Panic launched Catalogue, a curated game shop, for its Playdate handheld in March. One year later, the company claims it has sold over 150,000 games through the store.
“We want to let everyone who enjoys games know that there is a vibrant game development community making hundreds of inventive and thoughtful games for Playdate,” Arisa Sudangnoi, head of Playdate developer relations, said in a statement. The announcement comes exactly two years after the handheld’s first release.
Sold 70,000 Playdate units
Panic announced in January 2024 that it had sold 70,000 Playdate units, and it now claims that more than half of those users — 38,000 — have purchased a game through Catalogue.
For context, the Playdate launched with a “season” of 24 games from well-known developers included in the purchase price.
Playdate Season One
Panic points out that “about 32,000 of those users who have not bought a game are still working through the games included in Playdate Season One.”
More numbers: there are currently 181 titles in the store, and sales have totaled slightly more than $544,000 (“after taxes, processing fees, and Panic’s 25% revenue share for distribution on Catalogue,” the company says).
It should be noted that Catalogue isn’t the only place to buy Playdate games. The device supports sideloading, and there are currently over 800 Playdate games available on Itch.io.
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