Gabriel Toschi (blog, undated). "isn't only my favorite Playdate game to date, but probably the best match-3 game I ever played."
https://www.gabtoschi.com/blog/playdate-full-review/Games / Season One / Pick Pack Pup
OverviewSeason One
Pick Pack Pup
PuzzleCrank: yes (precision)Season One (included)
1 · official Catalog screenshot
2 · official Catalog screenshot
3 · official Catalog screenshot1 · official Catalog screenshot2 · official Catalog screenshot3 · official Catalog screenshotOverview. Not yet reviewed. No score. Checked 12 Oct 2026. Built from official and press sources.
What it is
Pick Pack Pup is a match-3 puzzler with one twist: matches don't vanish. They're boxed up and stay on the board as obstacles until you ship them, and shipping lots at once earns bigger combos. You play Pup, the newest employee at a fulfillment centre, and the story mode follows his first days on the job, introducing new mechanics as you go and saying a few pointed things about warehouse work. There are also challenge modes and a relaxed "chill" mode. Play uses the D-pad and holding A. The crank is only for menus and dialogue.
It's by Nic Magnier and Arthur Hamer, with music by Logan Gabriel, and it unlocked in Week 3 of Season One alongside Lost Your Marbles, free with the console. Critics split sharply on it.
Who made it
What others are saying
Ars Technica (Sam Machkovech, 18 Apr 2022). less impressed, calling it "one of the collection's lowlights" that "does little to differentiate itself from the likes of Bejeweled or Candy Crush".
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/04/all-24-of-playdates-included-games-reviewed/Playdate: The Unofficial Website (Nick Simberg). "a match-three puzzle game with an anti-Amazon, anti-capitalism storyline… It has this dark humor."
https://www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/pick-pack-pupCallout (?): No review yet. We haven't reviewed Pick Pack Pup 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/pickpackpup/
- Season One page. https://play.date/games/season-one/
- Gabriel Toschi (undated). https://www.gabtoschi.com/blog/playdate-full-review/
- Ars Technica, Sam Machkovech, 18 Apr 2022. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/04/all-24-of-playdates-included-games-reviewed/
- Playdate: The Unofficial Website. https://www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/pick-pack-pup
- Playdate Podcast transcript: research/gamepages/sources/pickpackpup/podcast.txt.
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Overview
Not yet reviewed.
No score. This page is built from official and press sources.
On the card
Pup's first job is at a fulfillment centre. Make matches, box them up, and ship everything at once in a match-3 game where nothing disappears.
From the sources
