ON THIS DAY IN GAMING
December 19
The games released on this day in gaming history.
902 releases
39 Years AgoZeliard
PC-88Japan
Zeliard is a side-scrolling action game with platforming and role-playing elements. The game world is divided into hostile labyrinths, which occupy its largest portion and contain maze-like passages for Duke Garland to traverse, as well as enemies that must be dealt with.
39 Years AgoDragon Buster
MSXJapan
A 1984 arcade platformer with action RPG elements, Dragon Buster is notable as the first game to feature a double jump. It was also one of the first games to include a life meter (along with Flash Boy and Punch-Out), known as vitality in this game.
21 Years AgoI'm Only Sleeping
PCWorldwide
A Point And Click Adventure Game created by Einoo as part of the Reality-On-The-Norm project.
19 Years AgoSilent Hill: The Escape
MobileJapan
Silent Hill: The Escape is a Silent Hill spin-off game, featuring first-person shooter-style gameplay.
13 Years AgoSchool of Dragons: How to Train Your Dragon
iOSWorldwide
School of Dragons was a MMORPG based on DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon franchise. Players raised and trained their own dragon, interact with characters from the HTTYD franchise, join clans and embark upon journeys and quests alongside their Viking pals in-game.
8 Years AgoSummer Pockets
AndroidJapan
Summer Pockets is set on an isolated, rural and peaceful island on the Seto Inland Sea called Torishirojima, which has a population of about 2,000 people. The protagonist is Hairi Takahara, a young man not native to the island.
4 Years AgoAirborne Ranger
PCWorldwide
One soldier on action-packed missions behind enemy lines. Get ready for a fast-paced, easy-to-learn combat game featuring intelligent challenges, suspenseful scenarios and endless action- perfect for arcade gamers, combat strategists and simulation fans alike.
3 Years AgoJust King
PCWorldwide
Just King is an action auto-battler with roguelike elements. Assemble your party to venture into different lands fighting fearsome kings and their deadly armies. Use your loot to hire and upgrade mighty heroes... or the bard.
20 Years AgoGumboy: Crazy Adventures
PCWorldwide
Gumboy has fun and novel gameplay set in a richly imagined world. With simple game controls, Gumboy lets the player bounce, roll, float, and fly through the world. Additionally, Gumboy can change size, shape and material.
16 Years AgoGlow Hockey
iOSWorldwide
Glow Hockey delivers a new style of hockey game. Easy to play, hard to master. Challenge yourself with your friend and the computer opponents!
14 Years AgoBit.Trip Void
MacPCWorldwide
Bit.Trip Void is the third installment in the retro-arcade BIT.TRIP saga. Bit.Trip Void is a synesthetic exploration of rhythm and music as they pertain to our everyday lives and moods.
12 Years AgoSisyphus Reborn
LinuxPCWorldwide
A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.
9 Years AgoCAT Interstellar
PS4Worldwide
CAT Interstellar is a short story-driven science fiction game about humanity's attempt to terraform Mars. Pilot a DOG V4 unit on an alien world and uncover the past of a seemingly barren planet.
9 Years AgoXenon Valkyrie+
Expanded editionPS VitaWorldwide
Xenon Valkyrie is a rogue-lite platformer game with RPG elements in which you must fight to the deepest part of a moon and halt the plans of a wicked witch. Obtain many weapons as you fight through a unique, randomly-generated world every time you play.
14 Years AgoLabyrinth Legends
PS3Europe
Cartoony dungeon crawler with puzzle elements for the PS3.
5 Years AgoBard's Gold
PS5EuropeNorth America
"Bard's Gold is a 2D Retro slow-paced platformer with light RPG elements, where the player has to find the key within the level and get to the door in order to progress through the game." "Old school platforming experience - No tutorials or…
4 Years AgoCoffee Shop Tycoon
PCMacWorldwide
Coffee Shop Tycoon is a management game in which you take control of your own coffee shop. Will you thrive and become a popular coffee shop or die trying? Everything lies in your hands.
18 Years AgoThe Majesty of Colors
Web browserWorldwide
As a strange being from beneath the ocean, discover the beauty of the surface world. What relationship will you have with the humans? Can you survive? Will they?
18 Years AgoArt Style: Orbient
RemakeWiiEurope
In Orbient, players control a white star. The game starts with the white star able to take 5 hits before it is destroyed. To make it grow, the player must collide his/her star with a similar-sized, blue star.
14 Years AgoOddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD
RemasterPS3Europe
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD is a remaster of Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee. It includes upgrades to the environment and entity models, an improved sound design, and controls that more closely resemble the PS1 games controls.
14 Years AgoFluidity: Spin Cycle
Nintendo 3DSJapan
Fluid-based puzzle/platforming for the 3DS eShop.
13 Years Ago3D Streets of Rage
PortNintendo 3DSEurope
Take the fight to the streets! In the grips of a vicious crime syndicate, this once peaceful city has become a center of violence and mayhem. Amidst this chaos, three young police officers are determined to tackle the problem head-on.
10 Years AgoDustoff Heli Rescue 2
PCWorldwide
In Dustoff Heli Rescue 2 you can: Save hostages being held in Prisoner of War camps. Combat in military attacks in the desert, forests, mines, swamps and fjords.
9 Years AgoDustoff Heli Rescue 2
PS4North America
In Dustoff Heli Rescue 2 you can: Save hostages being held in Prisoner of War camps. Combat in military attacks in the desert, forests, mines, swamps and fjords.
Game data provided by IGDB.com. Original release dates only – not the dates of fan translations.