List of geolocation-based video games

This is a list of geolocation-based video games, also known as location-based video games. The games on this list typically run on a mobile phone using GPS for geolocation. Some games on this list also have augmented reality features.

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Title Platform Developer/Publisher Release date Notes
Ingress & Ingress Prime[1] iOS, Android Niantic 2013-12-14
Pokémon Go[2] iOS, Android Niantic 2016-07-06 Also has augmented reality functionality
BotFighters[3][4] Java ME It's Alive Mobile Games AB! 2001-03-14 One of the first location-based games[5]
Shadow Cities[6][7] iOS Grey Area 2010 Discontinued
Pikmin Bloom[8][9] iOS, Android Niantic 2021 Collaboration with Nintendo
Catan: World Explorers[10][11] iOS, Android Niantic, Catan GmbH 2020 Discontinued
Colors[12] Gizmondo, iOS, Android[13] Indie Studios N/A Game was cancelled and later released separately
Dragon Quest Walk[14][15] iOS, Android COLOPL, Square Enix 2010
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite[16][17] iOS, Android Niantic, WB Games San Francisco 2019 Discontinued
Let's Hunt Monsters[18][19][20] iOS, Android TiMi Studio Group, Tencent Games 2019
Minecraft Earth[21][22] iOS, Android Mojang Studios 2019 Discontinued
Turf (video game)[23][24] iOS, Android Andrimon 2010-07-10
Maguss[25][26] iOS, Android Mawa 2018-02 Discontinued
Jurassic World Alive[27][28][29] iOS, Android Ludia 2018
SpecTrek[30][31] Android Games4All 2009

See also

References
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