Hello! I wrote a little devlog because I really need some advice. 
I have the message floating over bsky and twitter too, but here I can go in much more detail.

Through the Twitch categories I discovered there's another game called Deep Inside on Steam, published on November 2024 (and it looks pretty cool too). This basically destroyed the chances I can filter playthroughs of my game because they get bundled with this one, and my game is the less popular alternative. The problem is: now we share the category\name on Steam and I was planning to release Deep Inside on it too once I had saved up the sum for the admission fee... and I wanted to announce it at my birthday, on Dec 12

I don't think asking to the author of the game to change the name is an option, I don't want to bring discomfort to anyone, but now I can't use the same name if I upload my game on steam. And I really fear that when I upload it my game will be seen as malicious because of the name. 
... what should I do?🥲 

The options so far:

• Call the game "Deep Inside: (Insert subtitle here)". I'd appreciate suggestions for the subtitle, I'm not good at this...
• Call the steam edition a fancy name, like what the Pocket Mirror devs did with that game
• Call the game "Wish in the dark" like it was supposed to be named at the start

The problems are:

• Calling it "Deep Inside: Wish in the dark" would be a straight rip-off of the Kamen Rider song I pay homage... it's too much, I fear...
• I can't call it "Deep Inside RPG" because people might think I want to leech off the popularity of the other game
• "Wish in the dark" alone would have the game unrecognizable as a "brand"... not that I have a brand, but it's important the name is recognizable through all the versions.
  

I really, really need some advice, especially on names. If you read this, please leave a comment.
I haven't played the Deep Inside game on steam yet but if you're curious and want to try it I can share the link!