ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
October 16
The games released on this day in gaming history.
832 releases
11 Years AgoRoads of Rome
PCWorldwide
Advance into the unknown territories full of secrets and dangers. Expand the famous road system to the far corners of mighty Roman Empire in this blend of casual strategy, sim and time management genres!
11 Years AgoColor Symphony 2
PCMacLinuxWorldwideNorth America
Color Symphony 2 is a puzzle action platformer that utilizes the ambiguity of color. Try to eliminate obstacles or find new paths by using color!
9 Years AgoArena Gods
PCMacWorldwide
Arena Gods is Spectacle Combat, a top-down, arena fighting game where 2 to 4 gladiators compete for the crowd’s favor in an anything goes death match spectacle. You are gladiator. Brave the arena and win the crowd to seize godhood!
9 Years AgoBoom Island
PCWorldwide
Imagine being stranded on an island in the early 1900's, being a only survivor in a experimental plane crash. However, the island you crashed on is not a normal island, its Boom Island!
8 Years AgoHeavy Fire: Red Shadow
Xbox OnePS4Worldwide
Heavy Fire: Red Shadow, the next installment in the Heavy Fire series, is a non-stop action, 360° arcade-style first-person shooter… just don’t forget to breathe!
8 Years AgoFast Striker
PS4PS VitaNorth America
Fast Striker is a Shoot-'Em-Up game, developed and published by NG:DEV.TEAM, which was released in Japan in 2012D arcade shooting game with emphasis on scoring originally developed for NEO·GEO. The game lets the player choose between 3 game modes with different scoring systems.
8 Years AgoThe Initiate 2: The First Interviews
PCMacWorldwide
Three people awake in adjacent prison cells with no recollection of how they got there. Now, they must work together in order to escape this nightmarish captivity. But can they really trust one another?
8 Years AgoOrogenesis
PCWorldwide
Orogenesis, an RPG with the twist of exploring a nightmarish and funky universe!
8 Years AgoExorder
SwitchNorth America
Exorder is a tactical, turn-based strategy game from Fat Dog Games.
8 Years AgoHanz!
PCWorldwide
Fight with crowds of enemies, repel attacks with turrets, defeat invulnerable bosses in the new top-down shooter Hanz!
7 Years AgoKine
SwitchEurope
Kine is a 3D puzzle game about three whimsical machines that aspire to be musicians. Embark across a theatrically rendered cityscape by solving increasingly difficult 3D puzzles. Guide Euler, Quat, and Roo as they struggle to form a band and find their big break.
2 Years Ago8-Bit Adventures 2
SwitchPS4PS5Xbox OneXbox Series X|SWorldwide
8-Bit Adventures 2 is everything you love about NES, SNES and PS1-era JRPGs - with all of the charm, heart and soul, but none of the inconvenience. Dynamic turn-based battles & pixels with personality!
2 Years AgoNairi: Rising Tide
SwitchWorldwide
The story continues in the highly anticipated second chapter of NAIRI. In this graphic adventure, Nairi pushes onward on a perilous quest to save her family, leaving the Tower of Shirin's grimy slums behind in this exciting all-new sequel!
2 Years AgoMax Mustard
SteamVRWorldwide
Max Mustard is a made-for-VR platformer with 40 unique levels, 4 ridiculous bosses and 8 powerful upgrades. No boring bits! It’s the perfect combination of first-person power-ups and classic third-person platforming.
1 Year AgoStarbites
SwitchPS5Xbox Series X|SJapan
The story of a girl's growth and adventure on a vast desert planet, "Bitter."
This yearTales of Eternia: Remastered
RemasterSwitchSwitch 2PCPS4PS5Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Tales of Eternia returns as a remastered edition! As the threat of world destruction looms, an epic journey begins to determine the fate of two worlds: Inferia and Celestia.
48 Years AgoSanta Paravia and Fiumaccio
TRS-80Worldwide
Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio is a video game in which each player becomes the ruler of a fledgling Italian city-state around the year 1400. The goal of the game is to become king or queen; to do so the player must manage their city-state so that it may grow.
46 Years AgoABPA Backgammon
IntellivisionNorth America
Intellivision Backgammon is identical with the board game. Backgammon is a game played by two players (the computer can be one of the players). Each player has 15 pieces.
46 Years AgoThe Electric Company Math Fun
IntellivisionNorth America
Math fun is an educational game which can be played by one or two players. Each player controls a gorilla which is wandering through the jungle. As the gorilla walks on, it will encounter a creature which has a math problem with it.
34 Years AgoPhantasy Star Gaiden
Game GearJapan
Phantasy Star Gaiden is a Sega Game Gear released as part of the Phantasy Star franchise. It was only released in Japan.
33 Years AgoIf 2
PC-98X68000Japan
If 2 is an visual novel game, developed and published by Active, which was released in Japan in 1993.
30 Years AgoChill Manor
DOSNorth America
A FPS in the vein of Doom, crossed with a history lesson.
29 Years AgoMy Teacher is an Alien
PCEurope
A computer game based on the “My Teacher is an Alien” book series was produced by 7th Level and Byron Preiss Multimedia Company. Players can take the perspective of the three main children in the series, Peter Thompson, Duncan Dougal or Susan Simmons.
29 Years AgoDaytona USA Deluxe
Expanded editionPCEurope
Deluxe borrows most of its features from the US/PAL Championship Circuit Edition and the Japanese Circuit Edition, both Sega Saturn exclusives. However, it also adds eight-player network support and a brand new exclusive track; Silver Ocean Causeway.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.