Worms Armageddon
Ranked 3 of 4 artillery games by recommenders
A turn-based artillery game people remember for long multiplayer sessions with friends and family, though the original graphics look dated on 4K TVs.
A turn-based artillery game people remember for long multiplayer sessions with friends and family, though the original graphics look dated on 4K TVs.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun multiplayer with friends and family
“one of the games I sunk the most time on, seeing as I played several matches a day with my friends”
Comment from 20 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Awesome J2ME” “it's my favorite game to play with kids on PS3”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “Worms: The Future of Yesterday's Worms Today” “Endless hours playing with my siblings.”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “Worms: The Future of Yesterday's Worms Today” Beloved childhood game and memories
“many days after school were enjoyed blasting each other with bazookas, sheep and holy hand grenades”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “Worms: The Future of Yesterday's Worms Today” “Worms Armageddon was the bomb and the PlayStation One version brought original epic fun.”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “Worms: The Future of Yesterday's Worms Today” “Played a lot of Worms Armageddon when I was a kid.”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “Worms: The Future of Yesterday's Worms Today” - Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “Worms: The Future of Yesterday's Worms Today”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Original graphics look dated on 4K
“the original graphics didn't age very well for 4K TVs”
Comment from 14 May 2026 in “Scorched Earth 2000 is back”
Other artillery games people recommend
The three most recommended other artillery games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorched Earth | 31 | 5 | 86% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Worms World Party | 18 | 2 | 90% | 3 | — | — |
| Worms ArmageddonThis page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| Tank Body Problem | 8 | 4 | 67% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I love Armageddon to bits.”
“It has received a lot of care over the years, and with the latest updates it should run perfectly on a modern computer”
“Endless hours playing with my siblings.”
“Played a lot of Worms Armageddon when I was a kid.”
“it's my favorite game to play with kids on PS3”
“Worms Armageddon was the bomb and the PlayStation One version brought original epic fun.”
“many days after school were enjoyed blasting each other with bazookas, sheep and holy hand grenades”
“Tough choice between Worms Armageddon and Prince of Persia for my fav Amiga games.”
“the original graphics didn't age very well for 4K TVs”
“one of the games I sunk the most time on, seeing as I played several matches a day with my friends”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.