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Playdate Season Three is OUT NOW! 🤟 play.date/games/seasons/three

play.dateCross Words for PlaydateCross Words is a low stakes sliding block word scramble stuck in bumper to bumper midtown traffic.

Lovers of science and gaming in Portland, see you at OMSI! Come check out cool local games, and buy a Playdate in person. omsi.edu/events/omsi-...

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Shaun Inman

@shauninman.com

I never thought I'd make a word game. I certainly never thought I'd make a sequel to a word game. But here we are! Cross Words is part of @play.date Season Three and out this week, today even: play.date/games/cross-...

Week 2 continues our streak of games that span the range of fun all the way from befuddling to befuddled. Befundle! 📺↕️ play.date/games/seasons/three

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YACHT

@teamyacht.com

Fresh from the dirt of Planet Earth! 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝘍𝘙𝘖𝘔 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗣 Good enough to eat and shippin’ today: hologramopera.com/products/gre...

The secure certificate used by older versions of Playdate OS is about to expire. To connect to our servers after that, update your Playdate OS today: Settings → System → Software Update You'll want to be on version 3.0.5 or higher. Can't update today? Contact our support and we'll help.

help.play.dateRestore or upgrade your firmware with Playdate Utility - Playdate HelpHow to use the Playdate Utility app to restore or upgrade the firmware on your Playdate.

P.S. If your Playdate can't update the system via our server because it's on an older OS, here are the steps to update it manually: help.play.date/hardware/pla...

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Indiana-Jonas

@indiana-jonas.com

My game, Bonkhope, for @play.date Season 3 released yesterday! It’s a turn-based combat roguelike with gravity. Thank you Panic for having me return and thank you to everyone who played already and said nice stuff about it!

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Panic

@panic.com

Somehow, we are an episode of NPR's Planet Money now. www.npr.org/2026/10/09/n...

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Ledbetter

@ldbrart.bsky.social

ISOLATES is now available in the @play.date Catalog on device! Go crank-to-buy now 🟨

Week 1 kicked off last week—how are everyone's frogs and gates doing? 🐸🚪 play.date/games/seasons/three

5 minutes to showtime!! If you’re in Portland, visit us at Portland Retro Gaming Expo! In the back corner. It’s the best place in the world to buy a Playdate (while we’re still out of stock online).

Tick, tick, tick goes the crank…… 🕙 play.date/games/seasons/three/

'Tis Three's Eve, gamers. 🌃 play.date/games/seasons/three

Three you there. 3️⃣ play.date/games/seasons/three

Playdate Season Three starts next week. Start stretching those fingers. 🟨 play.date/games/seasons/three

play.datePlaydate Catalog Games: CatalogOur curated selection of amazing Playdate games

🟨 Playdate Catalog Drop Post! 3 more great games are waiting for your Playdate. Just open Catalog on your Playdate, or visit play.date/games to grab them 💫 Enjoy!

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③ Based on the Sokodice, this hand-held version is an infinite score chasing game. Plan your path carefully — every roll counts. 🎲 play.date/games/sokod...

play.datePlatform 10 for PlaydateA math puzzle game - make the number 10, using only the four numbers given and your trusty calculator.

And from the Catalog archives 💫 ❶ Blocky Balloons - Push, slide, and logic your way through a world of blocky puzzles to get those balloons! 🎈 play.date/games/block... ❷ Platform 10 is a folk game from New South Wales based on commuter train carriages! 🚂 play.date/games/platf...

play.datePlaydate Catalog Games: CatalogOur curated selection of amazing Playdate games

🟨 Playdate Catalog Drop Post! 3 more great games are waiting for your Playdate. Just open Catalog on your Playdate, or visit play.date/games to grab them 💫 Enjoy!

① Roll the dice, gain a random weapon and wreak havoc as you speed along a rail in a chase to the death! Crank in different ways to kill the endless enemies coming for you! 🔫 play.date/games/rail-...

② The spirits speak through the cards. Your job is to listen, and to make it pay. Nine Seasons, five Omens apiece and 10 equippable stones ensure no two runs ever read the same. 🃏 play.date/games/augur/

The Sequel to the hit game by @scenicroutesoftware.com, Post Hero: Bedbeard’s Revenge, is now available on Catalog! 🦾 play.date/games/post-hero-2/

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Game Devs of Color Expo

@gdocexpo.com

21 Sept

PIGSquad & Panic Inc. are hosting the Portland watch party for Game Devs of Color Expo 2026! Speakers from around the world have gathered to share their vast knowledge across a range of topics including gripping game design, marketing deep dives, satisfying sound design, & much more.

21 Sept

📩 Post Hero: Bedbeard’s Revenge from @scenicroutesoftware.com comes to Catalog this Thursday! Set a year after the events in Post Hero, it’s a laugh-out-loud parody of artificial intelligence and the arrogance of big tech. 🦾 play.date/games/post-h...

play.datePlaydate Catalog Games: CatalogOur curated selection of amazing Playdate games

🚨Fresh Catalog Drop! Head on over to Catalog, our Playdate games store that lives inside your Playdate, or play.date/games/ to check out the latest and greatest. Crank On 🤘

⑤ Neo Trick is an addictive deck-building game where your card's can permanently affect other cards and Increase their power or add new effects to the next round! 🃏 play.date/games/neotr...

⑥ A radio player for Playdate: crank through stations from around the world and listen with serendipeedee! 📻 play.date/games/peede...

play.datePlaydate Catalog Games: CatalogOur curated selection of amazing Playdate games

🚨Fresh Catalog Drop! Head on over to Catalog, our Playdate games store that lives inside your Playdate, or play.date/games/ to check out the latest and greatest. Crank On 🤘

③ A Tarot Pull for the Curious Souls, the Skeptical Minds, and the Mildly ~Cranked~ Bask in dry wit, ancient wisdom, and oddly specific fortunes. 🔮 play.date/games/wee-t...

④ Flight Assist Off Race is a top down asteroids race in ZeroG. Careful, you'll experience G-forces so intense, they might make you black out! Make it to the finish orb ASAP! 🚀 play.date/games/fligh...

play.datePlaydate Catalog Games: CatalogOur curated selection of amazing Playdate games

🚨Fresh Catalog Drop! Head on over to Catalog, our Playdate games store that lives inside your Playdate, or play.date/games/ to check out the latest and greatest. Crank On 🤘

① Ikebana Dones and the Great Adventure: Somewhere under the desert lies a temple full of locked rooms with flowerpots left in every single one. No combat, no reflexes, no luck. Just a room, a plan, and the growing suspicion that you pushed that crate one square too far. 🪴 play.date/games/ikeba...

@stephanrewind.bsky.social

② It's Ploop! A crank powered score chasing action puzzler where you zip around to swap, match, and survive. 🧩 play.date/games/ploop/

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StephanRewind

11 Sept

New Atlantic ‘41 devlog at last. Going over the various in game reports. Hydrophone contacts, crew and boat status, weather…all in one place. stephanrewind.itch.io/atlantic-41/...

14 Sept

Imagine yourself playing Soggy Froggy, the new game from the team behind Root Bear……… This dream can come true, if you preorder Season Three ⬇️ play.date/games/seasons/three

11 Sept

Playdate + Panic will be at Portland Retro Gaming Expo this year! One of our favorite shows to attend. And yes, we've set aside some Playdate units to sell in person! 🗓️ October 9–11, 2026 📍 Oregon Convention Center, Portland OR 👋 Booth # 1001 ➡️ retrogamingexpo.com

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9 Sept

Season 3 CONFIRMED, starts October 8. Pre-order now! 🛼 play.date/s3

9 Sept

Season 3 CONFIRMED, starts October 8. Pre-order now! 🛼 play.date/s3

8 Sept

Hello! Join us TOMORROW for our next Playdate Update to get the scoop on some of the games and details of Playdate Season Three, as well as some other fun news! 📆 Premieres Wednesday, Sept 9 at 9:00 AM PT ➡️ live.panic.com

youtu.bePlaydate Update 10: September 9, 2026YouTube video by Panic

9 Sept

YouTube Premiere link: youtu.be/vmkhLH1xzSs See you in an hour and a half 🤟

3 Sept

pssst. iam8bit booth #208 at PAX West will have Playdates for sale. pass it on.

play.datePlaydate Catalog Games: CatalogOur curated selection of amazing Playdate games

🚨6 new Catalog games are here! Check them out on your Playdate, or head to play.date/games 💫 And have a look below! 🆕⤵️

⑤ A juggling simulation game where you control two hands with the crank, perform tricks with the D-pad, and keep all your juggling balls in the air while multiplying your score! 🤹 play.date/games/juggl...

⑥ Deploy advanced technology, orbital strikes, and cyber warfare to destroy your enemy’s HQ core while defending your own in this head-to-head sci-fi card game! 🃏 play.date/games/meltd...

play.datePlaydate Catalog Games: CatalogOur curated selection of amazing Playdate games

🚨6 new Catalog games are here! Check them out on your Playdate, or head to play.date/games 💫 And have a look below! 🆕⤵️

③ Dave is back in Woah Dave! Help Dave collect pennies as you navigate an alien invasion. Throw eggs, explode skulls, and the elusive WOAH! block! 💀 play.date/games/woah-...

④ Lazy Paper is the tale of a tiny paper ball that dreams of slipping through walls, and lucky for it, you are the walls. Easy to pick up but hard to master! 📄 play.date/games/lazy-...

play.datePlaydate Catalog Games: CatalogOur curated selection of amazing Playdate games

🚨6 new Catalog games are here! Check them out on your Playdate, or head to play.date/games 💫 And have a look below! 🆕⤵️

① Help Okina serve plates of Japanese izakaya snacks in this delicious block-placing arcade puzzle game! 🍜 play.date/games/izaka...