Pokémon Pokopia
Pokémon and people once lived happily together, but the world has withered and the humans are gone. The only remaining resident appears to be a lone Tangrowth. After waking from a long slumber, a peculiar…
Pokémon Pokopia is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 5 March 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2. The main story takes about 45.6 hrs to finish.
What Pokémon Pokopia is
Pokémon Pokopia is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2026. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2 only. It runs on Katana Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pokémon Pokopia is a social simulation game co-developed by Game Freak and Koei Tecmo's Omega Force and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch 2. It is a spin-off of the main Pokémon series. Pokémon Pokopia stars a Ditto that uses its ability to transform to imitate a human, using this ability to help cultivate the post-apocalyptic world around it and assist other Pokémon it finds along the way.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Pokémon series
Pokémon Pokopia is the 303rd of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Champions in 2026. Its critic score of 90 is 16 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Pokémon Pokopia holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 45.6 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 75 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Pokémon Pokopia launched on 5 March 2026, within three weeks of Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert Enhanced, Reanimal and Marathon. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 9 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert Enhanced, Reanimal, Marathon.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pokémon Pokopia yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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