ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 26
The games released on this day in gaming history.
852 releases
6 Years AgoOtti: House Keeper
PCWorldwide
The mix of tower defense and puzzle, use traps to defend the house. Great designed levels, a bunch of traps, and mechanisms choose how you will defeat them!
5 Years AgoGreen Phoenix
SwitchPCNorth AmericaEurope
Green Phoenix is an on-rails 3D space shooter mixed with a deep narrative experience that focuses on the concept of ego and the meaning of freedom.
5 Years AgoIslanders: Console Edition
PortXbox OnePS4Worldwide
ISLANDERS is a relaxing, minimalist strategy game about building cities on colourful islands. With simple and intuitive building mechanics, you have the freedom to create your own cities on the rugged cliffs of the game’s islands in half an hour or less.
5 Years AgoOne-Eyed Lee and the Dinner Party
PS4PS5Europe
Help Lee and Beracus escape with their lives from inside a haunted, cult filled bunker! Casual point and click gameplay with a focus on story and character development.
5 Years AgoStar Hunter DX
Xbox OnePS4North America
Betrayed by her cut-throat crew, Luna Starr - former Space Pirate Captain turned bounty hunter - has a score to settle. As Luna, travel to 5 exotic planets to track down your mutinous mates, and face them in Bullet Hell dogfights to the death!
5 Years AgoOrbibot
PortSwitchEurope
Orbibot is a game in which you control a ball-shaped robot and solve physics- and logic-based puzzles. Being a ball doesn’t limit you as much, you can control buttons, laser switches, and doors to reach the end of the level.
5 Years AgoMarfusha: Sentinel Girls
PCWorldwide
A high-tempo shooting game with simple controls! Upgrade your character with cards and defend the gates from your enemies.
4 Years AgoBack Again
PS5PS4SwitchWorldwide
Can you make it to the end of this punishing 3D platformer or will you be stuck in the void? Back again features: Challenging levels to test your skill and patience, a unique changing soundtrack with a light narrative and creepy atmosphere. Also includes Survival Mode
4 Years AgoFallen Legion Revenants
PS5Worldwide
Your choices will decide the fates of many in Fallen Legion Revenants! The world is covered in miasma, and the remnants of mankind have taken refuge in a floating castle ruled by a madman.
4 Years AgoThe Company Man
PS4PS5Worldwide
A 2D action-adventure where you can hit your crazy co-workers with a keyboard and shoot your evil bosses with emails. Survive the struggles of working life and fulfill your lifelong quest to be CEO!
2 Years AgoVoltaire: The Vegan Vampire
PCWorldwide
An action-farming-roguelite, full of whimsical flora and mischievous creatures that really want to ruin your dark and mysterious plans of… Going vegan!
This yearBrigandine Abyss
Switch 2PS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
The king of Solginat is dead, and a new would-be emperor stands over the corpse. Confront the dark in one of six different storylines as you manage resources, rally your monsters, and stand against the empire
44 Years AgoSki Hunt
Atari 2600Worldwide
Ski Hunt is an action game in which the player controls a skier driving down a 30 km slope. There are two distinct stages: During the first, the player simply has to dodge incoming obstacles (trees) and points are awarded for every kilometer.
43 Years AgoSurvival Island
Atari 2600Worldwide
Survival Island Pits you against the ocean and the perils of a wilderness island. You are shipwrecked, you find a secret temple, and are challenged by the mysteries within.
37 Years AgoZelda
Game & WatchNorth America
Zelda is a multiscreen Game & Watch game that was only released in English as a stand-alone system pre-loaded with the single game. It has dual screens which fold in a clamshell design, similar to the Nintendo DS.
35 Years AgoGriffin
Game GearJapan
Griffin is a shoot-'em-up game developed by Telenet Japan's "Renovation Game" division (which is not the same as Renovation Products) and published by Telenet Japan's RIOT division for the Sega Game Gear. It was only released in Japan.
32 Years Ago
31 Years AgoChrono Trigger: Music Library
Standalone expansionSatellaviewJapan
Music Library is a downloadable add-on to Chrono Trigger for the Satellaview.
31 Years AgoKyouraku: Sanyo - Toyomaru Parlor! Parlor! 2
SatellaviewJapan
Kyouraku: Sanyo - Toyomaru Parlor! Parlor! 2 is a Miscellaneous game, published by Nippon Telenet, which was released in Japan in 1995.
30 Years AgoLiving Books: The Berenstain Bears in the Dark
PCNorth America
"The Berenstain Bears in the Dark" is an interactive educational game based on the book of the same name. It follows Brother Bear reading a scary story to Sister Bear, leading her to fear the dark.
30 Years AgoAzrael's Tear
DOSEurope
The player is a Raptor, a highly sophisticated thief armed with cutting edge equipment, who has just received word from a competitor that they may have found the Holy Grail. Offering to split the profits with your for your help, you make your way to the ancient resting place.
29 Years AgoThe Tone Rebellion
PCEurope
The Tone Rebellion is a real-time strategy game (RTS) with light RPG and puzzle-solving elements. The player must first choose the Floater tribe he/she desires to control - Tarks, Zygons, Cepheans, or Dyla.
28 Years AgoKakyuusei
PCJapan
Kakyuusei is a 1996 PC-98 adventure dating sim where the protagonist must date (obviously) a girl or two or a dozen.
28 Years AgoJumpStart Baby
PCNorth America
JumpStart Baby is a game released by Knowledge Adventure in 1998. It focuses on learning concepts for ages 9-24 months. It was later succeeded by JumpStart Baby (2000).
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.