ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
October 26
The games released on this day in gaming history.
1000 releases
This yearReka
PCWorldwide
Start your life as an apprentice witch to the legendary Baba Jaga and venture across a mysterious, natural landscape with your companion, chicken-legged cottage. Develop your magical powers, customise your home, craft potions, help or hinder villagers find your way in the world.
This yearScopa Sweep
PCWorldwide
Traditional Italian Scopa card game turned roguelike. Play against your rival and capture all the cards on the table while trying to score as many points as possible. Sweep the board with a SCOPA to increase your multiplier and complete objectives for permanent bonuses.
This yearNight Plane
PCWorldwide
Night Plane is a job-sim horror game where you work as a flight attendant on a doomed plane. Check tickets, serve passengers, and decide who stays onboard as demons hide among innocent souls. Naturally, management says it’s your problem.
This yearTidy Up the Backrooms
PCWorldwide
An organizing simulator about sorting found footage and research video tapes recovered from The Backrooms. Transform a chaotic mess into a neatly organized archive. But be careful - you are not alone!
This yearCrack
PCMacLinuxWorldwide
Why is there a giant egg in this lab? Your job is simple: crack it open. Don't ask questions. Crack is a 1-4 player co-op incremental adventure about uncovering what's inside a mysterious giant egg.
This yearThe Mailroom
PCLinuxMacWorldwide
A horror job simulator where you work in the mailroom of a small regional office of Hell located in Modesto, California. You just started working in the mailroom of that weird building on 5th. The job was easy enough at first.
This yearLeviathan: Rhino
PCWorldwide
Live through the final days of an old man in a small village threatened by an approaching giant Leviathan. An existential horror game about inevitability, loneliness, and a man with nowhere to go and no reason to leave.
This yearCalvar: The Darkest Gate
PCWorldwide
First-person horror survival game that plunges players into a dark and disturbing world. As Leonard Valentin, you must fight against supernatural threats while uncovering the mystery behind the cursed piano and the sinister plans of a dark cult.
This yearSincognito
PCWorldwide
Sincognito, is a 5-15 players SOCIAL DEDUCTION, horror, stealth game in which players, split between two distinct teams - Humans & Sins - must use communication with proximity voice chat, teamwork to complete tasks, skills for combat, betra…
This yearOperator: Observation
PCWorldwide
Operator: Observation is a Game based on the "Watch Rooms, and Report Anomalies" Concept of "Observation Duty" but now the Anomalies are way more aggressive and have way more ways to make you lose your Mind. Your Instructor will follow you on the way to becoming a good Operator.
This yearCardtographer
LinuxPCWorldwide
Cardtographer is a stylized 3D-Graphics Roguelike Deckbuilder, in which you choose one or more Champions to fight the evil, which has overcome the lands.
This yearFishing Up
PCWorldwide
Catch 48 unique fish and complete collections in a relaxing fishing game. Explore different locations, use various baits and rods, and enjoy a peaceful angling experience.
This yearFlipping Phantom
PCWorldwide
A puzzle platformer where you can’t jump?! Phase into the ground and flip upside-down to find your way around this spooky playground! Flipping Phantom is a 2D pixel-art puzzle platformer with a simple twist: you can’t jump.
This yearDeliverance Protocol: Ironrot
PCWorldwide
Atmospheric first-person retro horror. You are a courier — a disposable tool of the System. Sort, deliver, collect archives. Obey… or uncover what lies inside.
This yearResiduum
PCWorldwide
RESIDUUM is a first-person psychological horror game set in a decaying research facility. With only a dwindling flashlight and faulty heartbeat sensor, manage power, seek answers, and escape what hides in the dark.
This yearDroste Detective
PCWorldwide
You're stuck in an office corridor with no exit that has a painting of the same corridor on the wall. But then you notice the corridor in the painting is not quite the same. You decide to inspect the painting...
This yearUnending Aqua
PCWorldwide
Explore a mysterious tropical island resort. Collect items and solve puzzles to progress. Survive against dangerous enemies. Piece together the story of the hotel and uncover the dark secrets that it holds.
This yearGalactic Bounty
PCWorldwide
Play as a droid bounty hunter for hire. Accept contracts, deploy into dangerous locations, eliminate targets, break into secure systems, and get paid. Spend your rewards on weapons, gear and software upgrades for your droid.
This yearPossessed Kingdom
PCWorldwide
Defend your kingdom or rush the enemy in this Deckbuilding RTS. Build your base, scale your economy, and draw custom paths for your troops to break enemy defenses. Win battles, steal the king's cards, and build the ultimate deck.
This yearTwo-Fifteen
PCWorldwide
A first-person PSX horror game. Your baby is gone, and the things wearing your in-laws' faces are still in the house. Get the lights back on, hide when you hear footsteps on the stairs, and never trust a voice that sounds like someone you love.
This yearOutcast Tales
LinuxMacPCWorldwide
Assemble a squad of characters with robust personalities and abilities, and their relationships unfold. Engage in deep tactical battles, make tough decisions , and choose your own adventures - write an Outcast Tale that’s unique to you!
This yearAyasa: Shadows of Silence
Xbox Series X|SWorldwide
Dive into Ayasa, a dark and mysterious platformer where light and shadow hold the key to survival. Journey through six haunting lands, solve challenging puzzles and restore balance to a world on the brink of collapse.
This yearEternal Chamber
PCWorldwide
A psychological horror about repetition, isolation, and the need to keep moving forward. Keep pushing. Don't stop. Break through.
This yearKleromancy
PCWorldwide
Awaken as Unit-01 in the Ark of Theseus. In this roguelike, your cards are 3D dice: roll them, spend energy, and conquer 7 corrupted biomes. Overcome narrative events and minigames, survive multi-phase bosses, and expand your generational station with every victory.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.