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Pokemon Pokopia
Life Simulation
Simulation
Systems
Top Critic Avg: 89/100 Critics Rec: 98%
Released
March 5, 2026
ESRB
Everyone / Users Interact, In-Game Purchases
Developer(s)
Koei Tecmo, Game Freak
Publisher(s)
Nintendo, The Pokemon Company
Pokemon Pokopia game

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
PHYSICAL

Play as a Ditto and Build a New Life with Pokémon—from the Ground Up! With help from your Pokémon friends, rebuild a desolate world into a charming utopia, one step at a time. After a satisfying day of crafting, building, and gardening, relax in your very own paradise or invite Pokémon and your friends to visit.

• Shape the world and build a cozy new life with Pokémon as a Ditto transformed to look like a human.
• Use other Pokémon’s moves, like Bulbasaur’s Leafage, to revitalize and navigate the world around you.
• Meet and befriend more Pokémon as you help nature flourish.
• Gather materials to create items and furniture, till the fields to grow delicious crops, build homes for the Pokémon you meet, and more—there’s so much to do!
• Experience a world with varied weather, real-time days and nights, and other surprises.
• Build a nice big home of your own, then invite Pokémon, and even other players via local wireless* or online**, to visit.
• Host your friends playing on Nintendo Switch 2 or Nintendo Switch, even if they don’t have the game, via GameShare****

Genre(s)
Life Simulation, Simulation

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