King's Quest V
Shares rank 18 of 24 adventure games by recommenders
Recommended for its memorable opening music and fond childhood memories. Critics warn its item mechanics are unforgiving: you can eat the wrong item when starving, and missed items may be unrecoverable.
Recommended for its memorable opening music and fond childhood memories. Critics warn its item mechanics are unforgiving: you can eat the wrong item when starving, and missed items may be unrecoverable.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: 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: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 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
Memorable opening music
“King's Quest V was my other present and I still remember the opening music”
Comment from 14 Dec 2025 in “The Rise of Computer Games, Part I: Adventure” Fond childhood memories
“King's Quest V was my other present and I still remember the opening music”
Comment from 14 Dec 2025 in “The Rise of Computer Games, Part I: Adventure”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Wrong item eaten when starving
“you can eat the wrong item when you're starving, and in some cases if you miss picking up an item you can't go back for it”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “AGI-64 Brings Sierra Adventures to the Commodore 64” Missed items cannot be recovered
“you can eat the wrong item when you're starving, and in some cases if you miss picking up an item you can't go back for it”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “AGI-64 Brings Sierra Adventures to the Commodore 64” Items misused in misleading ways
“it is really evil in allowing you to use items in certain ways that look fine at first”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Automatically detect and patch walking-dead states in Sierra games”
Other adventure games people recommend
The four most recommended other adventure 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Meier's Pirates! | 61 | 11 | 85% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Grim Fandango | 41 | 8 | 84% | 3 | 20 yrs3 owners | — |
| Myst | 31 | 7 | 82% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Monkey Island | 29 | 3 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| King's Quest VThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“you can eat the wrong item when you're starving, and in some cases if you miss picking up an item you can't go back for it”
“it is really evil in allowing you to use items in certain ways that look fine at first”
“King's Quest V was my other present and I still remember the opening music”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.