# Manifold Six-Axis Escape

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Manifold Six-Axis Escape and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a fun, clever puzzle that is quick to finish. Critics point out control problems, including a text-selection issue on the dimension knob and Y-axis direction.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun, quick to play (1 comments): "pretty fun! beat level 6 after about 4 minutes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49936990))
- Cool, clever idea (2 comments): "Wow that game makes my head hurt. Cool idea!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49936377)) "Really cool idea! Beat level 6!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49937344))
- Beat level 6 quickly (2 comments): "pretty fun! beat level 6 after about 4 minutes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49936990)) "Really cool idea! Beat level 6!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49937344))
- Head-scratching puzzle design (1 comments): "Wow that game makes my head hurt. Cool idea!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49936377))

## What people warn about

- Dimension knob text gets selected (1 comments): "The dimension knob doesn't have user-select: none; and you probably have no idea what that means and why it's annoying." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49939928))
- Y-axis controls face the wrong way (1 comments): "+/- Y should be up and down." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49938784))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [TinyWind](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tinywind.md): 61 recommend
- [Starfling](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starfling.md): 59 recommend
- [Starcraft: Ashfall](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft-ashfall.md): 46 recommend
- [Half-Life 2 in a Browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/half-life-2.md): 42 recommend
- [Number Gacha](https://hackerapproved.com/p/number-gacha.md): 33 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Manifold Six-Axis Escape", https://hackerapproved.com/p/manifold-six-axis-escape/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).