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Playdate Recommendations

a collection by Sammycrow · last updated 2025-09-29 01:11:11
A pocket sized, cranking, top down adventure for Playdate.
Adventure

A tidy little adventure game with a tinge of classic Sierra-style sadistic humour. I was surprised to find there's a fair few secret endings to find along the way!

Download and read comics made with WarioWare DIY on your Playdate!

An online-enabled WarioWare D.I.Y. comic viewer! Great work from the DoujinSoft team as always. Pairs well with 2022's Playnote Studio.

Do you have what it takes to save Dr. Floppy's medical license?
Action

A delightfully twisted take on the classic "Chef" Game & Watch  - this time themed around catching flying viscera in an operating room. Stylistically on-point.

Fish are falling from the sky in this arcade fishing mashup for Playdate
Action

A rather excellent rebadge of "Pyoro" from WarioWare (aka "Bird and Beans"). Includes a bespoke, twin-stick secondary mode that could only be done on Playdate!

A pocket size puzzle box adventure for Playdate!
Adventure

A superb miniaturised tribute to Link's Awakening that'll last you hours upon hoursIncredible that this was made in Pulp! I tell my friends about this one a lot.

An Arkanoid/Block Breaker clone for PlayDate
Puzzle

You know Arkanoid. You love Arkanoid. Can be played horizontally or vertically - with or without the crank (for precision block-bustin'). It's Arkanoid!

Endless dog based platformer set in a fantasy world for #PlayDate
Platformer

Very pleasant Doodle Jump-style vertical platformer, featuring standard endless modes alongside a short campaign. Lots of hats to unlock and easter eggs to be found - a good time altogether!

A flipping match 3 game
Puzzle

You know exactly what you're getting with this one. The set time limit makes this an ideal "break room" game - a really good companion for Binairo.

Turn based roguelike.
Puzzle

A great pick up 'n play title for a couple minutes at a time. Very simple, easy to parse graphics, using the Playdate D-Pad as it's used best: quick, sharp tappin'!

Playdate port of Kenta Cho / ABA games amazing Paku Paku
Action

This is a neat little time-killer, based on a viral game from earlier the same year. Press the A button to change direction in a single-corridor Pac-Man maze. That's it! Gets fast very quickly.

Easy-to-play logic puzzle
Puzzle

Such a satisfying little Othello-style puzzler. Rounds will rarely last you more than a minute or so, but you'll always be coming back for more. Love the clacks of putting pieces into place!

A game for the Playdate
Puzzle

A super smooth conversion of a PICO-8 classic - it's 2048 with pool physics! 
The crank makes for a fantastic, precise aiming device. Nice use of dithering to keep each tier distinct too.

A game for the Playdate
Action

Fantastic, pumping soundtrack. Gets brutal very quickly - great if you love "hole in the wall" style games. Perfect crank support, great to show friends.

A Marble Maze Game for Playdate
Puzzle

A superb showcase of the console's seldom-used accelerometer (motion-sensor). Lots of levels too!

Act fast and keep the balls up in the air!
Action

Flawless recreation of the LCD classic. Feels great with the crank. Looks unbelievably sharp on a real device!

A solo card game collection for Playdate
Card Game

Classic, simple, speedy. As essential for any handheld device as Tetris. Includes Spider Solitaire!!

Root Beer for Bears
Simulation

One of the first games I downloaded when I got my console, and still among the very greatest use-cases for the crank. The perfect example of a game jam game pushed to the next level! 
There's a much expanded edition of the game available exclusively on Catalog.