# Squid Game

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Squid Game and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a global cultural phenomenon and major Netflix hit, with its first season called neat and decent.

## Why people recommend it

- Global cultural phenomenon and big hit (3 comments): "they also have major hits like Squid Games, Stranger Things, (both became cultural phenomena)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46160976)) "as well-known stuff like Stranger Things and Squid Game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46161377)) "Money Heist and Squid Game were big globally" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48110133))
- Named among favorite recent hits (2 comments): "Mindhunter, Squid Game, Adolescence, Narcos" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46165628)) "Squid Game, Dynamite Kiss, Delhi Crime" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162008))
- Decent, neat first season (2 comments): "Squid game and dark winds are decent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158564)) "The first squid games was neat." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46164840))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Halt and Catch Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/halt-and-catch-fire.md): 166 recommend
- [Babylon 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/babylon-5.md): 86 recommend
- [Silicon Valley (TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/silicon-valley.md): 52 recommend
- [Andor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andor.md): 52 recommend
- [The Wire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wire.md): 39 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Squid Game", https://hackerapproved.com/p/squid-game/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).