Pokémon GO
The map is your city: to catch, you have to leave the house.
- Release
- 2016
- Console
- Mobile
- Setting
- The real world
- Style
- Real world
- Category
- Spin-off
ExplorationFreedomCompetitiveDifficultyStoryNostalgia
Reading the profile
Scores from 1 to 5, in the atlas's own assessment.
- Exploration score 5 out of 5 Exploration is literal: what you find depends on where you walk.
- Freedom score 4 out of 5 No campaign: you play when, where and as much as you want.
- Nostalgia score 4 out of 5 It brought the original 151 back into many people's daily lives.
- Competitive score 3 out of 5 Sits at the average of the games in the atlas.
- Difficulty score 1 out of 5 It rarely gets you stuck.
- Story score 1 out of 5 The story is a backdrop.
The game uses your phone's GPS to spread Pokémon across real streets, squares and parks. You walk to find them, spin PokéStops at points of interest and fight over gyms set in real places.
Group raids, community days and city events have kept the game active since 2016. It is free, with optional purchases, and works best in urban areas, where there are more points nearby.
It is for you if you
- Want a reason to walk
- Like playing in a group, out on the street
- Remember the first generations and want something casual
Maybe not, if
- You live far from busy areas
- You want an adventure with a beginning, a middle and an end
Specimens from this game
Pokédex
The roster grows with every event. Any list published here would be out of date within weeks.
