# HN Arcade

19 Hacker News commenters recommended HN Arcade and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A browsable index of games people have posted on Hacker News, useful for finding lesser-known browser games. Critics note broken links to HN threads and alphabetical-only sorting.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful index of HN-made games (4 comments): "You'll find a bunch of these types of games there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46916083)) "It's fun browsing the HN games compilation here" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50179919)) "some of the lesser known ones are amazing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47700865))
- Fun and worth returning to (3 comments): "This is the best thing I've heard in a long time :)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48218232)) "HN Arcade is something I keep going back to." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538882)) "Very nice! Like it a lot." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46794040))

## What people warn about

- Broken links to HN threads (2 comments): "github link is 404, HN thread goes to wrong comment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46794453)) "The links to HN threads seem to be wrong" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46805082))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "HN Arcade", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hn-arcade/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).