Popular games built on game engine Playdate SDK

21.07.2026

Born from a game jam centered on the theme of waiting, Waiting for Odysseus retells the story of the Odyssey from Penelope's perspective. By day, the queen weaves under the watchful eyes of her suitors. By night, she secretly undoes her work, buying time as she waits for Odysseus to return. Balance speed and caution as you unravel the cloth before dawn, hoping that your beloved will finally make his way home.

05.01.2023

Playdate version of Waternet, which is a multiplatform water pipe puzzle game written for old consoles and handhelds.

30.10.2023

Puzzle Land is a remake of the gameboy game Daedalian opus also known as puzzle road in japan.

13.11.2025

UFO Mayhem is an frenetic action arcade game about destroying structures, sucking up humans, and defending yourself against the human resistance.

17.12.2024

Team up with a mechanical pal and row for the gold in the annual Fish Bowl!

01.08.2024

Voidblazers is a story-driven shoot 'em up game for Playdate. Join the crew of Icarus as they travel across the galaxy, battle various fleets, and encounter new friends and enemies on their daring mission.

22.12.2023

Checkers is the well known board game with four difficulties and a jump heuristic for the Playdate handheld

25.11.2025

In a world where music and dancing have real power, a group of undercover dancers stumbles upon an evil conspiracy -- but will they be able to stop it? Join field agent Daley Bellbottoms, information expert Melody Handler, and your other fellow agents as the new recruit of secret agency G.R.O.O.V.E., and help them find their... well, groove, on a daring mission around the world. Their tools? Dancing, mastery of rhythm, incredible style, and... okay, mostly dancing.

02.03.2024

The Earth is on danger! Protect our planet from falling giant asteroids at all costs.

30.12.2023

Puztrix is a remake of the Gravnic game from inside the NES Puzznic game for playdate

06.01.2023

A Small Fictive Formula 1 Game & Watch style game with high score keeping.

06.08.2023

A Chinese checkers / solitaire game with 4 difficulties for Playdate

18.06.2024

"It's opening night, and our lead star dropped out! Can you memorize these lines REALLY quickly?"

28.07.2023

Blokdude is a remake of the well known TI Caluculator game from Brandon Sterner as well as the blockman game from Soleau Software. This version of the game is based on the GP2X port of blockdude.

01.05.2022

A first-person dungeon crawler for Playdate in the vein of classics such as Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder. Expect lots of environments to explore, enemies to defeat, weapons and items and magic to wield, and puzzles to solve! Etad is an arcade adventure/exploration game crafted around the limitations of the Playdate. You won't get bothered with stats, inventory tetris or party management; instead expect pick-up-and-play hack'n'slash dungeon crawling with light puzzles and combat. Every dungeon in Legend of Etad is unique and hand-crafted, with distinct art and game mechanics, and are linked together by outdoor "hub" areas. Each new area you discover will feel different from the last.

21.11.2023

Use your space yoyo to collect stars with style.

24.02.2026

A cool word puzzle game, all about the "building blocks" of the English language.

14.10.2024

Bona Fido is a fast-paced, single-screen platformer, inspired by classic arcade games but with a spooOOooky twist. Turns out the afterlife's not as bad as they say! Well, except for all the terrifying monsters, at least.

10.12.2023

Incremental game for playdate where instead of clicking you use the console's crank.

01.01.1970

Help reunite a town of lost spores.

25.02.2025

XTRIS is an arcade dexterity game for the Playdate console. The goal is to catch as many Xs as possible within 60 seconds by moving around tetronimo-inspired game boards. The game currently features 3 levels, complete with stat tracking, leaderboards, achievements, and unlockable skins.

30.07.2024

HEXA is a unique, quick to pick up, and super fun logic puzzle game based on everybody's favorite polygon. Try for a high score in Arcade Mode, kick back in the low-stakes Chill Mode, or take on the seeded, dynamic Daily Run! See if you can't conquer the HEXAPLEX, wrangle those Power-ups, and maybe even become ruler of the universe along the way.

02.12.2023

A Puzzle game where you need to remove the pieces in a predefined way.

19.08.2025

Journey into a world where the national sport is water fighting! Form a rag-tag team and enter the Super Splash League, the biggest tournament in town. Take turns in this low stakes tactics game, using cover, high-ground, different weapons, and various abilities to overcome the opposing team. Meanwhile, get to know your team, their troubles and worries, and as they strive to become the best team in the League! Will the team become league champions? or will they lose it all?