# Overload

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

6 people recommended Overload in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none 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.

5 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Descent, Ported to the Web”.

**Verdict:** A modern successor to Descent from its original developers, praised for its immersive zero-gravity feel, story and soundtrack. No recurring complaints appeared in the quotes.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Made by original Descent developers (3 comments in the sample): "Overload has an usermade campaign called Overload: First Strike, which is a conversion and upgrade of the entire Descent 1 campaign to Overload." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47018396)) "Specifically, Overload was made by Mike Kulas and Matt Toschlog, who were the original Descent developers." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47020239)) "Overload[0] is the modern version of Descent, made by the creators of Descent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49718553))
- Immersive no up or down feel (2 comments in the sample): "it supports VR if you really need to separate yourself from your lunch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47020220)) "It also really helps immerse you in the “there’s no up/down” feeling." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47021182))
- Strong story and soundtrack (2 comments in the sample): "Amazing game, likely the first game ever I got to the end just to see how the story ends" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025629)) "It's a pretty much perfect spiritual sequel, with a great soundtrack." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47018251))

## What people recommend instead

- [Descent](https://hackerapproved.com/p/descent/): 13 recommend, 3 mixed, 7 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, "Overload", https://hackerapproved.com/p/overload/ (6 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

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