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IGDB / 412485

EmergencyCrank

2026 Indie
EmergencyCrank is the first Playdate idle game for lifesavers! Start with a tiny rescue station and crank your way up to a regional emergency campus. Turn the Playdate crank to earn cash, hire staff, buy upgrades, and unlock ambulances, rescue drones, doctors, and helicopters. Dispatch calls bring quick minigames involving timing, memory, D-pad inputs, first-aid questions, crank control, and motion-controlled helico Show full summary

EmergencyCrank is the first Playdate idle game for lifesavers! Start with a tiny rescue station and crank your way up to a regional emergency campus. Turn the Playdate crank to earn cash, hire staff, buy upgrades, and unlock ambulances, rescue drones, doctors, and helicopters. Dispatch calls bring quick minigames involving timing, memory, D-pad inputs, first-aid questions, crank control, and motion-controlled helicopter landings. Your station keeps earning between missions, while the dispatch ticker delivers real, unusual, and funny callouts inspired by the developer's time as a volunteer paramedic in Austria. Return each day to choose a free reinforcement for your crew. Complete the station to unlock New Game+, choose a Prestige Focus, research permanent Command Academy bonuses, collect cosmetics, and chase achievements across multiple runs. As you can see, there's plenty to do, lifesaver.

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EmergencyCrank is the first Playdate idle game for lifesavers! Start with a tiny rescue station and crank your way up to a regional emergency campus. Turn the Playdate crank to earn cash, hire staff, buy upgrades, and unlock ambulances, rescue drones, doctors, and helicopters. Dispatch calls bring quick minigames involving timing, memory, D-pad inputs, first-aid questions, crank control, and motion-controlled helicopter landings. Your station keeps earning between missions, while the dispatch ticker delivers real, unusual, and funny callouts inspired by the developer's time as a volunteer paramedic in Austria. Return each day to choose a free reinforcement for your crew. Complete the station to unlock New Game+, choose a Prestige Focus, research permanent Command Academy bonuses, collect cosmetics, and chase achievements across multiple runs. As you can see, there's plenty to do, lifesaver.

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Lucas Kundigraber
Publisher
Nicht angegeben
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Auditory
Themes
Action
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Playdate Jul 07, 2026

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