# nandgame

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/nandgame/

10 people recommended nandgame in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 12 months, in 8 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Browser game where you build a computer from logic gates down to transistor level, which people say makes how small circuits combine into large ones clear. One reviewer found the UI plain and some concepts oversimplified.

Summary written by Claude from 10 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 9 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Teaches how logic gates form computers (3 comments in the sample): "If you work through a math problem with pen and paper or nand2tetris or nandgame.com then it becomes obvious" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46686184)) "is game that encourages you to build a computer from scratch like literally from transistor level" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47970990)) "taught me quite a bit about how small circuits combine to form something big" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653891))

## Other video games people recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2/): 33 recommend, 14 mixed, 33 criticize
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper/): 31 recommend, 8 mixed, 24 criticize
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2/): 25 recommend, 5 mixed, 7 criticize
- [The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/witcher-3/): 22 recommend, 3 mixed, 5 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "nandgame", https://hackerapproved.com/p/nandgame/ (10 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.