Gaming by Year

Video games set in each specific year, fantastical or not.

I'm working on adding games, so if you know of any that I'm missing feel free to leave it in the comments!

Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno
1300
2064: Read Only Memories
2064: Read Only Memories
2064
Overboard!
Overboard!
1935
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon
1936
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
1880
Demon Quest '85
Demon Quest '85
1985
Nioh
Nioh
1600
Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh
Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of the Pharaoh
1156 BC
The Banished Vault
The Banished Vault
2210
The Flower Collectors
The Flower Collectors
1977
The Saboteur
The Saboteur
1940
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
2003
Gone Home
Gone Home
1995
Shadow Hearts: From the New World
Shadow Hearts: From the New World
1929
Suggested by ZapRowsdower
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
1094
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
2065
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
1933
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
1748
3 Skulls of the Toltecs
3 Skulls of the Toltecs
1866
Destroy All Humans!
Destroy All Humans!
1959
Space Station Silicon Valley
Space Station Silicon Valley
3000
Call of the Sea
Call of the Sea
1934
Ruiner
Ruiner
2091
Murder by Numbers
Murder by Numbers
1996
Waking Mars
Waking Mars
2097
Suggested by ZapRowsdower
Fallout 4
Fallout 4
2287
Halo Wars
Halo Wars
2531
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1890
The Outer Worlds
The Outer Worlds
2355
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
1898
Observer
Observer
2084
Crysis 2
Crysis 2
2023
Halo Infinite
Halo Infinite
2560
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
1981
Colosseum: Road to Freedom
Colosseum: Road to Freedom
192
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
1973
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain
2011
Deliver Us Mars
Deliver Us Mars
2069
Deliver Us the Moon
Deliver Us the Moon
2059
Mothmen 1966
Mothmen 1966
1966
Call of Juarez
Call of Juarez
1884
The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail
1848
Crysis 3
Crysis 3
2047
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
1894
Halo 4
Halo 4
2557
SoulCalibur V
SoulCalibur V
1607
Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr
Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr
1941
Attentat 1942
Attentat 1942
1942
Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado
Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado
1519
1997
1997
1997
Suggested by EVX
The Plot
The Plot
1605
Conflict: Desert Storm
Conflict: Desert Storm
1990
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
1895
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
2016
Voyage: Journey to the Moon
Voyage: Journey to the Moon
1865
Ultimate General: Gettysburg
Ultimate General: Gettysburg
1863
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
1572
Vampyr
Vampyr
1918
Call of Cthulhu
Call of Cthulhu
1924
Steelrising
Steelrising
1789
Amnesia: Rebirth
Amnesia: Rebirth
1937
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
1970
1979 Revolution: Black Friday
1979 Revolution: Black Friday
1979
Versailles 1685
Versailles 1685
1685
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
1591
1917: The Alien Invasion DX
1917: The Alien Invasion DX
1917
1954 Alcatraz
1954 Alcatraz
1954
Suggested by EVX
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
1984
Trüberbrook
Trüberbrook
1967
The Order: 1886
The Order: 1886
1886
Arida: Backland's Awakening
Arida: Backland's Awakening
1896
The Yukon Trail
The Yukon Trail
1897
Ganryu
Ganryu
1612
1943: The Battle of Midway
1943: The Battle of Midway
1943
Twin Mirror
Twin Mirror
2017
Chinatown Detective Agency
Chinatown Detective Agency
2037
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
2054
Indigo Prophecy
Indigo Prophecy
2009
Virginia
Virginia
1992
Little Orpheus
Little Orpheus
1962
Mafia III
Mafia III
1968
Far Cry New Dawn
Far Cry New Dawn
2035
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2819
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
2187
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Deus Ex: Invisible War
2072
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo 5: Guardians
2558
Time Gal
Time Gal
4001
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1868
Guns of Fort Defiance
Guns of Fort Defiance
1812
Naval War: Arctic Circle
Naval War: Arctic Circle
2030
Nostalgia 1907
Nostalgia 1907
1907
Suggested by EVX
Plasticity
Plasticity
2140
Castlevania
Castlevania
1852
PUBG: Battlegrounds
PUBG: Battlegrounds
2051
Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston
Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston
1871
Broken Pieces
Broken Pieces
1991
Walden, a game
Walden, a game
1845
The Whisperer
The Whisperer
1814
Mozart: The Conspirators of Prague
Mozart: The Conspirators of Prague
1788
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
1698

7 Comments


1 year ago

Here's some suggestions, though I don't know if you mind doubling up on years.

Assassin's Creed:
1- 1191
Revelations- 1511
Freedom Cry- 1735

For the Shadow Hearts games,
Koudelka- 1898
Shadow Hearts 1- 1913
Shadow Hearts Covenant- 1915
Shadow Hearts: FTNW- 1929

Gabriel Knight Trilogy
GK1: 1993
GK2: 1995
GK3: 1999

Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon- 2042

Rule of Rose: 1930

Wolfenstein: The New Order -1960

Technobabylon- 2087

Waking Mars- 2097

Wasteland Trilogy:
1- 2087
2- 2102
3- 2107

1 year ago

Yeah I originally conceived this list as one game for every year, and only games that take place within a single year. When there's more than one for a year it's pretty subjective which one I pick, I try to choose the one that I think best represents that particular year.

Appreciate the suggestions and I'll definitely add in the ones that fit!

11 months ago

Gun (1880)
Higurashi (1983)
Vampire the Masquerade (2004)

11 months ago

Thanks @Dadhunter!

10 months ago

Love this list, it's such a cool idea.

I would add a Warhammer 40K game just to have 41st millennium on the list, would be fun.

10 months ago

Got a new one for you; Obsidian, the 1997 adventure game, takes place in 2066.

10 months ago

@ZapRowsdower Thank you!


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