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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Title	Platform	Developer/Publisher	Release date	Notes
BotFighters^[1]^[2]^[unreliable source?]	Java ME	It's Alive Mobile Games AB!	2001-03-14	One of the first location-based games^[3]
Sidewalk Squirrel^[4]^[5]	Windows Mobile	Sneaker Entertainment	2005	Discontinued
SpecTrek^[6]^[unreliable source?]^[7]^[unreliable source?]	Android	Games4All	2009
Shadow Cities^[8]^[9]	iOS	Grey Area	2010	Discontinued
Turf (video game)^[10]^[11]	iOS, Android	Andrimon	2010-07-10
Ingress & Ingress Prime^[12]	iOS, Android	Niantic	2013-12-14
Colors^[13]	Gizmondo, iOS, Android^[14]^[unreliable source?]	Indie Studios	N/A	Game was cancelled and later released separately
Pokémon Go^[15]^[unreliable source?]	iOS, Android	Niantic	2016-07-06	Also has augmented reality functionality
Draconius GO ^[16]	iOS, Android	Elyland	2017
Maguss^[17]^[18]^[unreliable source?]	iOS, Android	Mawa	2018-02	Discontinued
Jurassic World Alive^[19]^[20]^[21]	iOS, Android	Ludia	2018
Ghostbusters World^[22]	iOS, Android	NextAge	2018
The Walking Dead: Our World^[23]	iOS, Android	Next Games	2018
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite^[24]^[25]	iOS, Android	Niantic, WB Games San Francisco	2019	Discontinued
Dragon Quest Walk^[26]^[27]	iOS, Android	COLOPL, Square Enix	2019
Let's Hunt Monsters^[28]^[29]^[30]^[unreliable source?]	iOS, Android	TiMi Studio Group, Tencent Games	2019
Minecraft Earth^[31]^[32]	iOS, Android	Mojang Studios	2019	Discontinued
Catan: World Explorers^[33]^[34]	iOS, Android	Niantic, Catan GmbH	2020	Discontinued
Pikmin Bloom^[35]^[36]	iOS, Android	Niantic	2021	Collaboration with Nintendo
Melody World ^[37]	Android	Daniel Santer	2024

See also

• Gbanga, a geolocation-based social gaming platform featuring multiple games
• Curzon Memories App

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