What can a fan dev do?

Playable fan art! Yes every game posted here is real and you can play it, they're not just concepts or mockups.

[pokemonfangame]

Looking for a game to play?

Well you can start with how they’re played:

Web browser based

Download first and then play

Tabletop games

Use an emulator

Bonus: Here’s a quick writeup about emulators

Or check out some gameplay features:

You’re playing as a Pokemon

Old Pokemon have new stats, abilities, moves

There’s new regional forms (or maybe some new megas and such)

Fakemon (original species only, no Pokemon)

Pokemon and Fakemon together

If you want a familiar feeling game, try:

Gen 1 graphics (back before color was invented)

Generation 2 (The look might be dated but the gameplay probably isn’t)

Want to return to these regions?

Kanto

Johto

Hoenn

Sinnoh / Hisui

Unova

Kalos

Galar

Paldea

If you want something different, maybe try playing:

Parody games! They love Pokemon but don’t take themself too seriously

Visual novels

Platformers

+Sometimes I post games in languages other than English:

Spanish

French

Italian

Indonesian

📝→More recommendations? Check out the themed lists in this tag

🎲→ Click here for a randomized post; it’s probably a game!

[pokemonfangame]

Pokemon Crystal Inheritance

Crystal Inheritance is a time-traveling adventure through Johto! In a twist on the classic Pokemon experience, instead of collecting badges to become champion, you unite Johto against a dark force threatening its future.

Use your knowledge of the world to craft pokéballs from new apricorns, discover Hisuian and Ancestor forms of Johto Pokémon, and explore Johto like never before.

In historic Johto, you'll see the power-hungry Emperor Vesper and his generals Tyrus, Nemo, and Andrea use a crisis to consolidate power.

In modern Johto, you'll confront Johto's wayward gym leaders as they wonder how to cope with a changing world.

Nothing is inevitable - what path will you choose?

Features:

New region: Historic Johto

Custom Pokédex of 254 includes Sinnoh and Hisui Pokémon

New apricorn system to craft new Pokéballs: Bub Ball, Herb Ball, Deci Ball, Jeze Ball, and Geode crafted from materials on the overworld.

"Hidden Palette" system where NPCs can adjust your Pokémon DVs to take on unique palette and grant the corresponding hidden power.

Emphasis on overworld puzzles exploiting time travel mechanic

"Trick House" in historic Ilex Forest

Two possible endings

Three difficulty modes: Easy, where enemies have no EVs or items; Normal, which is a tough but fair challenge; and Expert, where bosses have full teams of 6 with coverage moves and even higher EVs.

The entire dex can be caught in one game.

Sandbox Room that grants you items, a random Pokémon of any given type, or all Pokémon so you can play how you want to.

HM moves do not require move deleter to overwrite.

Kurt will battle you for extra experience throughout the game to give you experience and help you get locations for rare Pokémon.

Whirlpool is now called "Vortex". It is Psychic-type Bulldoze and can be learned by most Water, Psychic, Ghost, and Fairy types.

[pokemonfangame]

Pokémon: A Farfetch'd Story 2

Two Farfetch'd neighbors Farrow and Farley, sent on paths neither expected. At the centre of it all, a legendary weapon known as The Golden Leek, and a threat unlike anything they've ever faced. Will they find their way back to each other before the world becomes fractured?

Features:

An ambitious story-driven adventure inspired by the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series.​

Traditional mainline Pokémon battles and gameplay. No wild encounters!​

Over 20 memorable and loveable characters, each with their own distinct personalities.​

A unique overworld-switching mechanic where every party Pokémon have their own field abilities.​

A vibrant world filled with exploration and puzzles!​

A mix of 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 battles, alongside boss encounters (Including secret ones!)​

Boosted EXP. All and a generalized level system where your entire party levels up together!​

Reborn-style battle animations, damage numbers, and Gen IV battle entry animations.​

Speed up battles by pressing W.​

A banging soundtrack primarily composed of PMD music.​

[pokemonfangame]

Pokémon Card Game - Pokéfield by carvalhopluginsrpgmakermv

Pokémon Card Game - Pokéfield

PokéField: Master Battle is a free fan-made browser card battle game.

Enter the battlefield, choose your trainer name, build your hand, manage your PP and defeat Rival Blue in a tactical card duel. Every match is based on smart decisions: attack, defend, recover, boost your cards, use items, trigger effects, and summon powerful monsters at the right moment.

The game includes multiple battle modes, from quick matches to longer master battles. Damage scales depending on the selected HP mode, so every match can feel different.

Features:

Turn-based card battle system

Fight against Rival Blue

HP modes: 300, 600 and 1000 HP PP resource system

Attack, defense and hybrid cards

Healing, trap, boost, critical and utility cards

Type advantage system

Shiny, Legendary, Ultra and Mega-style cards

Summon cards with special effects

Animated battle effects

Win/loss history saved locally

No installation needed

[pokemonfangame]

Pokemon Tactics by kekel87

Tactical combat on isometric grid — Pokemon × Final Fantasy Tactics, fan-made.

What if a Pokémon battle played out like Final Fantasy Tactics?

No more menu-versus-menu battling. It's an actual battlefield. You move your team across an isometric grid, play the high ground, and line up area attacks (careful not to torch your own Pokémon in the process). Type, positioning and terrain decide how the fight goes.

Features:

Grid-based tactical combat (FFTA-style isometric)

Pokemon roster with canon movesets, abilities, held items, natures

Team Builder (Showdown import/export)

Terrain effects + elevation (water, tall grass, ledges)

AI opponents with multiple strategies

Hot-seat up to 12 players

Sandbox mode + deterministic replays

[pokemonfangame]

Pokémon Conviction

Under the Premier’s rule, peace comes at the cost of freedom. When you are accused of breaching this peace, you are sentenced to Northspire Penitentiary, an inescapable prison from which few ever return.​

Welcome to the State of Varadus, where obedience and loyalty are absolute. Its citizens are subject to an authoritarian regime governed by Premier Virell, a dictator whose vision of peace leaves no room for individuality. While most submit to his rule, those foolish enough to revolt are condemned to a prison embedded at the region’s edge: Northspire Penitentiary. You, the player, are one such person. After unknowingly helping a fugitive rebel escape arrest, you are branded a traitor to the State and sentenced to live inside Northspire’s walls. With nothing to protect you and nobody to turn to, you have little hope for the future… but a sympathetic cellmate decides to entrust you with a Pokémon. Stripped of your freedom, but not your will, you must navigate a prison built upon authority and constant surveillance. Uncover the truth of the Premier’s regime by taking on the Dog Tag Challenge, Northspire’s alternative to the traditional gym system, as well as aligning yourself with rival gangs, corrupt guards, and silent revolutionaries. Perhaps you may feel drawn to the Ninth Echo, a ruthless prison syndicate, or Blue Static, the underground rebels of Northspire. You may even wish to take the side of the State, or confide in no one but yourself. Your choices will shape your experience, your allies, and ultimately your fate, because in a place where trust is fleeting and survival is not guaranteed, every decision matters.

Features:

Exploration Within A Prison-Based Map

Reputation System

Original Artwork

Side Quests

Enhanced Battle System

Quality of Life Features

[pokemonfangame]

Pokémon Nimbus

Pokémon Nimbus is a Doubles-based Essentials fangame that uses the main series style format in a uniqueish way!

You and your older sister, Crystal, are given two Pokemon each owned by your mother, Professor Mary Lotus. You two decide to journey through the region to see who's stronger, but a sinister plot may threaten to derail your adventure before long…

Features:

Doubles only, including wilds, and if in a Doubles wild battle, can select which Pokemon to catch.

6 Weather-based Gyms and themed Elite Four and Champion.

5 subregions each partly themed off a different weather.

3-4 Fakemon lines per subregion minimum & quite a few new Megas and (pre-)evolutions!

Exp All + toggle in the Options menu.

Various QoL passwords. Can be found in the game's main folder!

The player can speed up & edit move sets, items+ in a Pokémon's summary.

Use the Tab button to Speed Up!

There will be references to Abyssal Shroud.

Special gift for completing AbSh's game grabbable once in any Poke Center. Requires renaming a completed save to Game.rxdata.

[pokemonfangame]

Pokemon Reclamation - Fan Game Relay Event

4 people, 5 chapters, 5 weeks. Each person handling a chapter for one week each before passing it onto the next one. The story follows Commander Bob, A foul mouth and attitude war veteran who had to give away all his assests to the enemy faction after losing a bet. Fast forward a few years later, Bob is homeless living in a carboard box of a home but after an odd encounter he sets off on a journey to reclaim his life!

Features​:

Meme-heavy and comedy centric narrative

Roughly 4 hours of gameplay

A mish-mash of different creator's vision clashing with each other

Taking on a regime ruling over a small region

15ish minute long chapters each made by different person

Some Profanity

[pokemonfangame]

PokeX-Mon: X-Mansion Demo

Welcome to Xavier's School for the Gifted Youth. You will begin your journey as a Day 1 Student, adventuring your way throughout the Mansion and its Gardens. While in the mansion you will have access to the Gardens, which has an area for every type, the Danger Room, which is full of scenarios that are meant to make you grow, the Battle Grounds, which will be a place to battle other students and mutants and so much more!

414 Starter choices

Excluding starters, access to over 180 Pokemon to catch immediately.

Encounters and trainer battles were designed with Nuzlockes and replayability in mind.

MUTANT ABILITIES for the player to use at their discretion.... basically charms

10ish of gameplay, all surrounding the mansion and its missions.

A good starting point for understanding where the story will go.

Story content currently up to lvl 50.

ALL Pokemon will be available, currently only ~800 Pokemon obtainable but that will be finished soon.

Trade evolutions were changed to level evolutions, usually ~Lvl40

"Special" evolutions like Kubfu and Alolan Raichu have been changed to evolution stones

NO badges

IV/EV Screen

Egg steps remaining in summary

HM skills don't require a Pokemon to know the HM, only that they CAN learn it

Shiny rate 1/100. Pokerus rate 1/500

1 Additional Ability for every Pokemon. This isn't intended to make them all competitive, more so to give the player extra options.

Multiple Save Files, ONLY use the AutoSave feature in absolute emergencies. It can disrupt your game quite a bit and shoot you further ahead in terms of the danger room.

Pokemon types displayed in battle

Immediate access to IV Chocolates, Nature Mints, SuperAbilityCapsules and Daycare... If you can afford them.

No swearing

Color coded Item Balls

Pokemon will follow you.

Forget and Remember moves anywhere from the Summary Screen.

Wild Pokemon can be found released from other trainers, weakened or even having a status condition.

Level recommendations for every mission, scenario and battleground trainer. Use these for your Hardcore Nuzlocke level caps.

A mission/quest system to help keep you on track and navigate what to do next.

Choices matter and do somewhat affect gameplay. Will matter more as I go deeper into the game.

Custom Mutant Over World Sprites for X-Men, Brotherhood, etc.

[pokemonfangame]

Pokemon: Wildwood Legends by Hickert

A fast-paced Pokemon action RPG with real-time combat, multiple paths, and challenging boss fights.

Pokemon: Wildwood Legends is a fast-paced action RPG with real-time combat, multiple paths, and intense boss battles.

Unlike traditional Pokémon games, battles happen in real time. You must dodge enemy attacks, react quickly, and find the right moment to strike.

🎮 Controls:

W A S D — Move

R — Run (move faster)

Z — Interact / Skip dialogue

T — Show stats (player HP)

I — Open inventory

B — Eat a berry (restore 5 HP)

O — Open save codes menu

[pokemonfangame]

Pokemon ZA - Lumiose City Reimagined

View what Lumiose City could look like without a lot of its current constrains. In this little interactive experience you can only change the waether, time of the day and the camera view around the first street of Pokemon ZA. You can also take screenshots that will be keep on the project folder for you to copy.

CONTROLS:

P key take a screenshot.

C and V keys are use to change the time of the day forward and backwards.

Up and Dow arrows are use to control the rain manager, from sunny to thunderstorm.

Left and Right arrows are use to change the camera view point in the street. You can get differents perspectives of this place.

Alt-F4 close the game.

[pokemonfangame]

Pokemon Memories [ENG/FRA]

May 15th 2032. You play as Mia, a former gym trainer going back to Kalos to start a new journey, accompanying her friend and local Pokemon Professor Raya.

June 15th 2032. You play as Raya, discovering Lumiose in ruins, trying to find her Pokemons and figure out what happened.

Features:

A semi-open world game in the style of Legends Arceus with various side quests

An original story between past and future

357 Pokemon from all 9 generations, including Legends ZA as many mega-evolutions and Gigantamax forms have been implemented as new evolutions for their respective Pokemon

Terastallization and Z-Power depending on your character

Two difficulty mode: A normal mode slightly harder than the mainline games, and a Hard Mode with advanced AI, strategic movesets, and optional hardcore boss

Pokemon Amie

Movepool and stat changes for nearly every available Pokemon

Lots of QOL improvements (OW encounters, level scaling, exp all even for PC Pokemon, Portable PC, IV maximisation, EV modification in summary, universal tutor moves, Base Stats and Evolution Method in the Pokedex...)

[pokemonfangame]

PokéPet Desktop by Manolloz

Pokepet Desktop

A relaxing and nostalgic Pokémon fan game that runs above your taskbar. While you work or browse, wild Pocket Monsters may appear — throw a ball and try to catch them! Build your Dex, unlock new routes, and enjoy classic music from the series.

About the Game: PokePet Desktop is a lightweight, nostalgic fan-made companion game that lives quietly above your taskbar. While you are using your computer, wild Pokémon may randomly appear. Your task? Catch them with a precise Ball throw!

Inspired by the mechanics and encounter rates of FireRed, the game features:

Real route-based spawn chances

Capture mechanics similar to the original games

A growing Dex

In-game currency to unlock new routes

Built-in nostalgic playlist from Emerald and Heart Gold

Interface customization to better position on your screen

Important Notices: Desktop App Required for Transparency: To run the game with a transparent background, you must download and run the executable version of the game. This allows you to do other tasks on your computer while playing. The Web version only provides a simulation of the desktop background.

[pokemonfangame]

PortuDex by Rafinha77

Portugal - Inspired Pokémon

PortuDex is an idle Pokémon-inspired fanmade game created for fans who want to explore a brand-new fictional region with a nostalgic twist.

In this experience, you’ll encounter the original 151 creatures alongside 150 unique Sketchamon, bringing together classic inspiration and fresh creativity.

Features:

Idle Gameplay Sit back and let your team progress automatically.

Merge System Duplicate captures aren’t wasted—when you catch the same creature again, it merges with the existing one, increasing its HP and Attack.

Type-Based Battles The game includes a type system. Since it’s idle, you don’t select moves—combat outcomes are determined by type effectiveness.

[pokemonfangame]

Pokemon Breakout

The 2nd installment in the "Dimensional Rift" Series and a sidequel to Pokemon Otherworlds. The Game takes place in an alternate reality 15 months after an Infected breakout in the Paldea region, You play as Wally, who has just returned to an altered Hoenn after his less than good time in Alola.

Explore a run-down and infested Hoenn as people try to go back to normal lives in a post-apocalyptic world while dealing with opposite factions and less than ideal circumstances.

Features:

Play as Wally

Zombies

Roughly 3 hours of gameplay as of Beta 1.4

More Emphasis on overworld activities than battles.

Flashbacks to your time escaping Alola.

Meet some familiar faces from other games.

Much more story based game, A "game with Pokemon" rather than a "Pokemon game".

Mauville Hills acts like a central hub with tons of activities that unlock as you progress.

Crafting system and a special ponder system for investigations.

Chasing/Tailing and Quick Time Events.

A little bit of darker story.

Text log.

Side stories and Quests system.

Multiple side activities.

[pokemonfangame]

Pokémon Conquer the Gauntlet

Pokémon Conquer the Gauntlet is a Pokémon Essentials competition game where it's you vs the best of the best, in a tournament for the ages! Go through nine large and diverse areas! Collect Pokémon! Battle other Gauntlet Runners! And challenge the Warden of the stage to advance to the next Trial. Each of the nine Trials in the Gauntlet will have a different overarching theme, and have thematic bosses that use the culminations of that area’s 'mons. The main story of the game is a tournament, a best of the best where you are faced against 500 other trainers to run, battle, and conquer all in the hopes of making it to the end, and earning your prize. You wake up in a truck and are thrust into the games, and with no other way out, you'll have to battle your way through. You will have to beat many of them, and if you lose too much, you're out. That's not to mention the fact that something of a gang is forming amongst the contenders, and they seem to have it out for you in particular.

The goal is for the game to be a fun and rewarding experience for new and veteran players, where you advance from a regular player running through with no items, 4 high power attacking moves, random nature, IVs and EVs, to a competitive mindset where you start to formulate genuine strategies in order to win.

Features:

All Pokémon from the first 6 generations implemented, as well as their newer babies and evolved forms (totalling a whopping 736 Pokémon), and MEGA EVOLUTIONS (even those from Legends ZA).

Gen-5 style animated sprites in-battle.

HGSS overworld following Pokémon.

A single/double battle switch where you can decide how you play through the game.

Reaching the end of the 9th stage results in a tournament of the top 16 contestants.

You can completely customize your Pokémon, so that way you always have the best sets for your battles!

[pokemonfangame]

Lethalmon

Lethalmon is a Pokémon fangame that take inspiration from Lethal Company and Pokémon Emerald Rogue with a little sprinkle of the "Safari Zone". Inspired (as its name suggest) by Rogue-like games, your main goal as a player will be to explore planets to capture Pokémon. Limited by a certain number of steps, you will have to show creativity in optimizing your explorations of the planets. The further you will go, the rarer and more powerful the Pokémon will become !

Your task is to become as powerful as possible! Explore the planets and collect the 5 badges that will grant you access to the Pokémon League. ​

Plot Outline:

Centuries have passed since our time. Humanity, having exhausted Earth's natural resources, had no choice but to flee into space in hope of continuing to thrive.

Over time, the once-special bond between humans and Pokémon gradually faded, despite the vital role these creatures play in our species survival.

It is now your duty, oh prisoner, to capture as many Pokémon as possible during your planetary expeditions. The lives of millions are at stake.

Freedom will be yours—if you succeed in your missions. You have no choice but to prevail!

Features:

The Hub: It's from here that you will start each of your explorations in the planets. Most of the features i will present will be available in here, making it essential in your future ventures in the planets!

Selling your Pokémon: The main way to gain money is by selling the Pokémon captured in the planets, the rarer the Pokémon, the more money you will get.

Upgrading your Pokémon: Changing its nature, upgrading your IVs, redistribute its EVs and others! Make the local economy flourish!

Improving your Competence: Increasing your number of steps, unique items to Lethalmon to ease your explorations...

Huge Replayability: The gyms and planets will change everytime you start a new exploration and the Pokémon you encounters will depend on the number of badges you have acquired so far.

Global Pokédex: Your Pokédax data will be automatically saved on a global Pokédex regrouping all your runs!​