ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 17
The games released on this day in gaming history.
617 releases
6 Years AgoEscape from the death castle
PCWorldwide
You don't know why you are locked in this castle, but you know you should escape here. Enemies are everywhere, and they will never let you through. Their only purpose is to prevent you from leaving.
6 Years AgoGizmos: Steampunk Nonograms
PCWorldwide
Solve challenging nonograms (also known as picross, griddlers, etc.) to decipher a message from a distant planet!
6 Years AgoDark Hope
PCWorldwide
Dark Hope is a puzzle adventure game set in a steampunk world where electricity started and ended its existence with the light bulb. Towering clockwork puzzles and archaic symbols cover the halls. Strange rifts of light span the hallways.
6 Years AgoSplit or Steal
PCWorldwide
Have you ever wanted to devote your time and energy to amassing a small fortune, and then place total trust in a complete stranger to not steal it all away from you?
6 Years AgoLost in Transit
PCWorldwide
Lost in Transit is a unique blend of the classic Asteroids and modern bullet-hell games. As a space-traveling mailman, fight your way through dozens of levels to deliver the final package in your route.
6 Years AgoA Percent of a Pirate
PCWorldwide
A captivating pirate adventure to learn math while having fun. Available in some schools, this game will teach you different ways to manipulate percentages and ratios.
6 Years AgoTaurus VR
PCWorldwide
Jump into a thrilling, adrenaline-fuelled VR Space-shooter with Taurus VR, a reimagined retro game for VR. Move like never before with our extremely responsive 6 degrees' body motion control system.
6 Years AgoSoulfulLand
PCWorldwide
Save the mysterious land of monsters, finding the solution of the disorder 2D exploring action game, that can play with two player too. Defeat powerful enemies, and explore everywhere.
6 Years AgoCalamari Clash
PCLinuxWorldwide
Calamari Clash is a competitive multiplayer versus game in which you duke it out with your friends for victory… and survival. You play as a Calamartian, a species from an alien world, who along with its companions crash on an unknown planet.
6 Years AgoForgotten Passages
PCWorldwide
100 Tiny Levels. Stumble down a surreal rabbit hole and explore an atmospheric world composed of one hundred visually rich dreamscapes. This micro adventure takes about one hour to play straight through.
6 Years AgoFar-Out
Xbox OneWorldwide
"Far-Out" is a hardcore retrofuturistic adventure with dynamically changing gameplay and multiple endings. Made with the old-school quests such as The Dig, Space Quest, Full Throttle and Blade Runner in mind.
6 Years AgoPrison Forever
PCWorldwide
You play as yourself in an alternate reality. In this reality you are in prison forever. It's over, you got caught, just accept it.
6 Years AgoIdle Army Base
iOSWorldwide
Create the greatest military base the world has ever seen!
6 Years AgoLastShot
PCWorldwide
Last Shot - A fast platformer shooter where you can jump, smash, blow up enemies with your own bombs.
6 Years AgoWood and Water and Rock
PCMacLinuxAndroidWorldwide
An audio-only exploration of a post-human city-forest activated by perpetual rain, where you're sometimes alone. This is a short prototype with an endless environment.
6 Years AgoRetro Bowl
AndroidiOSWorldwide
Retro Bowl is an American football simulation game in the style of pixelated video games of old. Play as one of 32 teams, making personnel decisions and playing in the games to try and win the Retro Bowl at the end of the season.
6 Years AgoRehtona
AndroidWorldwide
A single-player puzzle-platformer that features parallel universes and a mysterious branching storyline with alternate endings.
6 Years AgoParanoihell
PCMacWorldwide
Paranoihell is a pixel horror game that takes inspiration from the gameplay of PSX-style survival horror games. Use weapons to defend yourself from enemies, set traps, or hide. But don't be reckless, your resources are limited.
6 Years AgoSpider Solitaire
SwitchNorth AmericaWorldwide
Spider Solitaire is one of the most popular solitaire games in the world! If you are a big fan of Spider Solitaire, Klondike solitaire, FreeCell Solitaire or other card games, you will love this spectacular and highly polished game!
6 Years AgoSo Many Me: Extended Edition
SwitchNorth America
Filo is Filo, one of a kind or so he thought as he is woken from his peaceful sleep and eat life to go on a quest of great importance. Which he doesn’t really care much for the details so he just does.
6 Years AgoStar Girl Proxima
PCNorth America
Become a magical girl hero and defend the alien world of Proxima Centauri b in Star Girl Proxima! An 8-bit style action-platformer.
6 Years AgoLegend of Streets
PCNorth America
Show them who is the ruler of the streets by cleaning up gangs, pirates, mafia and cops and other enemies on the streets!
6 Years AgoCloudlands 2
PCNorth America
Award winning Cloudlands: VR Minigolf has an official sequel that's bigger and better than ever. Cloudlands 2 builds off of the fun of playing and building minigolf courses and adds the ability to play full sized golf courses.
6 Years AgoGhost Dimension
PCNorth America
Experience a challenging spaceship game without shooting. Collect, teleport, become a ghost and beat another level inside the same world. Can you do this job?
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.