Games like Pokemon

Pokemon: first released 1996 by Game Freak.

In the series: Pokemon Red and Green (1996), Pokemon Gold and Silver (1999), Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire (2002), Pokemon Diamond and Pearl (2006), Pokemon Black and White (2010), Pokemon Legends: Arceus (2022).

39 games inspired by Pokemon

• Cassette Beasts: Monster-fusing open-world RPG.
• Coromon: Pixel-art monster-taming RPG.
• Pixelmon (Minecraft mod): Minecraft mod that adds Pokemon catching and battling, shut down in 2017 at the Pokemon Company's request.
• PokeMMO (online game that runs on the original Pokemon ROMs): Online multiplayer game built on the classic Pokemon games, needing the original ROMs.
• Pokemon Ash Gray (Pokemon FireRed ROM hack): Follows Ash's journey from the anime's first seasons as a playable game.
• Pokemon Blaze Black 2 and Volt White 2 (Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 ROM hack): Enhanced versions of Black 2 and White 2 with all 649 Pokemon available and tougher battles.
• Pokemon Blaze Black and Volt White (Pokemon Black and White ROM hacks): Generation V hacks that rebalance Black and White and widen the available Pokemon.
• Pokemon Brown (Pokemon Red ROM hack): A new region, Rijon, built on the Pokemon Red engine.
• Pokemon Clover (Pokemon FireRed ROM hack): A 4chan-made hack with an all-new region and original fakemon.
• Pokemon Crystal Clear (Pokemon Crystal ROM hack): Open-world Crystal ROM hack where gym leaders can be fought in any order.
• Pokemon Dark Rising (Pokemon FireRed ROM hack): A dark, very hard story set in a new region.
• Pokemon Desolation: Third fan game hosted by the Reborn community.
• Pokemon Elite Redux (Pokemon Emerald ROM hack): A difficulty hack where every Pokemon has multiple abilities, rebalanced around them.
• Pokemon Emerald Kaizo (Pokemon Emerald ROM hack): Extremely hard Emerald hack popular for Nuzlocke challenges.
• Pokemon Emerald Rogue (Pokemon Emerald ROM hack): Roguelike take on Emerald with randomized routes and permadeath.
• Pokemon Essentials: RPG Maker XP kit used to build hundreds of Pokemon fan games.
• Pokemon Flora Sky (Pokemon Emerald ROM hack): A new region and story on the Emerald engine.
• Pokemon Gaia (Pokemon FireRed ROM hack): A new region and story with Mega Evolution, one of the best regarded GBA hacks.
• Pokemon Glazed (Pokemon Emerald ROM hack): A two-region game covering a fan-made region and Johto.
• Pokemon Inclement Emerald (Pokemon Emerald ROM hack): A decomp difficulty hack with a modern battle engine and Gen 4 to 7 moves and abilities.
• Pokemon Infinite Fusion: Kanto adventure where any two Pokemon can be fused, with over 200,000 combinations; distributed through Discord.
• Pokemon Insurgence: PC fan game set in the cult-ridden Torren region with Delta Pokemon.
• Pokemon Light Platinum (Pokemon Ruby ROM hack): A complete new region with a long post-game.
• Pokemon Liquid Crystal (Pokemon FireRed ROM hack): Remakes Crystal on the FireRed engine with Johto and Kanto.
• Pokemon Modern Emerald (Pokemon Emerald ROM hack): An open-source Emerald overhaul with following Pokemon and a modern Battle Frontier.
• Pokemon Mythic Silver (HeartGold/SoulSilver ROM hack): Overhaul of HeartGold and SoulSilver with later-generation content and a Darkrai plot.
• Pokemon Phoenix Rising: Episodic RPG Maker XP fan game about a royal rebellion in the Hawthorne region.
• Pokemon Polished Crystal (Pokemon Crystal ROM hack): An upgrade to Crystal with modern features, new areas and original content.
• Pokemon Radical Red (Pokemon FireRed ROM hack): Very hard FireRed hack with competitive-grade trainer AI.
• Pokemon Reborn: Long, hard RPG Maker Pokemon fan game set in a ruined city, with field effects in battle.
• Pokemon Rejuvenation: Spiritual successor to Reborn with branching stories and over 100 hours of play.
• Pokemon Renegade Platinum (Pokemon Platinum ROM hack): Widely played Platinum hack with full trainer teams and updated movesets.
• Pokemon Sacred Gold and Storm Silver (Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver ROM hack): Harder, expanded versions of HeartGold and SoulSilver with every Pokemon obtainable.
• Pokemon Sage: Community fan game set in a South American-inspired region full of original creatures.
• Pokemon Shiny Gold Sigma (Pokemon FireRed ROM hack): Rebuilds Pokemon Gold's Johto on the FireRed engine with modern updates.
• Pokemon Unbound (Pokemon FireRed ROM hack): FireRed hack with an original region, Borrius, and a difficulty selector.
• Pokemon Vega (Pokemon FireRed ROM hack): A new region with a large set of original fakemon, part of the Altair and Sirius family.
• Pokemon Zeta and Omicron: Paired RPG Maker fan games from a future Insurgence developer.
• Temtem: Kickstarted creature-collecting MMO.