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.

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

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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