Forgotten Games with the Same Names as Well-Known Games

Sometimes a game is so forgotten that its name gets reused for something else entirely, only for the latter to become notably more well-known. This is a list of such games.

Portal
Portal
Hades
Hades
EarthBound
EarthBound
Destiny
Destiny
The Witness
The Witness
Mega Man
Mega Man
Rockman in Japan
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno
Star Fox
Star Fox
Thief
Thief
Fable
Fable
Mafia
Mafia
Crackdown
Crackdown
Indigo Prophecy
Indigo Prophecy
Fahrenheit in Europe.
Prey
Prey
Overlord
Overlord
Blue Dragon
Blue Dragon
Burnout
Burnout
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune
Stronghold
Stronghold
Defiance
Defiance
Unreal
Unreal
Hades II
Hades II
Outcast
Outcast
Crack Down
Crack Down
Amnesia
Amnesia
Atlantis
Atlantis
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis
Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis
Star Fox
Star Fox
Portal
Portal
Fable
Fable
Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit
Atlantis II
Atlantis II
Overlord
Overlord
Starfox
Starfox
Hades 2
Hades 2
Rockman
Rockman
The Witness
The Witness
Hades
Hades
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune
Amnesia
Amnesia
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno
Mafia
Mafia
Stronghold
Stronghold
Thief
Thief
Burnout
Burnout
Defiance
Defiance
Destiny
Destiny
Destiny
Destiny
Outcast
Outcast
Unreal
Unreal
Blue Dragon
Blue Dragon
Earthbound
Earthbound
Overlord
Overlord
Prey: An Alien Encounter
Prey: An Alien Encounter

3 Comments


love the world postulated here where dante's inferno (2010) is a popular, beloved game

2 years ago

Don't know if Eternal Doom would count since its the same "franchise", and I feel that there may be some ill-intentions on purpose behind the naming of the new one.

2 years ago

- 1983's Earthbound
- 1987's Sonic Boom


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