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Games like Poke Derby

If you want another free browser career, stay with this game’s download. If you want an official Pokémon race, the list is short. If you want the raising loop on a phone, look at Umamusume.

Twelve racers on a snowy Seafoam Islands course, with Squirtle using Streamlined Shell
Screenshot: Poke Derby / Zietes
Each older game is one Wikipedia page unless noted. I am not listing prices.
GamePlatform and yearWhy it is hereThe difference
Pokémon DashNintendo DS, Japan 2 Dec 2004, Europe 11 Mar 2005, North America 14 Mar 2005A Pokémon racePikachu, a stylus, checkpoints, five cups of five tracks
Pokémon Race miniPokémon Mini, Japan 19 Jul 2002A Pokémon raceJapan only. Pikachu against Chikorita, Wooper, Pichu, or Sandshrew
Pokémon StadiumNintendo 64, Japan 1999, West 2000A few race mini-gamesKids Club has nine mini-games. It is not a racing game
Umamusume: Pretty DerbyPhone, PC, Steam. Japan 24 Feb 2021, worldwide June 2025Raise, then raceHorse girls, gacha, up to 18 in a field
Pokkén Tournament DXSwitch, September 2017People search it next to Pokémon fightsA fighter, not a race
Pokémon DuelMobile, Japan April 2016, worldwide January 2017, shut down 31 Oct 2019A Pokémon strategy gameA board game. The servers are closed
Pokémon RumbleWii, 2009A Pokémon toyboxAn action RPG, not a race

Three ways to choose

Want the free browser loop with partners and a 78-turn calendar: play Poke Derby. Want a race Nintendo published: Pokémon Dash is the DS game, and Pokémon Race mini is the Japan-only Mini game. Want the training calendar on a phone with a gacha deck: Umamusume. The longer stat-by-stat comparison is on the versus page.

I am not listing ROM hacks. I cannot verify them from a public page the way I can verify these seven rows. The category pages go deeper: racing and raising sims.

Poke Derby Base Camp on turn 9 of 78, with five stats and five training facilities
Screenshot: Poke Derby / Zietes

Questions

What game is closest to Poke Derby?

Umamusume, for the training calendar. Pokémon Dash, if the part you wanted was “a Pokémon that races.”

Is there an official Pokémon raising sim?

The main series has training and breeding pieces. A full raise-then-race career in the style of this game is not one of those pieces. See the raising page.

Keep reading

Racing gamesWhat counts as a Pokémon race.Raising simsCamp, Amie, picnic eggs, and Umamusume.ReviewWhether to start Poke Derby at all.

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