Engadget (Cheyenne MacDonald, 29 Jun 2025). "one of the standouts of this season… at the sweet spot of weird, a bit challenging and extremely engaging… And the soundtrack absolutely rules."
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playdate-season-2-review-tiny-turnip-and-chances-lucky-escape-164552263.htmlGames / Season Two / Tiny Turnip
OverviewSeason Two
Tiny Turnip
Adventure / ActionCrank: yes$10
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What it is
Tiny Turnip is a climbing adventure about a root vegetable that wants to reach the stars. The turnip makes a wish, sprouts arms and starts climbing. You swing each arm with the crank and press B to grab and switch hands, so every climb is a hand-over-hand puzzle. As you explore you pick up new ways to move, such as rolling, swimming and slingshotting between walls, which open up more of a big, interconnected map. The goal is a set of crystal vegetables hidden around the world, with stars and secrets for completionists. The store page sums up the controls: "It's a workout!"
It's a solo game by Luke Sanderson, with a soundtrack by Isabelle Chiming. It came out in Week 5 of Playdate Season Two (26 June 2025) alongside Chance's Lucky Escape, and now sells for $10 in the Catalog.
It's the most decorated Playdate game of 2025. At the 2025 Playdate Community Awards it won Game of the Year and Best Adventure Game, and it was a finalist for Outstanding Use of Crank and Best Soundtrack. It also appears in the Catalog's "Game of the Year" and "The Cranky Award" collections.
Who made it
What others are saying
The Verge (Andrew Webster, 12 Jul 2025). "It felt a little awkward at first… It's really satisfying smoothly moving your way through the world by twisting a crank around."
https://www.theverge.com/games-review/705348/playdate-season-2-reviewPlaydate: The Unofficial Website (Nick Simberg, Jul 2025). "This game about a tiny turnip is anything but… It's a full-blown Metroidvania."
https://www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/tiny-turnipCallout (?): No review yet. We haven't reviewed Tiny Turnip 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/tiny-turnip/
- Season Two page. https://play.date/games/seasons/two/
- 2025 Playdate Community Awards results (Playdate Squad). https://playdate-wiki.com/wiki/The_2025_Playdate_Community_Awards
- Engadget, Cheyenne MacDonald, 29 Jun 2025. https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playdate-season-2-review-tiny-turnip-and-chances-lucky-escape-164552263.html
- The Verge, Andrew Webster, 12 Jul 2025. https://www.theverge.com/games-review/705348/playdate-season-2-review
- Playdate: The Unofficial Website, Nick Simberg. https://www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/tiny-turnip
- Playdate Podcast transcript: research/gamepages/sources/tiny-turnip/podcast.txt.
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On the card
A turnip makes a wish, sprouts arms and climbs for the sky, hand over hand on the crank. A big, secret-packed metroidvania.
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