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

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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