Diora is a perspective-twisting puzzle game for the little yellow handheld.
Diora is a perspective-twisting puzzle game for the little yellow handheld.
by Andrew WebsterJan 10, 2026, 2:00 PM UTCAndrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.
Diora might be the most ambitious game I’ve played on the Playdate. It’s all about perspective: You turn the handheld’s crank to rotate your viewpoint of the bite-size 3D landscapes, which lets you peek around corners to find solutions to various puzzles.