# Newgrounds

30 Hacker News commenters recommended Newgrounds and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A free community site for Flash games, animation, music and art, loved for its creative, rowdy early-2000s spirit. Some user-made games are poor, and it can take up a lot of time.

## Why people recommend it

- Fond memories of its golden age (7 comments): "I remember fondly browsing Newgrounds and being thankful to those who were paying to keep the servers running" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48214320)) "Lots of fond memories of this website. I have many flash games and animations still on there." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49943523)) "the height of Newgrounds really seemed like a golden age for light gaming" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49941158))
- Creative, transgressive, wide-ranging user content (4 comments): "Even though a lot of the games were kind of crap, I still thought it was cool that people made these games." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46520721)) "It was an era of accessible animation and games like Newgrounds and Homestar Runner" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45978048)) "The creativity and range of newgrounds content was mind blowing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47259056))
- Community and creators worth following (4 comments): "A lot of the creators I follow also release their stuff on newgrounds, so it's easy." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49949474)) "I feel so very fortunate to have had that community and experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49948377)) "Such a good community surrounding the Flash games scene." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49944331))
- Still active with new content (2 comments): "newgrounds is alive and kicking with new stuff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48537369)) "has kept it's soul all these years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49941231))

## What people warn about

- Uneven quality of user games (1 comments): "Even though a lot of the games were kind of crap, I still thought it was cool that people made these games." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46520721))
- Can take up too much time (1 comments): "occupied far too much of my attention when I was younger" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49943887))

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.newgrounds.com/)

## Cite as

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