ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
August 31
The games released on this day in gaming history.
993 releases
This yearZenonia
PortPCWorldwide
Remember the RPG that defined a generation? ZENONIA is back—faithfully restored and now on Steam. Relive the adventure that kept you playing for hours, or experience it for the first time.
This yearLast Pill Bar
PCMacWorldwide
A virus is spreading. You can't afford to pickle everyone. Keep the bar open and decide who gets pickled before the outbreak decides who dies.
This yearHidden Memories
PCWorldwide
What happened last night? Dive into your memories to unravel the mystery. Hidden Memories is the ninth game of the Hidden Town series by Dark Dome.
This yearFolk Hero
PS4PS5Worldwide
Folk Hero is an action-slasher with rogue-lite elements set in the world of Slavic fantasy. Explore the ever-changing island, find treasures, combine weapons and artifacts to defeat mythical enemies. Challenge your skills! One life, one attempt.
This yearHaunted Laia
PCWorldwide
Haunted Laia is the fifth episode of the Hidden Town escape game series. In this point and click game, you must navigate through your memories to discover how you got to where you are and escape to rescue your family and return home.
This yearUnwanted Experiment
PCWorldwide
Unwanted Experiment is the second chapter in the Hidden Town escape game series. You will have to interact between two characters who have to help each other to escape together from the mysterious laboratory in this great adventure full of adrenaline.
This yearNowhere House
PCWorldwide
Nowhere House is the third chapter in the Hidden Town escape game series. You will have to interact between three parallel worlds and seek help from the characters trapped in the house. Only with their help you will be able to escape.
This yearThe Girl in the Window
PCWorldwide
The Girl in the Window is the first point and click game the Dark Dome with which the series of a dark town called Hidden Town would begin surrounded by ancient mysteries. In this game you play Dan, a curious guy who has entered an abandoned house and has been locked up.
This yearAnother Shadow
PCWorldwide
Another Shadow is the sixth chapter in Hidden Town escape game series. You will have to interact between two characters in this mysterious point and click adventure. But remember, what you do in one world will affect the other, so make the right decisions.
This yearEscape from the Shadows
PCWorldwide
Escape from the Shadows is the seventh installment in the Hidden Town series of escape games. Embark on a thrilling point-and-click adventure and solve puzzles and riddles trying to escape from the shadow world.
This yearBeyond the Room
PCWorldwide
Beyond the Room is the eight game by Dark Dome. In this point-and-click game, you will explore an abandoned building and unravel its mysteries.
This yearAgile Cube
PCWorldwide
In Agile Cube, you control a cube. You jump across platforms. You reach the portal. That's it, but the challenge is in the timing, the spacing, and getting better each time.
This yearBlast Horizon
PCWorldwide
A single-player arcade-style shoot 'em up focused on precise positioning and dodging. Players face waves of enemies approaching from multiple directions, collect energy dropped by foes to temporarily slow time, and use bombs to clear the screen when overwhelmed.
This yearSpell Magic
PCWorldwide
Craft, cast, and master magical spells using mathematical concepts. Explore, battle, and solve puzzles in a thrilling adventure that combines arithmetic, geometry, and algebra with fast-paced action and strategy.
This yearWonders of Waldwea
PCWorldwide
Take on the role of a struggling museum's curator who receives a mysterious challenge to identify artifacts from the ancient civilizations of Waldwea. Dive through a broad range of academic texts in order to identify the artifact's culture and the era it was produced in.
This yearGo Up
PCLinuxMacWorldwide
How high can you go? Find out in this Cookie Clicker inspired journey that never stops. Collect golden dust to unlock new skills to go up even faster.
This yearBloodbath
PCWorldwide
Bloodbath is a suspense and investigation game with elements of horror, in which you take on the role of an operator responsible for controlling an android.
This yearFenrir
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
The Nine Worlds are crumbling. Fenrir is free. Build your warrior from hundreds of items, master a deep build system, and fight your way through Midgard to Asgard — before the beast devours everything.
This yearTidewrack
PCWorldwide
A few logs, one harpoon, no land in sight. Pull driftwood from the sea, turn your raft into a floating town, and rise from lone survivor to leader of a colony. Dive to the ocean floor.
This yearWords Of Power
PCLinuxMacWorldwide
Words Of Power is a fill-in-the-blank roguelike deckbuilder. Travel deep into the dungeon and fight using the power of words. Construct sentences of devastating power and rewrite your foes. Rewrite reality one sentence at a time!
This yearDungeon Bucko
PCNorth America
Dungeon Bucko is a retro styled dungeon crawler an homage to games like Dungeon Master. Based on Amiya Aranha's community. It was created for the 2026 Buckojam and turned into a full release.
This yearHeadspace Reverie
PCWorldwide
Explore the end of the World through a decaying virtual space. Do you feel like something isn't quite right with the World? Do you feel a crippling sense of unease weighting you down a little bit more every day?
This yearBeatChip '95
PCWorldwide
You find a beat up old PC in a hidden room with an arcane piece of music software. Can your beats lead you to success? Create tapes, get cash and upgrade your setup against the clock in this offbeat music-making simulator
This yearMinimon: Tiny Idle Tactics
PCWorldwide
A tiny monster-taming auto-battler that lives in the corner of your screen, and they never stop grinding. Catch 90 Minimon, build busted team comps, and rake in loot while you work, browse, or play something else entirely. They battle. You profit.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.