# Stray

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

**Verdict:** Praised for its art direction, atmospheric setting and a cat's story in a city of robots, with a tight, fairly minimal story and playtime. The one caveat is that it reportedly only holds 60 frames per second at 1080p medium.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong art direction and atmosphere (2 comments): "I was wowed by the art direction and tight if fairly minimal story and playtime." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46829766)) "For a great Kowloon-influenced atmospheric game, check out Stray" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47618141))
- Unique cat protagonist in robot city (2 comments): "It's about a cat that lives in a city of robots long after humans are extinct." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46266209)) "The cat is very cat. It's great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47647946))

## What people warn about

- Only 60 frames per second (1 comments): "Stray only runs at 60 frames per second If you play it on 1080p medium." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958724))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2.md): 50 recommend
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper.md): 40 recommend
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
- [Red Dead Redemption 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dead-redemption-2.md): 28 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Stray", https://hackerapproved.com/p/stray/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).