Every Pokémon Game, Ranked by Fans
Rank every core Pokémon game head-to-head, from Red, Blue & Yellow and Gold & Silver to Scarlet & Violet and Legends: Z-A. Remakes included. Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
Size
Pokémon Emerald2004 · Game Boy Advance
Pokémon X & Y2013 · Nintendo 3DS
Tap a poster to make your pick. Crowd numbers appear after you choose.
How the community ranks them
Results appear here as people finish brackets. Each pick feeds the head-to-head numbers, so the first players decide where all 21 start.
How the Pokémon Games bracket works
This Pokémon game ranking is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Pokémon Red, Blue & Yellow or Pokémon Gold & Silver? Pokémon Crystal or Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. Comparing two games is far easier than sorting 21 of them at once, which is why the finished list tends to survive a second look.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 21 games. Entrants are drawn by a seed that changes daily, and New draw picks a fresh one, so an early upset in one run may never happen in the next. You can also play it at 8 or 21 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 21 entrants
All 21 entrants are listed below, including Pokémon Red, Blue & Yellow, Pokémon Gold & Silver, Pokémon Crystal and Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire.
- Pokémon Red, Blue & Yellow1996 · Game Boy
- Pokémon Gold & Silver1999 · Game Boy Color
- Pokémon Crystal2000 · Game Boy Color
- Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire2002 · Game Boy Advance
- Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen2004 · Game Boy Advance
- Pokémon Emerald2004 · Game Boy Advance
- Pokémon Diamond & Pearl2006 · Nintendo DS
- Pokémon Platinum2008 · Nintendo DS
- Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver2009 · Nintendo DS
- Pokémon Black & White2010 · Nintendo DS
- Pokémon Black 2 & White 22012 · Nintendo DS
- Pokémon X & Y2013 · Nintendo 3DS
- Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire2014 · Nintendo 3DS
- Pokémon Sun & Moon2016 · Nintendo 3DS
- Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon2017 · Nintendo 3DS
- Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Eevee!2018 · Switch
- Pokémon Sword & Shield2019 · Switch
- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl2021 · Switch
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus2022 · Switch
- Pokémon Scarlet & Violet2022 · Switch
- Pokémon Legends: Z-A2025 · Switch / Switch 2
Tier list instead?
Load all 21 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
Open the tier list makerMissing something?
Build your own Pokémon game bracket with exactly the entrants you want, then share the link.
Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Pick the game you would rather replay this weekend, not the one that was most important when it came out.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 21 so more of the 21 games make the field.
- Watch for the game you keep beating reluctantly. That is usually the sign you should undo and reconsider the pick before it.
Questions people ask
How many games are in the Pokémon Games bracket?
The pool holds 21 games. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 21 slots.
Which games are included?
Pokémon Red, Blue & Yellow, Pokémon Gold & Silver, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire, Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen, Pokémon Emerald, Pokémon Diamond & Pearl, Pokémon Platinum, Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver, Pokémon Black & White, Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 and Pokémon X & Y, plus 9 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Pokémon Games bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. No account is needed, and a run saves after every pick, so you can stop and jump back in later.
Can I turn the result into S/A/B tiers?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other game grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two games that never met. If you would rather place the games into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 21 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Can I compare my order with other people's?
Every completed bracket feeds the Pokémon Games community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 21 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
What if a game I wanted is missing?
Use the bracket maker: add your own games, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 21 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.