If you’re a Pokémon fan, you have no doubt experienced the mainline games with all their catching, battling, and being the very best like no one ever was. But the series has a wide selection of spin-off games that span different genres and subject matter. Even if you’ve only ever played the RPGs, there’s probably something for you in the spin-offs simply because there’s such a wide range of experiences to be found. So what better to do with an eclectic collection of Pokémon games than to come up with a qualitative ranking to decide which is the best? This year is Pokémon‘s 30th anniversary, so there’s a lot of history, both good and bad, to look back on. We’ve rounded up 26 of the most notable Pokémon spin-off games, putting them in order from the real stinkers to some of the most important games and sub-series in the franchise.
This ranking was originally published in 2023 and periodically updated to add new games.
