# Thimbleweed Park

20 Hacker News commenters recommended Thimbleweed Park and 13 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A fun point-and-click adventure with a strong cast, though critics agree the ending disappoints.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun, enjoyable adventure game (6 comments): "Yeah, I loved it, too. Not quite on the level of the first two Monkey Island games, but still a great experience." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49109135)) "Thimbleweed Park 1 was awesome in every way" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49108749)) "I enjoyed Thimbleweed Park personally" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49112663))
- Strong characters, especially Delores (2 comments): "Some characters and jokes were intensely annoying, especially Ransome. I did like Delores, though." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49109806)) "I really loved Delores and Ransome particularly in TWP." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49109122))
- Easy puzzles for the genre (2 comments): "I found the puzzles fair enough, but my impressions about writing and characters match yours." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49109028)) "Thimbleweed park is, if anything, on the easy side of the genre." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49110330))

## What people warn about

- Disappointing or weak ending (7 comments): "Personally I liked TP1 a lot for the most part, but I agree that the ending was a horrible misstep." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49109166)) "Thimbleweed Park was a fine game with a very disappointing ending" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49836173)) "The 4th wall breaking was lame though, especially the ending." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49109408))
- Puzzles illogical, hard or tedious (4 comments): "There was a lack of direction (for me) and too many permutations of clicks, characters, items and locations." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49109184)) "there's no logic to solving them so you'd have to resort to clicking everything" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49108657)) "The puzzles were an absolute chore to figure out and solve" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49110337))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Sid Meier's Pirates!](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sid-meier-s-pirates.md): 61 recommend
- [Grim Fandango](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grim-fandango.md): 41 recommend
- [Myst](https://hackerapproved.com/p/myst.md): 31 recommend
- [Monkey Island](https://hackerapproved.com/p/monkey-island.md): 29 recommend
- [Doki Doki Literature Club](https://hackerapproved.com/p/doki-doki-literature-club.md): 25 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://thimbleweedpark.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Thimbleweed Park", https://hackerapproved.com/p/thimbleweed-park/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).