ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 16
The games released on this day in gaming history.
784 releases
8 Years AgoYs VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
PCNorth AmericaWorldwide
Ys returns with a brand new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island.
14 Years AgoSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
PCMacLinuxWorldwideNorth America
Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries.
11 Years AgoHalo: Spartan Assault
iOSWorldwide
A top-down twin-stick shooter set in the Halo universe. Players control Spartan supersoldiers and battle a splinter faction of the alien Covenant across a campaign of missions, using series weapons and vehicles.
12 Years AgoFinal Fantasy: Mystic Quest
Wii UJapan
Focus Tower is the center of the world and balances the forces of the world. However 4 monsters have taken the 4 elemental crystals (Earth, Water, Fire, Wind) for their own use, and also taken the 4 keys that for doors inside of Focus Tower.
12 Years AgoDead Nation
PS VitaEurope
Dead Nation is a top-down shoot 'em up video game for PlayStation 3 developed by Finnish video game developer Housemarque. It was released on November 30, 2010 in North America, and December 1 in Europe. Players are awarded score multipliers and money when zombies are killed.
7 Years AgoPlease, Don't Touch Anything
PS4North America
Please, Don’t Touch Anything is a cryptic, brain-racking button-pushing simulation. Covering for a colleague who is taking a bathroom break, you find yourself in front of a mysterious panel which only component is a red button.
This yearTomodachi Life: Living the Dream
SwitchWorldwide
Create Mii characters based on family and friends, someone you admire, or something completely original—there are plenty of personality traits, little quirks, and physical traits to choose from—including some face customization options you haven’t seen before!
This yearMouse: P.I. For Hire
Switch 2PCPS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Join private investigator Jack Pepper on a guns blazing, jazz-fueled adventure in MOUSE: P.I. For Hire. MOUSE combines the charm of hand-drawn rubber hose animation inspired by the classic cartoons of the 1930’s with the adrenaline and action of an explosive first person shooter.
7 Years AgoFinal Fantasy X HD Remaster
RemasterSwitchXbox OneWorldwide
Final Fantasy X HD Remaster was released individually in the Japan and Asia regions. Outside of these regions, only Final Fantasy X has a physical release, but it includes a download code for Final Fantasy X-2.
19 Years AgoPunch-Out!!
PortWiiNorth America
You are Little Mac, a 17 year-old rookie fighter straight out of the Bronx. What you lack in size you more than make up for in determination. Spurred on by your trainer, Doc Louis, it's time to take on the world's boxing best!
2 Years AgoRaji: An Ancient Epic
PS5Worldwide
Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion of the human realm. Her destiny?
34 Years AgoUltima VII: The Black Gate
DOSWorldwide
It has been two centuries since the Avatar last appeared in our good kingdom. Some have written that at last it is possible to interpret the tales of the Avatar as they should be, with the proper historical perspective.
7 Years AgoHeaven's Vault
PCPS4Worldwide
Explore the lost ruins of the Nebula, read ancient inscriptions, and uncover a forgotten past in this narrative archaeological science-fiction adventure game from the creators of 80 Days.
5 Years AgoSuper Meat Boy Forever
PS4Xbox OneWorldwide
Meat Boy and Bandage Girl have grown as a couple since 2010. It seems like only yesterday the two love birds were escaping from an exploding laboratory in the sky. Now it’s the current year, and they’ve welcomed their daughter Nugget into the world.
11 Years AgoWesterado: Double Barreled
Expanded editionPCMacWorldwide
Westerado: Double Barreled is Ostrich Banditos' homage to Spaghetti Westerns about dirty pasts, consequences and taking a hold of your future. When your family is murdered by a mysterious desperado, you set out into the world to take revenge.
11 Years AgoHalo: Spartan Strike
PCWindows PhoneiOSWorldwideNorth America
Utilize your Spartan skills in this classified ONI simulation set during the events of Halo 2 in New Mombasa. Lead UNSC troops through numerous missions as you battle against enemy troops and fight to save Earth.
13 Years AgoPandora's Tower
WiiAustralia
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.
6 Years Agowhile True: learn()
SwitchNorth AmericaEurope
You're a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!).
2 Years AgoHarold Halibut
PCPS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Dive into this nautic adventure as curiosity will guide you through a space ship wreck on an unknown planet made up of water. When one of the lead scientists still on board tries to unriddle the possibility of a relaunch young Janitor Harold is around to assist her.
10 Years AgoDiep.io
Web browserWorldwide
Diep.io is a multiplayer shooting browser game like Agar.io, Wings.io and Slither.io. While playing this game, you have to control a tank to destroy the other players and obstacles.
6 Years AgoRenegade
PortSwitchWorldwide
Unlike Technos' subsequent game Double Dragon, the playing field is limited to one two-screen-wide area (a subway platform, a harbor, an alley, a parking lot and the hideout of a gang) and does not scroll continuously.
13 Years AgoSacred Citadel
PS3North America
The once peaceful land of Ancaria is in grave danger. The evil Ashen empire has enslaved its population and is using the orc-like Grimmoc to wipe out the Seraphim, who swore to protect it.
23 Years AgoPro Race Driver
XboxNorth America
Pro Race Driver is a racing video game part of the Toca Touring Car series. The series originally focused specifically on touring car racing, but after World Touring Cars, the series expanded to cover a wide variety of motorsport.
23 Years AgoGodzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
XboxNorth America
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is a fighting game developed and published by Pipeworks Software, Inc. for the Nintendo GameCube in 2002. The game was later released for Game Boy Advance as Godzilla: Domination!.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.