# Inside by Playdead

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Inside by Playdead and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People call it a marvelous, rad game with a strong demoscene pedigree. The most common caveat is somewhat clunky controls when pushing objects.

## Why people recommend it

- Admired demoscene roots and craft (3 comments): "being awed by the demo (Inside) when I saw it presented at TG'96" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47718351)) "CNCD and Orange are two of my most favorite groups!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687147)) "Inside was pretty darn rad, very nice breakdown." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45929878))

## What people warn about

- Somewhat clunky controls when pushing (1 comments): "doing the pushing with somewhat clunky controls" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46805692))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Prince of Persia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prince-of-persia.md): 37 recommend
- [Super Mario 64](https://hackerapproved.com/p/super-mario-64.md): 37 recommend
- [Celeste](https://hackerapproved.com/p/celeste.md): 19 recommend
- [Flashback (1992 video game)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flashback.md): 8 recommend
- [Cave Story](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cave-story.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Inside by Playdead", https://hackerapproved.com/p/inside/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).