I have been working for over 2 years on my game and 4 months ago I finally released my demo. Yesterday, while searching on Steam I found a game with EXACTLY the same title and very similar premise. The page was created in May or June 2026 and they aim to release in August 2026. Here are some of descriptions I use on my Steam page:
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A first-person psychological thriller with a heavy atmosphere and elements of liminal horror.
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Uncover the stories of your subjects by studying their personal items and darkest secrets before making life-or-death choices.
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Will you sacrifice your own beliefs to obey HIS authority?
For comparison here is how they describe their game:
“Will you obey orders, or resist? In this first-person psychological horror game, you sit across from subjects and must investigate evidence to determine who is telling the truth, and decide their fate.”
My game is planned to release in October or whenever it’s completely playtested and polished. I’m not sure what I can do as this has never happened before, what do you think is my best course of action here?
For reference my game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2719670/The_Milgram_Experiment
And the copy: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4777470/The_Milgram_Experiment/
You named your game after a well known psychological experiment and now you’re surprised someone else used the name and generalized gameplay related to said experiment? Not trying to be that guy but brother, what were you expecting? Did you have another in the tank called The Stanford Prison Experiment? The Rorschach Test maybe? Kinda comes with the territory I would think.
But for real, just call it Milgram. Conveys the same thing, no crossover with duplicate, I think it would show up first in a search on steam as well.
I guess I am upset that they didn’t check if the name is taken or not. When I create a new project (this is my 4th game) I always check for same name. Because even if it’s technically legal it’s not beneficial for both sides to have one game mistaken for the other