# Unflip

22 Hacker News commenters recommended Unflip and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A puzzle game about XOR patterns of squares, praised for its clean design, gradual level teaching and satisfying mobile feel. The most common caveat is that the difficulty ramps up slowly.

## Why people recommend it

- Clean concept and presentation (4 comments): "Had a lot of fun with this, great job on the concept and presentation!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941665)) "Really nice concept and super clean execution." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941740)) "I love the concept, and the interface" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941104))
- Levels teach patterns step by step (3 comments): "I really love how the first few levels teach you about various solving elements and patterns." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941767)) "I could feel my brain learning new patterns (like the card game Set)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941514)) "I really like it, the level progression feels good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45942008))
- Haptic feedback and vibration sound (2 comments): "The haptic feedback on mobile is really on point in this implementation." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45943033)) "All the sound is purely from the vibration of your phone!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45959197))

## What people warn about

- Difficulty ramps up too late (2 comments): "Very nice and satisfying, but I would suggest ramping up the difficulty a little faster." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45940973)) "The game is quite fun. But it seems the difficulty ramp quite late?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45946974))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Outer Wilds](https://hackerapproved.com/p/outer-wilds.md): 65 recommend
- [enclose.horse](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enclose-horse.md): 64 recommend
- [The Witness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/witness.md): 60 recommend
- [Braid](https://hackerapproved.com/p/braid.md): 36 recommend
- [Blue Prince](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blue-prince.md): 30 recommend

## Cite as

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