Games Released in December 1995

893 new games debuted in December 1995, with Super Famicom being the most active platform. December 22 was the busiest day, with 46 releases. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness was the most popular release of the month.

Which days had the most releases?

December 22 saw the most activity with 46 releases.

46 releases

December 22

43 releases

December 15

36 releases

December 1

35 releases

December 8

How did each week compare?

The third week of December was the busiest with 57 releases.

Week 1 (December 1–7)

47 releases

Most popular release in Week 1

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a Strategy video game published by Blizzard Entertainment released on 1995 for MS-DOS. Warcraft 2 is a successor of the popular Warcraft real-time strategy game. The game contains many improvements over the previous version in graphics, sounds and playability. The Multiplayer was also greatly improved allowing up to 8 players in the marvelous multiplayer skirmish.

Week 2 (December 8–14)

54 releases

Most popular release in Week 2

Loaded

Loaded is a violent, bloody top-down shooter which places you in the boots of one of six characters, who are all strange and deformed, from a psychotic clown to a huge baby. Loaded is a mission based game, where you have to complete various objectives, such as "escape the prison." Throughout each mission, there are tons of enemies to kill. You can choose to play through the single player campaign, or you can go head to head in two player.

Week 3 (December 15–21)

57 releases

Most popular release in Week 3

Suikoden

Suikoden is a Japanese-style role-playing game with several unusual additions. There are three kinds of combat in the game, the most common one being the traditional turn-based party combat (players can have up to six people in their active party). Magic runes can be equipped on the player's characters which allow limited usage of offensive and healing spells. There are also a few army battles, where the player must control whole units of fighters, archers, magicians, etc., and one-on-one fights (duels).

Week 4 (December 22–28)

55 releases

Most popular release in Week 4

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

This is the original 1995 Devil Summoner game on the Sega Saturn and was released only in Japan. It was later ported to PSP in 2005. Abandoning the post-apocalyptic themes of the original series, the story takes place in modern Japan. The player character is an unnamed college student who is attacked by demons along with his girlfriend; they are saved by the timely appearance of a suave demon-hunter named Kyouji. Shortly thereafter, Kyouji is found dead under suspicious circumstances. The protagonist is then trapped inside of a warehouse and murdered by a deranged killer named Sid. Rather than stay dead, the player finds himself in the reanimated body of the slain Kyouji, and escapes from the morgue. With the help of Kyouji's voice, which guides the player from inside his head, the main character joins up with Kyouji's female partner Rei in order to save the life of his girlfriend, who is still in danger.

Week 5 (December 29–31)

37 releases

Most popular release in Week 5

Transport Tycoon Deluxe

Transport Tycoon Deluxe was released in 1995, and featured new varieties of landscape and weather, new scenarios, more vehicles and allowed the player to run their company all the way from the year 1950 up to the year 2050.

Which platforms saw the most releases?

Super Famicom received 48 new titles in December 1995. The runner up was PlayStation with 43 new titles.

Super Famicom48 releases

PlayStation43 releases

Sega Saturn35 releases

PC25 releases

3DO Interactive Multiplayer12 releases

PC-9800 Series12 releases

Super Nintendo Entertainment System11 releases

DOS10 releases

Arcade9 releases

Sega Game Gear8 releases

What genres were most popular?

Adventure was the dominant genre in December 1995 with 45 titles. Sport followed closely with 34.

Adventure45

Sport34

Strategy34

Role-playing31

Shooter30

Simulator28

Puzzle26

Fighting23

Arcade22

Platform17

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