# Lemmings

15 Hacker News commenters recommended Lemmings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend this classic puzzle game for its faithful ports, cheery sample-based music and nostalgic appeal, with few complaints from critics.

## Why people recommend it

- Cheery sample-based music (3 comments): "cheery MIDI tracks of everything from classical music to folk tunes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49772308)) "that lovely sample-based aspect" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49772592)) "Amazing, I can still hear it!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49771197))
- Runs on limited old hardware (3 comments): "I love these pieces of software for limited hardware of the day" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50143901)) "all amazing classic games that were Mac-first if not Mac-only" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46085250)) "This is awesome, I wish I had it for my Treo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50145384))
- Preferred over other classic games (3 comments): "Lemmings was also an option but Shufflepuck was still appealing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47132641)) "they really like Lemmings and The Settlers, too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50089831)) "as a gamer I personally prefer Lemmings" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49771231))

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- [The Witness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/witness.md): 60 recommend
- [Braid](https://hackerapproved.com/p/braid.md): 36 recommend
- [Blue Prince](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blue-prince.md): 30 recommend

## Cite as

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