Catalog
Catalog is the official storefront from Panic, accessible both on-device and on Playdate's website, allowing people to purchase and download curated games. It was announced on the Early 2022 Playdate Update, and was released on March 7th, 2023 alongside Playdate Update #3.
Catalog features games made by members of the Panic team, as well as curated games from third-parties including existing releases available from other marketplaces such as itch.io, and new games that are exclusive to the storefront.
Catalog games are released in batches, updated sporadically. New batches of games are indicated by an aqua-blue colored blinking light on the device's Lock button next time it checks in to the servers.
Catalog Game | Developer(s) | More Information | |||
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Batch 1 (March 7th, 2023) | |||||
Carve Jr 350px |
Chuhai Labs | Info | |||
Direct Drive 350px |
DACvector | Info | |||
Playmaker![]() |
Dustin Mierau | Info | |||
Skew 350px |
Oiffy | Info | |||
Swap Machina 350px |
NaOH Zion D. Hill |
Info | |||
Grand Tour Legends 350px |
IORAMA | Info | |||
Bloom 350px |
RNG Party Games | Info | |||
EYELAND 350px |
Ron Lent | Info | |||
The Botanist 350px |
Cadin Batrack | Info | |||
Tapeworm Disco Puzzle 350px |
lowtek Games, Itd | Info | |||
Down the Oubliette 350px |
RDK | Info | |||
A Joke That's Worth $0.99 350px |
kamibox | Info | |||
Reel Steal 350px |
Sweet Baby Inc. | Info | |||
Recommendation Dog 350px |
Sweet Baby Inc. | Info | |||
Hidey Spot 350px |
Neven Mrgan | Info | |||
Word Trip 350px |
Shaun Inman | Info |
On December 8th 2022 during the 2022 Playdate Community Awards we got the next Update on Catalog (4 Minute Segment) presented by Cabel Sasser. The information presented was as following:
- Catalog is coming in early 2023
- The launch of Catalog is seen by Panic almost as a Launch 2.0 for the Playdate
- Panic is going to focus on catalog in the beginning of the year 2023
- Catalog is going to have Nintendo E-Shop like music
- Catalog is not going to replace Sideloading
- There was no information presented regarding Season 2 of Playdate games