ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 28
The games released on this day in gaming history.
728 releases
This yearJourney to the Void
MacPCWorldwide
Prepare to fend off attacks from all directions in this hybrid strategy roguelite deck builder. On your journey through varied grid-based biomes, battle unique foes and make tough moral choices to restore a corrupted land and decide the fate of your world.
This yearCentury of Anticipation
Expanded editionSwitchWorldwide
Locked away at home, time slows to a crawl, your only company is yourself. In this short adventure, your challenge might be the toughest of all: make time pass again!
This yearQuick Whiskers
SwitchWorldwide
Get ready to jump, dash, and glide with Quick Whiskers, a pixel-art platformer where every move counts! Take control of a nimble cat and venture through 30 challenging levels across two unique biomes: the peaceful park and the bustling city.
This yearMaid of Salvation
SwitchWorldwide
Maid of Salvation is an action RPG that features fast-paced and versatile combat. Master your own fighting style with a variety of swords and firearms, and explore a dark world full of secrets.
This yearCleaning Simulator
PCWorldwide
Cleaning Simulator offers a relaxing and satisfying experience where mess turns into order and dirt into shine. Sweep, scrub, and polish. Every corner transforms under your touch!
This yearLabyrinth of Touhou Tri: The Dreaming Girls & The Mysterious Orbs
PCWorldwide
A Fanmade Touhou Project DRPG With Not-So-Easy Boss Fights! The girls of Gensokyo weave together a dungeon RPG with an estimated playtime of 30~50 hours. Pick a frontline of 4 and a rear of 8 to form a party of 12 characters out of a pool over 40+ and conquer extensive dungeons!
This yearMytosis
PCWorldwide
Mytosis is a short, experimental incremental game about evolving life forms from simple cells to complex procedural organisms.
This yearSahir: Shiv of Memories
PCWorldwide
Sahir: Shiv of Memories is a classic story-driven JRPG blended with survival mechanics. Gather your party, choose who you trust amidst the mysterious events unfolding on the island, and fight to survive.
This yearWastelanders
PCLinuxMacWorldwide
A dystopian turn-based strategy game where your moves are made manifest through a colorful selection of combat cards. Assemble your deck, exploit Clashes to turn the tides in your favour, and survive long enough to learn the secrets of the Wasteland.
This yearNova Antarctica
PCWorldwide
Survive Earth's harshest conditions on a devastatingly beautiful journey shaped by the choices you make, the paths you take, and the stories you weave with the mysterious animals of Antarctica.
This yearNekogumi
PCWorldwide
Join Bruce, a tuxie who loves to cosplay and roam around town. Spruce up the cat café and buy all sorts of wardrobe items you want.
This yearRoots Devour
PCWorldwide
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
This yearRe-Activated
PCWorldwide
Re-Activated is a 2D puzzle platformer game where you need to manipulate the movement system of a robot to pass the levels. You control the little flying robot named “Minic” to help the robot. Explore the facility and solve the puzzlles in a relaxing 1-bit style atmosphere.
This yearPenguin Ascension
PCWorldwide
A cozy pixel-art idle clicker where you click for Fish, buy upgrades, trigger random events, and Rebirth for Golden Krill to unlock permanent prestige boosts and absurd arctic progression.
This yearCarnage in Space: Crucible
PCLinuxMacWorldwide
A fast-paced sci-fi action-platormer/beat-em-up with multiple characters and customization for replayability. Features both adjustable difficulty settings and intense post-game challenges for players of all skill levels.
This yearUrban Myth.exe
PCWorldwide
Escape from the terrifying urban myth and strive for survival. Immerse yourself in a heart-pounding and nail-biting escape in this first-person survival horror game.
This yearOubliette
PCWorldwide
Twin stick fighter-adventure game, where you take control of your enemies to use their skills against them.
This yearDream Savior
PCMacWorldwide
Purge the onslaught of Nightmares and defeat the Dream Bosses! Dream Savior is a cute casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can help build towards your victory against hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you!
This yearEschaton: Battle for Eternity
PCLinuxMacWorldwide
Eschaton is a vivid, fast-paced top-down arcade sci-fi space shooter with weapon upgrades, intense boss fights, dynamic SFX, and an original metal-meets-synth soundtrack.
This yearViscera Alien
PCMacWorldwide
A Suika Game-style physics puzzle! Merge cute alien creatures called Viscera to create bigger ones. Combine two Level 11 Viscera to create an Alien and collect it in your encyclopedia! Simple yet addictive casual puzzle game.
This yearThe Backrooms: Liminal Space
PCWorldwide
A short horror experience rendered with a real-time VHS filter (grain, scan lines). Freely explore the spaces of a strange yellow maze. Independently created by a 12-year-old developer using UE5, it immerses you in a purely liminal space atmosphere.
This yearGreen Pond Town
AndroidiOSWorldwide
You've received a strange letter, and inside, a chilling black and white photograph - the people in the picture are eerily faceless! A powerful intuition compels you to journey to the location in the photo: Greenwater Town.
This yearTransfusion
SteamVRWorldwide
A VR game where you slice alien enemies into tiny pieces!
This yearDark Galaxy
PCWorldwide
Dark Galaxy is an action based rogue-like top-down shooter. You pilot a space drone to oppose the insectoid like species called Minaripods and get stronger by travelling to different star systems. Can you free our galaxy from the invaders?
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.