Games released on April 24

Five games that still hold up, from Valkyria Chronicles in 2008 to Frostpunk in 2018

1. On sale

   Valkyria Chronicles 2008

   Turned 18 this year PlayStation 3

   Gallia is invaded by the Empire in a Europa loosely based on Europe before World War II. You command from an overhead map, then run each soldier yourself in real time and aim them by hand.

   $4.69 on Fanatical -77%

2. On sale

   The Walking Dead 2012

   Turned 14 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

   Lee Everett, a convicted criminal, protects a young girl called Clementine through a zombie outbreak in Georgia, choosing his words against a timer. It has been credited with reviving the adventure game genre.

   $1.49 on GOG -90% +1 store

3. 

   Sturmwind 2013

   Turned 13 this year Dreamcast

   A scrolling shooter released as a new independent game for the Dreamcast in 2013, where a fighter carries three kinds of weapon and a trigger flips its fire between forward and back.

4. 

   The Blackwell Epiphany 2014

   Turned 12 this year

   The ghosts that a New York medium and her spirit companion help on their way are now being torn apart, and the trail leads to a church run self help group, in Dave Gilbert's adventure that closes the Blackwell series.

5. On sale

   Frostpunk 2018

   Turned 8 this year

   A city builder set in an alternate 1886 where a volcanic winter has frozen the world, in which you lead the survivors building New London around a huge coal generator.

   $2.39 on Fanatical -92% +2 stores