ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
October 5
The games released on this day in gaming history.
708 releases
19 Years AgoLandstalker
WiiEurope
You are Nigel, an elf and treasure hunter extraordinaire. Assisted by his new partner Friday, Nigel will travel to a distant island in a search of a legendary treasure.
19 Years AgoI Wanna Be the Guy
PCWorldwide
I Wanna Be the Guy: The Movie: The Game is a 2D platform indie freeware video game created by independent developer Michael "Kayin" O'Reilly for Microsoft Windows using Multimedia Fusion 2.
5 Years AgoBPM: Bullets Per Minute
PS4Xbox OneWorldwide
In BPM, all of your actions and the actions of your enemies are tied to the beat of the music. Your enemies perform a dance-like sequence of attacks to an epic rock opera. BPM is inspired by retro shooters of the 90’s.
20 Years Ago
19 Years AgoMadden NFL 08
PS3Europe
Madden NFL 08, 2007's ode to NFL football on videogame consoles, fits like an old glove. Gamers will be familiar with how the game plays and feels.
15 Years AgoPushmo
Nintendo 3DSJapan
A kindly old inventor created a park and filled it with incredible puzzle-like climbing toys called Pushmo.
15 Years AgoEufloria
PS3Europe
Eufloria is an ambient game of space exploration and conquest that employs surprising themes of plant growth and bio mechanical evolution. The game allows the player to explore a beautifully realized universe rendered in a style that is both unique and compelling.
42 Years AgoDevil World
FamicomJapan
Devil World is a maze video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in Japan on October 5, 1984 and in Europe on July 15, 1987.
15 Years AgoVindictus
PCEurope
Vindictus is an action MMORPG and a prequel to the popular MMORPG Mabinogi and is known as Mabinogi Heroes in Asia.
14 Years AgoNights Into Dreams
PortXbox 360Worldwide
This version of NiGHTS Into Dreams is a port of the Saturn version with identical gameplay, but also incorporates the levels included in Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams as a bonus.
10 Years AgoButcher
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
Butcher is a fast-paced 2D shooter game and a blood-soaked love letter to the early 90s. As a cyborg programmed to eradicate the last remains of humanity, your sole purpose is to well... annihilate anything that moves.
15 Years AgoSega Bass Fishing
PS3JapanEurope
Explore the exciting sport of Bass fishing! Based on the Dreamcast hit, motor out to eight different fishing locations to catch the biggest and baddest Bass possible! Choose between fourteen different lures, and compete in four tournaments.
14 Years AgoWay of the Samurai 4
PS3Europe
In Way of the Samurai 4, you must take on the role of a master-less samurai looking to establish yourself in this conflicted land of opportunity and uncertainty.
14 Years AgoFrog Fractions
Web browserWorldwide
Frog Fractions is a 2012 browser game developed by Twinbeard Studios, a company composed primarily of founder Jim Crawford. The game, released on October 25, 2012, has been described as a spoof of the edutainment game genre.
14 Years AgoDragon Ball Z For Kinect
Xbox 360Europe
Dragon Ball Z for Kinect used the unique gameplay abilities of the Kinect motion sensor to let gamers become part of the DBZ world.
10 Years AgoWheels of Aurelia
PS4Europe
A narrative road trip game set in the roaring Italian 70s, it tells the story of Lella, a restless woman driving on the roads of the western coast of Italy, the famous "Via Aurelia".
27 Years AgoSpace Invaders
PCNorth America
Space Invaders is a game in which the player controls a laser cannon by moving it horizontally across the bottom of the screen and firing at descending aliens.
15 Years AgoSpace Channel 5: Part 2
PS3Xbox 360EuropeJapanWorldwide
Hey there, SpaceCats – meet Ulala, the grooviest reporter in the galaxy! She’s got attitude, and she’s got moves. Help her get the scoop on an unidentified Dance Troupe that has captured thousands of people and is forcing them to dance!
3 Years AgoRed Matter
PlayStation VR2Worldwide
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a frozen, faraway planet.
22 Years AgoTribes: Vengeance
PCNorth America
Set hundreds of years before the events of Starsiege: Tribes, Vengeance depicts the birth of the growing Tribal War. It focuses on the events surrounding five different characters over the course of two generations and how they each contribute to the developing war.
19 Years AgoSuper Thunder Blade
PortWiiEurope
Super Thunder Blade is a shooter for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console, published by Sega.
12 Years AgoPolarity
PCWorldwide
Polarity features the same type of polished gameplay found in games like Portal, but is made exclusively for experienced gamers. You’ll need clever wits and fast reflexes to beat the system’s security and reach the world-changing prize buried deep inside.
5 Years AgoSuper Monkey Ball: Banana Mania
SwitchPS4PS5Xbox OneXbox Series X|SPCWorldwide
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania is a "modern HD remaster" of Super Monkey Ball, Super Monkey Ball 2, and Super Monkey Ball Deluxe. This bundle was created to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise.
5 Years AgoAgatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The First Cases
SwitchPS4Xbox OneNorth AmericaWorldwide
Discover an untold crime story from the mysterious youth of the famous detective Hercule Poirot.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.