List of geolocation-based video games explained

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.

TitlePlatformDeveloper/PublisherRelease dateNotes
BotFighters[1] SMSIt's Alive Mobile Games AB!2001-03-14One of the first location-based games[2]
Worldseekers[3] iOS, Android, Windows PCFinal Boss Editing's Games2025-04-29Demo Active. Currently in development. Game merges mobile location-gaming with PC deckbuilding.
Xyber Mech[4] SMSone2tribe2005-04-20Was available on Polish GSM network Plus GSM. Discontinued in 2009.
Sidewalk Squirrel[5] [6] Windows MobileSneaker Entertainment2005Discontinued
SpecTrek[7] [8] AndroidGames4All2009
Shadow Cities[9] [10] iOSGrey Area2010Discontinued
Turf (video game)[11] [12] iOS, AndroidAndrimon2010-07-10
MunzeeiOS, AndroidFreeze Tag, Inc.2011Currently Active
Ingress & Ingress Prime[13] iOS, AndroidNiantic2013-12-14Has augmented reality functionality and real-world events.
Colors[14] Gizmondo, iOS, Android[15] Indie StudiosN/AGame was cancelled and later released separately
Business Tycoon https://hq.resources-game.ch/iOS, AndroidBITLANTIS2015Real world resource mining
Pokémon Go[16] iOS, AndroidNiantic2016-07-06Also has augmented reality functionality
Draconius GO [17] iOS, AndroidElyland2017
Orna [18] iOS, AndroidNorthern Forge Studios Inc2017Pixel art, classic MMORPG
Maguss[19] [20] iOS, AndroidMawa2018-02Discontinued
Jurassic World Alive[21] [22] [23] iOS, AndroidLudia2018Discontinued
Ghostbusters World[24] iOS, AndroidNextAge2018Discontinued
The Walking Dead: Our World[25] iOS, AndroidNext Games2018Discontinued
[26] [27] iOS, AndroidNiantic, WB Games San Francisco2019Discontinued
Dragon Quest Walk[28] [29] iOS, AndroidCOLOPL, Square Enix2019
Let's Hunt Monsters[30] [31] [32] iOS, AndroidTiMi Studio Group, Tencent Games2019
Minecraft Earth[33] [34] iOS, AndroidMojang Studios2019Discontinued
[35] [36] iOS, AndroidNiantic, Catan GmbH2020Discontinued
Blackout Age [37] iOS, AndroidDatastrophic Games2020Survival RPG, discontinued in 2024
Magic Streets [38] iOS, AndroidBuild it Games2020Medieval, RPG
Pikmin Bloom[39] [40] iOS, AndroidNiantic2021Collaboration with Nintendo
Monster Hunter NowiOS, AndroidNiantic, Capcom2023
Melody World [41] AndroidDaniel Santer2024
Find.to [42] PWAErik Lundmark2024
LootQuestiOS, AndroidVirtualcoma2024Story driven interactive RPG
Zombie Streets [43] iOS, AndroidBuild it Games2024Post apocalypse, Zombie hunting

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dodson . Sean . Ready, aim, text . . . 27 June 2019 . 15 August 2002.
  2. Web site: Can You See Me Now? Location Based Game . 2022-10-09 . Blast Theory . en-US.
  3. Web site: Home . 2024-10-21 . www.worldseekersgame.com . en-US.
  4. Web site: Polska też miała swoje Pokemon Go. Słyszeliście o grze Xyber Mech? . 2024-10-08 . Eurogamer.
  5. Web site: Location Based Games Patent Application.
  6. Web site: Sidewalk Squirrel Site Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20061104191248/http://www.sidewalksquirrel.com/ . 2006-11-04 .
  7. Web site: 2009-12-17 . SpecTrek - Android app on AppBrain . 2022-10-10 . AppBrain . en.
  8. Web site: SpecTrek - Apps on Google Play . 2022-10-10 . play.google.com . en-US.
  9. Web site: Hill . David J. . 2011-07-08 . Players Rule Their Real Neighborhoods with Shadow Cities, a Location-Based MMORPG for the iPhone (VIDEO) . 2022-10-10 . Singularity Hub . en-US.
  10. Web site: Shadow Cities finds that mobile gaming is surprisingly stationary – Old GigaOm . 2022-10-10 . old.gigaom.com.
  11. Web site: Lundgren . Erik . 2015-07-21 . Mobilspelet som håller dig aktiv . 2022-10-10 . norran.se . sv.
  12. Web site: 2016-05-17 . Hundratals deltagare väntas till "Turf-VM". https://web.archive.org/web/20160517105633/https://www.barometern.se/kalmar/hundratals-deltagare-vantas-till-turf-vm/. 2016-05-17. 2022-10-10 . Barometern.
  13. Web site: Ingress Prime . 2022-10-10 . Ingress Prime . en.
  14. Web site: Duncan. Graham-Rowe . Gamers turn cities into a battleground . 2005-06-12 . 2022-10-10 . . en-US.
  15. News: Carl. Freer. Carl Freer. Carl Freer to Launch Colors for iOS and Google Play, the World's First GPS-Based, Open-World Shooter . en-US . . https://web.archive.org/web/20151206034312/https://www.marketwired.com/press-release/carl-freer-launch-colors-ios-google-play-worlds-first-gps-based-open-world-shooter-2077804.htm. 2015-12-06. 2022-10-10. 2015-11-30.
  16. Web site: Osworth . A. E. . 2016-07-09 . Pokémon Go Came Out In the US, Let's Catch 'Em All . 2022-10-10 . . en-US.
  17. Web site: Welcome to Draconius GO! .
  18. Web site: New Old RPGs for your mobile device .
  19. Web site: Jessica. Conditt. 'Maguss,' the game that definitely isn't 'Harry Potter Go' . 2022-10-10 . . 12 August 2016 . en-US.
  20. Web site: Maguss - Wizarding MMORPG - app store revenue, download estimates, usage estimates and SDK data Apptopia . 2022-10-10 . apptopia.com . en.
  21. Web site: Bell . Karissa . 2018-03-06 . Augmented reality dinosaurs are here thanks to 'Jurassic World Alive' . 2022-10-10 . . en.
  22. Web site: Reilly . Luke . 2018-03-07 . Universal Announces Pokémon Go-Style Jurassic World Mobile Game . 2022-10-10 . IGN . en.
  23. Web site: Takahashi . Dean . 2018-03-07 . Ludia unveils Jurassic World Alive mobile game . 2022-10-10 . . en-US.
  24. Web site: IGN: Ghostbusters World Announced . 23 February 2018 .
  25. Web site: THE WALKING DEAD: OUR WORLD COMING JULY 12TH FROM NEXT GAMES AND AMC .
  26. Web site: NIANTIC, INC. AND WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP FOR HARRY POTTER: WIZARDS UNITE, AN AUGMENTED REALITY MOBILE GAME INSPIRED BY J.K. ROWLING'S WIZARDING WORLD . 2022-10-10 . Niantic . en.
  27. Web site: 2021-08-08. Clifford. Colby. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is Pokemon Go with magic wands - CNET. https://web.archive.org/web/20210808002505/https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/harry-potter-wizards-unite-is-pokemon-go-with-magic-wands/. 2021-08-08 . 2022-10-10 . CNET.
  28. Web site: Inc . Aetas . 「ドラゴンクエストウォーク」，ゲーム要素を紹介する企画「おさらい冒険記」がスタート。第1回は「スマホをもって、ぼうけんにでかけよう編」 . 2022-10-10 . 4Gamer.net . ja.
  29. Web site: 『ドラゴンクエストウォーク』クエスト形式で進むゲームの流れを紹介。目的地を決めて歩んでいくのは、自分自身！ ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com . 2022-10-10 . ファミ通.com . ja.
  30. Web site: 2019-04-24. Josh. Ye. There's a Pokémon Go clone from Tencent that copies almost everything . 2022-10-10 . South China Morning Post . en.
  31. Web site: 2019-04-13 . China now has game that merges Pokémon Go and CryptoKitties into one. Zheping. Huang. 2022-10-10 . South China Morning Post . en.
  32. Web site: 《一起来捉妖》亮相新文创生态大会-一起来捉妖官方网站-腾讯游戏 . 2022-10-10 . zhuoyao.qq.com.
  33. Web site: 'Minecraft Earth' makes the world your augmented reality playground. Devindra. Hardawar . 2022-10-10 . . 17 May 2019 . en-US.
  34. Web site: Campbell . Colin . 2019-05-17 . Minecraft Earth is Microsoft's wild shot at the next Pokemon Go-style AR blockbuster . 2022-10-10 . . en-US.
  35. Web site: Forde . Matthew. Location-based Catan: World Explorers mobile game using Niantic's Real World Platform . 2022-10-10 . Pocket Gamer. 2019-11-20.
  36. Web site: Kumparak . Greg . 2019-11-19 . Is this Niantic's next game? . 2022-10-10 . . en-US.
  37. Web site: Blackout Age .
  38. Web site: The medieval location based RPG .
  39. Web site: Stein . Scott . Pikmin Bloom: How Niantic and Nintendo's new game mixes walking, memory and AR . 2022-10-10 . CNET . en.
  40. Web site: Nintendo teams with Pokemon Go studio Niantic on AR apps. 2021-03-23 . 2022-10-10 . The Business Times.
  41. Web site: GPS-based Multiplayer Music & Rhythm Game .
  42. Web site: Find.to is a location based game .
  43. Web site: The location based Zombie survival game .

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