ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 2
The games released on this day in gaming history.
682 releases
8 Years AgoRoad to Ballhalla
SwitchNorth America
A snarky and rhythm-driven action game about rolling around. Prepare your balls for an epic journey to Ballhalla. Feel the rhythm to overcome deadly hazards and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year. May the torque be with you!
7 Years AgoUndefeated
PCWorldwide
Ever dreamed of becoming a super hero that protects the city with your super powers? Undefeated makes that dream come true! Fly over the city to patrol the streets and look out for crimes or troubles. Use your unlimited powers to keep the city safe.
3 Years AgoOceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm
PS5Xbox Series X|SPCWorldwide
Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm, set a thousand years before the events of the first chapter, takes the player on a magical journey across the vast world of Gaia, brimming with mythology and lore.
15 Years AgoPhineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension
PS3WiiNorth AmericaAustralia
Inspired by the upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie, Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension on the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system allows players to explore and conquer all new worlds in an action-packed platforming and combat game.
8 Years AgoFlat Heroes
SwitchWorldwide
Flat Heroes is a minimalist super intense local multiplayer game with special care put into the game-feel and polishing of every detail in a trendy graphic experience. The game includes multiple cooperative and competitive modes for 1-4 players and features squares!
8 Years AgoCrush Your Enemies
SwitchNorth America
Strategy games have become too stuffy, bogged down with diplomacy, endless repositioning, waiting....ugh, so much waiting. Crush Your Enemies is a RTS distilled down to the basics - foul-mouthed barbarians, gratuitous use of "bollocks," and more chest hair than you can handle.
2 Years AgoUBoat
PCWorldwide
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
20 Years AgoSafecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
PCNorth America
As an expert safecracker, you are hired by the wealthy family of a recently deceased to search his mansion for his last will and testament. Duncan W. Adams was an avid safe collector and an 'eccentric,' to say the least.
10 Years AgoNear Death
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
During an emergency winter flight your plane crashes near an abandoned Antarctic research facility in the midst of a deadly blizzard.
8 Years AgoShaq Fu: A Legend Reborn
iOSAndroidWorldwide
Shaq takes it to the streets on ninjas in this beat-em-up, with fully destructible environments. Make use of power ups, melee and ranged weapons to defeat enemies and bosses.
7 Years AgoProgressbar95
iOSWorldwide
Progressbar95 is a unique indie game with a strong nostalgic vibe. It turns vintage GUI elements like panels, buttons and icons into game elements! Fights against virtual office assistants, calculators, annoying pop-ups and maddening visual glitches.
30 Years AgoBaku Baku
PCJapan
The player must line up falling blocks of animals and foodstuffs. When an animal is aligned adjacent to a tile of its favoured food, the animal eats the food. Larger groups of connected food of the same type scores higher when eaten.
9 Years AgoArchangel: Hellfire
Oculus VRSteamVRPCWorldwide
Step into the cockpit of a six-story mech and feel its might at your command! You are the tip of the spear in the United States Free Forces’ war against the overwhelming mechanized forces of HUMNX, a tyrannical corporation that rules a post-apocalyptic America.
4 Years AgoAzure Striker Gunvolt 3
Xbox OneXbox Series X|SWorldwide
Fates are sealed as paradigms shift and a new era unfolds. What lies beyond the path toward hope? Inti Creates' flagship 2D side-scrolling "Azure Striker GUNVOLT" series is back with a brand new title!
2 Years AgoCloser the Distance
PCPS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
15 Years AgoSlipstream 5000
PCWorldwide
Take over control of one of many futuristic racers which fly through courses all over the world. A very nice feature is the ability of picking up weapons during fight to keep your opponents under control. You're able to upgrade your racer after every track.
14 Years AgoCorpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash
PSPJapan
Corpse Party: Sweet Sachiko's Hysteric Birthday Bash is a different type of adventure in the Corpse Party series that stars the violent and murderous Sachiko Shinozaki, who has decided to invite her victims to Heavenly Host Elementary School to celebrate her birthday.
7 Years AgoHalf Dead 2
PCWorldwide
Go through deadly rooms of multi-storey building. Team up with other players and make your way through traps with a friendly team! Or take a weapon and kill them all in the PvP game mode!
7 Years AgoDry Drowning
PCWorldwide
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, an unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
3 Years AgoLast War
iOSPCWorldwide
A global zombie infestation has converted many into zombies. As a survivor, your primary goal is to retain your humanity and survive. Begin your journey with an intense survival challenge.
12 Years AgoLiEat: The Lie-Eating Dragon & the Gold Thief
PCWorldwide
The third and final game in the LiEat trilogy.
10 Years AgoYou Have 10 Seconds
PCWorldwide
You Have 10 Seconds is a fast paced arcade style platformer game with over 40 levels.
10 Years AgoCannon Brawl
PS4North America
Cannon Brawl is a 2D action strategy game with big explosions and destructible terrain. Command the action from your airship to build cannons, capture mines, expand your territory and more.
9 Years AgoMiracle Merchant
iOSAndroidWorldwide
Combine ingredient cards to create potions and satisfy customer requests.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.