# noclip.website

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/noclip-website/

21 people recommended noclip.website in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

19 of the 21 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Noclip.website – A digital museum of video game levels”.

**Verdict:** Lets you explore levels and maps from many older video games in your browser, with no install. Main caveat: needs WebGPU support, and some machines run hot.

Summary written by Claude from 22 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Fans call it a favourite (6 comments in the sample): "wow incredible job ! it's a very nice idea." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46323289)) "I have to say i really love this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46324055)) "noclip website is so dang cool" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675511))
- Strong nostalgia for old games (4 comments in the sample): "What a lovely hit of nostalgia on this cold winter morning. Thanks for sharing this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46327225)) "If I saw these levels loading in the browser as a teenager I would freak out!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46331779)) "This brings back soo much nostalgia.. cool website." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46322350))
- Explore many older game levels (3 comments in the sample): "Kidding aside it's really cool, it's insane to me that one can just download the entire map of Most Wanted to their browser in seconds." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46326452)) "Didn't think I'd get to head back to Pilotwings 64 and fly around those maps anytime soon." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46323386)) "has hundreds of levels from dozens of older games that you can explore freely" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48669721))
- Levels load almost instantly (1 comment in the sample): "The old N64 levels are almost instant, and still look amazing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46323945))

## What people warn about

- Does not run in some browsers (2 comments in the sample): "Your browser does not appear to have WebGPU support." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46328198)) "it still doesn't work on my end" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46322404))

## 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, "noclip.website", https://hackerapproved.com/p/noclip-website/ (21 recommend, 2 mixed, 3 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.