Star Control 2
Shares rank 8 of 12 action adventure games by recommenders
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.
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.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Brilliant music and sound effects
“Amazing .mod based techno music via pc speaker that mixed in sound effects, even including short vocal clips”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “DOOM could have had PC Speaker Music” “the similarly brilliant Star Control II soundtrack”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “The Lamentable Later Life of Lemmings” One of the greatest games
“One of my very favourite games of all time”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Automatically detect and patch walking-dead states in Sierra games” “SC2 is one of my favorite games”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Reversed engineered game Starflight (1986)” Great action adventure gameplay
“one of the greatest action adventure games ever made”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Battle for Wesnoth: open-source, turn-based strategy game” “Star Control 2 being a shining example.”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “DOOM could have had PC Speaker Music” “Star Control 2 is truly a good game.”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “No Man's Sky Cosmos”
Other action adventure games people recommend
The four most recommended other action adventure games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breath of the Wild | 27 | 8 | 77% | 9 | — | Approved |
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | 17 | 3 | 85% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Shadow of the Colossus | 14 | 2 | 88% | 4 | — | Approved |
| God of War | 12 | 6 | 67% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Star Control 2This page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the similarly brilliant Star Control II soundtrack”
“Star Control 2 is truly a good game.”
“One of my very favourite games of all time”
“one of the greatest action adventure games ever made”
“There is also a great re-make of Star Control 2”
“SC2 is one of my favorite games”
“Star Control 2 being a shining example.”
“Amazing .mod based techno music via pc speaker that mixed in sound effects, even including short vocal clips”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.