ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 12
The games released on this day in gaming history.
560 releases
20 Years AgoEnchanted Arms
Xbox 360Japan
An action adventure role-playing game that has a linear storyline with a somewhat open world to travel through and explore. Along with 4 main playable characters mix your team up with over 100 collectable creatures scattered throughout the game.
8 Years AgoA Raven Monologue
PCMacWorldwide
A Raven Monologue is a short experimental silent story about a raven that does not know how to croak and his relationship with the people in the town.
5 Years AgoYaga
PCWorldwide
Yaga is an action RPG with a charming narrative that adapts to your choices, set in the world of Slavic folklore. Play as Ivan, a one-handed blacksmith cursed with incredible bad luck.
14 Years AgoCytus
iOSWorldwide
200 songs and 400 variations, including many from famous composers around the world. Beautiful hand-drawn art style. Easy, intuitive Active Scan Line system and 3 types of notes.
3 Years AgoTerror of Hemasaurus
SwitchWorldwide
A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.
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4 Years AgoChocobo GP
iOSWorldwide
Get set for a new racing experience in Chocobo GP, featuring a roster of dozens of Chocobo characters, complete with their own unique abilities and variants. Choose your favorite Chocobo series character, and race through familiar tracks set in the Final Fantasy universe.
8 Years AgoAzkend 2: The World Beneath
SwitchNorth America
Azkend 2: The World Beneath is a beautifully polished match-three adventure game set in an awe-inspiring underground world. Enjoy superbly smooth casual matching puzzle gameplay, an engaging storyline with voiceovers, and hidden object minigames.
14 Years AgoDyad
iOSNorth America
Dyad is an arcadey tunnel racing puzzle game with a heavy emphasis on quick movement, reactive bright neon visuals, creating colorful music soundscapes, and sensory overload.
3 Years AgoVengeful Guardian: Moonrider
PCSwitchPS4PS5Worldwide
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge.
3 Years AgoI Commissioned Some Bees 0
PCWorldwide
The brief was simple. Artists were commissioned to create a fantasy world, and hide as many bees as they can inside it. Now it’s your job to find them all! With 10 art pieces to choose from, and 1000+ bees, you will have a lot of searching to do.
9 Years AgoHell Girls
MacPCWorldwide
Hell Girls is a unique puzzle RPG that prioritizes match3 strategy over speed. Fight monsters with diverse characters that have unique fighting skills based on their personalities. With anime inspired artwork, each character has loads of cute and sexy outfits.
19 Years Ago
16 Years AgoVancouver 2010
Xbox 360PS3WorldwideNorth America
Experience the thrill and adrenaline of the Olympic Winter Games of Vancouver 2010. Carve your way down the slopes and across the ice as you aim to reach the pinnacle of your sport and claim a gold medal for your country.
9 Years AgoStar Wars: Force Arena
AndroidiOSWorldwide
In Star Wars™: Force Arena you will lead a powerful team of iconic Star Wars™ characters, including new favorites from Rogue One™: A Star Wars™ Story, into real-time, adrenaline-fueled battles against other players from around the globe!
9 Years AgoMysterium
iOSAndroidPCLinuxWorldwide
The official adaptation of the famous board game Mysterium! Mysterium is a cooperative deduction game set in the 1920s in which a ghost guides a group of psychics to uncover a murderer, as well as the weapon and location of the murder, using only visual clues.
11 Years AgoAlphadia Genesis
PCWorldwide
Alphadia Genesis is the first JRPG from acclaimed developers KEMCO to be released on Steam. The story chronicles an epic adventure with Fray and his investigative team from the Archleign Kingdom as they set out to solve a mysterious murder case in a nearby city.
9 Years AgoSonny
iOSWorldwide
Rising from the dead with his mind intact but memories missing, Sonny embarks on a massive adventure to uncover the truth and save the world in this challenging turn-based post-apocalyptic RPG.
5 Years AgoDead Ground
SwitchWorldwide
Tower defense reimagined! Dead Ground is a procedurally generated tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Each playthrough will offer randomly generated guns, skills and augments.
14 Years AgoSpirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir
Nintendo 3DSJapan
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir introduces a mysterious girl named Maya who has been hiding in the shadows of an old house. Players must help Maya break free from a terrifying curse by aiding her escape from the clutches of a malevolent woman in black.
8 Years AgoEselmir and the Five Magical Gifts
MacPCWorldwide
Eselmir and the five magical gifts is a 2D point and click adventure game inspired by the old classics of the genre. It tells the story of Eselmir and his journey to find the five magical lost gifts of King Theoson, leading the player to explore a charming imaginary world.
8 Years AgoTheNightfall
PCWorldwide
Victoria moves with her family to a new city to start her new job. But the first night in her new house is completely different than expected.
5 Years AgoAborigenus
PS4Europe
Aborigenus is a small adventure platformer with RPG-elements in a primal world. Hunt the aggressive fauna, learn new abilities and fight with the whole enemy army. Choose who you are - a shaman, a warrior or a hunter.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.