ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1195 releases
10 Years AgoElements II: Hearts of Light
PCWorldwide
The highly-anticipated sequel to Elements: Soul of Fire, here at last! A mysterious little girl. An insidious plot to resurrect a great evil. The legend of a faint and fading hope. And a band of young heroes desperate for answers.
10 Years AgoArcade Archives: Bubble Bobble
PortPS4Europe
Arcade Archives: Bubble Bobble is a port of the action game Bubble Bobble. Players control the twin Bubble Dragons that are called Bubblun and Bobblun, and travel through one hundred different stages. The game became popular and led to a long series of sequels and spin-offs.
10 Years AgoOrganic Panic
Xbox OneWorldwide
Organic Panic is a physics based action puzzle platformer. Completely destructible levels, and dynamic reactive liquids! Play as the Organics take on the Meats & Cheese cronies! Over 200 levels!
9 Years AgoAlienAfterlife
PCWorldwide
Aliens terrorists have stolen the machine to reincarnate you. Go get it back.
7 Years AgoSafety First!
SwitchNorth America
Safety First! is a twin stick physics puzzler in which you have to fix broken electric wires using your Magical Yellow Repair Liquid (MYRL). Can you beat all 69 levels?
6 Years AgoCat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche
SwitchWorldwide
Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche is the first taste of an exciting new game franchise by acclaimed developer WayForward (Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, DuckTales: Remastered).
6 Years AgoStacks on Stacks (On Stacks)
Google StadiaPCWorldwide
Stacks On Stacks (On Stacks) is a zany 3D tower builder. Play as the Master Stacker, Rockit, who must use her psychic helmet to clean up the colorful bricks falling all over her madcap world. BUILD stable towers by executing architectural feats of balancing.
5 Years AgoA Long Way Down
SwitchNorth AmericaEurope
A deck-building roguelite RPG set in a dark and tormented world. Assemble your party and use your cards to survive, fight and build your way through a dark maze of monsters orchestrated by an evil mastermind. Hero or villain, your choices will lead you to judgement.
5 Years AgoKemono Heroes
Google StadiaWorldwide
Kemono Heroes combines elements of run and gun, fast arcade action with dashes and slashes, with cool and fluffy characters.
5 Years AgoAsdivine Cross
SwitchJapan
After Harvey, a member of a band of outlaws known as the Watchers, is arrested while attempting to loot the chancellor's mansion, he finds himself locked up in the dungeon.
1 Year AgoSphinx and the Cursed Mummy
RemasterPS4Worldwide
Help Sphinx stop Set and save the world.
This yearCastle of no Escape
PS5Worldwide
Explore the mysterious castle full of monsters and secrets in a quest to collect all the treasures (that will also protect you from the curses on your way) and crush the main boss. The game won't let you exit the castle, no matter how you try.
50 Years AgoQuiz Show
ArcadeWorldwide
Players answer multiple-choice questions on four different categories.
50 Years AgoEliminator IV
ArcadeWorldwide
Eliminator IV is a drag racing game released by Electra games in April 1976 as an arcade cabinet. Up to 4 players can play, using realistic, H-pattern gear sticks.
44 Years AgoPhilly Flasher
Atari 2600Worldwide
Philly Flasher a game in which the player controls two male prisoners with their genitals exposed catching lactation from an old witch's breast.
43 Years AgoTruckin'
IntellivisionWorldwide
Get behind the wheel of a big rig and drive down the Interstate Highway system. Haul cargos to and from the cities of your choosing using your trusty road map. The player also has to watch out for Smokey or he will end up with a nifty speeding ticket.
43 Years AgoBirdie King 2
ArcadeWorldwide
The 1983 second installment to Taito Corporation's Golf franchise.
42 Years AgoCoco Notes
Atari 8-bitC64North America
Compose songs by fishing up coconuts, across 4 game modes.
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42 Years AgoWar in Russia
Apple IIAtari 8-bitNorth America
Set at the Eastern Front during WWII and includes the campaigns Operation Barbarossa (1941), Fall Blau (1942) and Operation Zitadelle (1943).
42 Years AgoBoomer Rang'r
ArcadeJapan
A caveman runs around tossing his boomerang at enemy cavemen and prehistoric creatures. Pick up potions to spell out BOOMER RANG'R to move to next level. For even more fun, kill a dinosaur rider and mount his dinosaur!
42 Years AgoDucks Ahoy!
Atari 8-bitNorth America
You have to catch the ducks with your boat before they jump in the canals of Venice and transport them to the beach.
42 Years AgoNeptune's Daughters
Atari 8-bitEurope
Players control Neptune who is exploring the depths of the ocean in search of his daughters held captive by the sea snake. The game is split into two sections. The first section has the player guiding Neptune through a series of underwater caverns while destroying jellyfish.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.