ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 5
The games released on this day in gaming history.
652 releases
10 Years AgoThe Beggar's Ride
PCWii UWorldwideNorth America
The Beggar's Ride is a unique and innovative Platform Puzzle Adventure Game where the player can manipulate the environment to solve puzzles in a deep and intriguing story of discovery.
9 Years AgoWelcome to Moreytown
PCMacLinuxiOSAndroidWorldwide
Claw your way to the top of Moreytown, a furry slum for human-animal hybrids. Will you take down the gangs who rule the town, or take them over instead?
9 Years AgoEngland Exchange
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
An International Affair! Play as a (male or female) American college student spending a semester abroad in London. Build a new future by living, studying, working, and dating in England.
9 Years AgoSave the Ninja Clan
Xbox OneWorldwide
Save the Ninja Clan is a platformer for casual players as well as speed runners. There are two ways to play this game: play through the normal story mode or find secrets/"bugs" in the game to annoy the Game Manager watching.
6 Years AgoWintermoor Tactics Club
PCWorldwide
Wintermoor Tactics Club is a story about surviving high school, with gameplay inspired by tactics RPGs and visual novels.
6 Years AgoUbermosh: Omega
PS4Worldwide
Ubermosh: Omega, the apex of Walter Machado's Cult Classic series Ubermosh.
4 Years AgoFracked
PCWorldwide
From the creators of Phantom: Covert Ops, Fracked is the trailblazing new VR action adventure that collides relentless gunfights with free running, skiing, and climbing.
3 Years AgoSkautfold: Shrouded in Sanity
PS5Worldwide
"A survival-horror game inspired by Resident Evil 1, Dark Souls, and Eternal Darkness." "Shrouded in Sanity is an isometric survival horror action game, with minimal rpg elements and an open world approach. Immersion is the focus here, avoiding non diegetic sounds and music.
27 Years AgoFleet Command
PCNorth America
International waterways become theatres of war when the world's most formidable maritime powers exchange their fatal blows.
23 Years AgoStake: Fortune Fighters
XboxWorldwide
Stake - the ultimate combat event! It's winner-take-all as the world's best brawl for supremacy. More than the coveted Stake Emblem is on the line in the wildest competition ever for riches, fame and respect. Enter the arena. Face your foe.
12 Years AgoGhostControl Inc.
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Manage a team of ghosthunters and free London from paranormal terror in turn-based battles. Develop your own strategy and build your business well. Let's be honest - a ghost in your house can be a real pest.
12 Years AgoHeileen 1: Sail Away
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
She has a quiet life, without any real problems. But one day, her uncle Otto, a famous english merchant, decides that it is time for a change, and forces her to follow him on a journey to the New World.
11 Years AgoEgg Returns Home
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Egg Returns Home is a simple platformer about an egg, which is trying to find his way back home. At every level egg needs to get to the teleport.
10 Years AgoPlanet R-12
PCWorldwide
"Planet R-12" is a 2D tactical shooter. Your squad of persistent soldiers accidently landed on a planet of robots, populated by hostile mechanisms and war machines. Each step on a planet is full of dangers and soldiers really need your skills and abilities.
10 Years AgoHyposphere
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Hyposphere is not simply a classic "marble" platformer, it may also be the most beautiful, thanks to the power of the Unreal Engine 4, as well as the most difficult.
9 Years AgoChronicle of Innsmouth
PCWorldwide
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point-and-click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90's and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info, and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
9 Years AgoMonstercakes
PCLinuxWorldwide
Pretty simple game combination between 2048 and match-3 settings with awesome monster cakes. Put your monster cake in the good hole and combine them together to get higher monster cake. Combine them as high as you can and be on the top of the leaderboard!
9 Years AgoAFL Evolution
PS4Xbox OneNorth America
EXPERIENCE THE EVOLUTION - AFL Evolution brings you the most intense and feature packed AFL experience ever.
5 Years AgoDull Grey
PCSwitchPS4PS VitaXbox OneWorldwideNorth AmericaEurope
Dull Grey is an award-winning visual novel about growing up. It tells about mother and son, free will and the search for happiness among foggy mountains and grey pipes.
5 Years AgoCloud Cutter
PCWorldwide
Cloud Cutter brings you classic arcade shoot ‘em up gameplay in top notch graphics. Enjoy intense fast-paced explosive action full of epic destruction, arcade style power-ups, lasers and of course huge multi-stage boss fights.
5 Years AgoThe World After
PCWorldwide
Set during a pandemic lockdown in France, The World After is a FMV point & click adventure game that tells the story of a man who tries to uncover the truth behind his strange nightmares and the mystery of the village he's living in.
5 Years AgoOne Escape
iOSWorldwide
One Escape is a puzzle platformer. You control three friends with different abilities, as they try to escape from jail.
5 Years AgoSave Me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition
Expanded editionSwitchPCWorldwide
Dive into a great adventure in the Game Boy era! Tako will travel the world, explore mysterious dungeons and fight tenacious bosses on his quest to end the war between the octopus kingdom and the human realm.
4 Years AgoRiffTrax: The Game
PCPS4SwitchXbox OneWorldwide
RiffTrax: The Game is a multiplayer party game where players compete to make bad movies funny. Do you have what it takes to be the next movie riffing genius? Grab your friends and make fun of some of the worst cinematic abominations ever created.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.