Ars Technica (Sam Machkovech, 18 Apr 2022). "The crank feels perfect for this kind of top-down spaceship-piloting action, and Vertex Pop's design decision to replace lasers with collisions adds impressive tension."
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/04/all-24-of-playdates-included-games-reviewed/Games / Season One / HYPER METEOR
OverviewSeason One
HYPER METEOR
ActionCrank: yesSeason One (included)
1 · official Catalog screenshot1 · official Catalog screenshotOverview. Not yet reviewed. No score. Checked 12 Oct 2026. Built from official and press sources.
What it is
"YOU ARE LOST IN SPACE! ALL WEAPONS ARE DOWN!" HYPER METEOR takes the shape of Asteroids (a little ship in a field of rocks) and removes the gun. You steer with the crank and hold B or Up to thrust, and the only way to destroy a meteor is to ram it on its white side. Touch the black side and you lose a life. Fields get busier and stranger the longer you survive, and scores go to an online leaderboard. The store page includes a photosensitivity warning.
It's by Vertex Pop (Mobeen Fikree, Robby Duguay and h heron), and it unlocked in Week 4 of Season One alongside Zipper, free with the console. Toschi notes that a colour version was later released for Steam and Nintendo Switch.
Who made it
What others are saying
Gabriel Toschi (blog, undated). for anyone who still needs to be "convinced that the Playdate is a great home for arcade games, HYPER METEOR is the title you need to play."
https://www.gabtoschi.com/blog/playdate-full-review/Callout (?): No review yet. We haven't reviewed HYPER METEOR 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/hyper-meteor/
- 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/
- Vertex Pop. https://www.vertexpop.com
- Playdate Podcast transcript: research/gamepages/sources/hyper-meteor/podcast.txt.
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Overview
Not yet reviewed.
No score. This page is built from official and press sources.
On the card
All weapons are down. Steer with the crank and ram meteors on their white side only. Season One's sharpest arcade game.
From the sources
