# Pizza Tycoon

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Pizza Tycoon and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its lasting charm and the empire-building fun people remember, with an open-source rewrite keeping it running. Caveat: frequent crashes and frustrating pizza building.

## Why people recommend it

- Stays with people for years (2 comments): "I don't think nostalgia is why I didn't love it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47705064)) "having regaled a teenager with how great it was" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703533))

## What people warn about

- Crashes after weeks of play (1 comments): "the game would inevitably crash a few weeks after my save file" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47704523))
- Frustrating pizza building for score (1 comments): "trying to build the pizzas to get the best score was always super frustrating. I loved building my "empire"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703743))
- Small annoying things (1 comments): "there were some small things that I found annoying" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47704274))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [OpenTTD](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openttd.md): 44 recommend
- [Transport Tycoon Deluxe](https://hackerapproved.com/p/transport-tycoon.md): 14 recommend
- [Fast Food Tycoon 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fast-food-tycoon-2.md): 5 recommend
- [Wall Street Raider](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wall-street-raider.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.gog.com/en/games)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Pizza Tycoon", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pizza-tycoon/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).