Jigsaw Haiku
Shares rank 23 of 45 puzzle games by recommenders
Fun, tactile browser jigsaw that people find smooth and challenging; critics report choppy dragging and broken mobile Firefox support.
Fun, tactile browser jigsaw that people find smooth and challenging; critics report choppy dragging and broken mobile Firefox support.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 73%
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: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 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
Fun and tactile to solve
“Very fun and great "tactile" experience.”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku” “Somewhat challenging and lots of fun.”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku” “Nice, fun and poetic! GG I <3 it!”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku” - Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku”
Challenging puzzle
“Somewhat challenging and lots of fun.”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku” “I found this very challenging.”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku” Smooth animations and piece placement
“I love how smooth the animations are when placing jigsaw block.”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku” “it works smoothly in everything except firefox mobile”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Broken in mobile Firefox
“It works well in mobile chrome or any desktop browser but mobile firefox specifically has been an issue”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku” “Doesn't work well in android Firefox for me.”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku” Choppy dragging and low frame rate
“dragging is still so choppy that it makes the game significantly less fun”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku” “did the frame rate of dragging have to be so painfully low?”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku” Piece borders hide edge details
“The borders on the pieces obscure the edge details that you need to help match the pieces up.”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku” “the unplaced pieces had a border which made it impossible to see which might”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku”
Other puzzle games people recommend
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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jigsaw HaikuThis page | 11 | 4 | 73% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Somewhat challenging and lots of fun.”
“I love how smooth the animations are when placing jigsaw block.”
“I found it quite difficult to find fitting pieces”
“This was really fun to solve!”
“it works smoothly in everything except firefox mobile”
“It works well in mobile chrome or any desktop browser but mobile firefox specifically has been an issue”
“dragging is still so choppy that it makes the game significantly less fun”
“I found the cuts on the tiles unpleasant to deal with”
“Very fun and great "tactile" experience.”
“did the frame rate of dragging have to be so painfully low?”
“I found this very challenging.”
“Doesn't work well in android Firefox for me.”
“Nice, fun and poetic! GG I <3 it!”
“the unplaced pieces had a border which made it impossible to see which might”
“The borders on the pieces obscure the edge details that you need to help match the pieces up.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.