# Star Wars: TIE Fighter

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Star Wars: TIE Fighter and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a classic space combat sim that stays fun to play, with a novella tie-in to the story. Older hardware may struggle to run it well.

## Why people recommend it

- Still fun despite dated graphics (2 comments): "somehow I still thought the game was really cool and played it for quite a while" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49472795)) "Had to use flat shading but it was still fun." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49097589))

## What people warn about

- Needs older hardware to run well (1 comments): "Didn't have the specs for Tie Fighter to run well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49474024))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [No Man's Sky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/no-man-s-sky.md): 97 recommend
- [Kerbal Space Program](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kerbal-space-program.md): 24 recommend
- [Starflight](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starflight.md): 17 recommend
- [Elite Dangerous](https://hackerapproved.com/p/elite-dangerous.md): 15 recommend
- [Star Citizen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/star-citizen.md): 11 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Star Wars: TIE Fighter", https://hackerapproved.com/p/star-wars-tie-fighter/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).