ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 8
The games released on this day in gaming history.
677 releases
11 Years AgoAces of the Luftwaffe
PCWorldwide
YOU have to show what you’re made of as the war over Europe is in full swing. Fight waves of Axis planes and panzers until you hit the boss enemies – the Aces of the Luftwaffe.
6 Years AgoAto
PCWorldwide
Ato is an atmospheric sword dueling metroidvania game set in the era of feudal Japan. Every combat encounter is an intense duel to the death with its own personality and fighting style.
1 Year AgoThe Abandoned Planet
SwitchWorldwide
When a wormhole tears open in space, an astronaut is hurled down and crashes on a distant planet. But where is she? Where are all the inhabitants of the planet?
1 Year AgoWhat Comes After
PS4PS5Europe
What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back.
11 Years AgoStar Trek: Starfleet Academy
PCWorldwide
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a PC Star Trek simulation game that simulates the life of a typical Starfleet cadet. The object in the game is for the player to learn the basics of flying a starship so that the player can eventually become a captain of one's very own ship.
8 Years AgoTrailblazers
LinuxMacPCPS4Worldwide
Trailblazers is a fresh new co-operative racing title with an innovative on-track game mechanic: paint the track, boost on your colour and work as a team to win! Take control of high-speed racers in unique 3v3 team races across a series of colourful circuits.
8 Years AgoRaging Justice
MacSwitchPS4Xbox OnePCWorldwideNorth America
Raging Justice is a modern take on the 2D scrolling brawler that pulls the classic genre kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Raging Justice is a modern game born of a classic era.
8 Years AgoTiny Bubbles
iOSWorldwide
Tiny Bubbles is a mesmerizing organic puzzle game about playing with clusters of realistic soap bubbles in a microscopic aquatic world.
7 Years AgoMeow Motors
SwitchNorth America
Meet kitties as the main heroes of the new go-kart racing game! Overcome difficulties of the tracks drifting through mines and bombs, stop your competitors blasting them with bubble gum and other astonishing weapons.
7 Years AgoMy Big Sister
PS4PS VitaWorldwide
My name is Luzia...and this story isn't about me, but my sister. Play as Luzia in her quest to return home. After Luzia and her older sister Sombria are abducted by strangers, it is up to Luzia to help her and her sister home.
19 Years AgoHeatseeker
PSPWorldwide
Designed to be an incredible lock-on/shake-off experience, Heatseeker reinvents missile combat to give gamers a massive rush of destruction.
12 Years AgoNutjitsu
Xbox OneNorth America
Trace a safe route to help a ninja squirrel pick up power-ups and avoid enemies in a modern Pac-Man.
23 Years AgoSalammbo: Battle for Carthage
PCWorldwide
Inspired by the novel of Gustave Flaubert and the works of Phillippe Druillet, Salammbo: Battle for Carthage puts you in the middle of two of antiquities greatest powers. Can you deliver Salammbo's message before it's too late?
19 Years AgoCellFactor: Revolution
PCNorth America
CellFactor: Revolution is a tech demo based physics game that was eventually released for free.
15 Years AgoExerbeat
WiiNorth America
ExerBeat offers an interactive fitness experience where players workout to the beat by utilizing the Wii Remote to perform more than 150 simple yet challenging exercises.
10 Years AgoKhimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
PCWorldwide
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
9 Years AgoStar Explorers
PCWorldwide
Earth is gone ... Humanity is faced with extinction ... Our only hope is to find another world.
8 Years AgoFirst Winter
PCWorldwide
Seemingly trapped in a nightmarish reality of ever changing worlds and environments, it's up to you to figure out exactly what has happened on board a stricken nuclear submarine.
8 Years AgoFloor Plan: Hands-On Edition
PlayStation VREurope
Floor Plan is a puzzle adventure game that takes place entirely inside an elevator. Go floor to floor, find items, and meet a bizarre cast of characters. Discover relationships between different things in the building and unlock its secrets.
7 Years AgoReverse Crawl
PS4Worldwide
A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!
7 Years AgoThe Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1 - A Dreadly Business
Xbox OneWorldwide
There's murder afoot in Old London town in this Victorian-styled cartoony 2D point and click adventure, inspired by Victorian novels, Hammer Horror and the Cartoon Network.
7 Years AgoImmure
PCLinuxMacWorldwide
Immure is a story driven, psychological horror game. Will, the protagonist, has found himself trapped inside a foreboding Mansion with no exit. To escape, he must travel through strange doors which lead into other dimensions, filled with tormented souls.
6 Years AgoMegabyte Punch
SwitchWorldwide
Megabyte Punch is a fighting/beat ‘em up game in which you build your own fighter! As you travel through different environments, you battle other creatures to get their parts.
1 Year AgoVendetta Forever
SteamVRWorldwide
WELCOME TO CULT ACTION PARADISE VENDETTA FOREVER fuses rapid-fire tactical gunplay with effortless acrobatic style in an unapologetic love letter to classic action cinema.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.