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Panic Inc. is an American software development and video game publishing company based in Portland, Oregon. The company specializes in macOS and iOS applications and began publishing video games in 2016.

Panic was founded by Steven Frank[1] and Cabel Sasser in 1997.[2]

Products

Software

Panic is known for their flagship app Transmit,[3] as well as their Audion media player, Unison usenet client, and Nova code editor (a successor to their web development app Coda). The company has won multiple Apple Design Awards for their products.[4][5][6]

In 1999, Audion was introduced as a skinnable MP3 media player. One of its competitors, SoundJam MP, was acquired by Apple in 2000 and was further developed into iTunes 1.0, which became available in 2001.[7] Panic retired Audion in 2004 and began distributing it free of charge.[8]

After Audion, Panic focused development on two other software applications. In 2004, they released Unison, a Usenet reader,[9] and Stattoo, a tool that shows "digital statistics" overlayed on the Mac OS X desktop wallpaper.[10] In 2007, the web development application Coda was introduced.[11] In 2019, Panic announced a successor to Coda named Nova.[12]

App Platform Type Template:Refh
Active development
Transmit macOS FTP client
Nova macOS Web development
Prompt iOS Command line
Panic Pals iOS iMessage stickers
Playdate Sticker Pack iOS iMessage stickers
Discontinued
“Code Editor” iOS Web development
Audion macOS Music player [8]
CandyBar macOS Icon customization [13]
Coda macOS Web development
Desktastic macOS Desktop annotation
Stattoo macOS Computer statistics
Status Board iOS Information display [14]
Transmit iOS FTP client [15]
Unison macOS Usenet client [16]

Video games

The company published their first video game, Firewatch, on February 9, 2016.[17] Panic published their second game, Untitled Goose Game, on September 20, 2019.[18]

Title Platform(s) Developer Release date Template:Refh
Firewatch PC (Windows, macOS, Linux), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Campo Santo 9 February 2016 [17]
Untitled Goose Game PC (Windows, macOS), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch House House 20 September 2019 [19]
Nour: Play with Your Food PC (Windows, macOS), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch Terrifying Jellyfish 12 September 2023 [20]
Thank Goodness You're Here! PC (Windows and macOS), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch Coal Supper 1 August 2024 [21]
Arco PC (Windows, macOS), Nintendo Switch Franek Nowotniak, Max Cahill, José Ramón “Bibiki” García, Antonio “Fáyer” Uribe 15 August 2024 [22]
Despelote PC (Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena 1 May 2025 [23]
Time Flies PC (Windows, macOS), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch Playables 2025 [24]
Herdling PC (Windows) Okomotive 2025 [25]
Blippo+ Playdate, PC (Windows) Yacht, Telefantasy Studios, Dustin Mierau, Noble Robot 2025 [26][27]
Big Walk PC (Windows, macOS) House House 2026 [28]

Playdate

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Playdate console with the crank in an open position

On May 22, 2019, Panic unveiled Playdate, a handheld gaming device, designed by Panic in collaboration with the Swedish firm Teenage Engineering. The device features a 400x240 pixel 1-bit screen, a directional pad on the left, two buttons on the right, and a mechanical crank on the right edge of the device.[29]

Games are released in "seasons", where there are two new games each week, automatically downloaded to the device when available.[30] Also, there is a store of additional games to buy on demand,[31] the ability to sideload games to the device, and two environments to self develop games.[32] While some video games for Playdate are being produced at Panic, most games are created by indie game developers such as Keita Takahashi, Zach Gage, Bennett Foddy, Shaun Inman, and Lucas Pope.[33]

Awards

Year App Award Category Result Template:Refh
2003 Transmit 2 Apple Design Awards Best Mac OS X User Experience Runner-up
2004 Unison 1.0.2a Apple Design Awards Best Mac OS X Product Runner-up
2004 Unison 1.0.2a Apple Design Awards Best Mac OS X User Experience Template:Won
2005 Transmit 3 MacWorld MacWorld Best of Show Template:Won [34]
2005 Transmit 3.2 Apple Design Awards Best Mac OS X Tiger Technology Adoption Template:Won [4]
2007 Coda 1 Apple Design Awards Best Mac OS X User Experience Template:Won [5]
2013 Coda 2 Apple Design Awards Mac OS X Template:Won [6]
2021 Nova Apple Design Awards Interaction Template:Nominated [35]
2025 Thank Goodness You're Here! Apple Design Awards Delight and Fun Template:Nominated [36]

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