The 2025 Playdate Community Awards

Community Awards 2025

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The 2025 Playdate Community Awards is an awards show run by the Playdate Squad Discord server.

Vote Now

Voting is open until Friday, December 19th through The 2025 Playdate Community Awards Community Nomination Form.

Nominations from the form will then progress to a panel of judges for further deliberation.

All games first released between December 1st 2024 & November 30th 2025 are eligible. This includes Sideloaded games, Catalog releases and all games in Season Two.

The Awards

This year we have 20 awards split across three categories.

General Awards

🏆 2025 Playdate Game of the Year
🏆 Outstanding Pulp Game of the Year
🏆 Outstanding Use of Crank
🏆 Accomplishment in Accessibility
🏆 Outstanding Technical Achievement in an SDK Game
🏆 Outstanding Innovation in a Pulp Game
🏆 Best Continued Support
🏆 Most Anticipated Game

Genre Awards

🏆 Best Puzzle Game
🏆 Best Action Game
🏆 Best Adventure Game
🏆 Best Arcade Game
🏆 Best Sim/Strategy Game
🏆 Best Narrative Game
🏆 Best App or Knickknack

Presentation Awards

🏆 Best Soundtrack
🏆 Best Sound Design
🏆 Outstanding Visual Achievement Award in an SDK Game
🏆 Outstanding Visual Achievement Award in a Pulp Game
🏆 Best Launch Experience