ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 18
The games released on this day in gaming history.
709 releases
8 Years AgoThe Room 4: Old Sins
AndroidWorldwide
The disappearance of an ambitious engineer and his high-society wife provokes a hunt for a precious artefact. The trail leads you to the attic of their home, and the discovery of an old, peculiar dollhouse. What secrets lie within these walls?
21 Years AgoStronghold 2
PCNorth America
Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you joust over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.
9 Years AgoWonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
RemakeXbox OnePS4SwitchWorldwideNorth America
A modern version of cult classic Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap! A close collaboration between Lizardcube, DotEmu and legendary series creator Ryuichi Nishizawa, based on Westone Bit Entertainment's original masterpiece.
14 Years AgoTrials Evolution
Xbox 360Worldwide
Trials Evolution is a downloadable 2.5D platform racing game developed by RedLynx and published by Microsoft Studios. Successor to 2009's critically acclaimed Trials HD. The game uses 3D graphics, but is played on a 2D plane, so the rider can only move forwards and backwards.
20 Years AgoFinal Fantasy XI Online
Xbox 360North America
Final Fantasy XI Online is the franchise's first MMORPG as well as the eleventh installment in the main series. FFXI was the world's first cross-console MMORPG, available for Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Steam.
14 Years AgoPopulous: The Beginning
PCWorldwide
Populous: The Beginning is a strategy and god-style video game. It is the third entry in the Populous video game series, developed by Bullfrog Productions in 1998.
2 Years AgoCook, Serve, Delicious!
PS4PS5Worldwide
Cook, Serve, Delicious is a hardcore restaurant sim, one of the few in its genre that gives the players total control over where they want to take their restaurant.
2 Years AgoDeath and Taxes
PS4Worldwide
In this 2D, narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
14 Years AgoDonkey Kong Jr.
PortNintendo 3DSJapan
Donkey Kong Jr. for the Nintendo Entertainment System is one of the most recognizable ports of the original arcade game, being re-released and ported many times.
7 Years AgoTrüberbrook
SwitchPS4Xbox OneWorldwide
Enjoy an adventurous vacation to a 1960's parallel universe! A Sci-Fi-Mystery Adventure Game with handmade scenery.
9 Years AgoRise & Shine
PS4Worldwide
The game mixes pure shooting arcade with the use of different bullets to solve all the situations Rise will find on his path. Think of a more arcadey Another World, also with a very tight relationship between gameplay and story.
9 Years AgoThe Silver Case
RemasterPS4North America
This is the first time "The Silver Case" has been fully localized to English. In this hit, the player takes control of the protagonist, a member of the Special Forces Unit "Republic", from a first-person perspective.
1 Year AgoDefiance
PCPS3Xbox 360Worldwide
Defiance is the first multi-platform massive online shooter video game that is also a ground-breaking entertainment experience, interconnecting with a global television program on Syfy.
3 Years AgoFarlight 84
AndroidWorldwide
Team up with two squadmates and parkour your way through towering cityscapes as you hunt down your enemies. Play as uniquely skilled heroes, tame your Buddy pets, and unlock hundreds of tactical combos to outsmart your opponents.
3 Years AgoMinecraft: Legends
SwitchPCPS4PS5Xbox OneXbox Series X|SWorldwide
Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction.
10 Years Ago
19 Years AgoGyruss
Xbox 360Worldwide
Gyruss is a shoot 'em up video arcade game developed by Konami, and released in 1983. It was designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, who had earlier created Time Pilot for Konami.
32 Years AgoSonic Drift
Game GearJapan
Sonic Drift is a racing game whose gameplay style and controls are heavily based on Sega's arcade game Out Run. Here, the players race around a race course against the other three characters for a top position in the race.
24 Years AgorealMyst
RemakeMacEurope
realMyst is a 3D remake of the 1993 adventure game Myst, developed by Cyan and released in 2000. It replaces the original’s static, pre-rendered images with fully explorable real-time 3D environments.
9 Years AgoCosmic Star Heroine
PS4EuropeAustralia
"3 exotic planets to explore. Aliens. Robots.
18 Years AgoPhantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
WiiEurope
Just as you’re about to marry Maia, the mysterious woman you found on the shore, a winged dragon grabs her and disappears. This is the tragic start of what seems like a never-ending journey into a world of loathsome creatures and wicked souls that spans three generations.
14 Years AgoSonic Blast
Nintendo 3DSJapan
Fully rendered graphics thrust Sonic into an exciting 3D playing environment. An all new gameplay perspective puts you in the middle of Sonic's 3D adventure! The evil genius Robotnik is after the Chaos Emeralds and it's up to Sonic to stop him.
7 Years AgoGod's Trigger
PCXbox OnePS4Worldwide
"God’s Trigger is a fast paced, top-down, 3D action slasher where you, as a former army veteran and now a priest, begin your crusade against the evil of our times - gangs, drugs, human trafficking. You’re filled with God’s will to purify the world from its depravity.
3 Years AgoThe Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story
SwitchPCPS4PS5Xbox OneXbox Series X|SWorldwide
Developed by Digital Sun, creators of Moonlighter, The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story is an action RPG that takes place in the League of Legends universe.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.