Cliff Notes – Industry analysts reveal most wanted video game remakes and remasters
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Ampere Analysis highlights a lucrative market for video game remakes and remasters, with both categories showing strong sales potential and consumer interest.
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Top candidates for remakes include iconic titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, God of War, and Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, reflecting popular demand among gamers.
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The report suggests that while some games, like Rayman Origins, may seem less urgent for remakes, the overall trend indicates a growing appetite for revisiting classic titles with modern enhancements.
Industry analysts reveal most wanted video game remakes and remasters
A Switch 2 remake of Ocarina Of Time sounds obvious but Nintendo doesn’t do obvious (Nintendo)
A top analyst group argues that video game publishers are sitting on a ‘wealth of content’ by not making more remakes and remasters.
Earlier this week, analytics firm Ampere Analysis shared new findings on how well video game remakes and remasters sell. And while the former are typically more popular, the data showed that both are highly lucrative and usually guaranteed hits.
2026 already promises to be a stacked year for more of both, from big names like Halo to more niche examples like Project Zero 2: Crimson Butterfly (which will actually be its second remake).
Discussions about what games should get the treatment next are a dime a dozen and everyone has their own ideas, with Ampere putting together a list of titles it considers ‘ripe’ for an updated re-release of some kind.
Ampere is keen to stress that its list isn’t exhaustive, but it has picked out 18 games as among the best candidates to be remade or remastered, based on market research and consumer habits.
The Venn diagram below splits the list into three categories: games Ampere thinks should see full remakes, games it thinks should be remastered, and games that would benefit from either.
Which games do you wish will get the remake or remaster treatment? (Ampere)
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It’s a pretty sensible, with the top picks being The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time, the original God Of War and Far Cry games, and Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag.
That last one feels a bit like cheating, though, as it’s widely believed that Ubisoft has a remake in development; one that will rework the game to be more like its modern contemporaries.
In the case of Ocarina Of Time, it was remade once already for the 3DS, but that was 14 years ago and it changed very little, so a new remake with modern graphics for the Switch 2 would be an easy sell for Nintendo.
The top picks for video game remakes and remasters according to Ampere Analysis
Remakes:
Assassin’s Creed
Chrono Trigger
Fallout
Rayman Origins
Resident Evil 5
The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Remasters:
Batman: Arkham Origins
Bloodborne
Bully
Dragon Age Origins
Fallout: New Vegas
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind
Remakes or remasters:
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
Far Cry
God Of War (2005)
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
The majority of Ampere’s choices all line up with popular sentiments we’ve seen online over the years, such as a Chrono Trigger remake and Bloodborne remaster; both of which have been the subject of fan speculation but have never been hinted at by their publishers.
Given the success of the Resident Evil remakes, some fans fully expected Resident Evil 5 to be next (thanks in part to the ending of the Resident Evil 4 remake), though newer rumours say Capcom is instead planning to remake prequel game Resident Evil Zero.
Both the original Fallout and Fallout: New Vegas make the list, but not Fallout 3 – despite rumours pointing to that game getting the remaster treatment following the success of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion.
A Rayman Origins remake is a bit of a weird pick though, since while it’s certainly a great game, and one worth revisiting, it’s a traditional 2D platformer with cartoony visuals that still hold up over a decade later.
There were rumours of a Rayman remake last year, but while Ubisoft did admit it has a new Rayman project in the works, it hasn’t specified if it is a remake or something original.
Is there any point remaking Rayman Origins when its sequel, Rayman Legends, exists and is just the same game but better?
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