# Starsiege: Tribes

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/starsiege-tribes/

5 people recommended Starsiege: Tribes in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

3 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Neopets.com changed my life (2019)”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a compelling, fun game with a strong community scripting scene and a primordial feel. No critics were recorded.

Summary written by Claude from 4 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Compelling and fun gameplay (1 comment in the sample): "I don't know if I've ever found a game that was that compelling and fun" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46041373))
- Strong client-side scripting scene (1 comment in the sample): "which had a (comparatively) phenomenal client-side scripting scene" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46040792))
- Feels primordial and foundational (1 comment in the sample): "Something about starseige:Tribes was just so primordial." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46040963))
- Memorable favorite parts (1 comment in the sample): "These were my favorite part of Starsiege: Tribes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46148119))

## Other multiplayer shooters people recommend

- [Arc Raiders](https://hackerapproved.com/p/arc-raiders/): 44 recommend, 7 mixed, 10 criticize
- [Counter-Strike](https://hackerapproved.com/p/counter-strike/): 19 recommend, 10 mixed, 17 criticize
- [Counter-Strike 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/counter-strike-2/): 18 recommend, 8 mixed, 17 criticize
- [Marathon by Bungie](https://hackerapproved.com/p/marathon/): 13 recommend, 2 mixed, 13 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Starsiege: Tribes", https://hackerapproved.com/p/starsiege-tribes/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.