ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 12
The games released on this day in gaming history.
560 releases
9 Years AgoNintendo Pocket Football Club
iOSJapan
Exclusive to Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS and releasing on 17th April, Nintendo Pocket Football Club puts players at the helm of their very own football club, with decisions ranging from how to best train a squad to scouting new players.
8 Years AgoWord Puzzle Game
MacWorldwide
Join thousands of players who exercise their brains every day with the best crossword game now available for Mac. Word Puzzle Game is a fun and engaging game.
8 Years AgoInsane Robots
PCMacWorldwide
A unique card battler with randomly generated survival arenas and a brave tale of robot rebellion. Can you defeat The Kernel and save robotkind? Play a deep single-player campaign or compete in intense local and online multiplayer!
8 Years Ago12 Labours of Hercules VII: Fleecing the Fleece
MacPCWorldwide
It's a new bromance from ancient Greece: when cunning Pelias orders the hero Jason to steal the Golden Fleece from the land of Colchis. Solve puzzles, find your way through numerous portals, and build and repair objects...
8 Years AgoAbasralsa
PCWorldwide
Find out the story of a simple crazy Vlad who lies on his bed imagines a crazy journey.
6 Years AgoProject Starship
Xbox OneWorldwide
Project Starship is an arcade bullet-hell with random mechanics. No match will ever be the same. Who will you be? Garret or Gwen? Will you save the world from the mighty cthulhu?
4 Years AgoOverrogue
iOSWorldwide
Proceed through dungeon-like labyrinths building up your card deck in a roguelite style! There are up to 5 different labyrinth themes based on card genres like poison or graveyards.
3 Years AgoDrago Noka
PCSwitchWorldwide
The surface has become overrun with giant beasts and destructive vermin, leaving an uninhabitable world in their quake. Humans had to get creative and now… they live on the backs of dragons!
3 Years AgoLone Ruin
PCSwitchWorldwide
Venture into an old, magical ruin to seek an ancient power in this highly replayable, top-down, roguelike twin-stick shooter. Combine and optimise your spells to defeat twisted monstrosities and dive deeper into the Lone Ruin.
3 Years AgoAquatico
PCWorldwide
Aquatico is a survival city builder set deep beneath the waves. Choose your strategy, obtain resources, build your futuristic city and prove no challenge is too hard.
3 Years AgoSailing Era
PCWorldwide
Every voyage is a journey of "Sailing & Beyond" in Sailing Era! Navigate your fleet and sail for fun; run a business; have a romantic encounter in the tavern; capture pirates amid intense battle; explore inland for treasure...
1 Year AgoSuper Farming Boy
iOSWorldwide
Your farm is under attack! Fly, harvest, grow crops & whack enemies with your shape-shifting one-button superpowers as you seek revenge from your evil nemesis, Korpo, who has captured your mom & friends! An action-puzzle farming sim featuring chain reactions and combos.
This yearAxis Football 2026
SwitchWorldwide
Axis Football 2026 is a complete American Football Simulation featuring fluid gameplay, endless customization, and the industry's best franchise mode.
39 Years AgoDen-ou Suikoden
FM-7Japan
Game is based on the classic Chinese four-book epic "Suikoden" and uses the same character in an original story. Three scenarios are available from the start and upon clearing them the fourth one opens up.
38 Years AgoSafebuster
Game & WatchNorth America
Safebuster is a multi-screen Game & Watch game released in January of 1988. The game was never released in Japan. The game's model number was JB-63.
36 Years Ago
36 Years AgoMugen no Shinzou III
PC-88Japan
Mugen no Shinzou III is a Role-Playing game, developed and published by XTALSOFT, which was released in Japan in 1990.
35 Years AgoCal
X68000Japan
The hero of this game is an ordinary high school student (the player has to name him by himself). He is mostly interested in pretty girls, in particular the lovely Mika, with whom he is even ready to discuss books just to get her attention.
33 Years AgoJan Jaka Jan
FM TownsJapan
Jan Jaka Jan is a mahjong game in its core, the majority of the gameplay dedicated to mahjong matches (two- as well as four-people) against a variety of opponents.
31 Years AgoAyumi-chan Monogatari: Jisshaban
RemakePC-98Japan
A young boy named Kouichi is in love with the most beautiful girl in his school, Ayumi Kawai. One day she admits that she also loves him, and they begin a relationship. The events that follows is all up to you.
31 Years AgoIdol Janshi Suchie-Pai Special
Port3DOJapan
A mahjong game for Saturn and 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Special is a table game developed and published by Jaleco for the Sega Saturn. It is part of Jaleco's Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai series.
30 Years AgoPanel de Pon: Event Version 2
PortSatellaviewJapan
Panel de Pon: Event Version 2 was an event released on the Super Famicom's Satellaview service. This allows you to play the Endless mode, the Stage Clear mode and an Event 2 mode in which you compete against Sherbet, Seren and Cordelia within a 5 minute time limit.
28 Years AgoMars Rising
MacWorldwide
A top-down shooter similer to Xevious, exclusive to the Mac OS (classic). Precedes Deimos Rising.
23 Years AgoDhaka Racing
PCWorldwide
Dhaka Racing is a racing game set in the streets of Dhaka. It was the first 3D game developed in Bangladesh.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.