ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 15
The games released on this day in gaming history.
827 releases
18 Years AgoBionic Commando Rearmed
RemakePS3Europe
Classic side-scrolling gameplay is reporting back for duty with Bionic Commando Rearmed, a remake of the classic NES game, out now on PC.
9 Years AgoMatterfall
PS4North America
Overcome an ever-expanding threat that might have already seeped too far into the core of humanity itself.
2 Years AgoJenny LeClue: Detectivu
iOSWorldwide
Jenny LeClue is a story focused exploration adventure game with memorable characters, a unique aesthetic, and an epic tangled mystery. Jenny is a brilliant young detective, but nothing exciting happens in her small town of Arthurton, and she longs for real adventure.
4 Years AgoPoppy Playtime: Chapter 2 - Fly in a Web
Standalone expansioniOSWorldwide
Three times the size of Chapter 1, you must descend deeper into the toy factory. Mind-numbing puzzles and horrific toys await. Grapple and swing your way to safety. Try to escape- and don't let Mommy find you.
3 Years AgoEverspace 2
Xbox Series X|SPS5Worldwide
Everspace 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.
18 Years AgoMadden NFL 09
PS3Xbox 360Europe
Play and manage football matches between real NFL teams, featuring the latest player lineups of 2009!
14 Years AgoTales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions. You're a Blob of alien origin with mutant powers and an insatiable appetite. To the great horror of your former captors (and all of humanity), you have escaped into the world.
40 Years AgoStarflight
DOSNorth America
Starflight is a space exploration role-playing adventure video game developed by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts in 1986. Originally developed for IBM compatible and Tandy systems, it was later released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh and Commodore 64.
10 Years AgoTypoman
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Typoman is a two dimensional puzzle platformer distinguished by a unique game world. You slip into the role of the HERO struggling to make your way through a dark, surreal world. Despite your small stature you have a powerful gift: You can use letters to alter your environment!
2 Years AgoMinami Lane
SwitchWorldwide
Minami Lane is a small-scale management game where players build and manage a Japanese-inspired street. The game involves placing and customizing buildings, managing shops by adjusting inventory, recipes, and prices, and ensuring the happiness of the villagers.
29 Years AgoTouhou Rei'iden: The Highly Responsive to Prayers
PC-98Japan
The game introduces the Shrine Maiden Reimu Hakurei, who frantically attempts to persuade a bouncing Yin-Yang Orb to hit various on-screen targets, "cards" and "bosses" alike.
15 Years AgoSpace Pirates and Zombies
PCWorldwide
At its core, Space Pirates and Zombies is an action based, skill oriented, top down space combat game. It's similar to the ones we knew and loved in years past, but now using full physics simulation and modern graphics for those oh so pretty explosions.
13 Years AgoStar Soldier
Nintendo 3DSEurope
Star Soldier is a 1986 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and MSX. It is the first game in the Star Soldier series.
7 Years AgoIttle Dew
SwitchWorldwide
Adventuress Ittle Dew and her sidekick Tippsie crash onto a strange island, filled with loot and mysterious inhabitants. It quickly dawns on the duo that this might become their biggest adventure yet.
4 Years AgoFashion Police Squad
PCWorldwide
Fashion Police Squad is a humorous retro FPS where you fight against fashion crime using attire enhancing weaponry.
2 Years AgoEpiko Regal
iOSAndroidWorldwide
Epiko Regal is an immersive mobile strategy game that seamlessly blends collectible card gameplay with tower defense battles.
14 Years AgoEversion
LinuxMacWorldwide
The Princess of the Flower Kingdom has vanished! She was taken by the Ghulibas of the north, and it is up to brave Zee Tee to rescue her.
7 Years AgoRed Matter
Oculus QuestMeta Quest 2Worldwide
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a frozen, faraway planet.
13 Years AgoWorms Clan Wars
PCWorldwideNorth America
Worms Clan Wars is an artillery-strategy game developed in the Worms series. Many gameplay features from previous Worms games return, such as water mechanics and Physics Objects. The classes system which was introduced in Worms Revolution also returned.
6 Years AgoDinoScape
PCWorldwide
As a brave caveman, save the dinosaurs from extinction! Try to escape from meteorids, lava, sharp teeth and deep abysses together with your riding dinosaur.
3 Years AgoMoving Out 2
SwitchPCPS4PS5Xbox OneXbox Series X|SWorldwide
Moving Out 2 is a video game in which payers attempt to move objects across various levels without hitting objections. It combines elements of strategy, puzzles, and party video games. It is a sequel to Moving Out.
1 Year AgoOff
Expanded editionSwitchPCWorldwide
“I’m the Batter. I’ve been entrusted with a sacred mission.” -- One of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years is finally coming to Steam and Nintendo Switch.
21 Years AgoXanadu Next
N-GageNorth America
Xanadu Next is an exploration-centric action RPG from Nihon Falcom, the acclaimed creators of the Ys and The Legend of Heroes RPG franchises.
13 Years AgoGalaga: Demons of Death
PortWii UNorth America
Classic arcade shoot ‘em up Galaga was faithfully recreated for the home in this acclaimed NES version.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.