ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
October 20
The games released on this day in gaming history.
904 releases
6 Years AgoThe Guise
PCWorldwide
Dark-fantasy metroidvania, where you turned into a monster with weird abilities like walking on the ceiling, acid spits and bile bombs.
6 Years AgoDreadStar: The Quest for Revenge
PCWorldwide
A retro mix of a shoot 'em up gameplay with RPG elements, DreadStar: The Quest for Revenge is inspired by the likes of Tyrian, Raiden and Donpachi.
6 Years AgoHyperBrawl Tournament
Xbox OneSwitchWorldwideNorth America
HyperBrawl Tournament is an arena based sports combat game, fusing intense sporting action and brutally competitive PvP combat. Select your warrior and your weapon before unleashing brawling fury in an arena where goals equal glory.
5 Years AgoEvertried
SwitchEurope
Evertried is an isometric, tactical rogue-lite where the player ascends a mysterious tower in the afterlife using their wits, strategy and positioning in turn-based combat.
5 Years AgoSakura Nova
PS4PS5Japan
Join Mikage, Kaguya, and Arisa as they train together, fight together and come together at a prestigious academy for young sexy aspiring knights. It’s an adventure of action, magic and humor!
5 Years AgoWild Romance
AndroidWorldwide
Unhappy with his life in Tokyo, Kazuma returns to his hometown in the Japanese countryside where he reconnects with four classmates. When the girls accidentally reveal that they are not mere humans, a journey of discovery and constant flirtation begins.
4 Years AgoThe Darkest Tales
SwitchWorldwide
The Darkest Tales is a complex and compelling adventure, full of familiar characters and fairytale landscapes. Over the course of the journey, you'll have to come face-to-face with the difficult questions of life more than once.
4 Years AgoNanuleu
LinuxWorldwide
Nanuleu is a strategy game where you control a network of magical trees that protect the land from an invading dark force. Gather resources and grow trees to repel the invaders. Each tree has a different role to play in this battle to protect the land.
3 Years AgoDemons of Asteborg
PS4Worldwide
Demons of Asteborg is a new original and challenging 2D-platform game mixing action, little puzzles and strategy coming soon for the SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis, Windows, Mac, Linux and Nintendo Switch. This 16-bit game will bring back many memories to the retro-lovers.
1 Year AgoWallace & Gromit: The Grand Getaway
PlayStation VR2Worldwide
Wallace and Gromit: The Grand Getaway is a brand-new VR adventure involving the famous Aardman animated duo.
This yearMycopunk
PCPS5Worldwide
A ragtag squad of robot rejects is hired by the SAXON corporation and given one last shot at profitable glory (and avoiding the scrap heap).
37 Years AgoYs: Wanderers from Ys
PortMSX2Japan
Adol Christin's long-time friend, Dogi, wishes to return to his home town of Redmont after hearing about strange disturbances that are happening there. Always looking for an adventure, Adol joins him and soon finds out the cause of this new evil.
36 Years AgoApple Sauce Room
PC-98Japan
Short point-and-click game, including animations and quiz minigames.
31 Years AgoReturn to Paradise Heights
PC-98PCJapan
Very similar to the first eroge VN but now the protagonist works in an office and just lives in Paradise Heights.
31 Years AgoChougoukin Selections
PlaydiaJapan
Chōgōkin Selections (超合金 セレクションズ) is a CD-ROM-based adventure game for the Playdia console.
31 Years AgoSyndicate
Port3DOJapan
The 3DO port controls the game through a controller instead of mouse. The game also has different colors on the HUD and the mini-map, the menus before missions have different button highlights due to the controller, as well as having overall different sound generation for music.
31 Years AgoGear Stadium Heisei-ban
Expanded editionGame GearJapan
Gear Stadium Heisei-ban is a baseball game for the Sega Game Gear. It is an updated version of Gear Stadium with a Nippon Professional Baseball license and the names of real NPB players.
31 Years AgoBlade Force
3DOJapan
In the year 2110, in the city of Meggagrid, once known as Los Angeles, you meet Dr. Grubert, a very prominent inventor who has been crippled by an explosion perpetrated by a crime family known as The Pitt Family.
31 Years AgoJack Bros.
Virtual BoyNorth America
The portal between Earth and another mysterious dimension has opened, and the intrepid Jack Brothers have come through for an adventure in our world. Having lost track of time, they now have only one hour to return to their home or be banished forever.
29 Years AgoGrant, Lee, Sherman: Civil War Generals 2
PCNorth America
Civil War Generals is a hexagonal, turn based strategy game.
29 Years AgoExcalibur 2555 A.D.
PCNorth America
Taking cues from already established hits such as Tomb Raider, Excalibur 2555 A.D. takes place from a third-person perspective which allows for a better flow of gameplay.
28 Years AgoExtreme Paintbrawl
PCNorth America
Advertised as "The 1st Non-Violent 3D Shooter", Extreme Paintbrawl is the first game in the first-person shooter genre to be based on the sport of paintball. It is cross-promotional with the Sheridan and Crosman brands of gear.
27 Years AgoWall Street Tycoon
PCNorth America
Wall Street Tycoon is a business simulator where you become a stock broker on Wall Street.
26 Years AgoBloomers 2000
PCJapan
Divine bloomers were found on the Moon. An evil group BB group "Big Bloomer Group" seeks a way to make the whole world into a bloomer, and the international MIB "Men in Bloomer" organization monitors the subtle bloomer balance in the world. Their conflict becomes inevitable.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.