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Introduction

How to Use

This list is comprised of five main sections:

Catalog: Games that are available on Catalog and may also be available on Itch.io.
Itch.io: Games that are not available on Catalog and can only be Sideloaded.
Movies: A collection of Movies formatted for Playdate and playable using Playorama.
Upcomming: Games that are in active developement.
Season One: Games that are available through Season One.

Each section includes 4 columns,

Game name with link to the games wiki article if there is one.
Description which gives a brief overview of the game.
Themes which details what tags may be appropriate for each game.
Links which will direct you to the game page or information about the game.

Child List

For those who want to view all the games available on Itch.io you can be directed to this list that I made there through this link.
Playdate Spooky and Horror games

Catalog

This is a list of games that are available to buy on the Catalog. Some of these games may also be available on Itch.io. There are two sections to this list, The first excludes games from the Spoooooky Collection made by Panic! in 2023 and the second includes the games from that collection.


Catalog
Game	Description	Themes	Links
A Ghost in the Gallery	A visual novel that tells a story alongside the game ART-O-Ween: Night at the Gallery	Ghosts, Visual Novel	Catalog, Itch
Along Came a Spider	Explore the world as a spider! Go on an adventure with a total of 5 endings!	Spider, Adventure, Exploration	Catalog, Itch
Baito Fight!!: Part-time Devil Hunter	Use your sick baseball skills to exterminate monsters from your neighbors' apartments as a part-time devil hunter!!	Monsters, Action	Catalog, Itch
Castle Tintagel	A retro action platformer where you go on an epic quest to fight monsters to reclaim Castle Tintagel	Castlevania, Monsters, Gothic, Action	Catalog, Itch
Chew Chew Mimic	You're a mimic and your goal is to eat the adventurers. With 100 levels and plenty of problem solving to do.	Monsters, Dungeon, Skeletons	Catalog
Chopter Copter	A score chaser game where you use your copter to chopter through monsters.	Monsters, Castle, Arcade, Action	Catalog, Itch
Echoes of the Emergent	Embark on a personal journey through a shattered post-apocalyptic world, where your pursuit for answers unveils the remnants of both a forgotten past and uncertain prospects for the future.	Apocalypse, Visual Novel, Adventure	Catalog, Itch
Frizzle	Unravel the dark secret within Frizzle, a small but captivating virtual pet game for the Panic Playdate. While the pixelated world promises warmth and companionship, an unsettling undercurrent simmers beneath the surface. As you nurture your digital friend, a struggle for dominance unfolds, forcing you to question everything you thought you knew.	Horror, Virtual Pet, Apps, Puzzle	Catalog, Itch
Halfway to Dawn	This hybrid shooter and narrative game follows the protagonist's struggle to survive a night in a dystopian world, where only a few humans remain after a mysterious monster invasion.	Zombies, Survival, Action, Adventure	Catalog, Itch
Hana: Spacetime Fantasy	Explore a post-apocalyptic Earth in a glorious 1-bit action-adventure game	Sci-fi, Mystery, exploration, Adventure, Action	Catalog, Itch
Knoblins	Hatch musical creatures to preform songs for an adoring audience. Each Knoblin has a different sound that you can tweek in real time while performing.	Monsters, Virtual Pet, Rhythm, Apps	Catalog, Itch
Labyrinth	A dungeon crawler featuring monsters to fight and an ever changing labyrinth of levels. Go for a high score in this infinitely replayable game.	Monsters, Dungeon Crawler, RPG, Action	Catalog,
Legend of Etad	Fight monsters and demons in this handcrafted dungeon crawler.	Monsters, Demons, Dungeon Crawler, Adventure, Puzzle	Catalog, Itch
Life's 2 Short: Unhooked	Explore a tropical island as the series’ spectral problem solver in this little point-and-click-lite adventure for the Playdate as you meet quirky characters, solve puzzles, play mini-games and ultimately leave things in a better place than you found them!	Ghosts, Pirates, Adventure, Puzzle	Catalog, Itch
Life's Too Short: On Reflection	The residents of a medieval tower are being taunted by what lies on the other side of a mysterious mirror. Reflection can come in many forms and the voice on the other side of the mirror is not always a friend. Maybe the mirror and the residents need your help?	Ghosts, Adventure, Puzzle	Catalog, Itch
Monster Elevator	Make endless burgers for monsters but don't forget their order or you'll be sent back to floor one.	Monsters, Ghosts, Gore, Horror, Pulp Mill	Catalog, Itch
Penrose	Face eldritch giants, encounter sentient malls, explore hidden catacombs, and piece together who you were, are, and want to be.	Monsters, Adventure, Puzzle, Pulp	Catalog, Itch
Pullfrog	Take control of a slippery lil' frog and use your tongue to pull around the falling blocks. Clear lines, get power-ups and discover the secrets this devilish puzzle platformer has for you!	Occult, Lovecraftian, Puzzle, Platformer, Action	Catalog
Nightingale	An atmospheric horror game, centered around themes of hospitalization, illness, and what it means to feel safe in your own body.	Horror, Monsters, Hospital, Adventure, Puzzle	Catalog, Itch
SCP-D38813	Unlock SCP readings by decyphering articles with creepy ambient music and the ability to add more levels through a level editor.	Text, Creepy, Story, Puzzle	Catalog, Itch
Stars of the Screen	A collection of screensavers for the playdates with mysteries to uncover	Surreal, Puzzle, Apps	Catalog, Itch
Touch Egg	Touch the egg as many times as you can before time runs out! because, why shouldn't you?	Arcade, Score Attack, Blood, Action, Pulp	Catalog, Itch
Under The Tree	A dungeon crawler featuring tons of spooky enemies to defeat. Sell items to purchase better gear to progress even further into the dungeons	Monsters, Dungeon Crawler, RPG, Adventure	Catalog

Spoooooky Collection

These games have already been recognized as apart of the Spooooky Collection^[1] on Catalog and are included separately to distinguish them from New and undiscovered games on the Catalog.


Spoooooky Collection
Game	Description	Themes	Links
Pulpergeist	Detective game with spooky themes.	Detective, Ghosts, Paranormal, Adventure, Puzzle	Catalog, Itch
The Botanist	Follow the Botanist as they travel through space, searching planets for the rare plants needed to solve the food shortage back home.	Visual Novel, Sci-fi, Adventure	Catalog, Itch
To Dust	In this volume the Botanist searches the spirit world for answers to the disappearance of a fellow scientist.	Visual Novel, Sci-fi, Adventure	Catalog, Itch
Possessions	A coding puzzle game all about possessing people.	Puzzle, Ghosts, Coding, Strategy	Catalog, Itch
Life's Too Short	Explore the mansion, meet various spooky characters and solve simple puzzles to help mend the rift in two vampire's relationship	Ghosts, Haunted mansion, Vampires, Adventure, Puzzle	Catalog, Itch
Life's too Short: A Christmas Spirit	Explore the mansion, meet various spooky characters and solve simple puzzles in order to ensure baby Vlad's first Christmas isn't ruined.	Ghosts, Haunted mansion, Vampires, Adventure, Puzzle	Catalog, Itch
Necrocrisis	A Zombie shoot em up game. Survive as long as possible in a graveyard full of Zombies!	Zombies, Shooter, Graveyard, Action	Catalog, Itch
Shadow Gadget	A Collectathon all about collecting Yokai and ghosts!	Ghosts, Collectathon, Action, Apps	Catalog, Itch
Shining Gadget	A Collectathon all about collecting Yokai and ghosts!	Ghosts, Collectathon, Action, Apps	Catalog, Itch
The Keyper	Explore a mysterious building that your uncle used to manage. Travel through corridoors that make little to no sense and uncover the mysteries of the building	Mystery, Exploration, Adventure, Puzzle	Catalog, Itch
Down the Oubliette	A dungeon crawler for people who like tower defense games. Take on the ghost infestation below an abandoned country house.	Ghosts, Tower Defense, Dungeon Crawler, Strategy	Catalog, Itch

Itch.io

These games can only be found on Itch.io at the time of publishing and will need to be Sideloaded onto the device.


Itch.io
Game	Description	Themes	Links
11th	TW: discussion of suicide, gore, violence, heavily anti-christian sentiment, and sexual abuse	Story Heavy, Dark Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Horror, Adventure	Itch
Alchimia	Create potions in this potion shop management game	Potions, Crafting, puzzle, management	Itch
Along Came a Spider - Valley of The Hollow	A sequel to the adventure game, Along Came a Spider!	Spider, Adventure, Action	Itch
ART-O-Ween: Night at the Gallery	Explore the Gallery in this Haunted version of the ART series. Interact with a spooky cast of characters and collect candy.	Ghosts, Spooky, Halloween, Adventure, Exploration	Itch
Binary Dungeon	Embark on an adventure through a series of dungeons, filled with dangers and secrets.	Puzzle, Dungeon Crawler, Monsters, Roguelike	Itch
Braaains!	A trivia game featuring a Zombie theme with over 1,000 questions from topics such as literature, music, history food and more.	Trivia, Zombies	Itch
Dog Knowse Chapter 1: The Dame	CW! Anthropomorphic Animal violence. When the AGItha, took over the global police force back in the 2080s, they forced society into a senseblinded eutophia. Now no one can see anything.. hear anything.. SMELL anything without their dagblasted holepl4gs and slughats.	Mystery, Noir, Dogs, Story	Itch
Fearless Four	Escape without being eaten by the monster in this Playdate adaptation of the boardgame Fearsome Floors	Monster, Puzzle, Board Game	Itch
Horizontal	A tiny horror(ish) experience that has you explore and environment with the Playdate. Unfortunately isn't stable and may be prone to crashes.	Horror, Surreal	Itch
Horrified Hector!	A puzzle/exploration game for the Playdate, inspired by spooky kids cartoons and brain-scratching ice maze puzzles.	Spooky, Adventure, Puzzle	Itch
I Was Dead, But...	You died. All you wanted from the afterlife was peace and rest… But a bunch of nosy ghost-hunters just won't leave you alone.	Ghosts, Paranormal, Ghost-hunting, Story, Short	Itch
I'm Scared of My Girlfriend	TW: abusive relationship, rape. A visual novel about an abusive relationship.	Trigger Warning, Visual Novel, Psychological Horror, Horror	Itch
Jack and His Cat	When the devil steals his cat, Jack doesn't hesitate to travel through hell and use the power of rhythm to defeat all the demons on his way! Don't worry kitty, Jack is coming!	Monsters, Rhythm, Demons	Itch
Jon Story	Jon has been abducted. They want to kill him using a trap but Jon has to survive in a dungeon...	Killer, Thriller, Pulp, Dungeon Crawler	Itch
Letter to a Landlord	TW: Intense Strobing, Self-harm, Suicide, Language, Mature Themes. A short experience with some good art but also dark themes.	Trigger Warning, Horror, Short, Gore, Exploration	Itch
Lights Out	It's getting pretty late and you're getting tired. Because of how dark it is outside it's a little hard to see inside your house, but that won't stop you from making it to your bed.	Spooky, Darkness, Platformer	Itch
Little House	An upcoming horror puzzle adventure game. Explore, solve fiendish puzzles and encounter strange beings as you search for your house...inside your house!	Spooky, Mystery, Pulp, Adventure, Puzzle	Itch
Loopwood	Play as a cute plague doctor on a quest to earn enough coins to reach his friend before the night ends.	Spooky, Halloween, Puzzle	Itch
Made to Measure	A short horror experience with mini games to try and complete before your demise	Horror, Monsters, Short	Itch
Mini Monsters	Take care of your Mini Monster by feeding and playing games with it.	Monsters, Virtual Pet, Idle	Itch
Occult Club: The Day I Met The Witch	A linear visual novel with a great art style and more stories to come.	Occult, Spooky, Visual Novel, Story, Short, Magic	Itch
Paging Dr Floppy	Do your best to keep all of the organs from hitting the floor!	Gore, Hospital, Game and Watch, arcade, Score Attack	Itch
Plight of the Wizard	Survive and kill as many monsters as possible before they inevitably kill you.	Monsters, Skeletons, Zombies, Action, Vampire Survivors, Survival-Horror, Score Attack, Magic	Itch
RELOAD 2 REMEMBER	You wake up in white darkness of a fog around you. You don’t know where nor who you are, but the fact that you are holding a sawed-off shotgun wakes up some memories. Not good ones.	Horror, Action, Violence, Guns, Dark, Mystery	Itch
Runaround Reaper	Avoid the reaper for 30 seconds!	Reaper, Arcade, Pulp	Itch
Scythe Shepard	Play as Death in this high score beat em up. Avoid getting hit by angry humans while trying to capture as many souls as possible.	Ghosts, Reaper, Beat Up, Short, Score Attack	Itch
Ship Wreck Halloween Edition	Little Game&Watch styled game for Playdate. Save the poor souls from transforming into vampires or fish food.	Halloween, Game and Watch, Spooky, Arcade, Pulp	Itch
Solaris Arcana: The Eye of the Soothsayer	Go through the training grounds, defeat the guardians, and meet some of the celebrities from Soothsayer. What is it that Tarquin wants? Failure is not an option.	Occult, Spooky, Pulp, Action, Adventure, Monsters	Itch
Soothsayer: The Oraclepus Knows All	An adventure/simulation game with a deep lore. This game is between 1 to 2+ hours long. Are you ready to jump into this rabbit hole into the Lasagnaverse?	Occult, Spooky, Pulp, Monsters, Adventure, Simulation	Itch
Strongman	STRONGMAN tells the story of a player haunted by his battles with a final boss he can't seem to beat.	Visual Novel, Parody, Horror, Short	Itch
Subby V Squid	Find the squid coming towards you with The Crank™ and press A to scare them away.	Spooky, Fear of the Ocean, Arcade, Score Attack, Darkness	Itch
Survive the Night	Alone in the dark with only a flashlight, can you survive for 60 seconds?	Horror, Survival, Monster	Itch
Swingo	Swing the sword to slash the ghosties!	Ghosts, Action, Arcade	Itch
Xeno Escape	A terror-suspense-puzzle inspired by the Alien universe. Currently in Developement	Horror, Aliens, Puzzle, Survival Horror	Itch
Zombie Sokoban	60 levels of classic sokoban puzzles with a zombie doing all the pushing.	Sokoban, Puzzle, Zombie	Itch

Movies

This is a collection of Movies that have been specifically sold and advertised to run on the Playdate using Playorama.


Movies
Movie	Description	Themes	Links
Ouroboros	Ouroboros is a love letter to the hitman genre, a question to morality and a dedicated piece to the late "Darius Brunson". In this short film, the story of one man who's decision to leave his life as a hitman, could ultimately be his last.	Violence, Hitman	Itch
Ribcage	When 4 friends go camping in the woods, they find that their leisure trip of relaxation will become a complete nightmare as each of them are picked off one by one by a mysterious killer masked as a cannibilistic swine!	Horror, Violence, Thriller	Itch
The Smiling Man	"The Smiling Man" dives deep into the film noir genre with the curious case of Nick Chambers as he tries to solve the mystery of "THE SMILING MAN".	Mystery, Detective	Itch
What Lies Beyond	What Lies Beyond is an original anthology series where Hallmark meets Twilight Zone! With a total of 4 stories to watch and explore	Aliens, Ghosts, Sci-fi	Itch

Upcoming Games

These are games that are not yet out and are in active development.


Upcoming
Game	Description	Themes	Links
Dig-Pit Runner	Run from monsters.	Monsters, Horror, Survival, Action, Platformer	Reddit
Eldritch Soul	Eldritch Soul is a cosmic horror deckbuilder where every card is random. Clear your mind as you face off against a strange entity that hunts for the forbidden knowledge within. Survive as long as you can.	Card Game, Roguelike, Deckbuilding, Mystical, Eldritch, Horror, Tarot, Lovecraftian	Discord Playtest
Hope Lost	Hope Lost features 6 different apocalypses to play through, each with their own objective and unique spin to the game’s common mechanics.	Aliens, Zombies, Apocalypse	Itch
OUTSIDE PARTIES	OUTSIDE PARTIES is a “hidden picture”/“hidden object”-style horror scavenger hunt	Scavenger Hunt, Horror	Dev Page
Shadowgate PD	A remake of the original Shadowgate game but made for the Playdate!	Adventure, Remake, Pulp	Itch
Spacey-Clopedia	Catalog space creatures that you find on your journey	Aliens, Space	Itch
Spilled Mushrooms	Spill mushrooms!
Suddenly Bird	Second level of the game will include a walk down a spooky street!	Spooky, Halloween, Minigames, Platformer	Itch
Wi-Fi Dungeon: Organism Online	Explore and fight monsters.	Dungeon Crawler, Sureal, Shooter, Action, Adventure, Monsters	Twitter, Youtube

Season One

These are games included in Season One that match the Spooky feel of this list. This list is collapsed to prevent potential spoilers.

This list contains major spoilers for Season One!!


Season One
Game	Description	Themes	Links
Demon Quest '85	You play an ordinary, everyday kid with ordinary, everyday problems. You also have a magical book for summoning demons from the lowest circles of Hell so that they can help you be more popular at school.	Demons, Monsters, RPG	Catalog
Sasquatchers	A turn-based tactical cryptozoology game.	Monsters, RPG, Strategy	Catalog
Saturday Edition	Saturday Edition tells the story of John Kornfield, a security technician who made headlines in 1976 with his account of alien abduction, life on another world, and eventual return to earth. Ten years later, Kornfield once again finds himself the subject of public interest when a string of disappearances coincide with sightings of mysterious lights in the night sky.	Detective, Mystery, Adventure, Puzzle	Catalog
Spellcorked	Fulfill potion orders for people you never meet, and try to get the best reviews you can!	Witch, Potions, RPG, Management	Catalog

Credits

This list was created by 8_bit_BEAR in an effort to help guide people to Spooky and Horror games on the Playdate that players may not have been aware of. If there are any questions or suggestions you can contact 8_bit_BEAR on Discord or through the Playdate Squad Discord.

A special thank you to:
Toadly for looking over the list and helping with the formatting.
Nick for looking over this page and making suggestions.
TheGameLlama for looking over the list and making suggestions.
Rafiki for the inspiration to create and compile a list of Spooky games for Playdate.

References

↑ https://play.date/games/spooooky/

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+These games have already been recognized as apart of the [https://play.date/games/spooooky/ Spooooky Collection]<ref>https://play.date/games/spooooky/</ref> on [[Catalog]] and are included separately to distinguish them from New and undiscovered games on the Catalog.
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+|| [[Eldritch Soul]] || Eldritch Soul is a cosmic horror deckbuilder where every card is random.  Clear your mind as you face off against a strange entity that hunts for the forbidden knowledge within.  Survive as long as you can. || Card Game, Roguelike, Deckbuilding, Mystical, Eldritch, Horror, Tarot, Lovecraftian || [https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/1270099214495645818 Discord Playtest]
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 || [[Hope Lost]] || Hope Lost features 6 different apocalypses to play through, each with their own objective and unique spin to the game’s common mechanics. || Aliens, Zombies, Apocalypse || [https://dennens.itch.io/hope-lost Itch]