# Roadkill

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Roadkill and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Fans find this zombie car game addictive and fun. The common caveat is that challenge balance feels off, with players maxed out by wave 10.

## Why people recommend it

- Addictive, hard to stop playing (2 comments): "I just sunk an hour into this. I'm feeling better already." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50042682)) "This is more addictive than i thought" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50157970))
- Fun, awesome game to play (2 comments): "This is awesome but I wish there was a boost or have this be 5x faster" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50151178)) "This game is pretty awesome." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50157961))

## What people warn about

- Balance too hard by wave 10 (1 comments): "the challenge/balance really is off: I was maxed out everything around wave 10" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50046246))
- Tire noise is too loud (1 comments): "I love how the game goes. But the tire noise seems a bit loud to me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50149771))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [TinyWind](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tinywind.md): 61 recommend
- [Starfling](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starfling.md): 59 recommend
- [Starcraft: Ashfall](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft-ashfall.md): 46 recommend
- [Half-Life 2 in a Browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/half-life-2.md): 42 recommend
- [Number Gacha](https://hackerapproved.com/p/number-gacha.md): 33 recommend

## Cite as

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