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
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Platform
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Developer/Publisher
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Release date
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Notes
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BotFighters[1][2][unreliable source?]
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Java ME
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It's Alive Mobile Games AB!
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2001-03-14
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One of the first location-based games[3]
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Sidewalk Squirrel[4][5]
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Windows Mobile
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Sneaker Entertainment
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2005
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Discontinued
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SpecTrek[6][unreliable source?][7][unreliable source?]
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Android
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Games4All
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2009
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Shadow Cities[8][9]
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iOS
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Grey Area
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2010
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Discontinued
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Turf (video game)[10][11]
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iOS, Android
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Andrimon
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2010-07-10
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Ingress & Ingress Prime[12]
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iOS, Android
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Niantic
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2013-12-14
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Colors[13]
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Gizmondo, iOS, Android[14][unreliable source?]
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Indie Studios
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N/A
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Game was cancelled and later released separately
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Pokémon Go[15][unreliable source?]
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iOS, Android
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Niantic
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2016-07-06
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Also has augmented reality functionality
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Draconius GO [16]
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iOS, Android
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Elyland
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2017
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Maguss[17][18][unreliable source?]
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iOS, Android
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Mawa
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2018-02
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Discontinued
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Jurassic World Alive[19][20][21]
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iOS, Android
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Ludia
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2018
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Discontinued
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Ghostbusters World[22]
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iOS, Android
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NextAge
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2018
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The Walking Dead: Our World[23]
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iOS, Android
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Next Games
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2018
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Discontinued
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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite[24][25]
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iOS, Android
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Niantic, WB Games San Francisco
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2019
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Discontinued
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Dragon Quest Walk[26][27]
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iOS, Android
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COLOPL, Square Enix
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2019
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Let's Hunt Monsters[28][29][30][unreliable source?]
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iOS, Android
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TiMi Studio Group, Tencent Games
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2019
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Minecraft Earth[31][32]
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iOS, Android
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Mojang Studios
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2019
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Discontinued
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Catan: World Explorers[33][34]
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iOS, Android
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Niantic, Catan GmbH
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2020
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Discontinued
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Pikmin Bloom[35][36]
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iOS, Android
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Niantic
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2021
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Collaboration with Nintendo
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Monster Hunter Now
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iOS, Android
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Ninatic, Capcom
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2023
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Melody World [37]
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Android
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Daniel Santer
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2024
|
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Find.to [38]
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PWA
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Erik Lundmark
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2024
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- ^ "BotFighters for Mobile - GameFAQs". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "It's Alive!". Archived from the original on 2005-02-07. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Can You See Me Now? | Location Based Game". Blast Theory. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ "Location Based Games Patent Application".
- ^ "Sidewalk Squirrel Site Archive". Archived from the original on 2006-11-04.
- ^ "SpecTrek - Android app on AppBrain". AppBrain. 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "SpecTrek - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Shadow Cities finds that mobile gaming is surprisingly stationary – Old GigaOm". old.gigaom.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Lundgren, Erik (2015-07-21). "Mobilspelet som håller dig aktiv". norran.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Hundratals deltagare väntas till "Turf-VM"". Barometern. 2016-05-17. Archived from the original on 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Ingress Prime". Ingress Prime. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Graham-Rowe, Duncan (2005-06-12). "Gamers turn cities into a battleground". New Scientist. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Freer, Carl (2015-11-30). "Carl Freer to Launch Colors for iOS and Google Play, the World's First GPS-Based, Open-World Shooter". Marketwire. Archived from the original on 2015-12-06. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Osworth, A. E. (2016-07-09). "Pokémon Go Came Out In the US, Let's Catch 'Em All". Autostraddle. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Welcome to Draconius GO!".
- ^ Conditt, Jessica (12 August 2016). "'Maguss,' the game that definitely isn't 'Harry Potter Go'". Engadget. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Maguss - Wizarding MMORPG - app store revenue, download estimates, usage estimates and SDK data | Apptopia". apptopia.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Bell, Karissa (2018-03-06). "Augmented reality dinosaurs are here thanks to 'Jurassic World Alive'". Mashable. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Reilly, Luke (2018-03-07). "Universal Announces Pokémon Go-Style Jurassic World Mobile Game". IGN. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (2018-03-07). "Ludia unveils Jurassic World Alive mobile game". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "IGN: Ghostbusters World Announced". 23 February 2018.
- ^ "THE WALKING DEAD: OUR WORLD COMING JULY 12TH FROM NEXT GAMES AND AMC".
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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」". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "『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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "《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.
- ^ Hardawar, Devindra (17 May 2019). "'Minecraft Earth' makes the world your augmented reality playground". Engadget. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Forde, Matthew (2019-11-20). "Location-based Catan: World Explorers mobile game using Niantic's Real World Platform". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Kumparak, Greg (2019-11-19). "Is this Niantic's next game?". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Stein, Scott. "Pikmin Bloom: How Niantic and Nintendo's new game mixes walking, memory and AR". CNET. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Nintendo teams with Pokemon Go studio Niantic on AR apps". The Business Times. 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "GPS-based AR Multiplayer about Music & Rhythm".
- ^ "Find.to is a location based game".