ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
July 5
The games released on this day in gaming history.
551 releases
2 Years AgoCakey's Twisted Bakery
PCWorldwide
It's bake or die at Cakey's Bakery, where human children are the secret ingredient to strange monsters' delicious pastries. Find the recipe for survival to escape the bakery and it's sweet and scary staff!
2 Years AgoCyber Citizen Shockman Zero
PortPS5PS4Xbox Series X|SXbox OneSwitchPCNorth AmericaWorldwide
Experience the revival of a retro but timeless co-op action classic
38 Years AgoGenji: Time Suspense Adventure
Sharp X1Worldwide
Adventure game developed by Hot-B in 1988.
36 Years AgoThe 4th Unit 4 - Zero
PC-88Japan
Zero is the fourth 4th Unit game. Only a few days have passed since the andoird assaults and the shocking encounter with Blon-Win's clone. The Unified Force gathers all its resources, preparing to engage the shady trade organization WWWF.
35 Years AgoMagical Taluluto-kun
Game GearJapan
A "cute-em-up" released in 1991 for the Sega Game Gear, developed by Tsukuda Ideal. It is based on the anime series and manga of the same name.
29 Years AgoXonix32
RemakePCWorldwide
Xonix32 is a remake of the DOS game Xonix for the Windows platform. The gameplay is the same: the player controls a marker and has to cut off pieces of the playfield, creating a big safe area, while avoiding to be hit by the enemies.
27 Years AgoRing
PCMacNorth America
Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen is a point-and-click adventure video. The game is based on Richard Wagner's four opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, and features music from various performances of the Vienna Symphony conducted by Georg Solti during the 1950s and 1960s.
27 Years AgoMission: Humanity
PCEurope
Mission: Humanity is a RTS set in the "not-to-distant future". Earth has been ravaged by alien invaders but humanity has gained access to some of their technology. It is time for the human race to fight back!
27 Years Ago
24 Years AgoGreat Qin Warriors
PCChina
In the year 2164, a wormhole into an alternate realm was opened by accident, and malevolent creatures known as "replicators" have emerged from there. A bitter war was fought, but the replicators had overwhelming numerical superiority.
22 Years AgoMillsberry
Web browserWorldwide
Millsberry was an advergame, created by General Mills in July 2004 as a marketing tool. It had shops, homes, an arcade, special events, and a weekly newspaper called the Millsberry Gazette, which told you the happenings in Millsberry.
21 Years AgoEcho: Secrets of the Lost Cavern
PCNorth America
Secret of the Lost Cavern is another edutainment Myst-clone adventure in the tradition of old Cryo titles. This game attempts to take us to the Prehistoric Age.
21 Years AgoSpellagories
PCWorldwide
Unscramble magical words in a fantasy curse‑breaking word game.
20 Years AgoSilent Hill: Mobile DX
MobileJapan
Silent Hill: Mobile DX is the first Silent Hill series installment's conversion for FOMA90X series 3G mobile phones. It was available exclusively in Japan as an application over the i-mode mobile service in conjunction with the Japanese release of the first Silent Hill film.
19 Years AgoDetective Grimoire
Web browserWorldwide
At 10:28 last night, a body was found at the local Fairground that operates just outside of town. The cleaner, one Jerry Spears, discovered the dead body of his former colleague, Hugh Everton, inside the Hall of Mirrors. All the evidence points towards murder.
19 Years AgoRainforest Cascade
PCWorldwide
In this arcade puzzler, saving the rainforest involves tile-matching. A matrix of tiles in various forms is presented; swap adjacent tiles to create rows or columns of 3 or more, and these will be destructed.
19 Years AgoWangan Midnight
PS3Japan
Basic game modes are the Story Mode that follows the manga's plot according to the main characters point of view.
19 Years AgoBoku no Natsuyasumi 3: Kitaguni-hen - Chiisana Boku no Dai Sougen
PS3Japan
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3 is the third main game in the life simulation series of spending a summer vacation in Japan. This time the fourth grader Boku goes to his uncle and aunt's farm in the wide-open countryside of Hokkaidō on 1st August 1975.
19 Years AgoChicken Shoot
WiiNorth America
Chicken Shoot is a shooting gallery game with adventure elements where you blow the chickens away. In each mission the player can collect a number of things and can receive many extra points for different actions.
17 Years Ago4x4 Jam
iOSWorldwide
Find yourself behind the wheels of off-road vehicles in 4x4 JAM. Jump over your opponent or roll down a steep hill. No rules, no boundaries, racing is sheer fun.
16 Years AgoPearl Harbor Trilogy: 1941 - Red Sun Rising
WiiNorth America
The first in a trilogy of air combat games for WiiWare
16 Years AgoLooming
Web browserWorldwide
Looming follows an unnamed protagonist as he explores the plains of a mysterious world, finds clues, and uncovers a variety of beautiful intertwining stories.
15 Years AgoSonic Tweet
Web browserJapan
Sonic Tweet was a social game in Japan that allowed players to fight Dr. Eggman using Twitter posts and earn one of 500 virtual trading cards.
15 Years AgoLan Master
NESWorldwide
Lan Master is a puzzle game for NES, inspired by the game NetWalk. The goal is to connect all of the computers on each level. Rotate the pieces and connect the wires before the timer runs out!
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.