ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
May 17
The games released on this day in gaming history.
676 releases
14 Years AgoSonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
iOSWorldwide
The Sonic 4 Saga continues in Episode II with the return of a beloved side kick and fan-favorite villains! Following the events of Episode I, Metal Sonic has returned to form an alliance with Dr. Eggman!
8 Years AgoYonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
SwitchWorldwide
Unwind and enjoy the slow life in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a relaxing open-world adventure game. Yonder is set in the world of Gemea. A natural island paradise with eight distinct environments ranging from tropical beaches to snow-capped summits.
8 Years AgoThe House in Fata Morgana
AndroidWorldwide
A gothic suspense tale set in a cursed mansion. "The House in Fata Morgana" is a full-length visual novel spanning nearly a millennium that deals in tragedy, human nature, and insanity.
12 Years AgoWhispering Willows
OuyaWorldwide
Young Elena Elkhorn embarks on a harrowing journey to find her missing father and discover the secrets of the Willows Mansion.
7 Years AgoAkane
SwitchWorldwide
2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. Akane is an arena arcade slasher. Take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death.
22 Years AgoWarlords Battlecry III
PCWorldwide
Warlords Battlecry III further expands the Battlecry tradition of featuring persistent RPG-like fantasy heroes with its retinue of loyal followers fighting massive battles in the Warlords' world of Etheria.
8 Years AgoWhite Night
SwitchNorth America
The dark will reveal all in this third-person narrative-driven survival horror game set in the jazz/noir-era of the 1930s. White Night is both a survival horror and an homage to the first survival horror while developing its own identity.
8 Years AgoDragon Ball Legends
AndroidNorth America
Dragon Ball Legends is the ultimate Dragon Ball experience on your mobile device!
21 Years AgoImperial Glory
PCNorth America
It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to forge himself a name to be remembered throughout all eternity.
15 Years AgoThe First Templar
Xbox 360PCNorth America
The First Templar follows the story of two main characters – a French Templar, and his companion, a noble lady who has been proclaimed a heretic.
8 Years AgoShin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
RemakeNintendo 3DSEurope
The remake of the Nintendo DS game Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey with new additions, including a new story character. "A spatial distortion full of demons appeared in Antarctica, threatening to engulf the Earth in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey.
8 Years AgoIdle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
iOSWorldwide
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is a Dungeons & Dragons strategy management game uniting characters from throughout the D&D multiverse into a grand adventure.
14 Years AgoCircus Atari
PortiOSWorldwide
3 rows of triangular balloons move along the top part of the screen, each overlaid with blue, green, and yellow (colors used in the original version), counting from the top row.
10 Years AgoShadwen
PS4PCLinuxMacWorldwideNorth America
Shadwen is a true stealth game where the only rule is to remain unseen. Stay hidden – or the ruthless guards will kill you on sight! Shadwen, an assassin on a quest to kill the king, has a chance encounter with a little orphan girl named Lily.
9 Years AgoFarpoint
PlayStation VREurope
Farpoint is an unnerving VR space adventure set on a hostile alien planet. On a mission to pick up scientists studying an anomaly near Jupiter, a rupture from the anomaly transports the player and scientists to an unknown alien world.
9 Years AgoLove Live! School Idol Festival
AndroidiOSWorldwide
Love Live! School idol festival is a free-to-play rhythm game released for iOS and Android, based on the Love Live! franchise. The game features two modes (Story and Live) and all nine members of the idol group μ's.
20 Years AgoSuper Pac-Man
MobileNorth America
Super Pac-Man is a game in Namco's Pac-Man family, but instead of gobbling up dots, Pac is required to eat fruit and prizes, such as apples, bunches of bananas, doughnuts, hamburgers, fried eggs, ears of corn, sneakers, pieces of cakes, ras…
10 Years Ago
6 Years AgoThe House of Da Vinci 2
SwitchWorldwide
The long awaited sequel to The House of Da Vinci is finally here. Join more than 1.000.000 players from around the world and dive into the 3D puzzle adventure.
14 Years AgoKirby's Block Ball
Nintendo 3DSNorth America
Kirby's back with fast-paced, four-way action! It's a breakaway bash in this wild new Kirby game of Block Ball! By destroying the blocks on the screen, you clear stages and obtain powers that help you in your final confrontation with King Dedede.
8 Years AgoThe friends of Ringo Ishikawa
PCMacWorldwide
A highschool gang leader Ringo Ishikawa trying to live through his last autumn before graduation. With his best friends.
2 Years AgoPaper Trail
AndroidWorldwide
Fold corners and edges of the screen to open new pathways and solve puzzles in the super charming Paper Trail, with a soundtrack that'll melt your heart.
10 Years AgoLife Goes On: Done to Death
PS4Worldwide
A comical puzzle platformer where you must die to progress. The bodies you leave behind are your only tools to solve puzzles on your quest to find the Cup of Life.
10 Years AgoWild Arms 3
PS4EuropeNorth America
Wild Arms 3 (titled Wild Arms Advanced 3rd in Japan) boasts major technological improvements and a number of new gameplay elements.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.