Ars Technica (Sam Machkovech, 18 Apr 2022). "gives off R-Type vibes, yet it comes with a twist I've rarely seen in the genre… fun enough, even if it's scant on content."
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/04/all-24-of-playdates-included-games-reviewed/Games / Season One / Battleship Godios
OverviewSeason One
Battleship Godios
ActionCrank: yesSeason One (included)
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What it is
Battleship Godios is "a game with a high level of difficulty and trial & error gameplay that makes retrying inevitable". It's a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up with a twist: you have a limited supply of bullets, which bounce around the screen, and you have to fly into position to catch them for reuse. Each short stage is mostly about working out how to break down one big battleship. When you lose a life, you crank to rewind time, either a little to reposition or further back to recover your ammo.
It's by Japanese studio TPM.CO SOFT WORKS, and it unlocked in Week 11 of Season One alongside Forrest Byrnes: Up in Smoke, free with the console. It's a 357 KB download.
Who made it
What others are saying
Gabriel Toschi (blog, undated). "Since you go back to the beginning of the game every time you die, the 'trial-and-error challenge' became just pure frustration to me."
https://www.gabtoschi.com/blog/playdate-full-review/Callout (?): No review yet. We haven't reviewed Battleship Godios yet. This page is an overview built from official and press sources.
Sources
Checked 12 Oct 2026.
- Official Catalog page (description, credits, size, dates, content/AI/accessibility notes). https://play.date/games/battleship-godios/
- Season One page. https://play.date/games/season-one/
- Ars Technica, Sam Machkovech, 18 Apr 2022. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/04/all-24-of-playdates-included-games-reviewed/
- Gabriel Toschi (undated). https://www.gabtoschi.com/blog/playdate-full-review/
- TPM.CO SOFT WORKS. https://www.tpmcosoft.com/
- Playdate Podcast transcript: research/gamepages/sources/battleship-godios/podcast.txt.
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On the card
A short, hard shmup where your limited shots bounce back and you have to catch them, and the crank rewinds time when you die.
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