# Spaceships

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Spaceships and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a challenging game that is hard in a good way. Critics say the rules and controls are unclear.

## Why people recommend it

- Challenging in a good way (1 comments): "Great Game! I think we'd all have an easier time with color added, which is why this game is challenging in a good way." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49692837))
- Neat game, reached level 11 (1 comments): "Neat game! I managed to get to level 11 but got beat up." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49692940))

## What people warn about

- Rules and controls unclear (2 comments): "The game is pretty confusing i still do not understand how to play this the right way" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693838)) "The controls/rules are pretty unclear." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693506))
- Global leaderboard missing high scores (1 comments): "now, even though my high score displays on the "best wave" display for me, it's nowhere on the global high score board" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693881))
- Freezes when ships teleport (1 comments): "screeches to a halt when ships start to teleport" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49692403))

## 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, "Spaceships", https://hackerapproved.com/p/spaceships/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).