# Void Stranger

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/void-stranger/

5 people recommended Void Stranger in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “10 years: Stephen's Sausage Roll still one of the most influential puzzle games”.

**Verdict:** Recommended for a unique, mystery-box puzzle experience with layered depth and hidden secrets that reward figuring them out.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Unique mystery-box experience (2 comments in the sample): "It is truly one of the most unique gaming experiences and it is the kind of game you can only play once." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46311616)) "Real mystery box of a game. The first ending seriously hooked me into figuring out all its secrets." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47862307))
- Deep layers and hidden secrets (1 comment in the sample): "has a spiraling depth that just keeps going and going" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46315086))

## Other puzzle games people recommend

- [Outer Wilds](https://hackerapproved.com/p/outer-wilds/): 56 recommend, 6 mixed, 7 criticize
- [enclose.horse](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enclose-horse/): 45 recommend, 15 mixed, 9 criticize
- [The Witness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/witness/): 41 recommend, 15 mixed, 16 criticize
- [Braid](https://hackerapproved.com/p/braid/): 30 recommend, 5 mixed, 5 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Void Stranger", https://hackerapproved.com/p/void-stranger/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.