ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 17
The games released on this day in gaming history.
619 releases
20 Years AgoBattleship / Connect Four / Sorry! / Trouble
Nintendo DSNorth America
A four game compilation featuring 4 classic board games available on the go.
19 Years AgoPremier Manager 08
PS2Worldwide
Premier Manager 08 is the definitive pick up and play football management experience.
17 Years AgoBrain Age Express: Sudoku
Nintendo DSiNorth America
About 100 sudoku puzzles taken from the original DS for DSiWare.
17 Years AgoAnimal Life: Dinosaurs
Nintendo DSWorldwide
Explore the dinosaur continent Pangea In ,,Animal Life - Dinosaurs" you start a fantastic voyage into the past. You'll get into the world of dinosaurs, solve tricky quests and experience exciting games.
27 Years AgoGuitar Rock Tour
Nintendo DSiNorth America
With Guitar Rock Tour you can perform the guitar and drum tracks of the most popular worldwide hits on your NintendoDSi and live the most explosive musical experience on the DSi!
14 Years AgoSleeping Dogs
PS3Europe
Sleeping Dogs is a third-person open-world action-adventure game set in contemporary Hong Kong. Players control Wei Shen, an undercover police officer who infiltrates a Triad organization called the Sun On Yee.
19 Years AgoNeed for Speed: Carbon
MacNorth America
Need for Speed: Carbon is an arcade-style street racing game set in an open-world city. Players compete in illegal night races across different event types, including circuits, sprints, drifting, and canyon duels on winding mountain roads, while evading police pursuits.
3 Years AgoVampire Survivors
SwitchWorldwide
Mow thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you.
14 Years AgoNew Super Mario Bros. 2
Nintendo 3DSEurope
New Super Mario Bros. 2 is a side-scrolling 2.5D action-adventure platform game for the Nintendo 3DS. As the direct sequel to New Super Mario Bros., it is an indirect follow-up to New Super Mario Bros.
9 Years AgoZero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
PS4Japan
Zero Time Dilemma is the third and final entry in the Zero Escape series. It is a story focused mystery/thriller visual novel with multiple endings that involves player choices and puzzle rooms.
15 Years AgoComix Zone
PS3Europe
Comix Zone is an action platformer in which players control Sketch Turner as he progresses through panels of his comic book, hoping to reach the end and escape before his own creations finish him off. But there is hope.
16 Years AgoKane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
PCXbox 360PS3WorldwideNorth America
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a raw and intense third person shooter designed to take players on an visceral story driven experience, following two of gaming's most disturbed criminals through the gritty Shanghai underworld.
8 Years AgoKeep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Xbox OneWorldwide
One player is trapped in a virtual room with a ticking time bomb they must defuse. The other players are the “Experts” who must give the instructions to defuse the bomb by deciphering the information found in the bomb defusal manual.
6 Years AgoMicrosoft Flight Simulator
PCNorth America
Microsoft Flight Simulator is the next generation of one of the most beloved simulation franchises. From light planes to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and stunning aircraft in an incredibly realistic world. Create your flight plan and fly anywhere on the planet.
9 Years AgoDarkwood
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
Darkwood is a unforgiving survival horror with a procedurally generated, open world. By blending RPG, roguelike and adventure elements together with a challenging difficulty, Darkwood aims to please players craving for a deep and rewarding experience.
11 Years AgoDirt Showdown
LinuxWorldwide
Race, crash and hoon your way through a world tour of motorised mayhem in DiRT Showdown! Crowd atmosphere, social gameplay and accessibility are all ramped up in this turbo- injected shot of driving delirium.
15 Years AgoFrom Dust
PCWorldwide
A Modern God Game Where Nature is the Star From Dust is the latest original video game concept by Eric Chahi, creator of the cult classic, Another World. Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous.
3 Years AgoRed Dead Redemption
PortSwitchPS4Worldwide
A port for several platforms. It lacks the multiplayer modes present in the original release.
17 Years AgoThe Revenge of Shinobi
WiiWorldwide
The Revenge of Shinobi, known as The Super Shinobi in Japan, is the continuation of Shadow Dancer - the arcade sequel to Shinobi. The game was the first Shinobi title developed exclusively for home consoles.
9 Years AgoThe Jackbox Party Pack
SwitchNorth America
The team behind "You Don't Know Jack" presents five guffaw-inducing party games in one pack! You're gonna need more than one party for this. Your phones or tablets are your controllers!
5 Years AgoHumankind
MacPCGoogle StadiaWorldwide
Humankind is a historical strategy game where you will re-write the entire narrative of humankind, a convergence of culture, history, and values that allows you to create a civilization that is as unique as you are. How far will you push humankind?
9 Years AgoThe Jackbox Party Pack 2
SwitchNorth America
The sequel to the party game The Jackbox Party Pack, featuring 5 new party games! Phones or tablets can be used as controllers. For up to 8 players plus an Audience of up to 10,000. Games included: Earwax Fibbage 2 Bidiots Quiplash XL Bomb Corp.
16 Years AgoYs Seven
PSPNorth America
The kingdom of Altago is rebuilding their kingdom around a newfound peace after years of war against the merciless armies of Romn.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.