ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 5
The games released on this day in gaming history.
542 releases
1 Year AgoQuarter of Severance
PCWorldwide
You and your recently separated wife meet to go see your son's art exhibition.
This yearDuneCrawl
PCWorldwide
DuneCrawl is an online coop action-adventure game where players take on the roles of desert faring privateers. Together, players explore the dust seas by piloting their Dune Crawler, a gigantic walking crustacean festooned with cannons and treasure maps.
This yearRetro Relics
PCWorldwide
Retro Relics is a cozy sandbox and story-driven treasure hunting simulation, where you immerse yourself into nature and search for ancient artifacts with your metal detector. Explore, dig, help other people find lost belongings and complete your coin and relics collection!
This yearSuika Game Planet
SwitchSwitch 2Worldwide
A new Suika Game is here from a new setting in space! Turn, target, and aim for the watermelon! Drop the fruits freely from any direction as "Poppy" flies 360° around the planet.
This yearClean Stack
PCWorldwide
A little puzzle game that involves stacking odd-sized objects with fun physics without making anything touch the ground. There are lots of different objects. You'll also need to use potions on the objects to get through the levels, which makes the game even more challenging!
This yearAsteroid Odyssey
PCLinuxWorldwide
Gather and refine resources, shoot your way through countless asteroids and other celestial bodies to gather and refine useful resources from them to build the biggest and the most powerful spaceship-base.
This yearLoveless General Hospital
PCWorldwide
Welcome to Loveless, a hospital known for it's clinical efficiency above anything else. Tonight you will choose a doctor to fix you up, be careful.
This yearParanordle
Web browserWorldwide
Paranordle is a game inspired by Ordem Paranormal and Gamedle. Guess the daily character by it's traits, seasons and other relevant information.
This year
This yearFarm Simulator 2025
SwitchWorldwide
In Farm Simulator 2025, you’ll take control of a modern farm and discover what agricultural life is truly all about.
This year
This yearPingcheng Chronicles
PCWorldwide
Pingcheng Chronicles: Pioneering the ARPG Genre with Chinese-Style Battle Royale and Entwined Partnerships[
This yearDwarfare: All For The Forge
PCWorldwide
Be the dwarf you know you are! Build towers to protect the beacons and keep production in motion! Use your weapons to corner any enemies that scrape through. Do it- do it ALL FOR THE FORGE!!
This year100 Los Angeles Cats
PCWorldwide
Join the cutest adventure in the Los Angeles, full of cats! Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of themed locations as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game.
This yearSmash Out Colony
PCWorldwide
Smash Out Colony launches you into roguelite breakout styled chaos. Time your hammer swings, launch projectiles, crush enemy hordes, and adapt fast with game altering tools and physics driven mayhem. Swing fast. Smash waves. Survive the chaos. You got this.
This yearBleeping Spaceships
SteamVRWorldwide
A fast-paced bullet-hell where your room becomes the battlefield!
This yearLure Of Passion
PCLinuxWorldwide
"Lure of Passion" is an adult game about a simple fisherman living in a old hut… who somehow keeps catching more than just fish.
This yearCity-Racing
PCWorldwide
Race through vibrant urban environments against elite drivers in this high-octane street racing game. Navigate waypoint courses, use nitro boosts strategically, and compete across multiple tracks.
This yearC4 Clicker: First Mint
PCLinuxMacWorldwide
Click through Crypto chaos in this parody clicker-RPG. Farm tokens, slay bag-holding monsters, and mint fake coins with real attitude. Trade what drops — if it even does.
This yearHaunt
Web browserWorldwide
A little game about the things (or people) you just can't seem to leave behind, no matter how hard you try.
This year
This yearMessage for My Dog
Web browserWorldwide
A silly game about loving your dog and missing your other dog.
This yearPursuit
SwitchWorldwide
You are an illegal courier in a city where speed is survival and the law never sleeps. Deliver forbidden cargo, outsmart police, and master the streets. Every ride is a challenge— one mistake could cost everything.
This yearSugoroku New Year's Party
SwitchWorldwide
Try your luck and test your wits in this adventure of fortune! Good luck abounds in Sugoroku New Year's Party!
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.