Game releases in January 2022

Saturday 1 January

Operation Airsoft

PC (Microsoft Windows)

ShooterSport

Keplerth

PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieRole-playing (RPG)

Evilmun Family

Linux

Simulator

8 Bit Son-of-a-Bitch

Nintendo Entertainment System

Adventure

AdventureQuest Dragons

Android

Point-and-clickRole-playing (RPG)

Amos Green's Final Repose

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

Point-and-clickAdventure

Aurorae Equitas

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

Visual Novel

Dinosaur Era

Arcade

ShooterArcade

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 4

PlayStation 2

FightingIndie

Evilmun Family: Season 3

Android · PC (Microsoft Windows)

Simulator

Fallen London: Adornment

Web browser

Adventure

Fight the Dracula!

PC (Microsoft Windows)

ShooterPlatform

Fuzoku Frame

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Galaxy Life Reborn

Android

StrategyReal Time Strategy (RTS)

Half-Earth Socialism

Web browser

SimulatorStrategy

Kotonoha Tango

Web browser

Ministry of Pandemic

PC (Microsoft Windows)

SimulatorStrategy

Mirror Lover

PC (Microsoft Windows)

StrategyPuzzle

Mythic Ocean

PlayStation 4

AdventureIndie

Operation Sexy Sudoku

Linux · PC (Microsoft Windows)

Paladins: Season 4 Champions Bundle

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Shooter

Perfect Balance

PC (Microsoft Windows)

SimulatorIndie

Pixel Pro Baseball

iOS

SportArcade

PSoul

Android

Adventure

Rockman X3: New Year 2022

Super Famicom

ShooterPlatform

Scrolls of Fire

Game Boy Advance

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

Sonic Robo Blast 2: Adventure Sonic

Linux · PC (Microsoft Windows)

PlatformAdventure

Sorcerer Knights

Nintendo Switch

FightingIndie

Spooky Horror Game

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Super Among Us 64 DS

Nintendo DS

Platform

Super Pickleball Adventure

Web browser

SportAdventure

The Godkiller: Chapter 1

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndiePuzzle

The House of Closed Doors

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

The Undisputables: Online Multiplayer

Linux

IndieAdventure

Zoinho in the Garden of Fools

ZX Spectrum

PlatformAdventure

Sunday 2 January

1 Bad Wad

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Shooter

Angry Angry Shark

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Baseball: Breakthrough Gaming Arcade - 3 Player Cooperation Edition

PlayStation 4

Big Adventure: Trip to Europe 2 - Collector's Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventurePuzzle

BlueAge

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Shooter

Clarent Saga: Chronicles

PC (Microsoft Windows)

StrategyIndie

Dead End Aegis: Gaiden

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Adventure

D.I.R: Death is Random

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Role-playing (RPG)Indie

Doom 2: The Way We Remember It

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Shooter

Evelyn's Farm

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureRole-playing (RPG)

Evilmun Family: Season 3

Linux

Simulator

Lunic: Possession

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Mega Man Wily's Conquest 2: Hyper Edition Turbo!

Nintendo Entertainment System

Platform

Melting of the Winter Gears

Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieVisual Novel

Nirvana: Game of Life

PC (Microsoft Windows)

SimulatorArcade

Not Dream Syndrome

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Adventure

Police Hot Pursuit

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureRacing

Racing: Breakthrough Gaming Arcade - 3 Player Cooperation Edition

PlayStation 4

Shades of Azure

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Shooter

Skyrim Anniversary Edition + Fallout 4 G.O.T.Y. Bundle

Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

Role-playing (RPG)

Skyrim Special Edition + Fallout 4 G.O.T.Y Bundle

Xbox Series X|S

Role-playing (RPG)

Snakepit Larry

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Snowman Adventure

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventurePlatform

The Coagulation

Web browser

AdventureIndie

Wide Open

Linux · Mac

Racing

ZJ the Ball Challenge: Level 3C

PlayStation 4

Monday 3 January

Crumble

Nintendo Switch

IndiePlatform

Max Time Traveler: From the Future

Android

PlatformAdventure

Seeking for Puppies

Handheld Electronic LCD

Arcade

12 Labours of Hercules XIII: Wonder-ful Builder

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

StrategyAdventure

Biker Garage: Mechanic Simulator

Nintendo Switch

PuzzleRacing

Blink: The Last Night

PC (Microsoft Windows)

SimulatorAdventure

Chess: Clash of Kings

Nintendo Switch

PuzzleCard & Board Game

Clash of Chess

Nintendo Switch

PuzzleStrategy

Crates n' Mohawks

Linux · PC (Microsoft Windows)

Cursed House

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Deliricard

Web browser

StrategyCard & Board Game

Endless Battlefield

PC (Microsoft Windows)

ShooterSimulator

Fight 'N' Jokes

Nintendo Switch

FightingIndie

Flaklypa Grand Prix

Nintendo Switch

RacingAdventure

Fragment

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Role-playing (RPG)Indie

Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell

Nintendo Switch

Point-and-clickPuzzle

From Red to Green

PC (Microsoft Windows)

PuzzleIndie

Geography Quiz Festival: Guess the Countries

Nintendo Switch

Puzzle

GirlHub

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Helicopter 2.0

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Role-playing (RPG)Simulator

Legendary Tales: Cataclysm

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Point-and-clickPuzzle

Long Loot the King

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Lost Lands: Redemption

Nintendo Switch

PuzzleAdventure

Math Push

Web browser

Puzzle

Minepull

Nintendo Switch

PuzzleStrategy

Mixx Island: Remix Vol. 2

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Ms. Holmes: The Adventure of the McKirk Ritual - Collector's Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Adventure

Nomifactory

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Adventure

ONO: Brain Fog

Android · iOS

PuzzleIndie

Pink Elephant

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Adventure

Popeye

Android

Arcade

Project Pulse

PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieAdventure

Putt-Putt Travels Through Time

Nintendo Switch

Point-and-clickAdventure

Racing Karts

Nintendo Switch

RacingSimulator

Rimebeard

Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

StrategyIndie

Skeletal Skism

Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

SimulatorStrategy

Splotches

Nintendo Switch

PuzzleIndie

Star Balls

Nintendo Switch

AdventureSimulator

Startmove

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Tales of the Underworld: Legends of Primordial Sea

PC (Microsoft Windows)

PlatformAdventure

Tether

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

To the Ones We Lost

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019: DR DBmtrue 215

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Simulator

Trigger Dungeon

Nintendo Switch

PlatformIndie

Turkey Runner

Vectrex

Arcade

WordFall

Web browser

Puzzle

Work It Out! Job Challenge

Nintendo Switch

SimulatorArcade

Worlds Within Worlds

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Platform

Yoga Master

PC (Microsoft Windows)

SimulatorSport

Yokaiware

PC (Microsoft Windows)

PuzzleIndie

Tuesday 4 January

81

Deep Rock Galactic

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5

AdventureShooter

72

The Pedestrian

Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

PlatformIndie

Alice!

PC (Microsoft Windows)

StrategyIndie

Army to Army

PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieSimulator

Blue Reflection: Second Light Additional Map - Atelier Ryza Collab Dungeon

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4

Role-playing (RPG)

DCS World: A-10C II Iron Flag Part 1 Campaign

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Simulator

DCS World: UH-1H Paradise Lost Campaign

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Simulator

Fight 'N' Jokes

Nintendo Switch

IndieArcade

F-Rank Hero Story

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Friday Night Funkin': Vs. Nekomata Okayu

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Music

Galactic Dreams

PC (Microsoft Windows)

StrategyAdventure

Mathomatics

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Maze of Bears

PC (Microsoft Windows)

PuzzleStrategy

PenBall

PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieSimulator

Pixel Robot Return

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Q-Cubed

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndiePlatform

Royal Legends: Marshes Curse - Collector's Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Adventure

Ryahs Rhythm

Android · iOS

AdventureSimulator

Secrets of the Dragon Cafe

Android

Simulator

Superstar Streetz

PC (Microsoft Windows)

RacingSport

Super Vadimka II: Revenge of Dr. Kulik

PC (Microsoft Windows)

PlatformIndie

Theory of Poltaran

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Timings

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Wednesday 5 January

86

Heaven Dust 2

Nintendo Switch

ShooterPuzzle

A Normal Survey

Web browser

AdventureIndie

An Outcry

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Role-playing (RPG)Adventure

80

Arcadia Fallen

Nintendo Switch

Visual NovelPuzzle

Argonauts Agency: Glove of Midas

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

SimulatorStrategy

Bad Faith

Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieVisual Novel

Big Booty Adventures

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Adventure

Blossom: La Jirafa Saga

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Bomb Voyage

PC (Microsoft Windows)

StrategyIndie

Breakneck City

Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5

Hack and slash/Beat 'em upArcade

Brushlings Pale Moon

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Adventure

Clockwise Jinx

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Danger!Energy

Xbox One

Indie

Doghouse 2

Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

Down the Hill

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Exquisite Amethyst

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Shooter

Genshin Impact: Fleeting Colors in Flight

Android · iOS · PC (Microsoft Windows)

Role-playing (RPG)Adventure

Heradonia

Linux · PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Honey Guardian

iOS

Arcade

Idle Superpowers

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Role-playing (RPG)

Let's Go! Baby! Friends World

Web browser

Adventure

Letters From the Moon

Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Liè Shān Hǎi Èr

PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieAdventure

50

McDroid

Nintendo Switch

StrategyIndie

Mimelet

iOS

AdventureIndie

Pokémon Theta Emerald Renev

Game Boy Advance

Turn-based strategy (TBS)Adventure

Slaughter Cannon

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Slette Mette

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Snow Kids

iOS

Platform

Termo

Web browser

Puzzle

Terraria: Journey's End

Nintendo Switch

IndiePlatform

The Arcade Tower

Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

PlatformPuzzle

The Eye of Typhoon: Tsunami Edition/Saiki

Neo Geo AES · Neo Geo MVS · PC (Microsoft Windows)

FightingArcade

The Guardians of Peace

Xbox One

Adventure

The Mooseman

PlayStation Vita

PuzzlePlatform

The Secret Elevator: Remastered

iOS

PuzzleAdventure

Tkium Exclusion Area

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Who's Your Daddy

Xbox One

SimulatorIndie

Wrong train

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Thursday 6 January

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4

IndiePlatform

Fears to Fathom: Norwood Hitchhike

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

86

Heaven Dust 2

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieShooter

Abduction

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Alone Musc

Nintendo Switch

MusicArcade

American Christmas

PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieAdventure

Arcade Archives: Super Pac-Man

Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4

Arcade

Atolladero

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Shooter

Avian

PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieAdventure

Beautiful Mystic Defenders

PC (Microsoft Windows)

SimulatorStrategy

Being a DIK: Season 2

Linux · PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieRole-playing (RPG)

Box Logistics

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Calm Down, Will

PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Christmas Wonderland 3

PC (Microsoft Windows)

PuzzleIndie

Cipher 61

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Circadian Cycle Deepest Sleep

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

AdventureIndie

Cloud Girl

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Puzzle

Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndiePoint-and-click

Cute Bar

PC (Microsoft Windows)

PuzzleIndie

Cyber Hook: Lost Numbers

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Dead Cells: Road to the Sea

Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch

AdventurePlatform

Demon Gaze Extra

Nintendo Switch

Role-playing (RPG)

Dog Clicker

PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieAdventure

Dream Fruit Farm

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Indie

Dual Souls: The Last Bearer

Nintendo Switch

FightingArcade

Electrician Simulator: First Shock

PC (Microsoft Windows)

IndieSimulator

70

Epic Dumpster Bear 2: He Who Bears Wins

Nintendo Switch

PlatformIndie

Faircroft's Antiques: The Forbidden Crypt - Collector's Edition

Nintendo Switch

PuzzleAdventure

Focus indies Bundle: Curse of the Dead Gods + Shady Part of Me + Aeon Must Die!

Nintendo Switch

PlatformPuzzle

Fuchian Chronicles

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Adventure

72

Heaven Dust Collection

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Role-playing (RPG)Adventure

Hexagourds

PC (Microsoft Windows)

PuzzleSimulator

Hot Milf 3

PC (Microsoft Windows)

PuzzleIndie

Idling Idol

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Simulator

I Love Finding Cats!: Collector's Edition

Nintendo Switch

PuzzleAdventure

Jigsaw Master Kids

Nintendo Switch

PuzzleCard & Board Game

Dates as announced by publishers and recorded on IGDB.com; they change. Only games with a cover are listed.