Playdate®

The System.

Playdate is familiar, but unlike anything you've ever seen. It has a very special black and white screen – not backlit, but super reflective – that looks way more amazing than you're probably imagining.

It also has a peppy little processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (coming soon), and a surprisingly loud loudspeaker. And when you're not using it, the screen doesn't turn off – it becomes a very nice low-power clock!

The Design.

Thanks to our friends at Teenage Engineering, Playdate looks incredible. It's colorful. It fits in your pocket. And we worked hard to make sure buttons feel perfectly clicky and that the crank action is silky smooth.

The Crank.

Yes, the crank. Is it a gimmick? Nah. Does it charge Playdate's battery? Nope. Is it really fun? Yes yes yes. It's an analog controller that flips out from the side, allowing you to precisely dial in the action. Not every game uses it, but some really do, like Crankin's Time Travel Adventure, below.

The Season.

Here's the truly unique bit. Playdate isn't just an empty system. Once you set up your Playdate, you'll start to receive two brand new games... every week. For 12 weeks.

That's 24 free games, in lots of genres. Some are short. Some are long. Will you love them all? Probably not. Will you have a great time trying them? Absolutely.

• Casual Birder

  Diego Garcia, Music by Maxo

  

• Crankin's Time Travel Adventure

  A short description of the game

  uvula
  Keita Takahashi & Ryan Mohler, Shaun Inman, Matthew Grimm

  

• Demon Quest '85

  Lawrence Bishop, Alex Ashby, Duncan Fyfe

  

• Echoic Memory

  Samantha Kalman, Everest Pipkin, Carol Mertz, Rachelle Viola

  

• Executive Golf DX

  davemakes
• Flipper Lifter

  Serenity Forge
• Forrest Byrnes: Up In Smoke

  Christina "castpixel" Neofotistou, Nels Anderson
• HYPER METEOR

  VERTEX POP
• Lost Your Marbles

  Sweet Baby Inc.
  and Friends
• Omaze

  Gregory Kogos
• Pick Pack Pup

  Nic Magnier, Arthur Hamer, Music by Logan Gabriel
• Questy Chess

  Dadako
• The Racheteer

  Shaun Inman, Matthew Grimm, Charlie Davis
• Sasquatchers

  Chuck Jordan,
  Music and sound by Jared Emerson-Johnson
• Saturday Edition

  Chris Makris,
  Sound by A Shell In The Pit
• Snak

  Zach Gage
• Spellcorked

  Jada Gibbs, Nick Splendorr, Ryan Splendorr, Tony Ghostbrite, A Shell in the Pit (Em Halberstadt)
• Whitewater Wipeout

  Chuhai Labs
• Zipper

  Bennett Foddy
• Boogie Loops

  May-Li Khoe, Andy Matuschak, Andres Velasquez
• Battleship Godios

  TPM.CO SOFT WORKS
• b360

  Panic
• Inventory Hero

  Panic
• Star Sled

  Panic

Learn more about the Season One games!

Your games?

You can also make your own Playdate games. Our SDK is free to download, no special hardware required. And with the Pulp game maker, all you need is a web browser. Plus, sideloading games onto the Playdate is easy.

Big Screen Optional.

If you ever want to play Playdate games on another screen, we've got that covered with the Playdate Mirror app. It's a desktop app that streams gameplay in real-time from your Playdate to a macOS, Windows, or Linux computer. Handy for recording your playthrough or using alternative game controllers.