ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
September 25
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1050 releases
This yearOh Ship!
PCWorldwide
Oh Ship! is a 1–4 player co-op space survival game where you and your crew coordinate to keep your ship running while space actively tries to destroy it. Salvage wrecks, fix systems, upgrade your ship, and survive the chaos.
This yearMonst
PCWorldwide
Players take on the role of an alien monster, devouring humans on Earth with various transformations, fighting against human armed forces, and annihilating the world.
This yearTrap Yuri Tempest
PCWorldwide
A romantic storm is brewing at Ayanohara Academy! A princely trap and a delinquent one... two unlikely he-iresses are destined to become lovers. Who will sweep the other into the tempest of love first?
This yearRatcore
PCWorldwide
You don't know where you are or what your purpose is, but all you know is you want to escape. In this linear, puzzle-filled precision platformer, you must dive whiskers first into many unknown territories.
This yearEscape Sequence
PCWorldwide
Escape Sequence is a synthwave highway racer where the traffic is a song and the wild drivers play it with you. Weave an ocean-side freeway at sunset, chain near-misses, outlive AI rivals who drive like you do — solo, LAN, or online with friends and public lobbies.
This yearTriple Track
PCWorldwide
You need to free the cute animals captured in cages by hunters. To do this, you need to find three identical animal pictures at the same time. THE GAME TRAINS VISUAL MEMORY.
This yearBlargle and the Quest for the Nothing Burger
PCLinuxWorldwide
Join Blargle on his quest in this arcade-inspired runner and retrieve his stolen Nothing Burger. Avoid obstacles, collect quotes, and destroy anything in your path to the notorious pirate Captain Raqet!
This yearCow Abduction Frenzy
PCWorldwide
Hop into your alien ship and get ready for a frantic bullet hell challenge! Use time-bending and cloaking abilities to rescue cows from the clutches of beef-hungry butchers before your energy depletes. Can you abduct the herd and escape the farm alive?
This yearAFK: Army For Keyboard
PCWorldwide
Your army keeps fighting inside the taskbar while you get on with your day. AFK is an idle RPG built as a fake desktop OS: drag windows, forge gear across ten rarity tiers, climb an endless tower, and settle scores in asynchronous PvP the server replays back to you.
This year2048 Battles: Sylvan Sirens
Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Combine tiles and battle cute elves in a realm of fae!
This yearGods With Guns
Xbox OneXbox Series X|SPS5Worldwide
A roguelike shooter where you play as Norse mythological heroes defending against Ragnarok. You engage in fast-paced 2D gunplay, dodging bullet storms and enemy waves while collecting cards to build synergies that strengthen your character.
This yearMoonlight Chess
Xbox OneXbox Series X|SWorldwide
Moonlight Chess is a turn-based tactical auto-battler where you must assemble your own army, defeat waves of enemies, and vanquish the evil ravaging the kingdom!
This yearOwlen and the Starbound Mountain
Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Take flight as Owlen and explore icy mountains, glowing star paths, and realms above the clouds.
This yearRetro Cube Slider
Xbox OnePCXbox Series X|SWorldwide
Dozens of engaging single-screen sliding puzzles! Retro goodness! Crazy contraptions to master! Anyone can play Retro Cube Slider, just press the direction button and let the stylish neon cube slide away!
This yearRoots
Xbox OneXbox Series X|SPCWorldwide
Plant, harvest, buy animals and improve your farm islands
This yearRunes Quest
Xbox OneXbox Series X|SPCWorldwide
Runes Quest is a sokoban-like puzzle game where you guide a knight through 30 levels across light and dark biomes on their journey home. Navigate rooms filled with interactive elements like buttons, grates, keys, runes, boxes, pits, and traps using logic and careful planning.
This yearTiny Tank Showdown
Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Tiny Tank Showdown is an intense, fast-paced tank shooter game. It is fun, easy to learn, and addicting. Play alone, together with friends or against your friends.
This yearUsed Cars Simulator
PS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Used Cars Simulator - trade used or stolen cars, fix and customize them, drive around, and explore the open world! Grow your business, complete quests, and have fun with a physics-based sandbox!
This yearVampire Blood Dynasty
Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Claim vengeance as a vampire forged in darkness. On your wedding day, your priest murdered you, stole your bride, and unleashed plague and demons upon your land.
This yearThe Phantom of the Opera
Web browserPCWorldwide
When people start dying in the Palais Garnier opera house, up-and-coming soprano, Christine Daaé finds herself at the center of a dark obsession. Can Christine break free from the clutches of the Phantom of the Opera? Or will she remain haunted by him forever?
This yearI Know a Guy
PCWorldwide
Run your pizza shop up front and handle shady business out back. Help hand-crafted NPCs with favors that never go as planned. Play solo or online co-op with up to four players and expand your operation across Hobarey Town.
This yearBig Loot
PCWorldwide
Roguelike caravan survival game about risk, loot, and smart trading. Every run is a journey of hard choices, clever upgrades, and the eternal question: Do I play it safe... or go for the BIG LOOT?
This yearGoblins and Gunslingers
PCMacWorldwide
Deal spells and six-shooters across a seven-lane frontier. Goblins & Gunslingers is a western-fantasy card duel where gunpowder meets magic — draft 8 outlaw factions, hire deputies, flip Gnomes into Golems, and outdraw rivals in ranked play or a roguelike Frontier Run.
This yearSpace Defender: Frontier Squadron
PCMacWorldwide
Lead a squadron against the Drone invasion in a top-down space shooter with RPG depth. Play a voiced story with three endings, hunt pirate captains, step inside the spaceports, send your crew down to the planets you scan, and hold a front that falls without you.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.