Pokémon Unite
Team up and take down the opposition in Pokémon’s first 5-on-5 strategic team battle game! Join Trainers from around the world as they head for Aeos Island to compete in Unite Battles! In Unite Battles…
Pokémon Unite is a moba developed by Tencent Games, released 20 July 2021 on Nintendo Switch, Android and iOS.
What Pokémon Unite is
Pokémon Unite is a moba game developed by Tencent Games and released in 2021. It was published by The Pokémon Company. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android and iOS. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pokémon Unite is a 2021 free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena video game developed by TiMi Studio Group and published by The Pokémon Company worldwide and by Tencent Games in China for Android, iOS, and Nintendo Switch. It was announced in a Pokémon Presents presentation on 24 June 2020 as a partnership between The Pokémon Company and TiMi Studio Group owner Tencent Games. The game was released for the Nintendo Switch on 21 July 2021, and for Android and iOS in 73 countries on 22 September 2021. As of July 2024, the game has been downloaded over 200 million times across all platforms.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer for up to 10 players online. Available modes: Co-operative and Multiplayer.
Where it sits in the Pokémon series
Pokémon Unite is the 266th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Ethos in 2021. Its critic score of 75 is almost exactly the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Pokémon Unite holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 71, across 102 votes.
What it launched against
Pokémon Unite launched on 20 July 2021, within three weeks of The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Black Book and Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Black Book, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pokémon Unite yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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