# Star Control 2

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Star Control 2 and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a classic action adventure game with brilliant PC speaker music, mixed sound effects and a great soundtrack, and many count it among their favourite games.

## Why people recommend it

- Brilliant music and sound effects (2 comments): "Amazing .mod based techno music via pc speaker that mixed in sound effects, even including short vocal clips" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46129868)) "the similarly brilliant Star Control II soundtrack" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49772634))
- One of the greatest games (2 comments): "One of my very favourite games of all time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49360425)) "SC2 is one of my favorite games" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024771))
- Great action adventure gameplay (3 comments): "one of the greatest action adventure games ever made" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47670677)) "Star Control 2 being a shining example." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46129879)) "Star Control 2 is truly a good game." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49638295))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Breath of the Wild](https://hackerapproved.com/p/legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild.md): 27 recommend
- [The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time](https://hackerapproved.com/p/legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time.md): 17 recommend
- [Shadow of the Colossus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shadow-of-the-colossus.md): 14 recommend
- [God of War](https://hackerapproved.com/p/god-of-war.md): 12 recommend
- [The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Star Control 2", https://hackerapproved.com/p/star-control-2/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).