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Two trainers facing off in a red and blue split arena

Poke Rivals: pick your game

ENTER THE ARENA Watch the trailer
Night stadium card for the browser battle game

POKERIVALS.XYZ

Real-time browser battles. Free. English UI, Spanish community.

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 Low-poly Kanto town card

3D KANTO

Shared 3D Kanto map in the browser. Free. English and Spanish.

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 Blocky grass world card for the Minecraft server

MINECRAFT

Pixelmon server at play.pokerivals.com. Needs Java Edition.

Java requiredServerMod

Three projects, one search

People who type poke rivals are usually trying to start a game, and the name currently points at three projects that do not share an account, a map, or a client. PokeRivals.xyz is a real-time battle game in the browser. poke-rivals.com is a 3D Kanto world you walk with other players. play.pokerivals.com is a Minecraft Java server on the Complex Gaming network. I keep those three in separate guides so a browser player does not install a mod by mistake.

The battle game showed version 0.0.0 on its title screen on 4 Nov 2026, with Google and Discord sign-in, and a path of gyms, an Elite Four, and Blue. The 3D world showed version 0.1.87 the day before, starting in Pallet Town with a Pikachu, and it switches between English and Spanish on the homepage. The Minecraft listing uses the address play.pokerivals.com. Directory sites and the live status line disagree on the exact Minecraft version, so that disagreement stays on the server page instead of being collapsed into one number.

Which Poke Rivals is which, checked 2026-11-04.
QuestionBrowser battles3D KantoMinecraft
Wherepokerivals.xyzpoke-rivals.complay.pokerivals.com
DownloadNoNoJava Edition + Pixelmon
Price to openFreeFreeServer is free to join
AccountGoogle or Discord, or a room without oneGuest save or username and passwordMinecraft account
LanguageEnglish UI, Spanish communityEnglish and SpanishEnglish listings
Version that day0.0.00.1.87Listings disagree

What the pictures show

PokeRivals.xyz title screen with sign-in and version 0.0.0
Title screen of pokerivals.xyz, captured 4 Nov 2026. The battle itself sits behind sign-in.
poke-rivals.com homepage with a start button
Homepage of poke-rivals.com, captured 4 Nov 2026, with guest play and install.

A Spanish gameplay video from AshKetchupYT, posted 3 Nov 2026, shows the browser battle game in motion. Press play to load it. The hero art on this page is an original arena illustration, not a capture from any of the three games. If you wanted the main-series rival lists instead, open the Pokémon rivals index. Destined Rivals, the trading-card set, is a different product and is not covered here.

Spanish gameplay of the browser battle game at pokerivals.xyz, published by AshKetchupYT on 3 Nov 2026.

Guides on this site

How to playWhere to start, with no fake key list for the battle game.Is it safe?Accounts, public policies, and what costs money.Same-name projectsSeven nearby names, including the ones that are not these games.Poke vs PokémonWhy the query slides into main-series rival lists.UpdatesVersion strings and the one news note from 3 Nov 2026.Pokémon rivalsA separate index of rivals from the main series.

Questions

Is Poke Rivals one game?

No. On 4 Nov 2026 the public web showed three separate projects: pokerivals.xyz, poke-rivals.com, and the Minecraft server play.pokerivals.com.

Can I play in the browser with no download?

The battle game and the 3D Kanto world both open in a browser. The Minecraft server needs Minecraft Java and Pixelmon.

Why do search results say Pokémon Rivals?

Google often rewrites the query toward the main-series rival lists. Use the comparison page if you wanted character guides instead of these three projects.

Sources