ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
September 1
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1316 releases
21 Years AgoArcher Maclean's Mercury
PSPEurope
From the mind of developer Archer Maclean comes Mercury, a puzzle game that lets you guide the metallic substance through a series of challenging puzzles. Without spilling too much, you must control your colored mercury blobs around 3D mazes simply by tilting the level.
21 Years AgoSpider-Man 2
PortPSPEurope
The PlayStation Portable version of Spider-Man 2 uses the same engine as 2002's Spider-Man.
11 Years AgoPainters Guild
PCWorldwideNorth America
Painters Guild is a management sim where you control an art academy in the Italian Renaissance. Paint artwork as beautiful as the Mona Lisa. Hire painters like Leonardo da Vinci and millions of randomly generated ones.
11 Years AgoNobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence
PCPS3PS4WorldwideNorth America
Hailed as one of the best instalments in the franchise’s history, this extremely intricate, deep, and meticulous strategy game is set against a backdrop of a fragmented nation and asks the player to take up the mantle of a Daimyo, a feudal lord of the Sengoku era.
10 Years AgoEarthlock: Festival of Magic
Xbox OneWorldwideNorth America
An original turn-based role-playing game set in a world of machines and magic, a world that stopped spinning thousands of years ago.
9 Years AgoTrickStyle
MacWorldwide
Grab your board, surf through the air, show your stuff, and win eternal glory with your off-the-chain skills. Re-Live this Dreamcast Classic Today!
5 Years AgoNiche: A Genetics Survival Game
PS4Europe
Niche - a genetics survival game is a turn-based strategy game combined with simulation and roguelike elements. Shape your own species of animals based on real genetics. Keep your species alive against all odds, such as predators, climate change and spreading sickness.
5 Years AgoTap Ninja
AndroidWorldwide
Destroy enemies, earn gold, upgrade your village, become a Ninja Master!
44 Years AgoStarcross
Apple IIAtari 8-bitDOSTRS-80North America
The year is 2186. Humanity has established colonies on the moon, Mars, and several of the larger asteroids. Earth's sky is dotted with space habitats, and the spaceways are always busy.
40 Years AgoPhantasie
FM-7Japan
The Isle of Gelnor is divided by a chain of mountains into two regions. The west is the traditional domain of human and humanoid beings - with a few renegade Orcs and Lizardmen - dedicated to order and goodness.
39 Years AgoPhantasie
AmigaNorth America
The Isle of Gelnor is divided by a chain of mountains into two regions. The west is the traditional domain of human and humanoid beings - with a few renegade Orcs and Lizardmen - dedicated to order and goodness.
9 Years AgoD&D Lords of Waterdeep
PCMacAndroidWorldwideNorth America
Lords of Waterdeep is an award winning strategy board game, set in the Dungeons & Dragons world of Waterdeep. Play as one of the masked Lords of the City of Splendor. Intrigue abounds as you recruit adventurers, via your agents, to quest on your behalf and spread your influence.
4 Years AgoHere Comes Niko!
SwitchWorldwide
A 3D platformer using a cute paper-inspired artstyle in which you travel across an insland inhabited by animal people and do various activities like solve puzzles, chat or catch fish.
This yearFireboy & Watergirl 2: The Light Temple
PCWorldwide
Fireboy and Watergirl need help to explore the Light Temple. Solve the puzzles, beat the times and collect all the diamonds!
42 Years AgoFormation Z
ArcadeJapan
The player competes in a marathon continuous scrolling horizontal shoot-em-up game across land, sea, air and outer space. You can hold down the fire button for a burst of Charged fire, which is especially essential to defeat the bosses.
42 Years AgoPirate Adventure
PC-88PC-98Japan
Your goal in this text adventure is to find a pirate treasure using two word commands.
41 Years AgoThe Oregon Trail
RemakeApple IINorth America
The famous and iconic 1980s graphical version of the game where settlers travel west, featuring dysentery, river crossings, and an entire family of characters.
20 Years AgoSpace Empires V
PCWorldwide
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects.
16 Years AgoKing's Quest II: Romancing the Stones
RemakeMacWorldwide
King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones is a remake of King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne and a follow-up to AGD Interactive's (formerly Tierra Entertainment) earlier remake of the first game.
15 Years AgoThe Haunted: Hells Reach
PCWorldwide
All Hell Has Broken Loose!!! The Haunted is a fast paced third person action horror game that focuses on delivering an intense multiplayer experience. Your goal is to liberate cursed places and survive the assault from the minions of Hell.
15 Years AgoWasteland Angel
PCWorldwide
World War III happened and killed most of the world's population. The ones that got toasted were the lucky ones. Survivors live in constant fear of being murdered or enslaved by violent gangs, renegade military units and, of course; mutants.
11 Years AgoRack N Ruin
PCWorldwide
Chaos reigns in this top down action adventure game starring Rack, a demon with an appetite for destruction. Pave a path of mayhem as you guide Rack on his quest to jump start the Apocalypse.
9 Years AgoNecrosphere
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
A full-blown adventure played with only two keys. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised. Necrosphere is where you go when you die, regardless of being good or bad.
6 Years AgoMeteorfall: Krumit's Tale
AndroidWorldwide
Krumit's Tale, the second game in the Meteorfall universe, is a brand new take on the deckbuilding roguelike genre. Dungeons are laid out in a 3x3 grid, and you'll need to use your items wisely to survive.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.