ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 26
The games released on this day in gaming history.
852 releases
2 Years AgoMotel Manager Simulator
PCWorldwide
Restore an old motel alongside a shop and a gas station. Design, furnish, decorate and rent rooms. provide products for customers and fuel for cars. Hire employees to help you and be the boss of your own empire.
11 Years AgoAutobahn Police Simulator
PCWorldwide
Autobahn Police Simulator is the first simulation to realistically reflect the working life of a police officer on the German Autobahn. In numerous and diverse operations the player is responsible for enforcing law and order on Europe’s fastest roads.
10 Years AgoObliteracers
Xbox OneNorth America
Intergalactic party racing mayhem! Obliteracers is an award-winning same-screen party racer for up to 16 players. Race brutal-cute aliens on exotic planets, using weapon powerups and physics-based vehicles to annihilate your competition in frantic round-based combat.
15 Years AgoDoom & Destiny
MacPCWorldwide
Four nerds, drawn into a fantasy world and mistaken for heroes, have to battle their way through a massive, crazy adventure and defeat a preposterous villain! Doom & Destiny is a turn based hilarious jrpg where you take control of a party of four everyday friends.
13 Years AgoPixelJunk Monsters Ultimate
Expanded editionPCMacLinuxWorldwide
Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them.
4 Years AgoBrok the Investigator
PCWorldwide
Brok is an innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
This yearClick the Button
PCWorldwide
Click the Button is an incremental game about clicking a button to receive chests that deliver incredible rewards. Improve your skills to become the strongest.
18 Years AgoFerrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli
PS3North America
Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli is a racing game developed by Eutechnyx and published by System 3, based on the Ferrari Challenge, a single-marque motorsport championship.
12 Years AgoThe Golf Club
PS4North America
The Golf Club is a visually stunning golf simulation that features procedurally generated courses, a fully featured course editor, asynchronous online play and outstanding gameplay.
12 Years AgoQuest of Dungeons
AndroidJapan
By playing as either a Warrior, a Wizard, a Assassin or a Shaman you have to traverse dungeons, defeat enemies and loot everything you can in order to survive. You can learn new skills in Tomes you find along the way and buy/sell items at shops.
11 Years AgoCalvino Noir
iOSWorldwide
The film noir stealth game. Calvino Noir is the exploratory, sneaking adventure through the 1930s European criminal underworld. Architecture meets Noir as you become unwillingly entangled in a revolutionist plot.
10 Years AgoSakura Shrine Girls
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Two cat girls appear before Toru, a skeptical priest in training. One of them carries herself with dignity and grace, while the other lives her days without a single care. With them, Toru slowly realises that there is more to this world than there seems.
10 Years AgoTribal Pass
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
A genre-twisting tactical runner where you maneuver, fight, think, sacrifice and evolve – all on the run.
5 Years AgoGarden Paws
SwitchNorth AmericaEurope
You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Spend your days gathering and growing plants, and tending to the animals you're raising. Interested in more action?
11 Years AgoGiana Sisters: Dream Runners
PCWorldwide
Race to the finish in Giana Sisters: Dream Runners, a fast-paced, head-to-head platformer for up to four players.
11 Years AgoThe Walking Dead: Road to Survival
iOSWorldwide
Stand with Michonne, Rick and other survivors from The Walking Dead, and join the epic battle against the darkest enemies from the Governor to Negan in the definitive Walking Dead strategy RPG game.
10 Years AgoShinrai: Broken Beyond Despair
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
A secluded mountain resort, 10 friends, 1 murderer. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you solve various mysteries throughout the night. Will you be able to reach the truth and uncover the culprit’s identity?
5 Years AgoThe Magnificent Trufflepigs
SwitchNorth AmericaEurope
The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a first-person, romantic, metal-detecting game. It combines laid-back detecting and exploration with a strong narrative, all set in a beautiful English countryside. It's a game about trying to find something.
5 Years AgoThe Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie
SwitchJapanChinaKorea
The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie is the tenth installment in the main Trails series, serving as a direct sequel to the events of the The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV and the epilogue to both the Crossbell and Erebonia arcs.
1 Year AgoSpace Adventure Cobra: The Awakening
PCPS4PS5SwitchXbox Series X|SWorldwide
Play as Cobra, the space pirate, in an action platformer adapted from the famous anime series. Along with Lady Armaroid, your loyal partner, and equipped with your iconic Psychogun, you must solve a mysterious threat hanging over the entire universe.
1 Year AgoChip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids
PCPS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
An action-strategy game where you gather Brainium, build a base, and command your army of bots to defeat the freaky Brains-in-Jars aliens. Lead from the front with your hero, Chip or Clawz, or both in co-op. Look out for ejected alien brains, you can squish ‘em!
24 Years AgoCultures 2: The Gates of Asgard
PCNorth America
The Viking Bjarni whiles his days days away in an idyllic village on Greenland’s coast until a dark prophecy knocks on his door. In his premonition, Bjarni witnesses an epic struggle between the forces of Good and Evil. He must journey to battle the Midgard Serpent.
17 Years AgoInvincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao
Xbox 360Worldwide
Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao will feature basic beat 'em up and hand-to-hand action elements with a basic interface and easy to learn, pick-up-and-play controls. Invincible Tiger features a number of different modes for single- and multiplayer action.
15 Years AgoRugby Challenge
Xbox 360PS3Worldwide
Developed by leading New Zealand game studio Sidhe, Rugby Challenge features 93 teams and 31 stadia including official team and competition licenses for the All Blacks, the Qantas Wallabies, the USA Eagles, Tri Nations, Bledisloe Cup, Super…
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