Hi, I made a game which is similar to Hill Climb Racing. The thing is my game has key differences in gameplay. First, it is not a balance game, player doesn’t balance throttle and brakes in order not to flip etc. Cars use rocket power and the style is mainly future-ish style. Is it smart to name the game similar to Hill Climb (Maybe like rocket climb racing?), will that gain me some search advantage, or it is better to get a unique name?
I don’t know if that would really worked out. Some people would just say that your game was the clone of Hill Climb Racing even though there are some elements which is unique compared to the original. So… it’s a bad practice. Try to think of a name that has variety and different than anything else.
If you wanna take advantage to the search reputation. You must gather a lot of audience first through advertising. Advertising is your only way to reach out to the people around the world and find potential users. Also the variety of your game matters as well in order to to get them hooked and play some more.
I’m not an expert on advertising but it’s up to your strategy on how you introduce your product to the people and find potential users.