# What Remains of Edith Finch

5 Hacker News commenters recommended What Remains of Edith Finch and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its original storytelling and game design, with several calling it a favorite. No criticism appears in the quotes.

## Why people recommend it

- Original storytelling and game design (2 comments): "All masterpieces that take various approaches to Diegetic, Non-Diegetic and meta-Diegetic storytelling" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46768140)) "Original, phenomenal games covering damm near every genre" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817864))
- Called a favorite and actually good (3 comments): "What Remains of Edith Finch is one of my favorite games" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50146972)) "a game from the same publisher that was actually good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49440156)) "plenty of other great stuff in the game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46474210))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2.md): 50 recommend
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper.md): 40 recommend
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
- [Red Dead Redemption 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dead-redemption-2.md): 28 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "What Remains of Edith Finch", https://hackerapproved.com/p/what-remains-of-edith-finch/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).