Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go is an augmented reality mobile game that uses GPS to let players locate, capture, train, and battle Pokémon in real-world locations. Players explore their physical surroundings to find PokéStops for…
Pokémon Go is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Niantic Labs, released 6 July 2016 on Android and iOS.
What Pokémon Go is
Pokémon Go is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Niantic Labs and released in 2016. It is available on Android and iOS. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pokémon Go is a 2016 augmented reality (AR) mobile game originally developed and published by Niantic and since 2025 by Scopely Explore, in partnership with Nintendo and the Pokémon Company, for iOS and Android devices. The game uses GPS to locate, capture, train, and battle Pokémon. It is free-to-play, featuring a freemium model that includes in-app purchases for additional in-game items. Pokémon Go launched with approximately 150 Pokémon species, with new species regularly introduced.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and Single player.
Where it sits in the Pokémon series
Pokémon Go is the 214th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokkén Tournament: Update Ver.A14 in 2016. Its critic score of 63 is 11 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Pokémon Go holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 5 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 65, across 504 votes.
What it launched against
Pokémon Go launched on 6 July 2016, within three weeks of Inside, Starbound, VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action and Furi. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Inside, Starbound, VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Furi.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pokémon Go yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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