ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1195 releases
9 Years AgoTotally Accurate Battle Zombielator
PCWorldwide
Totally Accurate Battle Zombielator, also known as TABZ, is a first person multiplayer action game. Meant as an april fools joke by the landfall team, this zombie game allows you to go into the head of the TABS guys, and live in a horror world filled with zombies.
1 Year AgoThe Last Meadow
PCWeb browserLinuxMacWorldwide
April Fool's game published by Discord in 2025
50 Years AgoDeath Race
ArcadeNorth America
Death Race is a vehicular combat game that puts your car in an open space with gremlins. Your goal is the crash into the gremlins so you can brutally and cruelly kill them. Upon dying, they scream.
40 Years AgoFormation Z
PC-88Japan
The player competes in a marathon continuous scrolling horizontal shoot-em-up game across land, sea, air and outer space. You can hold down the fire button for a burst of Charged fire, which is especially essential to defeat the bosses.
34 Years AgoLethal Weapon
AmigaWorldwideEurope
In this game, based on the movie series, you can play as Martin Riggs or Roger Murtaugh to complete four main missions, before taking on a final bonus one. For each mission you can choose the appropriate character.
28 Years AgoStarship Titanic
PCNorth AmericaEurope
From the creative mind of Douglas Adams. The Starship Titanic crashes into your house and takes off with you onboard. Inhabited by malfunctioning robots and a semi-deranged parrot, you must gain control of the ship and pilot it back to Earth.
27 Years AgoStarship Titanic
MacNorth America
From the creative mind of Douglas Adams. The Starship Titanic crashes into your house and takes off with you onboard. Inhabited by malfunctioning robots and a semi-deranged parrot, you must gain control of the ship and pilot it back to Earth.
18 Years AgoWarlords: Call to Arms
Web browserWorldwide
Warlords: Call to Arms is a fast-paced strategy side-scroller. Choose your race and command your army through 25 epic battles to conquer the land. Upgrade and buy extra unit types for your army between levels.
11 Years AgoDomiNations
AndroidiOSWorldwide
Battle nations from throughout history in DomiNations! Build your empire and command nations as you make them grow from a small village to a thriving metropolis, and battle as one of the great civilizations from the history of the world.
6 Years AgoBomb Chicken
iOSAndroidWorldwide
After a freak accident a seemingly ordinary chicken becomes a bomb laying free range hero!
5 Years AgoWhat Comes After
SwitchNorth AmericaEurope
What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back.
1 Year AgoKoira
PCPS5LinuxMacWorldwide
Save a puppy and embark on a musical, hand-drawn adventure. Journey together to the heart of a magical forest. Run from danger and discover your powers.
14 Years AgoHamlet or the Last Game without MMORPG Features, Shaders and Product Placement
AndroidWorldwide
The original adventure game based on twisted William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
12 Years AgoReal Horror Stories: Ultimate Edition
Expanded editionPCWorldwide
Urban myths are stories that may or may not have been believed to be true. Unlike most, some are actually based on real events. One of them, takes place in a haunted forest, near a cemetery, on the borders of a city, near you.
10 Years AgoChkn
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Behold, the miracle of life... packed into cubes! Create fantastic creatures in Chkn, an open-world sandbox game like no other. Explore, craft, and survive - all with the help of your very own creations.
6 Years AgoSnakeybus
PS4Worldwide
The length of your bus grows as you pick up more people! Snake through the city streets and avoid crashing into yourself.
24 Years AgoTriple Play 2002
XboxWorldwide
Step up to the plate and swing for the fences with Triple Play 2002. The action on the field comes to life with real player models and dramatic out-of-play sequences, giving players the chance to experience big game moments such as a game-winning hit or a key strikeout.
15 Years Ago1... 2... 3... Kick It!: Drop That Beat Like an Ugly Baby
PCWorldwide
You've taken to building giant, kilometers-long aerial sculptures inspired by your own music, and are now BASE jumping from them for sport. These jumps are all about style and timing.
6 Years AgoJunk Jack
SwitchEurope
Junk Jack is a 2D sandbox where you can explore, build and survive in randomly generated procedural worlds full of monsters, hidden treasures and beautiful landscapes.
4 Years AgoWilly Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town
Xbox OneNorth America
Third-person adventure game, set in a fantasy pirate-themed world with a modern touch.
2 Years AgoDrift Streets Japan
PS4PS5Worldwide
Racing Game about Illegal Night Street Racing! Nice Cars and Advanced Engine Tuning! Most Realistic and Best Physics! Most Quality Graphics! Drive the Large Japan Highway with traffic! Feel the Real experience, try to drift with car cockpit camera!
15 Years AgoAr Tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
PS3Europe
The third game in the Ar Tonelico series, and the first on PlayStation 3.
11 Years AgoHare in the Hat
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Evil magician holds the Hare imprisoned. Your quest is to save him! Join the fabulous adventure in perfect mix of hidden object, puzzle and room escape genres!
11 Years AgoPool Nation FX
Xbox OneNorth America
Pool Nation FX, is a seriously fun Pool & Snooker Sim! A visually stunning billiards simulation with the critically acclaimed POOL NATION physics engine.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.