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		azinman2 on March 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Valve's Proton Has Enabled 7000 Windows Games on L... Do games ever have the same name?

a_t48 on March 5, 2021 | [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(2016_video_game)

Yes, though Steam may go to lengths to prevent games on their platform from having the same name.

Edit: this apparently happened with Prey 2007/2016, and resulted in two games installing to the same folder.

Shorel on March 7, 2021 | [–]

Often. Prey is another example.

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