ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
June 16
The games released on this day in gaming history.
718 releases
12 Years AgoKnightmare Tower
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Break through ceilings, rescue princesses and escape boiling lava as you slash your way to the top of the Knightmare Tower!
10 Years AgoRoot Letter
PS4PS VitaJapan
Root Letter (stylized √Letter) is a visual novel adventure video game that is developed and published by Kadokawa Games as the first title in their Kadokawa Game Mystery brand.
9 Years AgoColony Survival
LinuxPCMacWorldwide
Colony Survival is a voxel RTS developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the monsters that attack every night.
17 Years AgoMad Dog McCree
WiiNorth America
Real motion picture action! Mad Dog McCree is known worldwide as one of the highest rated arcade games and is the first interactive shooting game with real live motion picture action. Mad Dog and his men have kidnapped the town's Mayor and his daughter.
16 Years AgoSinistar
Atari 8-bitWorldwide
The player pilots a lone spacecraft, and must create "Sinibombs" by shooting at drifting planetoids and catching the crystals that are thereby released. Sinibombs are needed to defeat the game boss, Sinistar, an animated spacecraft with a demonic skull face.
21 Years AgoCapcom Fighting Evolution
XboxJapan
Capcom Fighting Jam, released in the US as Capcom Fighting Evolution, is a 2004 head-to-head fighting game from Capcom. It was originally released as a coin-operated arcade game for the Namco System 246 hardware and ported to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
20 Years AgoGlory of the Roman Empire
PCEurope
Glory of the Roman Empire is the first of three games on the subject (CivCity: Rome, Caesar IV) that came out in 2006. The game has full 3D structures, units and environment. It has dozens of historically inspired structures and environments rendered in full detail in a 3D world.
6 Years AgoColt Canyon
PS4Xbox OneSwitchPCWorldwide
Colt Canyon is a pixel art rogue-lite shooter where you have to save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits. Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum.
4 Years AgoRedout 2
PCPS5PS4Xbox Series X|SXbox OneSwitchWorldwide
The fastest racing game in the universe. Redout 2 is a tribute to classic arcade racing games and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Redout. Reach impossible speeds in exhilarating futuristic races across an extensive single-player campaign and competitive multiplayer.
3 Years AgoStay Out of the House
SwitchPS4PS5Xbox OneXbox Series X|SWorldwideEuropeNorth America
Edge of your seat STEALTH HORROR as you try to escape the house of a cannibal SERIAL KILLER.... Stay Out of the House is stealth based, VHS style slasher horror. With low poly visuals authentic to the PS1 era, this is the game your 90's self always wanted!
4 Years AgoCloud Gardens
SwitchWorldwide
A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas. In Cloud Gardens players must harness the power of nature to overgrow lo-fi scenes of urban decay and manufactured landscapes.
This yearBlock Story
MacWorldwide
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
20 Years AgoPoPoLoCrois
PSPEurope
PoPoLoCrois is the heart-warming story of Pietro, the prince of the PoPoLoCrois Kingdom, and his adventures to save his family, the world and everything else between.
15 Years AgoLearn to Fly 2
Web browserNorth America
Learn to Fly 2 is a browser based game where players control a penguin in its journey to fly.
4 Years AgoStarship Troopers: Terran Command
PCWorldwide
Starship Troopers: Terran Command is a thrilling real-time strategy game set in the Starship Troopers movies universe. Take command of the Mobile Infantry and do your part in the war against the Arachnid threat.
4 Years AgoAutonauts
PS4PS5Xbox OneXbox Series X|SSwitchWorldwide
You are responsible for colonising uninhabited planets. Start from nothing and harness natural resources to build a robot empire that can be taught anything.
4 Years AgoBarn Finders
PS4Europe
Search for valuables stashed in abandoned barns. Take part in storage auctions, bid high and buy yourself a chance to find exclusive items hidden in the past.
12 Years AgoA Wizard's Lizard
PCWorldwide
A Wizard's Lizard is an ever-changing medieval fantasy hack 'n slash game from independent game developers, Lost Decade Games. Conquer the forces of Death in A Wizard’s Lizard, an action RPG for Windows, Mac and Linux.
10 Years AgoLost in Harmony
AndroidWorldwide
Lost in Harmony is a musical runner game for iOS and Android.
4 Years AgoEnsemble Stars!! Music
AndroidiOSWorldwide
Ensemble Stars!! Music is the 3D rhythm game and 2nd game after the split. As the player, you play various songs on different difficulties, gather cards by gacha/scouting, and level the boys up in ranks.
17 Years AgoMySims Racing
WiiNorth America
Build your winning kart and take on tricky opponents on a variety of challenging tracks. Use drifting, boost control and strategy to get an edge on your opponents. Compete for prizes and bragging rights with up to four players.
15 Years AgoSteins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace
Xbox 360Japan
Spin-off of the popular Visual Novel "Steins;Gate". It is set up in a peaceful world line where okabe can hang out romantically with all the main characters of the original novel: Makise Kurise, Shiina Mayure, Kiryuu Moeka, Feiris, Suzuha Amane and Urushibara Ruka.
15 Years AgoBeat Hazard Ultra
Standalone expansionPCMacLinuxWorldwide
Welcome to a new experience in gameplay mechanics: Beat Hazard Ultra - Gameplay Powered by YOUR Music!
6 Years AgoLost Lands: Dark Overlord
SwitchEurope
Susan had just stepped away to answer the phone, but when she returned she saw something pulling her son Jimmy through a shimmering portal. It closed before she could pull him back. To save him, she must find a way to this other world.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.