Lemmings
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 16 of 45 puzzle games by recommenders
People recommend this classic puzzle game for its faithful ports, cheery sample-based music and nostalgic appeal, with few complaints from critics.
People recommend this classic puzzle game for its faithful ports, cheery sample-based music and nostalgic appeal, with few complaints from critics.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 15
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 94%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: 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: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 15 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 15 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Cheery sample-based music
“cheery MIDI tracks of everything from classical music to folk tunes”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “The Lamentable Later Life of Lemmings” “that lovely sample-based aspect”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “The Lamentable Later Life of Lemmings” “Amazing, I can still hear it!”
Comment from 19 Sep 2026 in “The Lamentable Later Life of Lemmings” Runs on limited old hardware
“I love these pieces of software for limited hardware of the day”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “PalmOS Lemmings” “all amazing classic games that were Mac-first if not Mac-only”
Comment from 29 Nov 2025 in “Apple and Intel Rumored to Partner on Mac Chips” “This is awesome, I wish I had it for my Treo.”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “PalmOS Lemmings” Preferred over other classic games
“Lemmings was also an option but Shufflepuck was still appealing”
Comment from 24 Feb 2026 in “The challenges of porting Shufflepuck Cafe to the 8 bits Apple II” “they really like Lemmings and The Settlers, too”
Comment from 14 Oct 2026 in “The Origin Story of Kid Pix” “as a gamer I personally prefer Lemmings”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “The Lamentable Later Life of Lemmings”
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 |
| LemmingsThis page | 15 | 1 | 94% | 7 | — | Approved |
What people said
All 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Pretty unappreciated game”
“exceptionally thoroughly documented and preserved”
“This is awesome, I wish I had it for my Treo.”
“I love these pieces of software for limited hardware of the day”
“they really like Lemmings and The Settlers, too”
“I thought it was pretty faithful to the original”
“which then turned out bad anyway”
“that lovely sample-based aspect”
“cheery MIDI tracks of everything from classical music to folk tunes”
“as a gamer I personally prefer Lemmings”
“Amazing, I can still hear it!”
“Lemmings were great because the story about lemmings group behaviour”
“Lemmings was also an option but Shufflepuck was still appealing”
“I loved Christmas Lemmings so much back in the day!”
“Glad to see Lemmings still works, though, at least in Firefox dev edition.”
“all amazing classic games that were Mac-first if not Mac-only”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.