# Tank Body Problem

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Tank Body Problem and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A fun three-body twist on Scorched Earth that people find appealing. Common caveat: the moon's gravity and speed make aiming hard.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun three-body spin on Scorched Earth (3 comments): "Really fun idea. Moon is moving too fast, has too much influence." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49890398)) "Love the three body spin on the old scorched earth game!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49898984)) "It's still fun and interesting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49898601))

## What people warn about

- Moon's gravity and speed hurt aiming (4 comments): "the moon has too much gravity and moves too fast, and the missiles too slow, which makes it impossible to aim" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49894493)) "Really fun idea. Moon is moving too fast, has too much influence." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49890398)) "I think the moon gravity is a bit much." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49889544))
- Point-blank fire is dominant strategy (2 comments): "there is definite potential here. It seems like a player can just move right next to opponent and fire?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49887209)) "dominant strategy seems to be drive to point blank range & fire" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49888731))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Scorched Earth](https://hackerapproved.com/p/scorched-earth.md): 31 recommend
- [Worms World Party](https://hackerapproved.com/p/worms.md): 18 recommend
- [Worms Armageddon](https://hackerapproved.com/p/worms-armageddon.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Tank Body Problem", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tank-body-problem/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).