ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 20
The games released on this day in gaming history.
762 releases
12 Years AgoNineteen
Web browserWorldwide
This is pretty different. I heard about the tragic suicide of Aaron Swartz last spring and made this game in ten hours. It loops around a lot; there’s some debate over what the ending of the game is, I guess, but my point is that there’s not an ending.
12 Years AgoSega Ages 2500 Vol. 1: Phantasy Star Generation - 1
RemakePS3Japan
Phantasy Star Generation: 1 is the first entry in the Sega Ages 2500 series for the PlayStation 2. This remake of the original Phantasy Star features an updated battle system, graphics, and sound.
12 Years AgoSega Ages 2500 Vol.17: Phantasy Star Generation 2
RemakePS3Japan
Phantasy Star Generation: 2 is the seventeenth entry in the Sega Ages 2500 series for the PlayStation 2. This remake of the original Phantasy Star II features an updated battle system, graphics, and sound.
12 Years AgoDust City
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
A CITY HAS APPEARED IN THE "CRATER." Satellite imagery verifies that the city had not existed within the crater prior to 12 hours ago. You have been randomly selected to investigate the city in the crater to search for anomalies, artifacts, or clues as to the nature of the city.
12 Years AgoTux Typing
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Tux Typing is a free and open source typing tutor created especially for children. It features several different types of game play, at a variety of difficulty levels. It is designed to be fun and to improve words per minute speed of typists.
12 Years Ago3D Thunder Blade
PortNintendo 3DSJapan
Blast through the skies in your battle helicopter!
12 Years AgoMonTowers2
iOSWorldwide
One peaceful day in Alspiria, mysterious Towers suddenly appeared from underneath the ground. To regain peace to the land of Alspiria, the Monster summoners head out on a new journey.
12 Years AgoHidden Expedition: Smithsonian Hope Diamond
AndroidWorldwide
You're on a train in the middle of nowhere, and a band of dangerous thieves demand you tell them where to find the Hope Diamond's shards. As the newest Hidden Expedition recruit, you've got to find the shards before they do...
12 Years AgoSuper Digestion Moose
AndroidWorldwide
Tap food to eat. Avoid starvation. Beware of laxatives.
12 Years AgoPhoenotopia
PCWorldwide
A mysterious force abducts the peaceful villagers of Panselo. As Gale, loyal denizen and survivor of the incident, set out to solve this mystery and rescue your friends! Adventure, fight, and puzzle solve your way through the world of Phoenotopia!
12 Years AgoPac-Man Friends
AndroidiOSWorldwide
Pac-Man Friends is an iOS and Android app released by Bandai Namco Games in 2014. It was delisted from digital stores on April 19th, 2018.
11 Years AgoGet Over Here
PCWorldwide
GET OVER HERE is a fast paced battle arena game! Choose one of the 12 over the top characters and get ready to PULL and FINISH all your enemies!! No one to play locally? Go online and try to beat the best players worldwide!
11 Years AgoBig Journey to Home
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
You play as Jake, a simple guy who accidently got into trouble. What will happen to him, how he will behave, will he get home or not, all that depends on you.
11 Years AgoTick: The Time Based Puzzle Game
PCWorldwide
Test your timing and your patience in this unique casual puzzle game. Set over the backdrop of retro minimalist art style you can choose from 3 different game modes. Play your way through 50 stages of increasing difficult puzzles in Stage Mode.
11 Years AgoPump-Action Captain
PCLinuxWorldwide
Rebuilt and reimagined on the Unreal 4 engine. Armed with only a shotgun, explore an infinite number of procedurally generated dungeons avoiding traps, collecting loot, and fighting off monsters before succumbing to permadeath. Good luck, Captain.
11 Years AgoCrab Cakes Rescue
Wii UNorth America
Crab Cakes Rescue is a unique puzzle game that will pinch your brain! Navigate your way through nearly 100 vibrant levels by shedding your shell to create new opportunities to escape! Each time a shell is shed, a block is created and your crabby crustacean self is shrunk.
11 Years Ago
11 Years AgoZaciSa: Defense of the Crayon Dimensions!
Wii UEurope
ZaciSa: Defense of the Crayon Dimensions! is a simple, yet challenging, 2D tower defense game set in space.
11 Years Ago3D Gunstar Heroes
PortNintendo 3DSEuropeNorth America
Treasure's visually stunning side scrolling shooter, Gunstar Heroes is now re-mastered in 3D!
11 Years AgoWorld Tree Marché: Gourmet Story
AndroidJapan
"World Tree Marché is a warm-hearted management simulation in which you run the market of a struggling ‘world tree’ together with six chefs.
11 Years AgoReine des Fleurs
PS VitaJapan
In the past, there was a goddess whom extended a helping hand to a world that was about to perish. That goddess, along with the four knights who served her, healed the ruined land using "Grace", a power that rejuvenates worn down life forces, and saved the world.
11 Years AgoIdolish7
AndroidJapan
Idolish7 is a Japanese mobile rhythm game developed by geechs inc. and published by Bandai Namco Online for iOS and Android devices.
11 Years AgoPocket God vs Desert Ashes
iOSWorldwide
It's "Clash of the Titans!" Or, rather, "Clash of the Pygmies and Landians!" In cooperation with Bolt Creative, Nine Tales Digital brings you a new spin on their popular Desert Ashes turn-based strategy game, guest starring a powerful Pygmy army defending their territory.
11 Years AgoSuper Robot Wars BX
Nintendo 3DSJapan
The second 3DS Super Robot Wars blends 2D and 3D and uses a new version of the Twin Battle System, and features the debut of Mobile Suit Gundam AGE.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.