ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
April 30
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1019 releases
5 Years AgoTerminator: Resistance Enhanced
RemasterPS5Worldwide
Run and gun or sneak and hack through Skynet's defenses! Interact with a motley group of survivors and change their fates! Get under the skin of the iconic T-800 series Infiltrator and strike out against Resistance forces with the new infiltrator mode.
3 Years AgoGrimGrimoire OnceMore
RemasterSwitchPS4PS5North AmericaWorldwide
GrimGrimoire OnceMore is a real-time strategy video game developed by Vanillaware and published by Nippon Ichi Software.
2 Years AgoFront Mission 2: Remake
RemakePCPS4PS5Xbox OneXbox Series X|SWorldwide
Front Mission 2: Remake is a remake of the sci-fi tactical role-playing game Front Mission 2. The Remake preserves the mature story, strategic turn-based combat, and Wanzer customization options of the original.
2 Years AgoTales from Candleforth
PCPS4PS5Xbox OneSwitchWorldwide
Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click adventure with puzzles and escape room mechanics.
2 Years AgoMetaverse Keeper
iOSWorldwide
Metaverse Keeper is a cooperative dungeon crawler with roguelike element.
This yearAdorable Adventures
PCPS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Play as Boris, a curious baby boar who must learn how to use his nose to reunite with his family after a forest fire. Explore beautiful landscapes, track scents, and uncover secrets as you slowly reconnect with nature in this cozy animal adventure.
This yearBandit Trap
MacPCSwitch 2PS5Worldwide
Defend your home against a bandit invasion using inventive boobytraps as a Trapper, or join a team of three Bandits and try to get away with the loot! Introducing BANDIT TRAP—a fresh 3vs1, chaotically fun, physics-driven online multiplayer game for the whole family.
This yearMonster Crown: Sin Eater
PCPS5Xbox Series X|SSwitchWorldwide
Explore the beautiful and detailed environments of Crown Nation, breed endless monsters with the most robust and polished true crossbreeding system devised in a video game.
This yearDracamar
SwitchPCPS4PS5Xbox OneXbox Series X|SWorldwide
Join Caliu, Foc, and Espurna on a journey full of adventures in the magical island world of Dracamar. Run, jump, and fight to free the Okis. Collect all the Moki-balls to rebuild the bridges and reconnect the islands.
41 Years AgoTokyo Nampa Street
PC-88FM-7Japan
Dating simulation game released by Enix in 1985. Considered somewhat revolutionary for its time, this game helped lay the foundations for the dating sim genre.
40 Years AgoCruise Chaser Blassty
PC-88PC-98Sharp X1Japan
The first role-playing game developed by Squaresoft, Cruise Chaser Blassty is a sci-fi title released in April 1986.
39 Years AgoStationfall
AmigaAmstrad CPCApple IIAtari 8-bitAtari ST/STEC64North AmericaEurope
Stationfall is an interactive fiction computer game written by Steve Meretzky and released by Infocom in 1987. Like the majority of Infocom's works, it was released simultaneously for several popular computer platforms of the time, such as the Commodore 64, Apple II, and PC.
38 Years AgoSilver Ghost
PC-88Japan
A unique hybrid RTS/Action/RPG game first released in 1988. It was the first game by Kure Software Koubou and itnroduced their eventually popular Multiple Character gameplay system that they went on to use in many later games.
35 Years Ago
32 Years AgoTraffic Department 2192
DOSWorldwide
Traffic Department 2192 is a top down shooter game in which the player pilots a futuristic "hoverskid" about a war-torn city. The game emphasizes story, with cutscenes before each mission following the arc of troubled pilot Lt. Velasquez.
30 Years AgoEarthworm Jim
PortDOSNorth America
Jim wasn't always a studly super-worm. He was once just a spineless, dirt-eater with no real mission in his life...
30 Years AgoEarthworm Jim 2
PortDOSNorth America
This port featured an upgraded CD-DA music soundtrack, more voice clips and redrawn graphics, but lacked the "Lorenzen's Soil" level.
30 Years AgoChaos Overlords
DOSMacNorth America
Chaos Overlords is a 1996 PC/Mac turn-based strategy game by the defunct studio New World Computing.
29 Years AgoWorms: The Director's Cut
Expanded editionAmigaEurope
Worms: The Director’s Cut is an enhanced version of the turn-based strategy game, where teams of worms battle across destructible landscapes using a variety of weapons and tools.
29 Years AgoShin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Digital Collection
PCJapan
A side disc to Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner packed with minigames like fortune telling, quizzes and dress-up. There are also other features such as screensavers, wallpapers, desktop themes, calculators, and calendars.
29 Years AgoFront Page Sports: Golf
PCNorth America
Front Page Sports: Golf is the most in-depth and realistic golf simulator available. Vance Cook - lead designer of Links and Links 386 Pro - now brings his years of expertise to Front Page Sports: Golf.
29 Years AgoSoldier Boyz
DOSNorth America
The "HBO exclusive" movie, Soldier Boyz, was converted into this interactive, full motion video shooter for the PC which tests your hand-eye coordination, quick reflexes and memory of the events that transpire on-screen.
28 Years AgoSpec Ops: Rangers Lead the Way
PCNorth America
This third person military shooter is the first in the series of Spec Ops titles developed by Zombie Studios.
28 Years AgoEscape Velocity: Override
MacWorldwide
2nd version of Escape Velocity. This is a sandbox game where players start with a small ship and limited capabilities. Players can get missions, buy and sell goods, or become a pirate.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.