ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 17
The games released on this day in gaming history.
619 releases
10 Years AgoBowmasters
iOSWorldwide
A brand new version of the world-famous multiplayer game with bowmen — a hotsy-totsy aim and shoot game Bowmasters has in store for you.
This yearDiscounty
AndroidiOSWorldwide
Manage your own discount supermarket! Get caught up in small-town drama, organize and plan your shop's layout, and strike lucrative trade deals as you expand your secretive aunt's business empire. Selling more frozen fries will surely heal this broken community...right?
8 Years AgoTreadnauts
Xbox OnePS4PCMacSwitchWorldwideNorth America
Treadnauts combines frantic group combat with a kiss of physics-based finesse. Players fight as colorful tanks in bright, tactical playgrounds.
15 Years AgoAvadon: The Black Fortress
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Spiderweb Software brings you Avadon: The Black Fortress, the first chapter in a new, epic fantasy saga. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law.
9 Years AgoThe Bard's Tale: Remastered and Resnarkled
RemasterPS4PS VitaWorldwideNorth America
You are the Bard: a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Through magical song you summon characters to join your quest for coin and cleavage!
19 Years AgoeXceed 3rd: Jade Penetrate Black Package
PCJapan
eXceed 3rd reboots the eXceed storyline, taking it in a new direction. In this installment, Rayne Lindwurm, a descendent of the Dragon Clan, fights her way through a tournament to become one of the 7 Cardinal Lords who rule her world, Pandemonium.
17 Years AgoEpic Battle Fantasy 2
Web browserWorldwide
Epic Battle Fantasy 2 is the second game in the Epic Battle Fantasy series, the sequel to Epic Battle Fantasy. It is based primarily upon the two main characters, Matt and Natalie (Natz for short), and their quest to save the world against a new antagonist.
15 Years AgoCarnivores: Ice Age
PS3PSPEurope
Carnivores: Ice Age is a first-person shooter video game developed by Action Forms, and later ported to iOS and Android devices by Tatem Games. It is the third game in the Carnivores series.
10 Years AgoThe Girl and the Robot
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
The Girl and the Robot is a third person action/adventure game set in a fairy tale world where you take on the role of a young girl trying to escape from a castle ruled by an evil queen.
6 Years AgoKawaii Deathu Desu
PS4Worldwide
In Kawaii Deathu Desu, supernatural beings find themselves incarnated as cute japanese idols!
15 Years AgoCubixx HD
RemasterPS3Europe
Cubixx HD is a fast paced action puzzle game which sends high scoring, combo chasing gameplay to the third dimension! Play through the epic 50 level arcade mode, challenge your skills to the limit in 50 challenges or take on the world in over 150 online leaderboards!
10 Years AgoFlowers: Le Volume sur Printemps
PCWorldwide
Suoh Shirahane, a shy girl with a mysterious past, will begin her first year of high school at Saint Angraecum Academy, where she hopes to find a new beginning. She will navigate friendships and mysteries at her new school, and discovers that love can come in many forms.
8 Years AgoDetective Gallo
SwitchWorldwide
Detective Gallo is a point&click comic-noir adventure that is entirely hand-illustrated and hand-animated, and whose protagonist is a feathered and grumpy private eye struggling with a very tricky case, bizarre characters, and puzzles that…
8 Years AgoPerfect Heist
PCWorldwide
Perfect Heist is a round-based online game, where the robber team tries to execute a bank robbery without getting noticed, and the cop team tries to prevent it.
3 Years AgoDust & Neon
Xbox Series X|SPS5Worldwide
Dust & Neon pits a single mech-enhanced cowboy against an army of robots in this fast-paced, Roguelite Action RPG twin-stick shooter, set in a futuristic Wild West.
2 Years AgoA Bibelot: Prototo
Web browserWorldwide
A retro arcade game with several difficulty modes, as well as high score and best time stats.
15 Years AgoToy Soldiers: Cold War
Xbox 360Worldwide
The Cold War ignites when '80s era action toys come alive and wage war! Toy Soldiers: Cold War delivers hours of intense combat combined with addictive action strategy gameplay. Superpowers collide in this playful homage to '80s action toys and films.
14 Years AgoDisney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure
Nintendo 3DSEurope
Enter the enchanting worlds of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Ariel, Belle and Tiana, and use their magic wand to help undo a spell that's been cast over the kingdom in Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure.
10 Years AgoHero Generations
iOSWorldwide
In Hero Generations, each step you take is an entire year of your hero's life. You explore a procedurally generated world in search of fame and a mate to have a child with before you die.
9 Years AgoChicken Wiggle
Nintendo 3DSEuropeNorth America
From the team behind Mutant Mudds and Xeodrifter comes a new 2D platformer starring a chicken and a worm for Nintendo 3DS and iOS. The game will include a level editor and levels can be shared online.
9 Years AgoTouhou Makuka Sai: Fantastic Danmaku Festival
PCWorldwide
Fantastic Danmaku Festival is a Chinese Touhou Project fangame made by StarX. Its story is based on Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, albeit with some changes.
8 Years AgoPersian Nights: Sands of Wonders
Xbox OnePS4SwitchWorldwide
Save Persia from mysterious plague!
8 Years AgoDeath Fungeon
PCWorldwide
A puzzle platform game, with both stealth and parkour elements. Use your wits, cunning and agility to escape this deadly prison. Take the stealthy approach, progressing slowly, hiding and staying out of sight.
5 Years AgoYoung Souls
Google StadiaWorldwide
Young Souls combines the beat'em up and RPG genres in a world created with stunning art direction. Explore the world of humans and that of the goblins, both teeming with enemies but also full of unexpected and friendly encounters waiting to be discovered.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.