ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 21
The games released on this day in gaming history.
712 releases
1 Year AgoEggconsole Diable de Laplace PC-8801mkIISR
PortSwitchWorldwide
Take on the role of a ghost hunter and challenge a mysterious haunted mansion. A high-difficulty 3D dungeon RPG that once puzzled players of its time.
1 Year AgoRule: After Waking Up, Please Don't Call Me
PCWorldwide
"Rule: After Waking Up, Please Don't Call Me" is an independent game created by a single person.
This yearTaste of Blood
PCWorldwide
A real-time strategy game with a simple economy, designed so you can focus on the battle and crush your enemies.
This yearRejected Draft
PCWorldwide
Rejected Draft is an incremental auto-battler where you play as a discarded doodle seeking revenge on the Artist who threw you away. Battle rival sketches, absorb their powers, and grow stronger through a deep web of upgrades, skills, and progression systems.
This yearDwarrf: A Pinball Roguelike
LinuxPCWorldwide
Play as a Dwarven 'Pirate' and set sail on your modified minecart into the depths of the mines. Fight enemies in a unique blend of Pinball, Pachinko, and Bubble Shooter whilst collecting game altering balls & relics that ensure no two runs are alike.
This yearThe Sorting Bureau
MacPCWorldwide
A cozy sorting game set in a quiet Tokyo workshop. Clients bring you boxes of clutter: buttons, coins, gears, stamps. Sort, match, and piece everything together with satisfying ASMR clicks. No timers. No wrong answers. Just the joy of tidying up.
This yearLord of Mysteries
iOSChina
Lord of Mysteries is an upcoming RPG game based on web novel Lord of Mysteries officially licensed by Cuttlefish That Loves Diving.
This yearVholume
PCWorldwide
Vholume is a melancholic first-person parkour adventure set in a dystopian brutalist city where bureaucracy turns a simple task into an odyssey.
This yearStuff It!
PCWorldwide
Colorful dolls with voluptuous bodies can come to life, don't you know? All they need to do is meet their Maker. Are you ready?
This yearTaste of the Wind
MacPCWorldwide
A simulation and RPG game with multiple endings, set in a Chinese restaurant. Play as the owner, and manage the restaurant, form bonds with characters, and explore the lively town. Uncover the secrets behind the restaurant’s mysterious downfall.
This yearMinsgon Simulator
PCWorldwide
Minsgon Simulator is a Market & Collectible simulation where you can hatch Minsgons from mysterious eggs, manage your store, develop your collection and compete in the Olympics with your Minsgons.
This yearPawbay
PCWorldwide
Take part in the most coziest cat adventure! Explore a lively open-world town through the eyes of a mischievous cat. Create chaos, discover secrets, and turn everyday life in Pawbay upside down.
This yearAI Pixel Battle
PCWorldwide
AI Pixel Battle is a game where you draw your own original monster that looks like it could defeat the enemy monster. The AI judges the outcome and narrates how the battle unfolds. Unleash your creativity and create your own original monsters!
This yearBlood Red Rebirth
LinuxPCWorldwide
Drive, shoot, and blow up your way through an East Bloc hellhole with a beaten-up sedan, an AKM and a post-punk soundtrack. Your mission is to steal three nuclear missiles – and so is everyone else's.
This yearSettler's Domain
PCWorldwide
Settler's Domain is a settlement-building game with citizen and resource management elements. Build structures, recruit settlers, gather resources, and explore your surroundings.
This yearNegative Time
PCWorldwide
Negative Time is a bullet hell rogue-lite shooter where each time you get hit, you are sent further and further back in time, until you are sent into the past they tried so hard to erase. Maybe in there lies the key to your escape?
This yearTwin Balls Journey
PCWorldwide
Live together, die together—bound by a single thread. True companions dare to have their fates tied by a rope. Twin Balls Journey is a two-player cooperative action game.
This yearDawn One
PCWorldwide
Fight to survive till Dawn One in the most accessible hardest top-down action game ever (Self proclaimed). Mouse only.
This yearCyberGhitch
PCMacWorldwide
CyberGhitch is a narrative puzzle game where players team up with an exorcist trapped in a CD to battle "digital evil spirits" born from internet chaos in hilarious, bizarre adventures.
This yearRollin Ravioli
PCWorldwide
A physics-based rage game. Control a ravioli can. Fight the physics. Accept the fall. Inspired by an iconic early 2000s ravioli commercial.
This yearLoot Gobblin' Together
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
An online co-op game where you and your friends play greedy gobblins invading human houses to steal and gobble loot. Climb, stretch, and manage your stamina to survive chaotic heists and feed your Gobblin King.
This yearThe Legend of Fireball
PCWorldwide
Unleash your fireball power and destroy your way to legendary mastery!
This yearDungeon Tells
PCWorldwide
The heroes have escaped their cages. Dungeon Tells is a single-player social deduction game where you can read the minds of your enemies. Execute the weak, charm the strong, and defend your dungeon.
This yearThe Expansion
PCWorldwide
A psychological first-person horror experience set in endless Backrooms. Explore abandoned corridors, uncover hidden secrets, evade mysterious entities, and survive a world where every turn leads deeper into the unknown.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.