From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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
|
Monster Hunter Now
|
iOS,
Android
|
Ninatic, Capcom
|
2023
|
|
Melody World
[37]
|
Android
|
Daniel Santer
|
2024
|
|
See also
References
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^
"BotFighters for Mobile - GameFAQs".
GameFAQs. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^
"It's Alive!". Archived from
the original on 2005-02-07. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^
"Can You See Me Now? | Location Based Game". Blast Theory. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
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^
"Location Based Games Patent Application".
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^
"Sidewalk Squirrel Site Archive". Archived from
the original on 2006-11-04.
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^
"SpecTrek - Android app on AppBrain". AppBrain. 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^
"SpecTrek - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^ Hill, David J. (2011-07-08).
"Players Rule Their Real Neighborhoods with Shadow Cities, a Location-Based MMORPG for the iPhone (VIDEO)". Singularity Hub. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^
"Shadow Cities finds that mobile gaming is surprisingly stationary – Old GigaOm". old.gigaom.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^ Lundgren, Erik (2015-07-21).
"Mobilspelet som håller dig aktiv". norran.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^
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^ Graham-Rowe, Duncan (2005-06-12).
"Gamers turn cities into a battleground".
New Scientist. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^
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Marketwire. Archived from
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^ Osworth, A. E. (2016-07-09).
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Autostraddle. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^
"Welcome to Draconius GO!".
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^ Conditt, Jessica (12 August 2016).
"'Maguss,' the game that definitely isn't 'Harry Potter Go'".
Engadget. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^
"Maguss - Wizarding MMORPG - app store revenue, download estimates, usage estimates and SDK data | Apptopia". apptopia.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^ Bell, Karissa (2018-03-06).
"Augmented reality dinosaurs are here thanks to 'Jurassic World Alive'".
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^ Reilly, Luke (2018-03-07).
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^ Takahashi, Dean (2018-03-07).
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VentureBeat. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^
"IGN: Ghostbusters World Announced". 23 February 2018.
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^
"THE WALKING DEAD: OUR WORLD COMING JULY 12TH FROM NEXT GAMES AND AMC".
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^
"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". Niantic. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^ Colby, Clifford (2021-08-08).
"Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is Pokemon Go with magic wands - CNET".
CNET. Archived from
the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^ Inc, Aetas.
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^
"『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". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^ Ye, Josh (2019-04-24).
"There's a Pokémon Go clone from Tencent that copies almost everything". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^ Huang, Zheping (2019-04-13).
"China now has game that merges Pokémon Go and CryptoKitties into one". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^
"《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". zhuoyao.qq.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^ Hardawar, Devindra (17 May 2019).
"'Minecraft Earth' makes the world your augmented reality playground".
Engadget. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^ Campbell, Colin (2019-05-17).
"Minecraft Earth is Microsoft's wild shot at the next Pokemon Go-style AR blockbuster".
Polygon. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^ Forde, Matthew (2019-11-20).
"Location-based Catan: World Explorers mobile game using Niantic's Real World Platform".
Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^ Kumparak, Greg (2019-11-19).
"Is this Niantic's next game?".
TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^ Stein, Scott.
"Pikmin Bloom: How Niantic and Nintendo's new game mixes walking, memory and AR". CNET. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^
"Nintendo teams with Pokemon Go studio Niantic on AR apps".
The Business Times. 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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^
"GPS-based AR Multiplayer about Music & Rhythm".