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

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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