ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
January 30
The games released on this day in gaming history.
801 releases
17 Years AgoSaints Row 2
PCEuropeJapan
After the events of the first game, you awaken from a coma to find that the Third Street Saints have all but disappeared. Much like Saints Row, you are charged with retaking the city from three rival gangs, only this time as the leader of the saints.
24 Years AgoSpider-Man
MacEurope
Spider-Man is an action-adventure game developed by Neversoft. Players control Spider-Man as he navigates levels using web-swinging, combat, and stealth mechanics. The story involves a conspiracy featuring villains such as Doctor Octopus and Venom.
18 Years AgoTomb Raider: Anniversary
RemakeMacEurope
Tomb Raider: Anniversary is a remake of the original Tomb Raider with a technically more advanced graphics engine. It has the same basic storyline, though some cutscenes and much of the dialogue within have been expanded or modified in other ways.
19 Years AgoPrey
MacEurope
Prey tells the story of Tommy, a Cherokee garage mechanic stuck on a reservation going nowhere. Abducted along with his people to a menacing mothership orbiting Earth, he sets out to save himself and his girlfriend and eventually his planet.
12 Years AgoTomb Raider: Definitive Edition
RemasterPS4Xbox OneAustralia
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is a re-release of Tomb Raider, developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square-Enix for the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One.
2 Years AgoDeath Stranding: Director's Cut
Expanded editioniOSMacWorldwide
Death Stranding is an action game set in a post-apocalyptic United States. Players control Sam Porter Bridges, a courier tasked with reconnecting isolated cities via a communication network while delivering essential cargo.
19 Years AgoComix Zone
WiiJapan
Comix Zone is an action platformer in which players control Sketch Turner as he progresses through panels of his comic book, hoping to reach the end and escape before his own creations finish him off. But there is hope.
2 Years AgoBrotato
Xbox Series X|SXbox OnePS5PS4Worldwide
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens.
3 Years AgoPowerWash Simulator
SwitchPS4PS5Worldwide
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.
19 Years AgoSonic the Hedgehog
PS3North America
Sonic the Hedgehog, commonly referred to as Sonic '06, is a 2006 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It was intended as a reboot of the Sonic franchise for seventh-generation video game consoles.
12 Years AgoOctodad: Dadliest Catch
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about his life.
7 Years AgoGoodbye Deponia
Xbox OneNorth America
More chaos, more destruction, more Rufus. Not one, not two, but three Rufuses cause all kinds of crazy mayhem in the long-awaited adventure comedy Goodbye Deponia!
17 Years AgoKing's Bounty: The Legend
PCJapan
King's Bounty: The Legend is a Real-time / Turn-based Strategy with RPG elements. In a fairy tale fantasy world of fearless knights, evil mages, wise kings and beautiful princesses the player controls a hero.
3 Years AgoTrek to Yomi
SwitchWorldwide
As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.
12 Years AgoFlappy Bird
AndroidNorth America
Flappy Bird is a 2013 mobile game developed by Vietnamese artist and programmer Dong Nguyen, under his game development company dotGEARS. The game is a side-scroller where players control a bird trying to fly between columns of green pipes without hitting them.
22 Years AgoFate/Stay Night
PCJapan
Fate/Stay Night is a Japanese visual novel, which was originally released as an adult game. A version of Fate/Stay Night rated for ages 15 and up titled Fate/Stay Night Réalta Nua was released later.
13 Years AgoJet Set Radio
RemasterAndroidJapan
Tag, grind, and trick to the beat in SEGA’s hit game Jet Set Radio! Fight for control of Tokyo-to, mark your turf with graffiti, tag walls, billboards, and even rival gang members!
2 Years AgoInsurgency: Sandstorm
PS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Insurgency: Sandstorm is a team-based, tactical FPS based on lethal close quarters combat and objective-oriented multiplayer gameplay. Experience the intensity of modern combat where skill is rewarded, and teamwork wins the fight.
12 Years AgoMario Bros.
PortNintendo 3DSNorth America
The first port of Mario Bros. was developed by Nintendo for the Famicom and later released in American under the Arcade Classics series. It follows most of the features of the arcade game, and adds a difficulty setting.
19 Years AgoFire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
WiiJapan
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is a Japanese Super Famicom tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. It was released on May 14, 1996 in Japan.
12 Years AgoNinja Gaiden
PortWii UNorth America
Experience the original adventure of Ryu Hayabusa, the shadow warrior, in this acclaimed and challenging action-platformer from the NES era!
11 Years AgoTransformice
MacPCWorldwide
Transformice is a multiplayer game, where you are a small mouse out to get a cheese and bring the cheese back to the hole. The game includes a physics engine, so interactions between players are realistic.
13 Years AgoProteus
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.
12 Years AgoMars: War Logs
PCJapan
An Intense Cyberpunk Rpg On the Red Planet! Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.