# Uno card game

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Uno card game and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a fun game for groups and late evenings that scales to around ten players, and say it is easy to explain to children.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun for groups and long sessions (3 comments): "it disrupts the otherwise pretty linear play, and easily scales up to 10ish persons and still be fun" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46648549)) "This resulted in the most fun and long Uno games" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46613423)) "Late night uno sessions were a lot of fun." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47049330))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Magic: The Gathering](https://hackerapproved.com/p/magic-the-gathering.md): 27 recommend
- [Dominion by Donald X. Vaccarino](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dominion.md): 14 recommend
- [Inscryption](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inscryption.md): 11 recommend
- [Solitaire Alone Together](https://hackerapproved.com/p/solitaire-alone-together.md): 11 recommend
- [Everdeck](https://hackerapproved.com/p/everdeck-a-universal-card-system.md): 9 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Mattel+UNO+card+game&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

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