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Inspired by TV Title Mondegreens, I, too, came up with a similar puzzle. It is still based on Mondegreens, obviously, but with video-games!

Each of these 10 descriptions will lead you to a (weird) phrase or sequence of words wich, when (badly) misheard, will give you the name of the game.

As an example :
An insolent boxing Apollo
would give:
A sassy Creed -> Assassin's creed

And here are the ten clues to find out:

  1. Chubbier, next not heavy (found by @Saeïdryl)
  2. Goku's friend wheat powder (found by @Saeïdryl)
  3. Legolas' dishonesty (found by @Paige Meinke)
  4. The Iron man's father balloon for showing-off (found by @gnovice)
  5. Hot beverage for Spartacus' fellows (found by @gnovice)
  6. Higher cute marsupial (found by @gnovice)
  7. Mixed great geographic feature (found by @Milo P)
  8. The 18th Ulysses, the 6th, the 15th and the greek 19th (found by @Gustavo Gabriel)
  9. Assault a person (found by @gnovice)
  10. Evening meal animal flesh in hot water (found by @gnovice)

Some may be easy, and some may be far-fetched. Let's see how much you get!

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  • $\begingroup$ 11. A forest dog with a blood mark $\endgroup$
    – Saeïdryl
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:18
  • $\begingroup$ @Saeïdryl Wolf-stain ? $\endgroup$
    – Ander Biguri
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:32
  • $\begingroup$ @Saeïdryl Wolven stain -> Wolfenstein ? $\endgroup$
    – Keelhaul
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:35
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, I thought about it while "reverse-thinking" your descriptions $\endgroup$
    – Saeïdryl
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:38
  • $\begingroup$ It would probably be rude to condense everyone's partial answer into one answer.. $\endgroup$
    – A.B.
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 15:01

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Answer summary (thanks to everyone who solved the ones I couldn't):

  1. Chubbier, next not heavy

Fatter, then light > Faster Than Light (solved by Saeïdryl)

  1. Goku's friend wheat powder

Krillin's flour > Killing Floor (solved by Saeïdryl)

  1. Legolas' dishonesty

Elf Lie => Half Life (solved by Paige Meinke)

  1. The Iron man's father balloon for showing-off

The Stan Lee (creator of Iron Man) parade ball(oon) -> The Stanley Parable

  1. Hot beverage for Spartacus' fellows

Romans' sake -> No Man's Sky
Tea for Thracians -> Team Fortress 1
or
Tea for Thrace (the nation) -> Team Fortress

  1. Higher cute marsupial

More tall wombat -> Mortal Kombat

  1. Mixed great geographic feature

Stir ocean -> Star Ocean
Mountain blend -> Mount & Blade (solved by Milo P)

  1. The 18th Ulysses, the 6th, the 15th and the greek 19th

Grant (18th President) F (6th letter of alphabet) O (15th letter of alphabet) tau (19th letter of Greek alphabet) -> Grand Theft Auto (solved by Gustavo Gabriel)

  1. Assault a person

Mug a man -> Megaman

  1. Evening meal animal flesh in hot water

Supper meat boil -> Super Meat Boy

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  • $\begingroup$ 9 is the "correct" one, 7 is not ;) $\endgroup$
    – Keelhaul
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:59
  • $\begingroup$ @Keelhaul: Yeah, I thought 7 was a stretch. $\endgroup$
    – gnovice
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 15:00
  • $\begingroup$ 5 is wrong too :p $\endgroup$
    – Keelhaul
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 15:35
  • $\begingroup$ @Keelhaul: Took another stab. Is 5 any better? $\endgroup$
    – gnovice
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 16:18
  • $\begingroup$ It is! (I'd only use the nation's name rather than the the people's name, the homophony is slightly better that way). Since you found the most answers, maybe you could round them up (only the 4th is missing) and get that green mark ;) $\endgroup$
    – Keelhaul
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 16:21
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Partial answers :
1. Chubbier, next not heavy

Fatter, then light > Faster Than Light

2. Goku's friend wheat powder

Krillin's flour > Killing Floor

9. Assault a person

Hit a man > Hitman

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  • $\begingroup$ I had another idea for 9. Yours works though, can you find the intended one? It's a more "classical" game. $\endgroup$
    – Keelhaul
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:06
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8: The 18th Ulysses, the 6th, the 15th and the greek 19th

Grand Theft Auto

18th Ulysses was Grant (Grand)
The 6th letter is F (Theft)
The 15th letter is O and the 19th greek letter is TAU (Auto)

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Partial:

  1. Legolas' dishonesty

Elf Lie => Half Life

  1. Assault a person

Whack Man => Pac Man

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  • $\begingroup$ That's not it (as for number 5, in case you add some more in the meantime) $\endgroup$
    – Keelhaul
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:07
  • $\begingroup$ rot13 "V jbhyq tb sbe Junpx zna, abg nggnpx zna." Or it really is too far fetched to be a mondegreen $\endgroup$
    – PL457
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:23
  • $\begingroup$ @PL457 Good idea $\endgroup$
    – Sensoray
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:25
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    $\begingroup$ Number 9 is still not wat I had in mind, but this one is quite broad I must admit. Still, your answer for this one is a bit too far fetched^^ $\endgroup$
    – Keelhaul
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:33
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  1. Mixed great geographic feature

Mountain Blend -> Mount & Blade (?)

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  • $\begingroup$ You got it, well done ;) $\endgroup$
    – Keelhaul
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 15:35
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  1. Mixed great geographic feature

blend - wonder

blade runner (1997) ?

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  • $\begingroup$ Welcome to Puzzling.SE! Could you please edit your answer to include spoiler tags, so as not to spoil your solution for anyone else who wants to have a go at the puzzle? Thanks! $\endgroup$
    – F1Krazy
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:50
  • $\begingroup$ I couldn't find how to do so, could you enlight me please :) $\endgroup$
    – momo545
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:51
  • $\begingroup$ Just add >! before each of the last two lines, and that should hide them. $\endgroup$
    – F1Krazy
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 14:52
  • $\begingroup$ That's not it, sorry (as for the 7, in case you add more) $\endgroup$
    – Keelhaul
    Commented Mar 13, 2018 at 15:00

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