ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 17
The games released on this day in gaming history.
619 releases
This yearMega Man X Regenesis
AndroidPCMacLinuxWorldwide
Mega Man X fan-game, featuring an original story set in an alternate Mega Man X timeline.
This year
This yearUpbeat
MacPCWorldwide
Jump, bounce, and drum your way up an infinite climb. Build a beat, spawn platforms with your drum machine, and chain physics-powered combos to outclimb the competition in this rhythmic precision platformer.
This yearBloodletter
PCWorldwide
A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.
This yearBallskin
PCWorldwide
BALLSKIN is a goofy, n64 horror themed foddian game, where the goal is to make it to the top, with simple yet deep mechanics, where every fall is punishing. Can you make it out of skinball purgatory?
This yearApple Faces Up
PCWorldwide
Alter the inscribed laws and unravel mysteries with knowledge and wisdom. Welcome to the Infinite Library, where all past, present, and future phenomena are recorded. As the one with the power to rewrite these books, you must face 13 trials bestowed by the angel Mimir.
This yearPalianytsia
PCLinuxWorldwide
In this game, you are a palianytsia — a traditional Ukrainian bread. You escape from the kitchen, solve puzzles, and explore your own nature. Over time, the game shifts from bright and cheerful to eerie and unsettling, and your goal is to uncover what is really going on.
This yearLittle Sim World
PCMacWorldwide
Little Sim World is a cosy 2D life sim set in the heart of a little city full of charm, dreams, and surprises. Design your perfect home, meet quirky locals, build your routine, and live life at your own pace. A gentle world, a fresh start, and a story only you can write!
This yearCrownhold
PCLinuxWorldwide
Noble Rulers — grow your realm and expand your castle in this short incremental game! Manage resources, discover foreign lands and build up an army to lay siege to your enemies.
This yearEncroacher: Snakes
PCWorldwide
A snake-tossing cryptic adventure. Visuals that remind you of schooltime spent in computer lab. The snakes will not tolerate failure.
This yearProject DeepWeb: Eternal Nightmare
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
Project DeepWeb: Eternal Nightmare is a desktop-like adventure game about exploration of the Deep Internet, a sequel to Project DeepWeb. Inspired by Internet lore and real netstalking experience, it tells a story of a person who got stuck in the wrong place at the wrong time.
This yearVice Vision Runner
PCWorldwide
Prepare, Vice! Prove you are able - to navigate terrain, in pitch-black shadow beneath the canopy. Discover routes, and estimate time to complete. Immersive walking sim about Hellgate peninsula exploration. Ambient slow-paced runner
This yearLifePaths
Web browserWorldwide
LifePaths is a browser-based narrative life simulation game. Players live from birth to death in a dystopian 2076, making decisions whose outcomes are determined by their character’s attributes and dice rolls, then narrated by artificial intelligence.
This yearIs That a Human Organ?
PCWorldwide
This is a horror-themed anomaly-hunting game. As a black market cargo inspector, you must carefully check each item to ensure its normal. Please note that when I say cargo, Im referring to organs.
This yearThe Eternal Woods
PCWorldwide
The Eternal Woods is a short, fast paced incremental about an adventurer trapped in a never ending Woods. Sharpen your axe, upgrade your skills and conquer the different Forests to escape the Woods!
This yearBuster Breaks Out
LinuxPCWorldwide
A block-breaking roguelite where every upgrade helps you smash more blocks and climb to higher floors. Help Buster grow stronger, defeat the wardens, and break free from his prison.
This yearMoon and Away
PCWorldwide
A short, atmospheric, story-driven experience about a young woman searching for meaning in a world that no longer feels familiar.
This yearCursed Ciddy
PCWorldwide
Follow Betty as she explores the abandoned ruins of Comical Entertainment in search of answers. Solve puzzles, uncover forgotten secrets, and survive the dangers hidden within a once-beloved entertainment center concealing a dark mystery below. Nothing is as it seems.
This yearRhythmkill
PCWorldwide
Rhythmkill is a super-fast rhythm action game where your every kill strikes on the beat. Wall-run, dash, slide, and chain lightning-fast katana kills through neon-drenched arenas. Master the rhythm, maintain your momentum, and fight your way to the boss who imprisoned you.
This yearBeat Vector
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
Beat Vector is a 360 degree fully immersive synesthetic rhythm game where each beat makes the environment come alive based on the player's performance.
This yearMegaris
PCWorldwide
The core is simple and satisfying: rotate, drop, clear. But the expanding grid changes everything. Strategies that worked five minutes ago fall apart when you're suddenly dealing with 30 columns. Adapting on the fly is the whole game.
This yearBudget Renovation Simulator
PCWorldwide
Turn "Trash" into "Cash"! Buy wrecked houses, hunt for the cheapest materials, and fix them up for a massive profit. Spend the least to make the most in this renovation challenge! Can you finish the job without going broke?
This yearFleetfall: Galaxy Domination
PCWorldwide
Fast real-time space conquest for 1-4 players. Capture planets, launch missile salvos, and outmaneuver friends in 10-minute Deathmatch blitzes — or scheme through 30 minutes of diplomacy, trade and betrayal in Hegemony mode.
This yearHacker vs It
LinuxPCWorldwide
DOS old school game showing how a hacker and an IT workers do their jobs. The idea of this game is show the hacking and the IT process with less fantasy elements. Shows a WAY closer perspective the actual hacking strategies.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.