Pokemon Pokopia
Wiki & Guide
The ultimate resource for Pokemon Pokopia — the cozy life-sim building game on Nintendo Switch 2. Explore 369 Pokemon, 254 habitats, 1,485 items, and 882 crafting recipes.
Featured Guides
Deep-dive guides to core mechanics and hidden content
Pokemon Pokopia Beginner's Guide
15 things I wish I knew before starting — a Day 1, Week 1, and long-term roadmap for new players
Pokemon Pokopia Environment Level Guide
How the 5-town Lv. 1–50 system works, what each level unlocks, and the fastest path to max it out
Dream Island Legendary Guide
Use Pokemon Dolls to reach hidden islands and catch Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Mewtwo, and Phione
Start with these Pokemon
Every Pokemon has its own specialties and a preferred environment. Open one to see exactly which habitats attract it — 369 covered in total.
Water
Ground
Search
Bulldoze
Electric
Fire
Normal
Trade
Which habitat should you build?
The habitat decides who shows up. Check the materials it needs and the Pokemon it draws in — 254 habitats covered.
Dishes that need a specialty
Ingredients, tools, flavors, and the move each dish powers up — all 35 recipes.
Curry and Rice
Leppa Berry×15
Wheat×15
Bean×15
Honey×15
PartyA big pot of curry for a party with everyone
Explosive hamburger steak
Bean×1
Sea grapes×1
Chili Sauce×1Any ingredient×1
ExplodePowers up Rock Smash a lot
Red-hot smoothie
Watermelon slice×1
Fresh carrot×1Any ingredient×1
BurnPowers up Surf
Fluffy Bread
Wheat×1
Pecha Berry×1Any ingredient×1
WaterPowers up Cut
Much easier to find lost relics
Electrifying Soup
Fresh Water×1Any ingredient×3
GeneratePowers up Water Gun
More Pokémon appear in habitats
Crushed-Berry Salad
Leaf×1
Chesto Berry×1
CrushPowers up Leafage
Much easier to meet Pokémon wearing rare feathers
What do they actually like?
Favorites affect how comfortable a Pokemon is. See which items count for each one and which Pokemon like it — 48 categories in total.
Item & crafting database
Look up the materials before you build. Items follow the in-game dex order, and every recipe lists how to unlock it.
What is Pokemon Pokopia?
Pokemon Pokopia is a life simulation and building game co-developed by Game Freak and Koei Tecmo's Omega Force, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch 2. Released on March 5, 2026, it has become the highest-rated Pokemon game on Metacritic with a score of 90.
You play as a Ditto that transforms to imitate a human in a post-apocalyptic Kanto region. After finding its trainer's old Pokedex, Ditto assumes human form and meets Professor Tangrowth, who tasks you with rehabilitating the broken world by building habitats, attracting Pokemon, and restoring the environment.
The game features 369 Pokemon from all 9 generations, a deep building system with block-by-block construction, cooking with 35 recipes, 32 specialties that Pokemon use to help you, and multiplayer through Cloud Islands and Palette Town.
Pokopia isn't about battles, but if you also play the mainline games, Pokémon Team Builder lets you check a team's type weaknesses, coverage and base stats.
Game Information
| Developer | Game Freak & Koei Tecmo (Omega Force) |
| Publisher | Nintendo / The Pokemon Company |
| Platform | Nintendo Switch 2 (Exclusive) |
| Release Date | March 5, 2026 |
| Genre | Life Simulation / Cozy Building |
| Metacritic | 90 — Highest-rated Pokemon game |
| Multiplayer | Cloud Islands, Palette Town, Local Multiplayer, GameShare with Switch 1 |
| Languages | Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
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