Sunflowers
Shares rank 35 of 45 puzzle games by recommenders
Recommended for useful hints and puzzles that never require guessing, even at the hardest levels. Caveats: only daily levels playable for some, and the feedback form is broken.
Recommended for useful hints and puzzles that never require guessing, even at the hardest levels. Caveats: only daily levels playable for some, and the feedback form is broken.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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
Genuinely useful hints
“I love the hints - it's the first time I've seen genuinely useful hints in something like this”
Comment from 31 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Sunflowers” Enjoyable, great game
“Great game I've been enjoying it.”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Sunflowers” Never requires guessing, even hardest
“You never have to guess even at the hardest difficulty levels”
Comment from 26 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Reverse Minesweeper”
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The four most recommended other puzzle 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.
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| Outer Wilds | 65 | 7 | 90% | 9 | — | Approved |
| enclose.horse | 64 | 10 | 86% | 4 | — | Approved |
| The Witness | 60 | 19 | 76% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Braid | 36 | 5 | 88% | 5 | — | Approved |
| SunflowersThis page | 7 | 2 | 78% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I can only play the daily levels (and daily master levels)”
“The feedback form on the fabulous sunflowersgame is broken.”
“I love the hints - it's the first time I've seen genuinely useful hints in something like this”
“You never have to guess even at the hardest difficulty levels”
“The modal appears, but is empty.”
“Great game I've been enjoying it.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.