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Playdate Best Values

a collection by Shademonger · last updated 2023-11-10 03:12:40
Added Sep 06, 2022 by Shademonger

Excellent "Daily Check-in" Tamagotchi-like with a chill vibes soundtrack and a surprisingly fun minigame to play with your pets.

Platformer
Added Aug 02, 2022 by Shademonger

Fight against gravity as you turn the crank to steer your rocket ship across devious custom-designed stages. Includes an in-game level editor to create and share your own stages with the community. Great soundtrack and the story mode wastes no time getting to the challenge. 

Puzzle
Added Aug 02, 2022 by Shademonger

Pleasant puzzle game with a chill vibes soundtrack suitable to pick up and play any time.

Puzzle
Added Aug 02, 2022 by Shademonger

Excellent puzzle/dexterity game that really gets a lot of mileage out of the crank and the directional pad. If you're looking for a quick-reaction game of skill, this is it. 

Puzzle
Added Aug 02, 2022 by Shademonger

Amazing trivia game with Daily Challenges and a leaderboard system. Great way to keep your brains juicy and delicious for the coming hordes of undead.

Shooter
Added Aug 02, 2022 by Shademonger

Interesting use of the crank-to-fire mechanic in a Time Crisis / House of the Dead style on-rails shooter. 

Action
Added Aug 02, 2022 by Shademonger

Endless runner with decent graphics/sound. Drops the corpses of your high-scoring crabs into your path for future runs. 

Puzzle
Added Aug 02, 2022 by Shademonger

Decent collection of puzzle games in the vein of old TI-86 classic shape-matchers. Great way to kill some time for a buck

Simulation
Added Aug 02, 2022 by Shademonger

Funny theramin-like musical instrument with clever use of the crank. Impress your friends with this useless skill at your next party.

Strategy
Added Aug 02, 2022 by Shademonger

Excellent, if slightly arcane/obtuse, strategy game for the Playdate. Half the fun is figuring out the mechanics, but once you do you'll be well on your way to total domination of the region of Helios. Part of the Extended Helios Universe.

Simulation
Added Aug 02, 2022 by Shademonger

For anyone who spent entirely too much time in math class playing Drug Wars on their TI-86 graphing calculator, this will be a familiar experience. Part of the Helios Extended Universe

Simulation
Added Aug 02, 2022 by Shademonger

While the flower-growing mechanics are pretty light, the writing and the vibes of the soundtrack easily make this worth the price tag. Bloom became a daily check-in game until I got to the end of the storyline, one of my favorite PD experiences so far.

Action
Added Aug 02, 2022 by Shademonger

Great use of the crank for a simple minigame with some hilarious procedurally generated writing. Great game to show your friends what the Playdate can do.