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! style="color: white;background: none;" | Catalog Game
! style="color: white;background: none;" | Catalog Game
! style="color: white;background: none;" | Developer(s)
! style="color: white;background: none;" | Developer(s)
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!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Drop 26 (March 26th, 2024)
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|[[What The Crow?!]]
|Lumicreative
|-
|[[Escape the Arcade]]
|Julie Bjørnskov
|-
|[[The Scrolling Enigma]]
|Lugludum
|-
|[[Hodge Dodge]]
|Buck Young
|-
|[[STARHACK]]
|Powerdive Games
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Drop 25 (March 14th, 2024)
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|[[Crunky]]
|Carson Kompon
|-
|[[Jolly Chimp Champ]]
|Drew Loebach
|-
|[[SatOlite]]
|LuBu
|-
|[[ROTA]]
|Buck Young
|-
|[[Playbook]]
|Idrees
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|March 12th, 2024
|-
|[[Mars After Midnight]]
|Lucas Pope
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Drop 24 (February 27th, 2024)
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|[[Laser Sphere]]
|Shaun Inman
|-
|[[Rendsword]]
|Powerdive Games
|-
|[[PXLSKETCH]]
|Jared Benson of Pxlverse Labs
|-
|[[Super ICARUS]]
|Matt Sephton
|-
|[[Move & Match]]
|Igor Stepanov
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|February 20th, 2024
|-
|[[Pullfrog]]
|Amano
|-
|[[Oom]]
|Gregory Kogos
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Drop 23 (February 13th, 2024)
|-
|[[Space Master]]
|Snask
|-
|[[Detective Face]]
|Chris Subagio
|-
|[[ORBO]]
|thermay.io
|-
|[[Pocket Math]]
|Amigos 500
|-
|[[Poco's Maze Adventure]]
|Akshay Patil
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Drop 22 (January 30th, 2024)
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|[[Chess]]
|Trent
|-
|[[diction]]
|Dr Gabe O'Reilly & choosh
|-
|[[Easy Godding]]
|Alex May
|-
|[[Medial]]
|Stephen Allen
|-
|[[Shift II]]
|Scenic Route Software
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Drop 21 (January 16th, 2024)
|-
|[[Hermit]]
|Matt Medal
|-
|[[Flinger]]
|Tom White
|-
|[[Paper Pilot]]
|Luke Sanderson
|-
|[[Crank Crawl]]
|Fabian Fischer (Ludokultur)
|-
|[[Taxi Trouble]]
|Powerdive Games
|-
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Drop 20 (December 19th, 2023)
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Drop 20 (December 19th, 2023)
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|Brando
|Brando
|-
|-
|[[You're Gonna to Miss the Bus]]
|[[You're Gonna Miss The Bus]]
|Scenic Route Software
|Scenic Route Software
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|Pixel Ghost
|Pixel Ghost
|-
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|PAX (August 31st, 2023)
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|August 31st, 2023
|-
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|[[Quantum Phantom Basketball]]
|[[Quantum Phantom Basketball]]
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! style="color: white;background: none;" | Release Date
! style="color: white;background: none;" | Release Date
|-
|-
|[[ICARUS+]]
|[[Faraway Fairway]]
|Matt Sephton
|Hedgehog Dreams
|Releases February 2024<ref>https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/1169690252747743313/1187453017360969918</ref>
|Releases March 2024<ref>https://play.date/games/faraway-fairway/</ref>
|-
|[[Labyrinth]]
|NullPointer
|Releases April 2024<ref>https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/989632121410842625/1221118647121088543</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Playbook]]
|[[Hand of the Divine]]
|Idrees
|Powerdive Games
|Releases March 2024<ref>https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/965565089556099083/1201966316873846814</ref>
|Releases Q2-Q3 2024<ref>https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/1198146090474676234/1207892615668830228</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Chopter Copter]]
|[[RowBot Rally]]
|Sad Folks Interactive
|Rae
|Release date TBD<ref>https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/965565089556099083/1199428017043275906</ref>
|Releases Late 2024<ref>https://play.date/games/rowbot-rally</ref>
|-
|-
|[[What the Crow?!]]
|[[Sound Mind]]
|Lumi
|Chuck Jordan
|Release date TBD<ref>https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/1170227192979013632/1189681777481093140</ref>
|Releases 2024<ref>https://play.date/games/sound-mind</ref>
|-
|-
|[[PXLSketch]]
|[[Comet]]
|PXLBOTS
|Team Comet
|Release date TBD<ref>https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/1082854554011443270/1190464710231982231</ref>
|Release date TBD<ref>https://play.date/games/comet</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Oom]]
|[[For Home]]
|Gregory Kogos
|RNG Party Games
|Releases Q1 2024<ref>https://play.date/games/oom/</ref>
|Release date TBD<ref>https://play.date/games/for-home</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Pullfrog]]
|[[Echoes of the Emergent]]
|AMANO
|RNG Party Games
|Releases Q1 2024<ref>https://play.date/games/pullfrog</ref>
|Release date TBD<ref>https://play.date/games/echoes-of-emergent</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Faraway Fairway]]
|[[Midnight Raider]]
|Hedgehog Dreams
|Lumicreative
|Releases Q1 2024<ref>https://play.date/games/faraway-fairway/</ref>
|Release date TBD<ref>https://play.date/games/midnight-raider</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Sound Mind]]
|[[Chopter Copter]]
|Chuck Jordan
|Sad Folks Interactive
|Releases 2024<ref>https://play.date/games/sound-mind</ref>
|Release date TBD<ref>https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/965565089556099083/1199428017043275906</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Mars After Midnight]]
|[[Orrery]]
|Lucas Pope
|robotinker
|Release date TBD<ref>https://play.date/games/mars-after-midnight/</ref>
|Release date TBD<ref>https://robotinker.itch.io/orrery/devlog/679145/orrery-will-be-on-catalog-soon</ref>
|}
|}


==Groups==
==Collections==


On May 23rd, 2023, alongside Drop 4, Groups were implemented, which sorted games based on common factors such as genre, playtime, or development platform.
On May 23rd, 2023, alongside Drop 4, Collections were added as a means to group games together based on common factors such as engine, release status, gameplay or themes, and genre.
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{| class = "wikitable" style="width: 95%; color:white; margin: 0 auto; text-align:center; border:1px solid white; background:none; padding:25px;"
{| class = "wikitable" style="width: 95%; color:white; margin: 0 auto; text-align:center; border:1px solid white; background:none; padding:25px;"
|-
|-
! style="color: white;background: none;" | Catalog Game
! style="color: white;background: none;" | Collection Name
! style="color: white;background: none;" | Developer(s)
! style="color: white;background: none;" | Description
|-
! style="color: white;background: none;" | Notes
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Action
|-
|[[Gun Trails]]
|Yoyogi Games
|-
|[[Bomber Panda]]
|Rob Seto-Patchett
|-
|[[Skew]]
|Oiffy
|-
|[[DYG]]
|Burgess Voshell
|-
|[[Cranky Bird]]
|Jerry Verhoeven
|-
|[[Spike II: The Great Emu War]]
|Goloso Games
|-
|[[A Balanced Brew]]
|Robert Curry
|-
|[[Legend of Etad]]
|Gareth Williams
|-
|[[Snoik!]]
|Ash K, Published by Strangest.io
|-
|[[Core Fault]]
|SquidGod and davemakes
|-
|[[Skwish]]
|Pawprints
|-
|[[Necrocrisis]]
|Strangest.io
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Coming Soon
|-
|[[Under the Castle]]
|Dani Diez, ZCorbs, VolcanoBytes
|-
|[[Pullfrog]]
|Amano
|-
|[[Sound Mind]]
|Chuck Jordan
|-
|[[Mars After Midnight]]
|Lucas Pope
|-
|[[Faraway Fairway]]
|Hedgehog Dreams
|-
|[[Oom]]
|Gregory Kogos
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Quick Plays
|-
|[[P-Racing]]
|Risolvi Productions
|-
|[[Skew]]
|Oiffy
|-
|[[Grand Tour Legends]]
|IORAMA
|-
|[[Core Fault]]
|SquidGod and davemakes
|-
|[[A Joke That's Worth $0.99]]
|kamibox
|-
|[[Gravity Express]]
|Nino van Hooff
|-
|[[Skwish]]
|Pawprints
|-
|[[Greed]]
|Scenic Route Software
|-
|[[Loopsy]]
|Paul
|-
|[[Shining Gadget]]
|Strangest.io
|-
|[[Shadow Gadget]]
|Strangest.io
|-
|[[Word Trip]]
|Shaun Inman
|-
|[[CARVE JR.]]
|Chuhai Labs
|-
|[[Shift]]
|Scenic Route Software
|-
|[[Necrocrisis]]
|Strangest.io
|-
|[[A Balanced Brew]]
|Robert Curry
|-
|[[Recommendation Dog]]
|Sweet Baby Inc.
|-
|[[Reel Steal]]
|Sweet Baby Inc.
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Puzzle Games
|-
|[[Clash Cards]]
|Dardoyle
|-
|[[Factory Farming]]
|Tim Martin
|-
|[[Shift]]
|Scenic Route Software
|-
|[[PlayDaPon]]
|Lonely Star Software
|-
|[[Generations]]
|Scenic Route Software
|-
|[[Loopsy]]
|Paul
|-
|[[Skwish]]
|Pawprints
|-
|[[CodeWordPlay]]
|Mike Suszek
|-
|[[TapewormDiscoPuzzle]]
|lowtek Games, ltd
|-
|[[Sparrow Solitaire]]
|Mac & Matt
|-
|[[Bub-O Collect]]
|Gabboco Games
|-
|[[Swap Machina]]
|NaOH & Zion D. Hill
|-
|[[Ribbit Rabbit Special!]]
|Kieran Anthony Penrice
|-
|[[Smolitaire]]
|Twenty Minute Mile
|-
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Pulp Games
|Season One
|
|Not a part of Catalog's front-page on device. Lists all of the titles in [[Season One]].
|-
|-
|[[The Lushes Land]]
|Catalog Launch Titles
|SN-Studios
|
|Added May 23, 2023, removed from front-page Nov 24, 2023.
|-
|-
|[[CodeWordPlay]]
|Puzzle Games
|Mike Suszek
|
|Added Jun 6, 2023, removed from front-page Sep 12, 2023 with the introduction of Genres.
|-
|-
|[[The Crank Gym]]
|Pulp Hits
|fatnose games
|Did you know you can make your own game in Pulp right now? Using a little code, or no code!
|Added Jun 6, 2023. Titled "Pulp Games" until Oct 25, 2023.
|-
|-
|[[Ribbit Rabbit Special!]]
|Coming Soon
|Kieran Anthony Penrice
|Upcoming Playdate games. Wishlist them today!
|Added Jun 10, 2023, alongside Playdate's spot in the Future of Play Direct. This collection hosts currently-unreleased titles.
|-
|-
|[[EYELAND]]
|Quick Plays
|Ron Lent
|
|Added Jun 20, 2023. This collection is permanently accessible from the Genre nav-bar on web.
|-
|-
|[[Castle Helios]]
|Action
|Patrick Witmer
|
|Added Aug 15, 2023, removed from front-page Sep 12, 2023 with the introduction of Genres.
|-
|-
|[[Time From Earth]]
|Staff Picks
|Pixel Ghost
|Our Playdate favorites.
|Added Sep 12, 2023. This collection is permanently accessible from the Genre nav-bar on web.
|-
|-
|[[ART&.. More]]
|Spooooooooky
|Ledbetter Games
|Spoopy, spooky, and downright scary Playdate games featured for Halloween 2023.
|Added Oct 23, 2023, removed from front-page Nov 7, 2023.
|-
|-
|[[Bub-O Collect]]
|🔥 Soundtracks
|Gabboco Games
|Excellent game music
|Added Nov 21, 2023, removed from front-page Feb 27, 2024.
|-
|-
|[[Life's Too Short]]
|Staff Picks 2023
|Pixel Ghost
|Panic editors' favorite Playdate games of 2023.
|-
|Added Dec 12, 2023, removed from front-page Jan 16, 2024.
|[[Hidey Spot]]
|Neven Mrgan
|-
|-
|[[Swap Machina]]
|Great Stories
|NaOH & Zion D. Hill
|Story-centric games
|Added Jan 30, 2024.
|-
|-
|[[Along Came a Spider]]
|Shmups
|fatnose games
|Shoot 'em up in these frenetic, projectile-heavy games of precise aiming and close-call survival.
|Added Feb 27, 2024.
|-
|-
!colspan="6" style="color:white;background:none;"|Launch Titles
|Playdate Community Awards 2023
|-
|See all the awards handed out to Playdate games by the Playdate Squad Discord server
|[[Word Trip]]
|Added Mar 8, 2024.<br><br>Contains sub-collections:<br>2023 Playdate Game of the Year<br>Outstanding Pulp Game of the Year<br>The CRANKY Award<br>Outstanding Technical Achievement in a Pulp Game<br>Outstanding Technical Achievement in a SDK Game<br>Accomplishment in Accessibility<br>Best App or Nicknack<br>Best Narrative Game<br>Most Anticipated Game<br>Best Sim/Strategy Game<br>Best Arcade Game<br>Best Action Game<br>Best Adventure Game<br>Best Puzzle Game<br>Best Launch Experience<br>Outstanding Visual Achievement in an SDK Game<br>Outstanding Visual Achievement in a Pulp Game<br>Best Sound Design<br>Best Soundtrack
|Shaun Inman
|-
|[[Reel Steal]]
|Sweet Baby Inc.
|-
|[[Recommendation Dog]]
|Sweet Baby Inc.
|-
|[[Skew]]
|Oiffy
|-
|[[CARVE JR.]]
|Chuhai Labs
|-
|[[Playmaker]]
|Dustin Mierau
|-
|[[Direct Drive]]
|DACvector
|-
|[[Grand Tour Legends]]
|IORAMA
|-
|[[Swap Machina]]
|NaOH & Zion D. Hill
|-
|[[Bloom]]
|RNG Party Games
|-
|[[EYELAND]]
|Ron Lent
|-
|[[A Joke That's Worth $0.99]]
|kamibox
|-
|[[The Botanist]]
|Cadin Batrack
|-
|[[Tapeworm Disco Puzzle]]
|lowtek Games, Itd
|-
|[[Hidey Spot]]
|Neven Mrgan
|-
|[[Down the Oubliette]]
|RDK
|}
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Scenic Route Software has published the most games on Catalog with Post Hero, Generations, Shift, Greed, Four Corners, You're Gonna Miss the Bus! and Lillybug.
* Scenic Route Software has published the most games on Catalog with Post Hero, Generations, Shift, Greed, Four Corners, You're Gonna Miss the Bus!, Lillybug, and Shift II.
* Strangest.io is in second place and has published Shining Gadget, Shadow Gadget, Necrocrisis, and Snoik!.
* Drop 7 was pushed from July 4, 2023 to July 5, 2023, to not fall on Independence Day (a national holiday in the US).
* Only a few other devs have multiple games on the storefront: Neven Mrgan ([[Hidey Spot]] and [[The Barkless Doctrine]]), Pixel Ghost ([[Life's Too Short]] and [[Time From Earth]]), Cadin Batrack ([[The Botanist]] and [[To Dust]]), fatnose games ([[Along Came a Spider]] and [[The Crank Gym]]), and Dustin Mierau ([[Playmaker]] and [[Crankulator]]).
* Drop 11 was pushed from August 29, 2023  to September 5, 2023 so the games wouldn't clash with the then-running PAX West event.
* Drops 7 and 11 are the only drops so far to not follow the usual release pattern. Drop 7 was pushed from July 4th (a national holiday) to the 5th, and Drop 11 was delayed from August 29th to September 5th due to PAX.
* There was no drop on January 2, 2024, due to Panic being on holiday vacation at that time. Instead, there was an "extra" drop on December 12, 2023 — in between the two regularly-scheduled drops.
* [[Quantum Phantom Basketball]] is currently the only game to have been released on its own, outside of any drop. It was released on August 31st, 2023, assumedly because of its spotlight in PAX.
* Drop 25 was pushed from March 12, 2024 to March 14, 2024, so as to not clash with the release of Mars After Midnight or the store-wide anniversary sale.
* [[The Lushes Land]] was originally meant to be released in Catalog alongside Drop 8, but wasn't able to be included in time due to last-minute legal/financial complications<ref>https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/675983555209330691/1130912520119517244</ref>. It was placed into the Coming Soon group temporarily, and officially released in Drop 9.
* [[The Lushes Land]] was originally meant to be released in Catalog alongside Drop 8, but wasn't able to be included in time due to last-minute legal/financial complications<ref>https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/675983555209330691/1130912520119517244</ref>. It was placed into the Coming Soon group temporarily, and officially released in Drop 9.
* [[Faraway Fairway]], [[Quantum Phantom Basketball]], and [[Oom]] were all funded by Panic.
* [[Faraway Fairway]], [[Quantum Phantom Basketball]], [[Oom]], and [[Pullfrog]] were all funded by Panic.
* Panic-published Playdate titles are typically released on their own, outside of any drops. [[Quantum Phantom Basketball]] was released on August 31st, 2023 due to its spotlight at the PAX West event, and [[Oom]] & [[Pullfrog]] were both released on February 20th, 2024.


==References==
==References==


[[Category:Applications]]
[[Category:Applications]]

Revision as of 00:56, 27 March 2024

Catalog logo
Released on 2023-03-07
Made by Panic
Download: Automatic
36.3 MB



Catalog is the official Playdate storefront, accessible on-device and online.

Some games are only available on Catalog or feature Catalog exclusive content such as online leaderboards, a feature exclusive to Catalog and Season One. Games on Catalog also benefit from direct to device downloads and automatic updates.

Catalog games are generally released in batches, with a new "drop" every other Tuesday at 10am Pacific time. New drops are indicated by a blinking, aqua-colored light on the Playdate.

The Catalog library is curated by Panic and developers can submit games for consideration.

Releases

Catalog Game Developer(s)
Drop 26 (March 26th, 2024)
What The Crow?! Lumicreative
Escape the Arcade Julie Bjørnskov
The Scrolling Enigma Lugludum
Hodge Dodge Buck Young
STARHACK Powerdive Games
Drop 25 (March 14th, 2024)
Crunky Carson Kompon
Jolly Chimp Champ Drew Loebach
SatOlite LuBu
ROTA Buck Young
Playbook Idrees
March 12th, 2024
Mars After Midnight Lucas Pope
Drop 24 (February 27th, 2024)
Laser Sphere Shaun Inman
Rendsword Powerdive Games
PXLSKETCH Jared Benson of Pxlverse Labs
Super ICARUS Matt Sephton
Move & Match Igor Stepanov
February 20th, 2024
Pullfrog Amano
Oom Gregory Kogos
Drop 23 (February 13th, 2024)
Space Master Snask
Detective Face Chris Subagio
ORBO thermay.io
Pocket Math Amigos 500
Poco's Maze Adventure Akshay Patil
Drop 22 (January 30th, 2024)
Chess Trent
diction Dr Gabe O'Reilly & choosh
Easy Godding Alex May
Medial Stephen Allen
Shift II Scenic Route Software
Drop 21 (January 16th, 2024)
Hermit Matt Medal
Flinger Tom White
Paper Pilot Luke Sanderson
Crank Crawl Fabian Fischer (Ludokultur)
Taxi Trouble Powerdive Games
Drop 20 (December 19th, 2023)
Loona Landa Dale Thomas
Kuroobi Raphaël Calabro
Dash Arena LuBu
Water Flow Torsten Kramer
Trickle Greenweed Mermaid at Law
in Christmas Catastrophe 		Kieran Anthony Penrice
Drop 19 (December 12th, 2023)
Under The Tree Yamabushi Softworks LLC
Mega Dystopia Micro Architect Gytis Žaltauskas
Ausbruch Klickaffen Studio - Matthias Mach
Tiny Tester Spanish Axson Apps
A Ghost in the Gallery Ledbetter Games
Drop 18 (December 5th, 2023)
Under the Castle Dani Diez, ZCorbs, VolcanoBytes
Fore! Track Matt Sephton
Steam'd Roller Chris Campbell
F-out DrouVirus
Crank and Shoot! HiroshiIdenoPresents
Drop 17 (November 21st, 2023)
Root Bear TEAM ROOT
YOYOZO Matt Sephton
Chew Chew Mimic Lowtek Games
Nightingale Kodiak Games
Ljudbilden Erik Sigth
Drop 16 (November 7th, 2023)
SpaceRat Miner Starjuice
Jezzak Optimal Prime Futureworks LLC
Ship Shape Highly Integrated Gay Hijinks
The Fall of Elena Temple GrimTalin
Block Buster Dardoyle
Drop 15 (October 24th, 2023)
Lillybug Scenic Route Software
Sketch, Share, Solve RDK
HANA Spacetime Fantasy KINGOFSHIBUYA Ltd.
Quest For The X intellikat
GlagStone vtr0n
Drop 14 (October 10th, 2023)
Blocky Balloons Brando
You're Gonna Miss The Bus Scenic Route Software
Platform 10 Gabe O'Reilly
Reel-istic Fishing ToadleyUnderControl
Tau Gareth Williams
Drop 13 (September 26th, 2023)
Pulpergeist Crandaddy
CrankShaft Toobuu
You Cannot Go Back Tim Martin
Pikki Rikki cole+ games
Castle Tintagel Pixelated Opus LLC
Drop 12 (September 12th, 2023)
Resonant Tale Orange Thief Ltd
Pulse Andrew Palmer
Slitherlink PD Sp*ecial Games
IFO Total Battery
Life's too Short: A Christmas Spirit Pixel Ghost
Drop 11 (September 5th, 2023)
Doink! Mostly Bits
The Keyper Cool Lemon Club
Four Corners Scenic Route Software
Halfway to Dawn Andrea Baroni
Life's 2 Short: Unhooked Pixel Ghost
August 31st, 2023
Quantum Phantom Basketball BRENDA ARTS
Drop 10 (August 15th, 2023)
The Tartine's Show Flying Oak Games
Crash Mole Kait Sousa
Soko Tijn Kersjes
PlayDice Largemann
Crank Tanks Ethan Nicholas
Drop 9 (August 1st, 2023)
The Lushes Land SN-Studios
Factory Farming Tim Martin
To Dust Cadin Batrack
Smolitaire Twenty Minute Mile
The Crank Gym fatnose games
Ribbit Rabbit Special! Kieran Anthony Penrice
Drop 8 (July 18th, 2023)
Gun Trails Yoyogi Games
Kicooya MP3 Abeno Studio
Possessions Moonbeam Games
CodeWordPlay Mike Suszek
Drop 7 (July 5th, 2023)
Mash Gadget Bipedal Dog
Cranky Bird Jerry Verhoeven
Bomber Panda Rob Seto-Patchett
Clash Cards Dardoyle
DYG Burgess Voshell
Drop 6 (June 20th, 2023)
P-Racing Risolvi Productions
Pocket Planner Hydra Softworks
Greed Scenic Route Software
Stars of the Screen Mouflon Cloud
Treasure Chasers crait
Drop 5 (June 6th, 2023)
Snoik! Ash K, published by Strangest.io
The Barkless Doctrine Neven Mrgan
Shift Scenic Route Software
Playtime Adams Immersive
PlayDaPon Lonely Star Software
Drop 4 (May 23rd, 2023)
Necrocrisis Strangest.io
Generations Scenic Route Software
Loopsy Paul
Along Came a Spider fatnose games
Castle Helios Patrick Witmer
Drop 3 (May 9th, 2023)
Time From Earth Pixel Ghost
Legend of Etad Gareth Williams
Spike II: The Great Emu War Goloso Games
Post Hero Scenic Route Software
Drop 2 (April 25th, 2023)
Shadow Gadget Strangest.io
Shining Gadget Strangest.io
Bub-O Collect Gabboco Games
A Balanced Brew Robert Curry
Skwish Pawprints
ART&.. More Ledbetter Games
Drop 1 (April 11th, 2023)
Core Fault SquidGod and davemakes
Gravity Express Nino van Hooff
Sparrow Solitaire Mac & Matt
Life's Too Short Pixel Ghost
Crankulator Dustin Mierau
Launch Lineup (March 7th, 2023)
CARVE JR. Chuhai Labs
Direct Drive DACvector
Playmaker Dustin Mierau
Skew Oiffy
Swap Machina NaOH & Zion D. Hill
Grand Tour Legends IORAMA
Bloom RNG Party Games
EYELAND Ron Lent
The Botanist Cadin Batrack
Tapeworm Disco Puzzle lowtek Games, Itd
Down the Oubliette RDK
A Joke That's Worth $0.99 kamibox
Reel Steal Sweet Baby Inc.
Recommendation Dog Sweet Baby Inc.
Hidey Spot Neven Mrgan
Word Trip Shaun Inman


Upcoming

Games known to be coming soon to Catalog.

Catalog Game Developer(s) Release Date
Faraway Fairway Hedgehog Dreams Releases March 2024[1]
Labyrinth NullPointer Releases April 2024[2]
Hand of the Divine Powerdive Games Releases Q2-Q3 2024[3]
RowBot Rally Rae Releases Late 2024[4]
Sound Mind Chuck Jordan Releases 2024[5]
Comet Team Comet Release date TBD[6]
For Home RNG Party Games Release date TBD[7]
Echoes of the Emergent RNG Party Games Release date TBD[8]
Midnight Raider Lumicreative Release date TBD[9]
Chopter Copter Sad Folks Interactive Release date TBD[10]
Orrery robotinker Release date TBD[11]

Collections

On May 23rd, 2023, alongside Drop 4, Collections were added as a means to group games together based on common factors such as engine, release status, gameplay or themes, and genre.

Collection Name Description Notes
Season One Not a part of Catalog's front-page on device. Lists all of the titles in Season One.
Catalog Launch Titles Added May 23, 2023, removed from front-page Nov 24, 2023.
Puzzle Games Added Jun 6, 2023, removed from front-page Sep 12, 2023 with the introduction of Genres.
Pulp Hits Did you know you can make your own game in Pulp right now? Using a little code, or no code! Added Jun 6, 2023. Titled "Pulp Games" until Oct 25, 2023.
Coming Soon Upcoming Playdate games. Wishlist them today! Added Jun 10, 2023, alongside Playdate's spot in the Future of Play Direct. This collection hosts currently-unreleased titles.
Quick Plays Added Jun 20, 2023. This collection is permanently accessible from the Genre nav-bar on web.
Action Added Aug 15, 2023, removed from front-page Sep 12, 2023 with the introduction of Genres.
Staff Picks Our Playdate favorites. Added Sep 12, 2023. This collection is permanently accessible from the Genre nav-bar on web.
Spooooooooky Spoopy, spooky, and downright scary Playdate games featured for Halloween 2023. Added Oct 23, 2023, removed from front-page Nov 7, 2023.
🔥 Soundtracks Excellent game music Added Nov 21, 2023, removed from front-page Feb 27, 2024.
Staff Picks 2023 Panic editors' favorite Playdate games of 2023. Added Dec 12, 2023, removed from front-page Jan 16, 2024.
Great Stories Story-centric games Added Jan 30, 2024.
Shmups Shoot 'em up in these frenetic, projectile-heavy games of precise aiming and close-call survival. Added Feb 27, 2024.
Playdate Community Awards 2023 See all the awards handed out to Playdate games by the Playdate Squad Discord server Added Mar 8, 2024.

Contains sub-collections:
2023 Playdate Game of the Year
Outstanding Pulp Game of the Year
The CRANKY Award
Outstanding Technical Achievement in a Pulp Game
Outstanding Technical Achievement in a SDK Game
Accomplishment in Accessibility
Best App or Nicknack
Best Narrative Game
Most Anticipated Game
Best Sim/Strategy Game
Best Arcade Game
Best Action Game
Best Adventure Game
Best Puzzle Game
Best Launch Experience
Outstanding Visual Achievement in an SDK Game
Outstanding Visual Achievement in a Pulp Game
Best Sound Design
Best Soundtrack


History

Catalog was announced on the Early 2022 Playdate Update, and officially launched on March 7th, 2023 alongside Playdate Update #3.

Trivia

  • Scenic Route Software has published the most games on Catalog with Post Hero, Generations, Shift, Greed, Four Corners, You're Gonna Miss the Bus!, Lillybug, and Shift II.
  • Drop 7 was pushed from July 4, 2023 to July 5, 2023, to not fall on Independence Day (a national holiday in the US).
  • Drop 11 was pushed from August 29, 2023 to September 5, 2023 so the games wouldn't clash with the then-running PAX West event.
  • There was no drop on January 2, 2024, due to Panic being on holiday vacation at that time. Instead, there was an "extra" drop on December 12, 2023 — in between the two regularly-scheduled drops.
  • Drop 25 was pushed from March 12, 2024 to March 14, 2024, so as to not clash with the release of Mars After Midnight or the store-wide anniversary sale.
  • The Lushes Land was originally meant to be released in Catalog alongside Drop 8, but wasn't able to be included in time due to last-minute legal/financial complications[12]. It was placed into the Coming Soon group temporarily, and officially released in Drop 9.
  • Faraway Fairway, Quantum Phantom Basketball, Oom, and Pullfrog were all funded by Panic.
  • Panic-published Playdate titles are typically released on their own, outside of any drops. Quantum Phantom Basketball was released on August 31st, 2023 due to its spotlight at the PAX West event, and Oom & Pullfrog were both released on February 20th, 2024.

References

  1. ↑ https://play.date/games/faraway-fairway/
  2. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/989632121410842625/1221118647121088543
  3. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/1198146090474676234/1207892615668830228
  4. ↑ https://play.date/games/rowbot-rally
  5. ↑ https://play.date/games/sound-mind
  6. ↑ https://play.date/games/comet
  7. ↑ https://play.date/games/for-home
  8. ↑ https://play.date/games/echoes-of-emergent
  9. ↑ https://play.date/games/midnight-raider
  10. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/965565089556099083/1199428017043275906
  11. ↑ https://robotinker.itch.io/orrery/devlog/679145/orrery-will-be-on-catalog-soon
  12. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/675983555209330691/1130912520119517244
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