ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 18
The games released on this day in gaming history.
589 releases
19 Years Ago
15 Years AgoMass Effect 2
PS3North America
Are you prepared to lose everything to save the galaxy? You'll need to be, Commander Shephard. It's time to bring together your greatest allies and recruit the galaxy's fighting elite to continue the resistance against the invading Reapers.
8 Years AgoDarkest Dungeon
SwitchWorldwide
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark.
3 Years AgoDead by Daylight
Google StadiaWorldwide
Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.
8 Years AgoMario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
SwitchJapan
This is the story of an unexpected encounter between Mario and the irreverent Rabbids. The Mushroom Kingdom has been torn apart by a mysterious vortex, transporting the Rabbids into the once-peaceful area, splintering this beloved land.
16 Years AgoGrand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
iOSWorldwide
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments.
15 Years AgoLittleBigPlanet 2
PS3North America
LittleBigPlanet 2 is a puzzle platformer video game centered around user-generated content, first announced on May 8th, 2010 in the June 2010 issue of gaming magazine Game Informer.
2 Years AgoPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown
PCXbox Series X|SXbox OneSwitchPS4PS5Worldwide
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
15 Years AgoFinal Fantasy V
WiiJapan
Final Fantasy V is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1992 as a part of the Final Fantasy series. The game first appeared only in Japan on Nintendo's Super Famicom (known internationally as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System).
7 Years AgoAce Combat 7: Skies Unknown
PS4PlayStation VRXbox OneWorldwideNorth America
Leveraging the trueSKY technology and developed utilizing Unreal Engine 4, Ace Combat 7 will astound players with beautifully rendered skies and highly detailed cityscapes but also set the stage for the most engaging aerial battles in the f…
9 Years AgoGravity Rush 2
PS4Europe
Another mind-bending adventure awaits gravity queen Kat as a new danger emerges to threaten the fabric of the universe itself.
7 Years AgoGuacamelee! 2
Xbox OneWorldwide
Seven years after defeating Carlos Calaca, Juan Aguacate is forced to don his luchador mask again to face a new threat - this time to the very fabric of space and time. Punch your way through a whole new Metroid-vania style world and try to save the Mexiverse!
9 Years AgoPunch Club
Nintendo 3DSNorth America
Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love. Earn your place in the Punch Club ranks, and discover who brutally murdered your father, in this choose your own adventure boxing management tycoon. Punch Club is a boxing tycoon management game with multiple branching story lines.
18 Years Ago1080° Snowboarding
WiiAustraliaEurope
1080° Snowboarding is an intense snowboarding game in which the player gets to choose between many different boards, tricks, courses and much more.
4 Years AgoNobody Saves the World
PCXbox OneXbox Series X|SWorldwide
Nobody Saves the World is an action role-playing game played from a top-down perspective. The game can be played solo or in a cooperative multiplayer mode. In the game, the player controls a blank-state character named Nobody, who is equipped with a wand.
4 Years AgoYu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
SwitchNorth America
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel lets players old and new enjoy the hugely popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in digital form.
2 Years AgoThe Pedestrian
SwitchWorldwide
The Pedestrian is a 2.5D puzzle platformer that takes place on 2d public signs in a 3d world. You play as The Pedestrian, a simple 2d symbol of a human, and must rearrange and reconnect public signs in order to explore and advance through a city environment.
29 Years AgoLeisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!
MacNorth America
Love for Sail! was the first Larry game since the third to pick up immediately where its predecessor left off; typically, it features Larry getting dumped by the woman who represented the ultimate goal of Larry 6, Shamara.
4 Years AgoUnavowed
LinuxWorldwide
A demon possessed you one year ago. Since that day, you unwillingly tore a trail of bloodshed through New York City. Your salvation comes in the form of the Unavowed – an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil.
2 Years AgoArt of Rally
iOSWorldwide
Race in the golden era of rally. Drive iconic cars from the 60s to Group B on challenging stages through stylized environments. Will you master the art of rally?
14 Years AgoShakes and Fidget
AndroidWorldwide
Shakes and Fidget is a fun fantasy RPG satire and an award-winning role-playing game at the same time! Sounds crazy? Over 50 million players make it one of the most popular online games in the world!
42 Years AgoMappy
MSXJapan
The player guides Mappy the police mouse through the mansion of the cats called Mewkies (Meowky in the U.S. version) to retrieve stolen goods. The player uses a left-right joystick to move Mappy and a single button to operate doors.
8 Years AgoGenital Jousting
MacPCWorldwide
Genital Jousting is an online and local multiplayer party game about flaccid penises and wiggly anuses for up to eight players at once.
4 Years AgoDysmantle
PS5Worldwide
The open world action RPG where you can ruin everything. Ascend from your shelter. Escape the wretched island. Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.