ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1145 releases
12 Years AgoGunZ 2: The Second Duel
PCWorldwide
Rediscovery of action shooting! We present to you GunZ 2: the Second Duel. GunZ 2 is an online action shooting game. GunZ 2 provides a whole new user experience that players have never seen from other games.
7 Years AgoMicro Mages
PCWorldwide
Enter the Demon Fortress. Built to torture pesky adventurers, this place is home to great treasure and ghastly creatures alike. But don't worry, you can count on allies like Fairies and Magical Seagulls to come to your help!
1 Year AgoDespelote
PCPS4PS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Despelote is a soccer game about people. Get immersed in the streets and parks of Quito through the eyes and ears of eight year old Julián. Dribble, pass and shoot your soccer ball around town, and see what happens when you kick it someone's way.
This yearConstance
SwitchPS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
22 Years AgoHamsterball
PCNorth America
Take control of a hamster ball and race across 15 courses. Hamsterball will ensure that you never want to see another checkered pattern in your life!
17 Years AgoDynasty Warriors: Strikeforce
PSPEurope
Koei brings us again a new addition to the Dynasty Warriors series. This installment still features the same storyline based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, with the various officers as playable characters.
42 Years AgoSabre Wulf
ZX SpectrumEurope
Sabreman must search out the lost sections of the Wulf amulet in this colourful flick screen maze game whilst fighting off the many beasts, and the Wulf itself, that inhabit the jungle before making his final escape.
19 Years AgoExerion
WiiJapan
Exerion is a vertical shoot 'em up released by Jaleco in 1983 and licensed to Taito for distribution in the United States. Screenshot from arcade version Exerion is a shoot 'em up game featuring parallax effects and inertia simulation, something notable for 1983.
12 Years AgoSuperfrog HD
RemasteriOSWorldwide
Superfrog HD is a remaster of the original Superfrog, released in 1993. The game has new, enhanced high definition cartoon style artwork, 24 new levels (including bosses) from six different worlds, and an endless runner mode called Frog Trials.
11 Years AgoOmega Quintet
PS4Europe
Omega Quintet is a hybrid between an idol simulation game and a Japanese role-playing game for the PlayStation 4.
11 Years AgoAsphalt: Nitro
MobileWorldwide
Asphalt Nitro is a spin-off of the Asphalt series, based on the 2013 mainline rendition Asphalt 8: Airborne.
8 Years AgoKilling Floor: Incursion
PS4PlayStation VRWorldwide
Tripwire brings Killing Floor to VR.
6 Years AgoLewdapocalypse Hentai Evil
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
It's a game about Zombies, Viruses, Love, Sex and Evil Corporations. ADULTS ONLY!
1 Year AgoRevolution Idle
PCWorldwide
Join an experience where each revolution takes you further into the unknown! Revolution Idle challenges you to multiply your accumulators to reach unimaginable heights. Will you manage to reach infinity?
This yearGamble With Your Friends
PCWorldwide
An online 1-6 player co-op "casino crawler" where you and your friends share one bank account and one massive debt. Gamble, buy sketchy items, make terrible decisions, and climb an ominous casino tower to hit your loan shark’s daily quota in 5 minutes - or face the consequences.
This yearBright Lights of Svetlov
PS5Worldwide
Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.
18 Years AgoDragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
WiiEurope
Developed from the ground up to take advantage of the Wii and its motion-sensing technology, Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors is set to slice its way onto Nintendo's next-generation platform.
13 Years AgoZombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge
PS3PS VitaEurope
Choose your side in the epic war between two masterminds of Evil: apprentice-gone-rogue Orville Tycoon and his army of heavy-duty zombies, or his vengeance-thirsty mentor Professor Brainhov and his rioting mass of twitchy brain-munchers.
9 Years AgoBeach Head 2002
PCWorldwide
BEACHHEAD 2002 follows on the success of BEACHHEAD 2000 with ease of use and hard-core, non-stop 3D shooting action in a photorealistic and accurate environment.
8 Years AgoAnimal Super Squad
SwitchNorth America
Animal Super Squad is a physics-based game that lets you play a chicken riding a toilet on wheels, or a sloth with a propeller on its butt, speeding through a world full of traps and bananas.
38 Years AgoPhantasie
DOSNorth America
The Isle of Gelnor is divided by a chain of mountains into two regions. The west is the traditional domain of human and humanoid beings - with a few renegade Orcs and Lizardmen - dedicated to order and goodness.
36 Years AgoRocket Ranger
FM TownsJapan
A Master Race from Outer Space Threatens the Free World! With the zapping of ray guns and the cries of Zombie Women, Rocket Ranger brings all the action, romance, thrills, and spills of the Saturday morning serial!
26 Years AgoLegoland
PCNorth America
Legoland is an educational game that shows how to build a good park. You get the job as a park manager at a LEGOLAND Park. Professor Voltage creates a time machine, and when showing it to all the other park employees, the time machine breaks and the park blows up.
17 Years AgoAltitude
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
Players control one of five customizable aircraft and battle in teams across 2D landscapes. As a player gains experience in battle they unlock new planes and customizations called perks.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.