Catalog
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| 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) | ||||
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| Drop 36 (August 13th, 2024) | |||||
| The Game of the Goose | Donnovan Hudson | ||||
| Dolphin Splash! | Spelbaar | ||||
| Word Rocket | Metzger Media | ||||
| Super Conductor | Steve Ngapo | ||||
| FlipDate | dDog Games | ||||
| Drop 35 (July 30th, 2024) | |||||
| minimal arcade | jmibo | ||||
| Electrolight | Weakty | ||||
| Mystery Scrolls | Toobuu | ||||
| Throne Wars | István Szalontai | ||||
| HEXA | Rae | ||||
| Drop 34 (July 16th, 2024) | |||||
| Totally Safe Jump Enhancement System | Robert Norenberg | ||||
| Penrose | Liza Olson | ||||
| Mini Monsters | Scott Vander Pryt & Curtis Alderson | ||||
| Monster Elevator | Joelle | ||||
| Super Beta Tester | Erik Österberg | ||||
| Drop 33 (July 2nd, 2024) | |||||
| Echoes of the Emergent | RNG Party Games | ||||
| Love Letter | Aaron Nielsen | ||||
| Baito Fight!!: Part-time Devil Hunter | KINGOFSHIBUYA Ltd. | ||||
| Jugglenoid | Rudolfs Lacinovs | ||||
| Life's Too Short: On Reflection | Pixel Ghost | ||||
| Drop 32 (June 18th, 2024) | |||||
| First in... Line? | Rae | ||||
| Quizzical | ToadleyUnderControl | ||||
| Deep Space Dapper Squad | Tomás Franco | ||||
| Initial Daydream | James Gameboy | ||||
| 10-Day Champion | Nebukad Studio | ||||
| Drop 31 (June 4th, 2024) | |||||
| Crank It! | Thumb Grooves | ||||
| A.L.I.G.N.E.D | Nirwana LLC | ||||
| Angel Pop | Nnnn | ||||
| No Caddie Included | Erik Österberg | ||||
| Dance Break Dance | Julie & Anders Bjørnskov | ||||
| Drop 30 (May 21st, 2024) | |||||
| RocketBird Relaunched | DragonChasingGames | ||||
| The Heist of the Argonaut Limited | Nicholas Ailani Carlson | ||||
| Touch Egg | Joelle | ||||
| jump rope STAR! | Soinksters Games | ||||
| Summit | Pixelated Opus LLC | ||||
| Drop 29 (May 7th, 2024) | |||||
| Knoblins | Buck Young & Travis Maynard | ||||
| Rocket Bytes+ | PossiblyAxolotl | ||||
| ICY DUNGEON | Dylan Dougherty (DRD.) | ||||
| Be Kind To Yourself | Mouflon Cloud | ||||
| Crank-a-Sketch | Rico Becker | ||||
| Drop 28 (April 23rd, 2024) | |||||
| Snekris | Dennis Schmidt | ||||
| Funny Racer | Ryder Booth | ||||
| Labyrinth | Sam Charchian | ||||
| SCP-D38813 | Chris Subagio | ||||
| Warp Defender | Robert Norenberg | ||||
| Drop 27 (April 9th, 2024) | |||||
| Chopter Copter | Sad Folks Interactive | ||||
| Simple Mind | Fidi | ||||
| Orrery | Ted Carter | ||||
| Hillslide | Benzalo | ||||
| Hand of the Divine | Powerdive Games | ||||
| 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 (MDMA) | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frizzle | Unicorner Games | Releases Sep 10, 2024[1] |
| Poker Poker Magic | Raphaël Calabro | Releases Sep 10, 2024[2] |
| Off-Planet Dreams | Ledbetter Games | Releases Sep 24, 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] |
| Midnight Raider | Lumicreative | Release date TBD[8] |
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 | Got 2 minutes? | 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 |
| Collections | Browse Playdate games by theme, mood, and feature | Added Apr 9, 2024. This meta-collection contains all collections (except for Action and Puzzle Games). |
| Published by Panic | Added to Collections Apr 9, 2024; never featured on front-page. |
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[9]. 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
- ↑ https://unicornergames.itch.io/frizzle/devlog/779777/v110-release-playdate-catalog
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/1272749551920480329/1272784317151707178
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/965565089556099083/1273407038310846550
- ↑ https://play.date/games/rowbot-rally
- ↑ https://play.date/games/sound-mind
- ↑ https://play.date/games/comet
- ↑ https://play.date/games/for-home
- ↑ https://play.date/games/midnight-raider
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/675983554655551509/675983555209330691/1130912520119517244