# Android: Netrunner

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Android: Netrunner and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A two-player card game with a deep action economy, a community that keeps producing fresh content, and a welcoming crowd willing to teach newcomers.

## Why people recommend it

- Community keeps it alive with fresh content (1 comments): "There's a community keeping it alive with fresh content" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48227506))
- Welcoming community happy to teach (1 comments): "the community is welcoming and happy to teach" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248417))
- Proxy cards and printable PDFs allowed (1 comments): "Net Runner specifically allows proxy cards at events and even give you pdfs to print you own cards." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074815))
- Action economy can be spent on draw (1 comments): "your action economy can be spent on draw" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48226104))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Magic: The Gathering](https://hackerapproved.com/p/magic-the-gathering.md): 27 recommend
- [Dominion by Donald X. Vaccarino](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dominion.md): 14 recommend
- [Inscryption](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inscryption.md): 11 recommend
- [Solitaire Alone Together](https://hackerapproved.com/p/solitaire-alone-together.md): 11 recommend
- [Everdeck](https://hackerapproved.com/p/everdeck-a-universal-card-system.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

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