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Games like Pokémon Go

2016 ★ 65/100 Game details →
SimulatorRole-playing (RPG)

10 games similar to Pokémon Go, a Simulator, Role-playing (RPG) game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Pokémon Go.

  1. Borderlands 3 cover
    Borderlands 3 2019 ★ 79
    Shares Role-playing (RPG)

    Both games combine action and fantasy in open-world settings where you explore expansive environments to progress. Pokémon Go emphasizes real-world exploration for monster capturing, while Borderlands 3 structures its campaign across multiple planets with cooperative multiplayer for up to four players. Each game rewards exploration through combat encounters and item collection, though Borderlands 3 layers in procedurally generated loot and character progression through expanded skill trees.

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  2. Hytale cover
    Hytale 2026 ★ 85
    Shares Role-playing (RPG)Simulator

    Both Pokémon Go and Hytale center on open-world exploration and action-driven fantasy gameplay. Where Pokémon Go sends you into real locations to capture creatures, Hytale offers procedurally generated worlds filled with dungeons and combat encounters to discover. Each game emphasizes roaming through expansive spaces, encountering challenges, and progressing through encounters rather than following a linear story path.

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  3. Force of Nature cover
    Force of Nature 2016 ★ 70
    Shares Role-playing (RPG)Simulator

    Both games center on exploring open worlds and engaging in action across real or virtual landscapes. Force of Nature shares Pokémon Go's emphasis on simulator mechanics and RPG progression, letting you develop your character through farming, crafting, and combat. While Force of Nature trades monster capturing for building and survival systems, both reward outdoor-style exploration and resource management in sandbox environments.

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  4. The Elder Scrolls VI cover
    Shares Role-playing (RPG)

    Both games center on exploring vast open worlds filled with fantasy creatures and combat encounters. Where Pokémon Go sends you into real-world locations to capture monsters, The Elder Scrolls VI immerses you in an expansive fantasy realm to discover and battle enemies. Each emphasizes action-driven gameplay within large environments, though Elder Scrolls trades mobile exploration and GPS mechanics for a traditional single-player RPG experience.

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  5. Pokémon Moon cover
    Pokémon Moon 2016 ★ 81
    Shares Role-playing (RPG)

    Both games center on capturing and training Pokémon across diverse environments, with legendary Pokémon as key discoveries. Pokémon Moon grounds this monster-capturing gameplay in a traditional RPG structure on tropical islands, offering turn-based battles and strategic team building where Pokémon Go emphasizes real-world exploration. If you enjoyed hunting specific Pokémon in Go, Moon's story-driven campaign lets you methodically catch and develop creatures through a complete adventure.

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  6. Children of Morta cover
    Children of Morta 2019 ★ 77
    Shares Role-playing (RPG)

    Children of Morta shares Pokémon Go's action-fantasy setting and RPG structure, though it trades real-world exploration for isometric dungeon crawling. Both games emphasize cooperative play alongside single-player modes, letting you team up with others or go solo. Where Pokémon Go focuses on monster capturing, Children of Morta centers on family-driven combat against corruption, but both reward progression through repeated engagement with their worlds.

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  7. Legrand Legacy cover
    Legrand Legacy 2018 ★ 68
    Shares Role-playing (RPG)

    Both games are fantasy RPGs with action elements available through digital distribution. Where Pokémon Go emphasizes real-world exploration and monster capturing, Legrand Legacy offers turn-based combat and a hand-drawn fantasy world. If you enjoy the adventure and character progression in Pokémon Go, Legrand Legacy delivers deeper storytelling and tactical battles in a self-contained narrative campaign.

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  8. Battle Brothers cover
    Battle Brothers 2017 ★ 80
    Shares Role-playing (RPG)Simulator

    Both games pair open-world exploration with team management across a procedurally generated landscape. In Pokémon Go you capture and train creatures for battles; Battle Brothers has you recruit and equip mercenaries for tactical combat. Each game layers strategic preparation (managing your roster, resources, and upgrades) with real-time action, rewarding players who invest in building and leveling their units before engaging enemies.

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  9. Savage Lands cover
    Savage Lands 2015 ★ 59
    Shares Role-playing (RPG)

    Both games center on exploring open worlds to survive and progress, though Savage Lands strips away Pokémon Go's real-world GPS layer for a pure fantasy setting. Where Pokémon Go emphasizes capturing creatures and competing in battles, Savage Lands focuses on resource gathering, crafting, and combat against hostile enemies. Both support multiplayer cooperation and single-player modes, letting you tackle their action-fantasy worlds solo or with others.

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  10. Vagante cover
    Vagante 2018 ★ 76
    Shares Role-playing (RPG)

    Both Vagante and Pokémon Go blend action and fantasy in multiplayer settings where you explore dangerous territory for rewards. Vagante shares the cooperative multiplayer mode found in Pokémon Go's Raid Battles, letting you team up with friends to tackle challenging encounters. The roguelite structure mirrors the unpredictability of monster encounters, creating similar tension as you venture into procedurally generated caves seeking treasure.

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10 games similar to Pokémon Go: Borderlands 3, Hytale, Force of Nature, The Elder Scrolls VI, Pokémon Moon, Children of Morta, Legrand Legacy, Battle Brothers.

Most of these games share Role-playing (RPG), Action, Fantasy, Open world and Simulator with Pokémon Go, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Pokémon Go.

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