Offworld Trading Company
Shares rank 20 of 24 strategy games by recommenders
Recommended as a favorite real-time strategy game; one commenter says its loops are shorter and more gamified.
Recommended as a favorite real-time strategy game; one commenter says its loops are shorter and more gamified.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Called a favorite real-time strategy game
“Offworld Trading Company is one of my favorite RTSes.”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “Is Show HN Dead? No, but It's Drowning” Shorter, more gamified play loops
“much shorter and gamified loops - which isn't a criticism, just not exactly the same itch”
Comment from 30 Aug 2026 on Hacker News
Other strategy games people recommend
The four most recommended other strategy games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle for Wesnoth | 39 | 4 | 91% | 4 | 10 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Sid Meier's Civilization | 25 | 9 | 74% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Sid Meier's Civilization III | 20 | 10 | 67% | 3 | — | — |
| Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | 16 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Offworld Trading CompanyThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“much shorter and gamified loops - which isn't a criticism, just not exactly the same itch”
“Check out Offworld Trading Company.”
“Offworld Trading Company is one of my favorite RTSes.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.