Puzzle
Black Hole Havoc
Black holes are appearing all over the galaxy and wreaking havoc.
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Description
Black holes are appearing all over the galaxy and wreaking havoc. Match the size of the black holes, aim your cannon and avoid the obstacles to eliminate the black holes and save humanity. Black Hole Havoc is the first Cinematic Black Hole Shooter made by the Cosmic Bros crew: Make your way through 80 levels in story mode Feast your eyes on hand-drawn graphics and tons of epic animated cutscenes! Compete for the highest scores in the galaxy in arcade mode Use the crank or classic button controls to enforce interstellar peace Unlock all the hidden secrets by conquering in-game achievements and collecting trophies A puzzle game like you've never seen before, exclusively on Playdate !
- Crank: Optional
- Tilt: Not used
- Microphone: Not used
Credits
Lead Artist - Antony Saillard Programming - Drew Loebach Animation - Karim Chair Music - Karim Chair & Ronin_XX
Accessibility
This game uses the Playdate's buttons along with the optional use of the the crank.
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Gameplay and impressions 6 videos
Roundups 2 videos
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Gameplay and impressions / Panic
Black Hole Havoc
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Gameplay and impressions / RedToad64
Black Hole Havoc - Let's Playdate
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Gameplay and impressions / Professional Moron
Black Hole Havoc - Playdate Gameplay Fun
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Gameplay and impressions / Destination Playdate
Black Hole Havoc - Playdate gameplay + impressions
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Gameplay and impressions / Orbital Lance
Black Hole Havoc | Playdate Season 2
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Gameplay and impressions / StarryVirtual
Black Hole Havoc | Year of the Playdate #9
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Black Hole Havoc + Taria & Como | Playdate Season 2
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Roundups / MegaAmpster
Playdate Reviews (S2W6): Black Hole Havoc and Taria & Como
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Kelleher Bros.
Playdate Season 2 review - Part 2
Lucas Kelleher
2025-07-09
Black Hole Havoc is a single-screen action puzzle game where the objective is to clear the playfield of all black holes by hitting them with another black hole of a similar size. The game was made by Cosmic Bros , a three-man team consisting of Programmer Drew Loebach, Lead Artist Antony Saillard, a
Metro
Playdate Season 2 full review – the best games on the weirdest console
Nick Gillett
2025-07-30
To destroy the black holes threatening your planet you need to launch black holes of identical size to cancel them out. Adjust the diameter of each hole using the crank, aim and fire, the difference between the size of the one you shoot and the one you hit getting deducted from your health bar. You’
Playdate: The Unofficial Website
Black Hole Havoc
Nick Simberg
2025-07-07
Black Hole Puzzle Bobble
Scoreboards
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Arcade
- 1 Kez 102,321
- 2 Pixel42 70,113
- 3 engcamino 24,642
- 4 Life 21,579
- 5 Cep 20,317
- 6 JohndoGB 20,313
- 7 Metan 19,837
- 8 clap_clapp 19,643
- 9 fdefuentes 18,484
- 10 omoikane 18,479
Not Chill
- 1 Kez 31,744
- 2 Pixel42 25,128
- 3 omegahippie 5,720
- 4 JohndoGB 5,070
- 5 tooonyo 4,569
- 6 RandomNumbersGuy 3,788
- 7 TheJBiscuit 3,527
- 8 Life 3,408
- 9 buildz 2,838
- 10 Drawskull 2,096
Age note: We believe that this game is suitable for all audiences but it does contain some mild cartoon violence.
AI: This game's developer created it without the use of generative AI.