ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 22
The games released on this day in gaming history.
682 releases
10 Years AgoTempest
PCMacWorldwide
Tempest (released as "Under the Jolly Roger" on consoles) is a Pirate Open World Action RPG which is offering an ultimate ability to free roam three vast worlds filled with dozens of colonies and forts, hundreds of quests and countless ships to plunder.
10 Years AgoUltimate Arena
PCWorldwide
Pick and create characters to fight to the death in this action-packed nonsensical arena simulation.
6 Years AgoEthereal Enigma
iOSPCMacWorldwide
A choice-driven, slice of life visual novel featuring full voice-over and an intricate relationship system!
3 Years AgoMercury Fallen
MacWorldwide
A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.
2 Years AgoElrentaros Wanderings
PCWorldwide
The dual life where Fantasy meets Reality begins! A brand-new action RPG, Elrentaros Wanderings!
24 Years AgoAntz Extreme Racing
PCNorth America
0.5 MPH is extremely fast-when your vehicle is only big enough to carry an ant! Jockey for first place with your favorite character from the hit motion picture Antz, using vehicles that aren't your typical garden variety.
19 Years AgoGalactic Assault: Prisoner of Power
PCEurope
Claim the role of supreme commander and assault the enemy from different sides of the battle, as three rival factions - the Khonties, Barbarians and the Insular Empire - become embroiled in a fierce struggle to destroy the entire race of the Land of the Unknown Fathers.
19 Years AgoAvernum 4
PCWorldwide
Avernum is one of the great tales of indie gaming, an epic series of fantasy role-playing adventurers set in an enormous, subterranean nation.
14 Years AgoVote: The Game
iOSWorldwide
In Vote you can beat up both of the United States’ leading presidential candidates. The game is made by the creators of Infinity Blade in the Unreal Engine.
14 Years AgoShoot 1UP
Windows PhoneWorldwide
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
14 Years AgoMove Fitness
PS3Asia
It's time to get fit -- the PlayStation Move way! Grab your PlayStation Move motion controllers, step into your own virtual gym and get in shape with over 25 fun, intense exercises and a personal trainer to guide and push you all the way.
13 Years AgoBoulder Dash-XL 3D
Nintendo 3DSEurope
In this the sequel to the 1984 classic action-puzzler, players set forth as Rockford or Crystal and mine their way through a variety of hazardous, yet stunning, three dimensional caves while avoiding crushing boulders and an eerie menagerie of killer creatures.
13 Years AgoBen 10 Slammers
iOSWorldwide
Collect, upgrade and unleash your aliens in a massive BEN 10 COLLECTIBLE CARD BATTLE! Play through a huge solo campaign as Ben, or take on your friends in multiplayer mode.
13 Years AgoBlackbar
AndroidWorldwide
Blackbar is a text game set in a dystopian future of surveillance and censorship. Censorship is frustrating, but the human spirit can beat that frustration by turning it…into a game.
12 Years AgoCommando Jack
PCMacWorldwide
A Tower Defence game, that actually allows you to sit inside the turret and come face-to-face with the enemies! You are Commando Jack, the baddest, meanest, toughest soldier planet Earth has to offer, and it's up to you to save the world from alien invasion.
12 Years AgoTaxi!
PCWorldwideNorth America
Combining elements of arcade simulation and strategic management, Taxi! puts you in control of an up and coming cab firm based in any one of three 3D cities.
10 Years AgoHardware Engineers
PCWorldwideNorth America
Hardware Engineers is a simulation game where you have to manage a IT business. In a world where technology expands every day, you will need to learn how to be competitive.
9 Years AgoWeable
PCWorldwide
Weable is a neon world where you have to undergo complex and dynamic levels. Weable - in the game you have to reach the goal - the end of the level. Passing the levels, the difficulty will increase, creating a variety of interesting challenges
9 Years AgoWrongworld
PCWorldwide
Wrongworld is a silly yet unforgiving survival game set on a low poly world filled with freakish inhabitants.
9 Years AgoBlacksea Odyssey
Xbox OneEurope
Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.
9 Years AgoSoul Dimension
PlayStation VRWorldwide
Soul Dimension is a first-person PlayStation VR adventure game that combines suspenseful puzzles, exploration, and dramatic action.
9 Years AgoChroma Lab
SteamVRWorldwide
Chroma Lab is a VR particle physics sandbox. Surround yourself with hundreds of thousands of colorful particles that behave like a fluid which you can interact with using a variety of tools.
7 Years AgoMary Skelter 2
SwitchJapan
What must you sacrifice to escape fate? Find out in this nightmarish dungeon-crawling RPG! The Nightmare continues in Mary Skelter 2!
4 Years AgoCarnivores: Dinosaur Hunter
RemasterPCWorldwide
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter lets players explore huge non-linear locations as they attempt to track down a variety of dinosaurs that are armed with some ferociously advanced AI.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.