CranKnight
Spin to win on the Playdate! CranKnight (Crank-Knight) is a short but challenging, chaotic rogue-ish/survivor-ish hack-n-slash game where you fight waves of enemies while using the power of the Playdate crank…
CranKnight is an arcade developed by Caden Marofke, released 5 August 2025 on Playdate.
What CranKnight is
CranKnight is an arcade game developed by Caden Marofke and released in 2025. It is available on Playdate only. It runs on Playdate SDK.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Spin to win on the Playdate! CranKnight (Crank-Knight) is a short but challenging, chaotic rogue-ish/survivor-ish hack-n-slash game where you fight waves of enemies while using the power of the Playdate crank to swing your weapons to fight and block.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
CranKnight launched on 5 August 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Sword of the Sea.
Released around the same time: Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Sword of the Sea.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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