ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 30
The games released on this day in gaming history.
930 releases
25 Years Ago
25 Years Ago
24 Years AgoMafia
PCEurope
Mafia is a 3D action crime epic set in the seedy underworld of the 1930's. Rise from the lowly but well-dressed Footsoldier, to an envied and feared Made Man in an era of mob hits, car chases, and bootlegging.
14 Years AgoSpec Ops: The Line
Xbox 360PS3Japan
A third-person shooter in which three American soldiers led by Capt. Walker are sent to Dubai in order to recover whoever remains of an infantry unit, the 33rd Battalion, until they decide to take action against the militants situated in the city.
13 Years AgoRayman Legends
PortXbox 360PCPS3WorldwideEurope
Rayman Legends is a side-scrolling platform game supporting up to four simultaneous players. Players control Rayman, Globox, Teensies, or the new character Barbara as they run, jump, and attack through over one hundred twenty levels.
4 Years AgoInscryption
PS4PS5Worldwide
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
7 Years AgoThe Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Xbox OnePS4Worldwide
Enter the world of The Dark Pictures - A series of standalone cinematic horror games. Players will be challenged to explore and uncover each story with the knowledge that all their choices have consequences and all playable characters can live, any and all can die...
10 Years AgoResident Evil 4
RemasterPS4Xbox OneWorldwide
Resident Evil 4 is directly based off the Wii port, having all the new features that the Wii added. Some of the key features of this version are stunning HD graphics running at a smooth 60 frames per second for the first time.
8 Years AgoThe Messenger
SwitchPCWorldwide
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan's survival.
29 Years AgoCarmageddon
PCWorldwide
Take the wheel as Max Damage as you plow scores of vehicles unlucky enough to be in your way in Carmageddon, an action racing game. Your soundtrack will be the sound of crunching metal, the splatter of motor oil on the windshield, and the screams of skidding tires.
7 Years AgoRisk of Rain
Xbox OneNorth America
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible.
4 Years AgoZero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Xbox OneWorldwide
Zero Time Dilemma is the third and final entry in the Zero Escape series. It is a story focused mystery/thriller visual novel with multiple endings that involves player choices and puzzle rooms.
8 Years AgoMini Metro
SwitchNorth America
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient.
15 Years AgoTropico 4
PCNorth AmericaAustralia
Fancy being a dictator? Well this is the ideal time! Build a Tropico and control who and what happens in it.
19 Years AgoHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
MacWorldwide
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth installment of the popular Harry Potter series.
7 Years AgoBlair Witch
PCXbox OneWorldwide
Inspired by the cinematic lore of Blair Witch, experience a new story-driven psychological horror game that studies your reactions to fear and stress. A story of the human descent into darkness.
10 Years AgoThe Turing Test
Xbox OnePCNorth AmericaWorldwideEurope
The Turing Test is a first person puzzler that explores the phenomena of consciousness and challenges the meaning of human intuition.
10 Years AgoAssetto Corsa
Xbox OnePS4North America
Assetto Corsa features an advanced DirectX 11 graphics engine that recreates an immersive environment, dynamic lighthing and realistic materials and surfaces.
10 Years AgoHue
LinuxMacPCPS4PS VitaXbox OneWorldwide
Hue is a stark puzzle platformer where you shift the hue of the world, creating rifts when colours collide. In this world, everyone sees in grayscale.
22 Years AgoPikmin 2
GameCubeNorth America
In Pikmin 2, Captain Olimar returns to the planet he was originally stranded on, to collect trinkets for his failing company to sell back at home. The game features a 2-character mechanic, which allows players to switch between two spacemen while collecting items.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.