ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 4
The games released on this day in gaming history.
574 releases
This yearWorld of Warships: Legends
Expanded editionPCWorldwide
World of Warships: Legends is a global multiplayer free-to-play online game in which you can master the seas on the decks of history’s greatest warships!
19 Years AgoVirtua Fighter 2
PortWiiNorth America
This is a 2D port of the 3D fighting game Virtua Fighter 2. Virtua Fighter (3D) also introduces two new characters which are not included in this 16-bit port.
17 Years AgoDonkey Kong Jungle Beat
PortWiiNorth America
The highly rated Nintendo GameCube game, created by the same team that developed Super Mario Galaxy, returns with enhanced motion controls and new surprises.
9 Years AgoBonk's Revenge
Wii UNorth America
In Bonk's Revenge, King Drool hijacks half the moon in an attempt for world domination! Of course it's up to our favorite prehistoric hero to stop him, and so Bonk embarks on an all-new quest to save the world.
9 Years AgoEmpire TV Tycoon
iOSWorldwide
Empire TV Tycoon is a game for PC, Mac and Linux where you manage a TV Channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will lead your channel to the fame.
8 Years AgoCoffee Crisis
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Coffee Crisis is an arcade-style beat 'em up full of caffeinated carnage! This is a full scale release for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, packed with classic gameplay and an extra espresso shot of action!
5 Years AgoThe Colonists
PS4SwitchXbox OneNorth AmericaEurope
Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.
4 Years AgoWildcat Gun Machine
PCXbox OneSwitchPS4WorldwideNorth AmericaEurope
Wildcat Gun Machine is a bullet hell dungeon crawler where you take on hordes of disgusting flesh beasts with a wide variety of guns, giant mech robots, and cute kittens.
26 Years AgoMartian Gothic: Unification
PCNorth America
Martian Gothic : Unification is one of the numerous titles which came out at the end of the PlayStation lifespan. At first glance, it looks like a typical Resident Evil rip-off with a futuristic paint, a disturbing cover and bad voice-acting.
22 Years AgoRalliSport Challenge 2
XboxNorth America
RalliSport Challenge 2 is a 2004 rally racing video game, and the sequel to the 2002 RalliSport Challenge. This game contains new features such as a cockpit cameras and ability to change car at the last moment.
20 Years Ago
16 Years AgoFat Princess: Fistful of Cake
Expanded editionPSPNorth America
Sound the trumpets! The highly-anticipated PlayStationNetwork title Fat Princess is bringing its comical medieval fun to the PSP(PlayStationPortable) system, and with a host of added features.
9 Years AgoPanzer Corps
MacWorldwide
Panzer Corps Wehrmacht is the award-winning turn-based strategy game that the press has called “…nothing short of brilliant” and “the spiritual successor to the Panzer General series”, with high rankings and praise around the world.
18 Years AgoWolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3
PS3Worldwide
The classic series responsible for Commando and Mercs returns as a downloadable dual-joystick shooter from Capcom and Backbone Entertainment.
16 Years AgoGate of Doom
ZeeboBrazil
Fantasy hack and slash game with a lot of digital speech. A diagonal scrolling action game allowing players to choose 4 characters including Knight, Wizard, Bard and Ninja.
9 Years AgoYellow
iOSAndroidWorldwide
Yellow, a puzzle game for you! Can you make the screen yellow in all 50 levels? Each level has its own logic.
4 Years AgoPictoQuest: The Cursed Grids
Xbox OneXbox Series X|SNorth America
Challenge your deductive skills by helping our two young heroes on their quest to bring the legendary paintings of Pictoria back!
4 Years AgoShin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation - The Endless Seven-Day Journey
SwitchChinaKorea
The Nohara family has decided to spend their summer vacation in Kumamoto. A week of life begins in the small town of Asso. Surrounded by abundant nature, you can catch rare insects, catch fish in nearby streams, and pick up wild plants.
22 Years AgoInteractive Buddy
Web browserWorldwide
A classic Flash game in which players can interact with a buddy.
11 Years AgoBlank Dream
PCJapan
Blank Dream is a freeware horror-exploration game by Kanawo (of Teriyaki Tomato) made in RPG Maker VX Ace. Wishing that she had never even existed, Mishiro Usui threw herself into the lake. When she came to, she was in the Mirror World, a place neither heaven nor hell.
11 Years AgoThe Enchanted Cave 2
iOSWorldwide
The Enchanted Cave 2 is an RPG/roguelike with a heavy focus on risk vs. reward. Strategically choosing your battles, building your character, enchanting your equipment and knowing when to escape the cave are crucial to succeed.
17 Years AgoChronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual
PCWorldwide
Uncover the darkest secret of humanity! Young archeologist Sylvie Leroux accidentally stumbles upon an ancient secret. What she doesn't realize is that her research will put her in deadly peril.
12 Years AgoThe Happy Hereafter
PCWorldwide
Welcome to The Happy Hereafter, a casual sim in which you guide the newly dead as they build an afterlife for themselves and their fellow lost souls.
9 Years AgoDawn of Andromeda
PCWorldwide
Dawn of Andromeda is a pausable, real-time 4X space strategy game providing an accessible, fun and immersive experience, introducing fresh ideas to the genre.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.