ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 12
The games released on this day in gaming history.
619 releases
4 Years Ago13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
SwitchWorldwide
Uncover the truth and delve into a 2D sidescrolling adventure featuring gorgeous art and environments. Then, battle the kaiju in fast-paced, top-down combat. Customize the Sentinels with an arsenal of mechsuit weaponry, and fight to defend humanity!
21 Years AgoJade Empire
XboxNorth America
Set in an ancient world inspired by mythical China, Jade Empire lets you train under your master's watchful eye as you learn powerful martial arts and mystical powers.
10 Years AgoStories: The Path of Destinies
PS4PCWorldwide
Reynardo the Fox is a clever rogue, but he’s not as clever as he thinks. He's got himself sucked into a Rebellion against the mad Emperor, and now he’s got fateful choices to make.
22 Years AgoThe Punisher
MobileNorth America
Crime is everywhere on the streets of New York City. As Frank "the Punisher" Castle, it is your job to clean them up. However, there seem to be bigger things at hand...
14 Years AgoCandy Crush Saga
AndroidWorldwide
Candy Crush Saga is a free-to-play match-three puzzle video game released by King as a variation of their browser game Candy Crush.
9 Years AgoThe Sexy Brutale
PS4Xbox OneNorth AmericaEurope
Set during a single, endlessly-looping day within "The Sexy Brutale" - a stately English mansion converted into a bizarre casino and named by the enigmatic Marquis - players take on the role of elderly priest Lafcadio Boone.
24 Years AgoGrandia II
PCEurope
Grandia 2 is a 3D RPG, viewed from a top-down perspective for most of the game and a 3rd person view during battle. Controlling Ryudo, the player will explore various locations, locating townspeople and objects within an area to interact with.
19 Years AgoMapleStory
PCEurope
Welcome to MapleStory, the original side-scrolling MMORPG where epic adventure, action and good friends await you.
14 Years AgoGrandia
AndroidEurope
Grandia is a role-playing video game developed by Game Arts and published by Entertainment Software Publishing for the Sega Saturn console as the first game in their Grandia series.
14 Years AgoR4: Ridge Racer Type 4
AndroidWorldwide
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 is the fourth game in the Ridge Racer series. It includes eight tracks (with reverse variants, for a total of 16 layouts) and 321 vehicles, all of which are fictional.
8 Years AgoBurly Men at Sea
SwitchNorth AmericaEurope
Burly Men at Sea is a folktale about a trio of large, bearded fishermen who step away from the ordinary to seek adventure. Set in early 20th-century Scandinavia, the game's story branches through a series of encounters with creatures from folklore.
3 Years AgoWartales
PCWorldwide
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
15 Years AgoMight & Magic: Clash of Heroes
PS3North America
Scattered across five different regions, five special heroes must travel their own dangerous paths to grow in strength, unravel a demonic plot & ultimately save the world from chaos.
14 Years AgoTekken
Expanded editionAndroidEurope
The console version of Tekken adds more content to the original arcade game such as new characters and additional game modes.
14 Years AgoTribes: Ascend
PCWorldwide
Tribes: Ascend is the fourth major installation into this series of multiplayer FPS, centred around speed and pure teamwork, with the primary game mode of capture the flag.
9 Years AgoUltimate Epic Battle Simulator
PCWorldwide
Here is a sandbox like no other. Create massive battles with absolutely no limits. Want to see 10,000 chickens fight an army of Romans??
14 Years AgoPandora's Tower
WiiNorth America
Pandora's Tower focuses on Aeron's travels into thirteen towers to break a curse on Elena that is transforming her into a beast, using his magical sword and chain.
9 Years AgoLumino City
AndroidWorldwide
Sequel to the award-winning game Lume, Lumino City begins where that game left off. Begin by exploring the city, and using your ingenuity piece together all sorts of puzzling mechanisms to help the people who live in its unique world.
8 Years AgoTower of Time
PCLinuxWorldwide
RPG with 3d graphics, real time combat and deep and mature story with real time combat with time manipulation, tactical and challenging battles, seven diverse classes to choose for 4-man party, and more.
3 Years AgoWildfrost
SwitchPCWorldwide
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
16 Years AgoZaxxon
WiiNorth America
Zaxxon is a 1982 isometric shooter arcade game developed and released by Sega.
3 Years AgoPolice Simulator: Patrol Officers
iOSWorldwide
Welcome to Brighton! Join the police force of this fictitious American city and experience the day to day life of a Police Officer. Start with citing violations and giving out parking tickets, then work your way towards shouldering more responsibilities.
8 Years AgoFriday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
MacPCWorldwide
"From the makers of Slayaway Camp—the award-winning “Bloodiest Puzzle Game Ever”—comes an even more frightening puzzler starring one of horror’s most iconic killers.
7 Years AgoDistraint 2
AndroidWorldwide
You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. Distraint 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.