True names

Culture concept

Plays with the concept that names have power, especially "true" names.

6
games
4
platforms
Commonly humans either don't have a true name or they don't know it. Many magical creatures are innately aware of their true name.

Some mythoses set even human's given name as their true name, prompting the "don't tell your name to the witch of the woods".

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Games by year

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The first True names video game was released on October 1991.

Atari published all these games.

Platforms

Windows 2
Mac OS X 2
Linux 1
Win3.1 1