a 3D open world game I wrote from scratch while in highschool” “that looks very good for a high school coding project”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “Hedra is a 3D open world game I wrote from scratch while in highschool” Fun to play
“it runs smooth on my aging PC, I really enjoyed playing it”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “Hedra is a 3D open world game I wrote from scratch while in highschool” “That looked like a really fun project”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Hedra is a 3D open world game I wrote from scratch while in highschool”
Other open world games people recommend
The four most recommended other open world 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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 21 | 23 | 48% | 11 | 2 yrs4 owners | — |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | 10 | 5 | 67% | 6 | — | Approved |
| HedraThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| Grand Theft Auto III | 6 | 5 | 55% | 3 | — | — |
| Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | 5 | 1 | 83% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“now I wanna yell from the rooftops for everyone to come see your awesome work”
“That looked like a really fun project”
“it runs smooth on my aging PC, I really enjoyed playing it”
“that looks very good for a high school coding project”
“It's nice to see a game made without AI.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.