# Sauerbraten

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Sauerbraten and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free, open-source first-person shooter that people remember fondly for multiplayer sessions with friends and its team-based servers.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun multiplayer with friends (3 comments): "we played Sauerbraten and a handful of other games exhaustively with a crossover cable strung between our rooms" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50228899)) "i absolutely loved the sauerbraten TOSOK (Team One Shot One Kill) venice servers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46150246)) "Definitely spent some evenings playing that with my roomies" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47245869))
- Fond memories of playing (4 comments): "I still have fond memories of Ogre3D and Sauerbraten (Cube)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50203533)) "Sauerbraten is such an amazing game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50228718)) "Sauerbraten scratched that itch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46150137))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Quake](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake.md): 118 recommend
- [Doom by id Software](https://hackerapproved.com/p/doom.md): 102 recommend
- [Unreal Tournament 2004](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unreal-tournament-2004.md): 51 recommend
- [Quake III Arena](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-iii-arena.md): 49 recommend
- [Half-Life](https://hackerapproved.com/p/half-life.md): 42 recommend

## Cite as

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