# Pentiment

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

**Verdict:** Recommended as a wonderful, well-written and engaging game, and Obsidian's best in a long while. Some find it a lot of reading.

## Why people recommend it

- Well written and engaging (1 comments): "It's terribly engaging and well written." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49058044))
- Obsidian's best game in a while (1 comments): "Obsidian's only decent game in a long while is Pentiment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49346170))
- Wonderful game overall (1 comments): "the truly wonderful video game Pentiment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646749))
- Loved by at least one player (1 comments): "I loved Pentiment, but it was soooo much reading." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48815379))

## What people warn about

- Lots of reading (1 comments): "I loved Pentiment, but it was soooo much reading." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48815379))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2.md): 50 recommend
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper.md): 40 recommend
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
- [Red Dead Redemption 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dead-redemption-2.md): 28 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

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