ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 20
The games released on this day in gaming history.
762 releases
16 Years AgoPrimrose
Nintendo DSiEurope
Take your time, set your own pace, establish your own goals and adapt your play style however you like. Primrose rules are easy: There are no time limits, no levels, no arbitrary objectives and no constraints.
16 Years Ago
16 Years AgoHidden Mysteries: Vampire Secrets
Nintendo DSNorth America
What was intended as a relaxing vacation to Savannah, Georgia for Claire Donnelly, quickly turned into one of adventure and mystery! Upon her arrival, Claire started experiencing unusual visions, which grew to vivid depictions of evil forces living among the citizens of Savannah.
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12 Years AgoHotline Miami
PS4Europe
A top-down slasher/shooter with unlockable gameplay-altering masks and weapons, featuring a neon-flavoured electronic aesthetic, in which a hitman receives anonymous calls ordering him to travel to certain residences and crime dens and mass…
19 Years AgoSuper Metroid
WiiNorth America
The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy!
13 Years AgoSaints Row IV
Xbox 360PCPS3LinuxNorth AmericaWorldwide
Saints Row IV is an open-world action-adventure game with third-person shooter combat and a heavy science fiction and comedy bent. It is the fourth main entry in the Saints Row series and the last of the original storyline.
12 Years AgoFez
PS3PS4PS VitaJapan
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space.
13 Years AgoTom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
PS3Xbox 360Wii UPCWorldwideNorth America
Splinter Cell Blacklist builds on the stealth roots of the franchise, while exploring new directions to embrace the realms of action and adventure. Players can define their personal play styles and be rewarded for those choices. Ghost players want to remain undetected.
7 Years AgoRemnant: From the Ashes
PCPS4Xbox OneWorldwide
The world is in ruins. Only a remnant of mankind remains, hunted to near extinction by horrors from another world.
5 Years AgoGhost of Tsushima: Director's Cut
Expanded editionPS4PS5Worldwide
Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut Includes: - Full game. - Iki Island expansion: New story, mini-games, enemy types and more. - Legends online co-op mode. - Digital mini art book by Dark Horse. - Director’s commentary: The creative team sit…
2 Years AgoBlack Myth: Wukong
PCPS5Worldwide
Black Myth: Wukong is an action role-playing game developed by Game Science, inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West. Players control the Destined One, a staff-wielding monkey protagonist, through mostly linear levels interspersed with expansive areas.
1 Year AgoBlack Myth: Wukong
Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Black Myth: Wukong is an action role-playing game developed by Game Science, inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West. Players control the Destined One, a staff-wielding monkey protagonist, through mostly linear levels interspersed with expansive areas.
8 Years AgoPrison Architect
SwitchWorldwide
The game is a top-down 2D construction and management simulation where the player takes control of building and running a prison.
23 Years AgoTony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
MacWorldwide
Drop into the ultimate challenge. In the next chapter in the Tony Hawk series, pros challenge you to make your mark in huge free-roaming levels, taking on 190 progressively harder goals with no time limits to hold you back.
27 Years AgoCommand & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
PCEurope
The sequel to 1995's genre defining Command & Conquer, Tiberian Sun takes place in a bleak future where the tiberium infestation has spread across the world, and made large regions uninhabitable, and the long dormant Brotherhood of NOD star…
24 Years AgoDino Crisis 2
PCNorth America
Dino Crisis 2 is a third-person action-adventure game and sequel to Dino Crisis. In a change from the survival horror theme of the first game, Dino Crisis 2 is more shoot 'em up oriented.
8 Years AgoShenmue
PS4Xbox OneWorldwide
"He shall appear from a far Eastern land across the sea. A young man who has yet to know his potential. This potential is a power that can either destroy him, or realize his will.
16 Years AgoKane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
PS3Europe
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.
13 Years AgoThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified
PS3WorldwideNorth America
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
11 Years AgoTrine 3: The Artifacts of Power
PCWorldwide
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a fairytale journey which takes you on a quest with three heroes: Amadeus the Wizard, Pontius the Knight, and Zoya the Thief.
24 Years AgoMega Man X5
PCNorth America
Mega Man returns for more wild action in MEGA MAN X5. This time around, terrorists have attacked an asteroid colony and turned off its artificial gravity.
11 Years AgoThe Bridge
Wii UNorth AmericaEurope
A black-and-white puzzle game inspired by the art of M. C. Escher.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.