Pokémon Survivors: a free Vampire Survivors-style Pokémon game

Pokémon Survivors is a free, unofficial fan game that mixes Pokémon with Vampire Survivors. It is an action roguelite (bullet heaven) that runs in your browser and on your phone, with no download and no sign-up.

Pokémon Survivors (pokemonsurvivors.com) is not PokéSurvivor (pokesurvivor.com): they are two different fan games by different people, with almost the same name. See the differences.

How to play

Pick your starter Pokémon, walk around the map and let it attack on its own. Survive 15 minutes of wild Pokémon hordes, collect experience, learn moves, equip held items and evolve mid-run. At the end, face Mewtwo. Then keep going in endless mode until Arceus comes hunting. Beat the legendaries as bosses to catch them, then play as them in Legend Mode. Or create a room and play online co-op with up to 3 friends.

Features

• 27 starters from every region, Kanto to Paldea (Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Piplup, Froakie, Fuecoco, Sprigatito and more), each with its full evolution line.
• Online co-op for up to 4 players: create a room and invite friends with the link, the 5-character code or your friends list, which shows who’s online. Everyone plays their own Pokémon, EXP is shared (the whole team levels up together), the horde and bosses grow with the team, the ₽ is split among everyone, and whoever faints turns into a Poké Ball until a teammate comes close to revive them. It needs an account with a @name; for now co-op plays the standard mode, without Legend Mode, places, shop items, Halloween Night or the ranking.
• Arena, a MOBA in the style of Pokémon Unite in two formats, a 7-minute 4v4 in the Vale or the Cove and a quick 3-minute 3v3 in the Glade or the Reef (the latter two on the beach): two teams, wild Pokémon that drop Energy, three goals per team (the base goal opens once a lane goal falls), Drednaw mid-match and Zapdos in the last 2 minutes, with double points. An automatic basic attack and aimed moves like in Unite, quick chat, pings, a scoreboard and surrender votes. Against bots right away with no account, or with friends in a room picking Blue or Red. With an account, Casual and Ranked in the public queue, with two-week seasons from Poké Ball to Master Ball; in the lobby, the Stadium stands south of your home.
• Eggs that hatch with the steps you take in runs: bosses, chests and rifts leave eggs that unlock 54 more playable Pokémon from every type and generation (Pikachu, Eevee, Gastly, Magikarp, Riolu, Gible, Bagon, Deino, Dreepy and more), with a 1% chance to hatch shiny. And Munchlax, which evolves into Snorlax, only hatches from the Friendship Egg, and four ghosts (Litwick, Phantump, Drifloon and Sandygast) only from the Haunted Egg Duskull sells on Halloween Night, and Porygon, Exeggcute, Scraggy and Smeargle (which copies foes' moves with Sketch) only from the Kecleon Egg, up to 6 a day in the Showcase: 90 playable Pokémon in all.
• Invite friends with your link: whoever signs up through it gets a Friendship Egg, and you get Mystery Gifts for every friend who really plays: another Friendship Egg, the Ambassador title with an exclusive card frame, an Ultra rare egg at 5 friends and, at 10, a shiny Dratini.
• 207 moves and 32 held items: every family has a signature move and learns new moves at each evolution, with more moves than slots, so every run builds a different team. Max out a regular move with the right item and it evolves (Ember + Charcoal becomes Flamethrower), and evolved moves keep leveling up.
• Every move splits into two paths at Lv 4 and Lv 7 that change how it plays. Rare and shiny cards, a Forget button and a draft for your 2nd move at the start of every run.
• 91 Abilities, picked at the first evolution (the Hidden Ability included), and branching evolutions: Eevee picks among its 8 eeveelutions, and so do Kirlia, Snorunt, Poliwhirl, Scyther and Charcadet.
• Moves from outside the learnset: bosses drop TMs, the Move Tutor shows up on the map and each rift legendary teaches its own legendary move (Sacred Fire, Origin Pulse, Roar of Time…). Two maxed moves fuse into a duo move (Fire Pledge, Fusion Flare, Fusion Bolt…), and chests may hide cursed items like Life Orb and Choice Band.
• Type matchups, burn, poison, paralysis, freeze, confusion and more, plus a special attack for each of the 18 types such as Blast Burn, Hydro Cannon, Bolt Strike and Draco Meteor. Agile lines like Treecko, Riolu and Gible dash in chains from foe to foe, and Aegislash swaps between Shield and Blade Forme.
• 415 wild Pokémon from all 9 generations, Dragons included, with Kanto, Johto and Hoenn complete (every species but the legendaries and mythicals), in 5 tiers: every run draws a different cast, from basic Pokémon early to evolved ones late, leaning towards each biome's types.
• Legendary bosses: Onix, Snorlax, a legendary trio drawn every run (the birds Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres, the beasts Raikou, Entei and Suicune or the Regis Regirock, Regice and Registeel) and Mewtwo, sometimes joined by a rare mythical: Mew, Celebi or Jirachi. Each boss has until the next one arrives or it flees; Mewtwo, at the end, blasts the horde away for a duel. Bosses aim at the path you're taking, leap at you when you keep away and unlock a new attack when enraged. The legendaries on the map make an entrance with their own theme and fight in 3 phases, building to an ultimate with a marked safe spot.
• Five biomes per run (Route 1, Viridian Forest, Mt. Moon, Mt. Silver and Lavender Tower) and weather that shifts type matchups: harsh sunlight, rain, sandstorm, snow and fog.
• Enemies with personality, at most one per stage: Chansey heals the horde, Bronzor and Bronzong shield it, Nidoqueen calls in reinforcements, Voltorb, Electrode and Drifloon explode, Magnemite and Vikavolt fire beams and Hitmonlee and Lokix leap over the horde. Each stage also has a species that spits from afar, with shots of its type that pass through your aura.
• Alpha Pokémon: red-glowing giants that shrug off knockback and charge along a red lane they aim first. Beat one for EXP, ₽ and the Alpha's prize, a level-up of rare cards only.
• Epic rifts: two per run, with the run clock stopped inside. The legendary's weather warns you in the sky, a tear opens and you cross its domain ahead of a threat: the tide in the Seafloor Cavern (Kyogre), lava in the Magma Cavern (Groudon), the crumbling Sky Pillar (Rayquaza), the whirlpools of the Whirl Islands (Lugia), the burning Bell Tower (Ho-Oh), time skips on Spear Pillar (Dialga), the mist of Southern Island (Latias and Latios together) and the Drifting Meteoroid (Deoxys). Then comes a 3-phase battle that transforms the arena, with ultimates like Origin Pulse and Roar of Time, and the Poké Ball at the end.
• Legend Mode: catch all 23 legendaries (the birds, the beasts, the Regis, Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Dialga, Latias, Latios, Deoxys and Arceus) by beating them as bosses, then play as them. They awaken at Lv 12 and 28 (Primal Kyogre, Primal Groudon, Mega Rayquaza), open with their legendary move and an innate Ability, face a stronger horde and have a ranking of their own, on every difficulty. On Halloween Night 2026 (October 24 to November 2), Darkrai comes as an event legend: the Nightmare rift shows up in haunted runs, and 2 wins catch it to play with Dark Void and the innate Bad Dreams; and if the community gathers 15 million candies during the event, it gets its Mega Evolution for everyone and awakens as Mega Darkrai at Lv 28. Whoever caught it keeps it after the event.
• Places to explore: the entrance to a cave, a graveyard or an updraft shows up on the map. The Dark Cave is a Mystery Dungeon of floors in the dark, with stairs, a Monster House and a chest at the bottom; the Haunted Graveyard holds only ghosts, whose spirits wake Spiritomb; and only a Flying-type Pokémon can ride up Above the Clouds, where wings drift in on the wind and raise your stats.
• Landmarks all over the map, in every biome: a roofless abandoned cottage to walk into (with a crate left behind), a mine tunnel through a ridge that leaves the horde behind, a hedge maze with a chest at its heart, Unown ruins with an altar that lights up and an abandoned camp with the fire still burning. Bushes, fallen logs, rocks and trees make the way livelier.
• Mega Evolution: beat a rift legendary to get the Mega Stone, then Mega Evolve at the final evolution for 20 seconds. There are 38 Megas across 33 lines, each with its own stats, special and ability: Venusaur, Charizard X and Y, Blastoise, Raichu X and Y, Alakazam, Gengar, Dragonite, Meganium, Feraligatr, Tyranitar, Sceptile, Blaziken, Swampert, Gardevoir, Gallade, Pidgeot, Gyarados, Ampharos, Scizor, Houndoom, Aggron, Manectric, Altaria, Banette, Glalie, Salamence, Metagross, Staraptor, Garchomp and Garchomp Z, Lucario and Lucario Z, Emboar, Chesnaught, Delphox and Greninja. Lines with two Megas pick their stone. In Legend Mode, Latias, Latios and Mewtwo (Y) Mega Evolve too.
• Endless mode after Mewtwo: the horde never stops and Arceus, the reaper, hunts you from 20:00.
• Three difficulty levels, all open from the start: Normal, Hard and Nightmare, with brutal hordes and half the healing. Standing still doesn't work: late in a run the horde pushes through, hits harder and the map itself strikes where you stand (Thunder in the rain, hail in the snow, Rock Slide, Stealth Rock), always marked on the ground first.
• Rankings by time survived on each difficulty, for today, this week and all time, filterable by Pokémon and by friends, plus a separate ranking for Legend Mode. With an account you get a public profile with a shareable link and can follow other trainers.
• Wild shinies and shiny starters, Poké Dollars and permanent upgrades in the Kecleon Shop, including the Shiny Charm, which doubles the shiny odds.
• Today's outbreak: every day one wild species takes over every run, the same for everyone, and its shiny shows up about twice a run.
• Daily Challenge: one run a day that is the same for everyone (same seed, Pokémon and difficulty, no upgrades or items). Only your first finished run counts on the challenge ranking, and everyone who takes part earns a gold (top 10%), silver (top half) or bronze ribbon.
• The Kecleon Shop: a plaza in the lobby, east of your partner's home, where Kecleon serves you and chats. Today's Showcase is the same for everyone, with a free gift every day, the Kecleon Egg (₽10,000 for the day's first, each one after for double the last, up to 6 a day), a deal at 30% off, the day's egg and a style; the Bag packs consumables for your next run (Lure, Incense, Rare Candy, Lucky Egg, Luck Incense, Honey, X Attack, Max Revive and Everstone); Kecleon's purple brother sells TMs for good (10 of them exclusive: Pay Day, Thief, Protect, Hyper Beam, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Swords Dance, Drain Punch, Thunder Wave and Fly), armed before a run, and evolution items, which open the paths that need one (no Dawn Stone, no Gallade, and no Up-Grade, no Porygon2; without items, Eevee becomes Vaporeon, Jolteon or Flareon, drawn at random) and can also drop from bosses, for that run only; Training holds the permanent upgrades and Bottle Caps, +3% to everything per level for one Pokémon; Style, frames, backgrounds and wallpapers; and in Expansion you invest to grow the shop through 5 levels, from Cart to Department Store, which brings the Tycoon title and a golden Kecleon statue on the plaza. Friday to Sunday, Meowth's caravan brings an ultra egg, the Gold Bottle Cap and exclusive TMs, and takes haggling; the loyalty card gives a stamp per day you visit, with prizes at 7, 14, 30, 60 and 100 stamps (a Kecleon Egg sure to hatch shiny); and on special dates a stall shows up on the plaza, like Duskull's on Halloween Night.
• Machoke's Dojo: a place in the lobby, west of your partner's home, to train with no horde, no clock and no fainting. Pick any Pokémon you have, raise and lower each move's level (with its A and B paths), hold items, switch forms and abilities and try them on 1, 3, 8 or 24 targets of 16 types (or Snorlax as a boss), with a DPS meter per move. Save the build and, in your runs, the level-up, evolution and ability cards that follow it get a ★ BUILD mark.
• Plaza Festival: once a month, the fountain on the Kecleon plaza becomes a community pot. Everyone tosses Poké Dollars into the fountain (up to ₽200k a day), and every milestone of the pot becomes a Gift for every player, even those who didn't give. The first one, the Lantern Festival, runs from Nov 3 to 16, with a Rare Egg, the Lantern frame, 3 Lures, a Kecleon Egg and a shiny Togepi; giving ₽50k earns the Patron title and the 10 biggest donors go on the fountain's plaque.
• An in-game Pokédex of 584 species: log every one you see and defeat, and catch the shinies you defeat, the Pokémon you hatch and every form you play.
• Daily and weekly missions and 63 achievements with bronze, silver and gold medals, some with titles to show off, like Shiny Hunter and Alpha Hunter. Some weekly missions and every gold medal also give an egg.
• Map events: buff altars, healing fountains, locked chests guarded by an ambush, traps that hurt the horde too and a fleeing Meowth full of coins. Plus field missions that pay ₽ and rare cards: defend an egg in its nest, gather lost Poké Balls against the clock and lead a lost Togepi home.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon-style pixel art, in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French and Traditional Chinese.
• Works on phones with a touch joystick and installs as an app.

FAQ

Is Pokémon Survivors the same game as PokéSurvivor?

No. Pokémon Survivors (pokemonsurvivors.com) and PokéSurvivor (pokesurvivor.com) are two different fan games by different people, with almost the same name. Pokémon Survivors is made by Pedro Barretto; PokéSurvivor by JPTER78.

Is Pokémon Survivors free?

Yes. It is free, with no ads and no purchases. The code is open source on GitHub.

Do I need to download anything?

No. It runs right in the browser, on PC or on your phone.

Can you play as legendary Pokémon?

Yes, in Legend Mode. Beat a legendary as a boss to catch it (3 times for most, 5 for Mewtwo, once for the mythicals) and it becomes playable, with awakenings at Lv 12 and 28 and a ranking just for legendaries. On Halloween Night 2026, Darkrai too: beat it twice in the Nightmare rift.

Can I play with friends?

Yes. Online co-op puts up to 4 trainers in the same run, each with their own Pokémon: create a room and invite friends with the link, the code or your friends list. EXP is shared by the team, the ₽ is split among everyone and a teammate can revive whoever faints. You need an account with a @name. For now co-op plays the standard mode: Legend Mode, places, shop items, events and the ranking stay in solo runs.

Is there a MOBA mode like Pokémon Unite?

Yes, Arena: a 7-minute 4v4 MOBA in the Vale or the Cove (a beach with bowed lanes and an island in the center reached by piers), with two lanes and the jungle in between, or a quick 3-minute 3v3 in the Glade or the Reef (a channel splits it, crossed by narrow bridges), compact maps with two goals per team; each match draws its map, and in a room with friends the host picks it. Defeat wild Pokémon to gather Energy (up to 30), carry it to one of the rival team’s goals and stand inside to score; a hit from a rival interrupts it. In the 4v4 each team has three goals, and the base goal only opens once a lane goal falls. In the final stretch (the last 2 minutes in the 4v4, the last minute in the 3v3) points count double and Zapdos lands in the middle. The controls are Unite’s: the basic attack fires on its own, and you cast and aim Move 1, Move 2 and the Unite Move (Q, E and R, or on-screen buttons with assisted aim), locking onto a target with a click or a tap. Your team talks through quick chat with ready-made lines and map pings, sees the full scoreboard (knockouts, assists, damage and healing) and can vote to surrender from half-time on. Play any of the 27 starters, each with a role (Attacker, Speedster, All-Rounder, Defender or Supporter), against bots right away with no account, or in a room with friends picking Blue or Red; bots fill the empty seats. With an account, join the public queue, Casual or Ranked: Ranked runs in two-week seasons with tiers from Poké Ball to Master Ball, a season ranking and a title at the end (Season 1 starts on November 2); the 3v3 is Casual only. Leaving mid-match or idling costs Fair Play, and Ranked needs a Fair Play of 80 or more. In the lobby, the Arena lives in the Stadium, south of your home, with Ninjask as the judge.

Is it an official Pokémon game?

No. It is an unofficial, non-commercial fan game, not affiliated with Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, GAME FREAK or Creatures. Made by Pedro Barretto.

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