This review is what I believe are the top ten, best free Pokemon online games.
There are a heap of different free Pokémon games around. Some are fan made Pokemon games not just copies of the original games that you use an emulator to play. These are real fan made Pokemon games. If you want the originals you are best to pay for them, these Fan made ones and are all free.
These Pokemon fans have used their great skills to make their own Pokémon quests, sometimes they modify existing games ROMs and hack new stories and graphics to them as well as completely original fan games that introduce new creatures, stories, and even gameplay mechanics.
Copies of the originals need Emulators to play the Roms, there’s many emulators around that work on Windows PCs, Apple Macs, Android phones. Even the great little RetroPIE is fantastic for playing emulated original Pokemon games.
But here, I’ll be highlighting the best Pokémon fan games that manage to introduce new ideas while staying true to the spirit of the original games, not the ROM hacks.
Here, I am concentrating on purely Fan made Pokemon games so here’s the current TOP TEN.
1. Pokémon Uranium
2. Pokémon Spectrum
3. Pokemon Insurgence
4. Pokemon Reborn
5. Pokémon 3D
6. Phoenix Rising
7. Pokémon Clockwork
8. PokéMMO
9. Pokemon Apex
10. Pokemon Island
Number 1. Pokémon Uranium https://pokemonuranium.co
Pokemon Uranium is a fan made game using RPG Maker XP and was first released in 2016. This is an interesting game because most fan games use resources from a particular generation. This game mixes and matches from the different Pokemon DS games.
The game is based around the Tandor district, an explosion from a Nuclear Plant causes a lot of destruction, and the main character loses his mum and ends up living with his auntie. This is where the player captures Pokemon along the way and battle and win 8 Gym Badges so as to contend in the Tandor Regional Championship. En-route, the player can build their PokéDex with more than 190 unique types of Pokémon, including a shiny new Pokemon type, called Nuclear.
The exciting thing I found with Nuclear types is that they are super-effective against all other types except Steel. There is also Corrupted Nuclear Pokemon. They are far more aggressive but using Corrupted Nuclear can be risky because they can also disobey your orders in battle.
I really like this game, its well made and when I played the community seemed very active.
The game uses the guts of Soul Silver & Heart Gold and the Diamond & Pearl games for the world but when you are in battle it uses a more refined and less pixelated version from the Black and White games.
The game is for the Windows PC only and is free to play so just get the Pokemon Uranium download and install, there is no Pokemon Uranium Rom needed.
Number 2. Pokémon Spectrum https://p-spectrum.fandom.com
Pokemon Spectrum is another good fan game made Essentials and the usual RPG maker. This free game was started around 2014 and is still available.
The plot of this Pokemon RPG is that you are living in a new region Kroma, in a tiny town called Lildune. You, the player, go off to explore the area that has Pokemon that can't be found in other places. Pokemon like Kokoala (looks like an Aussie Koala) is a Grass-type Pokémon, it evolves into Cocombat (looks a bit like a Wombat), which then evolves into Dropokol (I am guessing a spin on the Australian legend of a Drop Bear). Theres lots of cool really unique Pokemon like that.
The maker says Kroma is based on the country Australia and that cities and towns are inspired by the actual cities and towns of Australia. I don’t know about that, I am from Australia and I didn’t recognise anything except for the actual Pokemon.
The game up until now takes place in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, and future releases will have places from the other States of Australia. So far the current game features over 80 new Pokémon and 3 Gyms, and each new release adds more.
You’ll get the pokemon spectrum full game download on the link, not sure if there’s a Pokemon Spectrum download for Android.
Number 3. Pokemon Insurgence https://p-insurgence.com
Pokemon Insurgence is a challenging fan-made Pokémon game, built using the common RPG Maker XP that a lot of game makers use.
It based in a brand new region, the Torren Region, with cool features like Delta Pokemon, you can mix the genes of two Pokémon to create a third completely different one, Armored Pokemon, Secret Bases, Online Trading and Character customisation.
The new region means all new towns and maps and the storyline filled with cultist leaders and Pokémon experimentation. The plot means different play, you can be the hero in the Torren region or watch out as cults can overtake the whole shebang. A much darker tale when compared to the official Nintendo games.
There’s Mega Evolutions for both old and new Pokemon , a new type of Held-Item called Armors will massively increase the defence of a Pokemon and it won’t require a turn to activate them.
All the Pokemon are available to Catch, all of them all the way up to the 6th Generation Pokemon.
What a great free Pokemon game, another that I liked to play. Is Pokemon Insurgence a safe game to play, of course it is.
This can run on a Windows PC easily and on an Apple Mac with a tiny bit of work to get it running, but the game is only playable on MacOS versions before 10.15 (Catalina), because of Apple dropping support for 32-bit games. Sorry but that is Apple doing their thing and not want to support or help people with 32 bit software. You don’t need a Pokemon insurgence download for gba emulator to play
Number 4. Pokemon Reborn https://www.rebornevo.com/pr/index.html
My Pokémon Reborn review, it is another completely new fan game created using RPG Maker and is meant to have around 55 hours of gameplay around a huge playing world. The game certainly looks good and very interesting.
Pokemon Reborn is made to be like an Emerald style downloadable RPG game and has all the parts up to 7th generation. And it has an online battle system and trading, a great feature.
The Pokemon Reborn world is covered with black smog, pollution and acidic water. The cities have crime all around, and the buildings etc are crumbling. The idea of the game is that you fight to bring back Reborn to its old good prosperous times. You can use field effects, and the terrain to overpower and beat your challenger and so 807 Pokemon are available to catch collect in the game and battle all 18 types of Gym Leaders.
Download Pokémon Reborn as a desktop game for the Windows PC. There also may be a Pokemon reborn APK download and a Pokemon reborn download mac version.
Is Pokemon Reborn or Rejuvenation better, I like Reborn to be honest?
Number 5. Pokémon 3D https://pokemon3d.net
I have
reviewed Pokémon 3D before and it’s a great fan-made Pokemon project. A cover version of the Pokémon Gold and Silver RPG games, Pokémon 3D plays these games in a full 3D style.
While Pokémon 3D online is still the typical Pokémon RPG adventure format, the impressive 3D effect gives the original game a whole new life with additional content and a co-op mode. Which makes it well worth playing.
The game is not in active development by the developer himself anymore, but there are some people from the games community that are still maintaining the game and the last update was only a few months ago, so still an active game.
The game is for PC only and its downloaded and installed, not browser based.
Number 6. Pokemon Phoenix Rising https://phoenix-rising-wiki.fandom.com/wiki/Phoenix_Rising_Wiki
Pokémon: Phoenix Rising is an exceptional and free fan made episodic Pokémon RPG developed using RPG Maker XP and the Pokémon Essentials engine. It was started quite a while ago now and still being developed constantly so players should expect occasional updates and improvements on this game, bug fixes should be done now (2020 sometime).
The game is set in a original region known as Hawthorne, it’s a war-torn area. The game is about you, the player, needing to restore peace to the region and to be able to do that you have to resurrect the legendary Pokemon Ho-oh and using it to overthrow the oppressive king.
You can be a player Aria or Alto and have different customs hair etc, which is a nice touch.
This game makes you choose decisions while you are going through the game during the main and side quests, the story can change and have different ending depending on what you have chosen during the game.
There was going to be online elements but it seems they have removed that option from the game.
The game is only being released on Windows, but they say a Mac version will also be made later on (I am doubting that will happen to be honest). Pokemon Phoenix Rising download 2020 Episode One: Beyond Home is available at the moment. But no known date what Episode 2 of Pokemon Phoenix Rising download will be out, no Pokémon phoenix rising episode 2 release date, sorry.
Number 7. Pokémon Clockwork https://pokemonclockwork.wixsite.com/clockworkgame
Pokémon Clockwork is yet another game that was created using Pokémon Essentials (they all seem to use RPG Maker and Essentials). As a player you must travel around the countryside region of Rosari. The game story is that mythical Pokémon Celebi has travelled back in time to warn you about an impending attack about to happen by Team Epsilon that will leave Rosari region destroyed. You have to stop Team Epsilon before it’s too late.
Pokemon Clockwork has pokemon from Generation 1-4 and introduces a whole heap of interesting features that some other Fan games don’t like a time travel system, a quest system, night and day cycles and even Pokémon that can evolve during a battle.
This seems to be PC only, no Pokemon Clockwork GBA download and updates are very slow (or not happening at all). Current version is 1.9.0, it does seem like it is finished/ completed to me.
Give it a try it seems good in my personal opinion.
Number 8. PokéMMO https://pokemmo.eu
PokeMMO is, as you probably can tell, a free Pokémon MMORPG with the looks and graphical style of the normal great looking 2D pokemon game. Originally, the game was restricted to smaller versions of the regions around Kanto and Hoenn but more recently another two regions have been added, the Sinnoh and the Unova region from Gen IV. So four regions to explore and battle in.
In it, players can battle, trade, and even form teams with other players online. Automatic tournaments randomly happen where heaps of players can join in.
I like the idea of Pokemmo a lot, I really do, but I just find that the game itself doesn't appeal to me at all and I think it’s really because I only like solo PvE (Player Vs Environment) games instead.
If you like huge battles and like Pokemon, this is for you.
PokeMMO is for PC but there is also an App version, PokeMMO Pokemon MMO for Android is available to download here.
Number 9. Pokemon Apex https://apex.iamvishnu.net
Pokémon Apex review is another fan game I have recently heard about. And, typically, this game was created in RPG Maker XP and also uses the Pokémon Essentials frame. The game started development in December of 2014 and is still being updated, not sure how much though as they say its still in Alpha.
In Pokémon Apex, you play as a high schooler in the lively world of Nascene City and you discover a dark cult who are determined on causing the annihilation of both your world and the Pokemon world.
What makes Apex Pokemon different for other fan Pokemon games is they have ramped up the difficulty, this is not an easy kids game like the original carts.
Apex will not be unplayable difficult, but it means players have to make careful choices about their team and their playing style. Pokémon Apex is a exciting adult view on the Pokémon universe with some real world problem to think about. There’s a terrific sense of mystery in the game storyline, and even the occasional f*** word and other swearing in the dialog to help to remind me this isn’t the Pokemon games that I played as a kid.
There’s a definite sense of horror in the gameplay, it’s very subtle but yet is there and I love the the darker atmosphere. The music is not bad as well btw.
Theres a PC download available but I don’t think there is a Pokemon Apex ROM Android apk available.
Number 10. Pokemon Island https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=281807
This fan made game is not too bad . You explore Pokemon Island, it’s a very open world experience, not like normal Pokemon games, kinda like a Pokémon simulator, only one town with heaps around it like minigames, trade centre, casino, colosseum and dungeons. You meet Pokemon trainers who aims to seek Mew, the rarest Pokemon in the island and battle your way to the top of the colleseum and unlock all the dungeons.
649 pokémon from generation 5 are open from the start to find and capture and no gyms, just the Colleseum. Something different and good for a battle or two.
This is a game with the usual Pokémon RPG style like for the Game Boy and Nintendo DS, but with a different slant, almost nothing is essential to move forward, travel around and try all things and battle, battle, battle. The is completed and ready to download and play for free.
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