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.
Title | Platform | Developer/Publisher | Release date | Notes |
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BotFighters[1] [2] | 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] [7] | 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] | Indie Studios | N/A | Game was cancelled and later released separately |
Pokémon Go[15] | iOS, Android | Niantic | 2016-07-06 | Also has augmented reality functionality |
Draconius GO [16] | iOS, Android | Elyland | 2017 | |
Maguss[17] [18] | iOS, Android | Mawa | 2018-02 | Discontinued |
Jurassic World Alive[19] [20] [21] | iOS, Android | Ludia | 2018 | Discontinued |
Ghostbusters World[22] | iOS, Android | NextAge | 2018 | Discontinued |
The Walking Dead: Our World[23] | iOS, Android | Next Games | 2018 | Discontinued |
[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] | iOS, Android | TiMi Studio Group, Tencent Games | 2019 | |
Minecraft Earth[31] [32] | iOS, Android | Mojang Studios | 2019 | Discontinued |
[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 | Niantic, Capcom | 2023 | |
Melody World [37] | Android | Daniel Santer | 2024 | |
Find.to [38] | PWA | Erik Lundmark | 2024 | |
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: BotFighters for Mobile - GameFAQs . 2022-10-10 . GameFAQs.
- Web site: It's Alive! . https://web.archive.org/web/20050207084809/http://www.itsalive.com/page.asp. 2005-02-07 . 2022-10-10.
- Web site: Can You See Me Now? Location Based Game . 2022-10-09 . Blast Theory . en-US.
- Web site: Location Based Games Patent Application.
- Web site: Sidewalk Squirrel Site Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20061104191248/http://www.sidewalksquirrel.com/ . 2006-11-04 .
- Web site: 2009-12-17 . SpecTrek - Android app on AppBrain . 2022-10-10 . AppBrain . en.
- Web site: SpecTrek - Apps on Google Play . 2022-10-10 . play.google.com . en-US.
- 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.
- Web site: Shadow Cities finds that mobile gaming is surprisingly stationary – Old GigaOm . 2022-10-10 . old.gigaom.com.
- Web site: Lundgren . Erik . 2015-07-21 . Mobilspelet som håller dig aktiv . 2022-10-10 . norran.se . sv.
- 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.
- Web site: Ingress Prime . 2022-10-10 . Ingress Prime . en.
- Web site: Duncan. Graham-Rowe . Gamers turn cities into a battleground . 2005-06-12 . 2022-10-10 . . en-US.
- 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.
- 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.
- Web site: Welcome to Draconius GO! .
- Web site: Jessica. Conditt. 'Maguss,' the game that definitely isn't 'Harry Potter Go' . 2022-10-10 . . 12 August 2016 . en-US.
- Web site: Maguss - Wizarding MMORPG - app store revenue, download estimates, usage estimates and SDK data Apptopia . 2022-10-10 . apptopia.com . en.
- Web site: Bell . Karissa . 2018-03-06 . Augmented reality dinosaurs are here thanks to 'Jurassic World Alive' . 2022-10-10 . . en.
- Web site: Reilly . Luke . 2018-03-07 . Universal Announces Pokémon Go-Style Jurassic World Mobile Game . 2022-10-10 . IGN . en.
- Web site: Takahashi . Dean . 2018-03-07 . Ludia unveils Jurassic World Alive mobile game . 2022-10-10 . . en-US.
- Web site: IGN: Ghostbusters World Announced . 23 February 2018 .
- Web site: THE WALKING DEAD: OUR WORLD COMING JULY 12TH FROM NEXT GAMES AND AMC .
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Web site: 'Minecraft Earth' makes the world your augmented reality playground. Devindra. Hardawar . 2022-10-10 . . 17 May 2019 . en-US.
- 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.
- 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.
- Web site: Kumparak . Greg . 2019-11-19 . Is this Niantic's next game? . 2022-10-10 . . en-US.
- Web site: Stein . Scott . Pikmin Bloom: How Niantic and Nintendo's new game mixes walking, memory and AR . 2022-10-10 . CNET . en.
- Web site: Nintendo teams with Pokemon Go studio Niantic on AR apps. 2021-03-23 . 2022-10-10 . The Business Times.
- Web site: GPS-based AR Multiplayer about Music & Rhythm .
- Web site: Find.to is a location based game .