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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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.
Title Platform Developer/Publisher Release date Notes
BotFighters[1] SMS It's Alive Mobile Games AB! 2001-03-14 One of the first location-based games[2]
Xyber Mech[3] SMS one2tribe 2005-04-20 Was available on Polish GSM network Plus GSM. Discontinued in 2009.
SpecTrek[4][unreliable source?][5][unreliable source?] Android Games4All 2009
Shadow Cities[6][7] iOS Grey Area 2010 Discontinued
Turf (video game)[8][9] iOS, Android Andrimon 2010-07-10
Ingress & Ingress Prime[10] iOS, Android Niantic 2013-12-14 Has augmented reality functionality and real-world events.
Colors[11] Gizmondo, iOS, Android[12][unreliable source?] Indie Studios N/A Game was cancelled and later released separately
Pokémon Go[13][unreliable source?] iOS, Android Niantic 2016-07-06 Also has augmented reality functionality
Maguss[14][15][unreliable source?] iOS, Android Mawa 2018-02 Discontinued
Jurassic World Alive[16][17][18] iOS, Android Ludia 2018
Ghostbusters World[19] iOS, Android NextAge 2018 Discontinued
The Walking Dead: Our World[20] iOS, Android Next Games 2018 Discontinued
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite[21][22] iOS, Android Niantic, WB Games San Francisco 2019 Discontinued
Dragon Quest Walk[23][24] iOS, Android COLOPL, Square Enix 2019 Available in Japan only
Let's Hunt Monsters[25][26][27][unreliable source?] iOS, Android TiMi Studio Group, Tencent Games 2019
Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery [28] iOS, Android Illumix 2019 Discontinued
Minecraft Earth[29][30] iOS, Android Mojang Studios 2019 Discontinued
WeWard[31] iOS, Android WeWard 2019 Step tracker with geolocation additions
Catan: World Explorers[32][33] iOS, Android Niantic, Catan GmbH 2020 Discontinued
Pikmin Bloom[34][35] iOS, Android Niantic 2021 Collaboration with Nintendo
Transformers: Heavy Metal[36] iOS, Android Niantic N/A Cancelled in 2022 before real launch.

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  2. ^ "Can You See Me Now? | Location Based Game". Blast Theory. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  3. ^ "Polska też miała swoje Pokemon Go. Słyszeliście o grze Xyber Mech?". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  4. ^ "SpecTrek - Android app on AppBrain". AppBrain. 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  5. ^ "SpecTrek - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  6. ^ 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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  9. ^ "Hundratals deltagare väntas till "Turf-VM"". Barometern. 2016-05-17. Archived from the original on 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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  11. ^ Graham-Rowe, Duncan (2005-06-12). "Gamers turn cities into a battleground". New Scientist. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  12. ^ 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.
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  14. ^ Conditt, Jessica (12 August 2016). "'Maguss,' the game that definitely isn't 'Harry Potter Go'". Engadget. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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  16. ^ Bell, Karissa (2018-03-06). "Augmented reality dinosaurs are here thanks to 'Jurassic World Alive'". Mashable. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  17. ^ Reilly, Luke (2018-03-07). "Universal Announces Pokémon Go-Style Jurassic World Mobile Game". IGN. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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  19. ^ "IGN: Ghostbusters World Announced". 23 February 2018.
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  25. ^ 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.
  26. ^ 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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  28. ^ Takahashi, Dean (2019-09-13). "Five Nights at Freddy's will bring its scares to AR this fall". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  29. ^ Hardawar, Devindra (17 May 2019). "'Minecraft Earth' makes the world your augmented reality playground". Engadget. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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  31. ^ "This app pays you to walk every day – top users can earn up to $1,000 a year: Here's what to know". CNBC. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  32. ^ 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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  34. ^ 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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  36. ^ Webster, Andrew. "Pokémon Go creator Niantic is making a Transformers game". The Verge. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
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