Engadget (Cheyenne MacDonald, 7 Jun 2025). she worries some players will quit "because of the pace", but: "It's worth every minute… The Whiteout is without a doubt the most memorable game of both Playdate seasons to date."
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playdate-season-2-review-the-whiteout-and-wheelsprung-130014285.htmlGames / Season Two / The Whiteout
OverviewSeason Two
The Whiteout
AdventureCrank: yes$12
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5 · official Catalog screenshot1 · official Catalog screenshot2 · official Catalog GIF (1-bit still: screen-2-still.webp)3 · official Catalog screenshot4 · official Catalog screenshot5 · official Catalog screenshotOverview. Not yet reviewed. No score. Checked 12 Oct 2026. Built from official and press sources.
What it is
The Whiteout opens with one line: "In the spring of 2025, it started snowing. It never stopped." You play a lone traveller crossing a collapsed, snowbound America where "food is scarce, and trust is not affordable". The game is a chapter-based adventure. You walk, search for supplies, use items to get past obstacles and decide whom to trust. The narrative branches on those choices, and there are several versions of the ending, plus four player profiles so you can replay with different decisions. A Traveler's Log keeps any dialogue you missed. The crank scrolls text and drives a few mini-games, and at one point you blow into the microphone.
It's by Scenic Route Software (S.G. Chipman, with John Clarkson co-writing the story), the team behind Post Hero. Headphones are "strongly encouraged", and there's an "audio cues" setting for players who can't use sound. The content note is serious: it "depicts acts of violence, implies a suicide and features mature themes", with a curse-word filter on by default. Early players found the walking slow, and a hold-B-to-walk-faster option has been added since.
It came out in Week 2 of Playdate Season Two (5 June 2025) alongside Wheelsprung and now sells for $12 in the Catalog. It was a 2025 Community Awards finalist for Best Narrative Game and Best Sound Design.
Who made it
What others are saying
Playdate: The Unofficial Website (Nick Simberg, Jun 2025). "Season Two's version of Saturday Edition… Even more than Saturday Edition, however: The Whiteout is BLEAK."
https://www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/the-whiteoutCallout (?): No review yet. We haven't reviewed The Whiteout 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/the-whiteout/
- 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, 7 Jun 2025. https://www.engadget.com/gaming/playdate-season-2-review-the-whiteout-and-wheelsprung-130014285.html
- Playdate: The Unofficial Website, Nick Simberg. https://www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/the-whiteout
- Playdate Podcast transcript: research/gamepages/sources/the-whiteout/podcast.txt.
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In spring 2025 it started snowing and never stopped. A slow, branching survival story in five chapters, with multiple endings.
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