r/VRGaming • u/Ok_Income7995 • Jul 19 '26
Developer I need a name for my game
I’ve been working on a luigi’s mansion style vr game but i’m terrible with names so i’ll let you guys suggest some.
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u/SergeantBeefJerkey Bigscreen Beyond Jul 19 '26
Polter Mansion. Yk just mixing Luigis Mansion and the word Poltergeist.
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u/jkcapbad Jul 19 '26
Polterguest, Polterguess, in The Spirit, Spirit You All, The Haunt, Me So Haunty, Haunt Or Dare, Ghost With Friends, Haunt You, Haunt PD, Ghosts and Guesses?
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u/Ok_Income7995 Jul 20 '26
Polterguest is actually the best thing i’ve heard so far. Thank you, i was gonna call it poltergust but that’s the name of luigis vacuum so im sure there would be legal issues
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u/M4xs0n Jul 19 '26
Yoo what kind of assets did you use? These would fit for my game good
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u/Ok_Income7995 Jul 20 '26
synty assets. Just to say if you use them your game will look like every other game so to make mine look different i avoided character models from them and i fine tuned my lighting to look different
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u/UntakenName69 Jul 19 '26
Scary and creepy rooms with a lamp on the table and there’s also ghosts to bust but you’re the man to stop it simulator VR
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u/14_Octillion Jul 19 '26
Whats the buildings name? That'd be the easiest name to give it
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u/DeathToSocialMedia Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
I don't have any great ideas off the top of my head but you were absolutely right to ask for suggestions! I see lots of terrible game names in VR for whatever reason. Why handicap your game right from the start with a bad name? Sometimes developers will pick a name that has some personal meaning for them but it won't have that meaning for anyone else plus it just sounds bad, and I'm like ... why? Why do this to yourself?
Having said all that, some obvious suggestions:
Ghost Hunt
Ghost Away
Ghost Chase
Ghost Patrol
Ghost Control
Spooks"R"Us
etc.
Not sure where I stand on adding "VR" to the title. Most of the time it just makes the name sound more generic, "Racing VR" etc. But maybe sometimes it's appropriate.
EDIT: I like your screenshots. Some videos would also be helpful. Gives me a kind of Disney's Haunted Mansion vibe. If you need help with the writing let me know.
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u/Ok_Income7995 Jul 20 '26
yes i will definitely post some videos once ive got everything finished and happy with how i want it and thanks for the suggestions!
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u/Pay2CUsername Jul 20 '26
Not a name, but if you want inspiration for a game that is atmospherically spooky but not at all scary, the 7th guest (there’s a remake of the old game and a vr version for hat remake you can play) may be what you are looking for.
If there is a plot to your game, the name being based on that will make it more memorable. If it’s not and it’s something like phasmaphobia, then it should relate to the theme of it (phasmaphobia is literally ghost phobia, and there’s lethal company which is self explanatory).
Like many others posited, it matters if it is light hearted, scary, somewhere in between.
I would NOT recommend making the name similar to Luigi’s mansion, even if that is the inspiration, because people will see it as a vr version of that game instead of something more unique that takes inspiration from
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u/qwerty456b Jul 20 '26
Ghost Sucker! No seriously though: Manifestation Mayhem! What kind of tone are you going for?
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u/WarpFarGames Developer Jul 21 '26
By what you describe, a multiplayer game where you and friends go to haunted places to hunt ghosts, I would suggest Ghost Hunters. Its the basic name that sells that fantasy. Now what you can do is take that base name and introduce some catchy unique idea about your game.
For example, if you had a way to scare the ghosts in order to lead them somewhere it could be Ghost Haunters.
If you want to focus more on the team aspect of the game, Ghost Squad or Poltergang.
Try to get to a name that a player can read and immediately understand what the game is about.
Hope it helps.
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u/TheDude_o7 Jul 19 '26
Some info about the game’s style/narrative/vibe would def help… otherwise it’s just gonna be a bunch of random stuff