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Games like Pokémon Red Version
10 games similar to Pokémon Red Version, a Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Role-playing (RPG) game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Pokémon Red Version.
01Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Both Pokémon Red and Shield center on catching creatures to complete a compendium while progressing through turn-based gym battles toward a league championship. Shield modernizes the formula with an open Wild Area for free exploration and cooperative multiplayer raids, but maintains the core structure of defeating eight gym leaders and rival trainers across a fantasy region. The creature-collecting loop remains the series' foundation.
02Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games are open-world fantasy adventures where you explore freely and grow stronger through combat. Pokémon Red structures progression around collecting badges and creatures to complete your Pokédex, while The Elder Scrolls VI emphasizes character development across a vast fantasy landscape. Each offers action-driven gameplay within expansive worlds designed for extended single-player exploration and discovery.
03Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games cast you as a customizable protagonist on an adventure across an open world filled with fantastical creatures and locations. Pokémon Red has you collecting creatures to complete your Pokédex while battling trainers; Borderlands 3 replaces creature collection with loot hunting as you fight enemies across multiple planets. Each game emphasizes exploration, character progression through combat encounters, and cooperative multiplayer options.
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04Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Pokémon Silver continues the turn-based collecting adventure of Red, tasking you to catch creatures, earn eight Gym Badges, and challenge the Pokémon League across a new region. It expands the formula with 100 additional Pokémon and an expanded post-game, while maintaining the same isometric exploration and multiplayer link cable connectivity that defined the original.
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05Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both Pokémon Red and Torchlight III are adventure RPGs with isometric perspectives where you explore fantasy worlds and collect resources through combat. Pokémon Red emphasizes catching creatures to complete your Pokédex, while Torchlight III focuses on gathering loot and discovering ancient ruins. Each game rewards exploration and progression through turn-based or real-time combat systems that drive forward momentum in single-player campaigns.
06Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both Eternity and Pokémon Red are fantasy adventure RPGs built on classic mechanics and progression systems. Where Pokémon has you collecting creatures to complete the Pokédex while earning gym badges, Eternity structures its quest around freeing a cursed unicorn through exploration and combat encounters. Each game emphasizes single-player adventure through a fantastical world with distinct objectives driving the narrative forward.
07Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games center on exploration and survival in an open fantasy world where resource management drives progression. Pokémon Red has you collecting creatures and badges across Kanto; Savage Lands strips away the collecting to focus on the core loop of exploring dangerous terrain, gathering what you need, and staying alive. Each emphasizes action-driven adventure over narrative, rewarding curiosity and persistence in hostile environments.
08Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games are action-focused RPGs with adventure elements, though Immortal: Unchained trades Pokémon's turn-based collecting for real-time combat. Where Pokémon Red has you progress through gym battles toward becoming champion, Immortal: Unchained structures progression around challenging encounters in a fantasy setting. Each game rewards exploration and character growth through combat encounters that build toward larger goals.
09Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Both games are turn-based RPGs where you catch and train creatures across an open world, collecting eight Gym badges before facing a final champion. Pokémon Sword expands on Red's core loop with a fully explorable Wild Area, cooperative raid battles for multiple players, and temporary Dynamax transformations that add tactical depth to turn-based combat. The creature-collecting structure remains central to both.
10Shares AdventureRole-playing (RPG)Both games are action-fantasy RPGs where you develop a character through combat and progression. Dragon: Marked for Death shares the quest-driven structure of Pokémon Red, where you complete objectives to advance your status and unlock new abilities. Like Pokémon's gym badges and level-up system, you gain experience points that increase your stats, and you can customize your character's growth to match your playstyle.
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10 games similar to Pokémon Red Version: Pokémon Shield, The Elder Scrolls VI, Borderlands 3, Pokémon Silver Version, Torchlight III, Eternity: The Last Unicorn, Savage Lands, Immortal: Unchained.
Most of these games share Fantasy, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Action and Open world with Pokémon Red Version, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Pokémon Red Version.