Pokémon Friends
November 05, 2025
More About Pokémon Friends
■ Knit New Friends
Solve puzzles to get yarn that you can use to make a plethora of plush Pokémon pals!
■ Trouble in Think Town
Think Town’s plush-loving populace needs your help! Can your savvy puzzle-solving skills weave wonder back into their lives?
■ Play Every Day
Stamp your calendar to commemorate the day’s puzzles, then hop into your catalog to admire your Pokémon friends!
■ Personalize Your Perfect Plush Room
Decorate your very own plush rooms with fun furniture, cute wallpaper, and plush galore! Mix and match delightful decorations to create the perfect vibe for your one-of-a-kind space.
■ Fun for the Whole Family
Up to five save files means everyone can have a turn!
■ Additional Content (DLC)
DLC is available for purchase in the in-game Shop.
DLC will be permanently available to play upon purchase.
Some features only available with the paid DLC.
Please read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before playing.
This game requires an Internet connection. Data charges may apply.
Free to start; optional in-game purchases available. Persistent internet and compatible smart device required. Data charges may apply for mobile version.
Message to minors: Please get the permission of your parent or guardian before purchasing paid items.
Dramatization. Pokémon Friends does not include AR functionality.
Plush shown are in-game items only. Not real products.
Compatible Devices
Memory: At least 3GB of RAM is recommended.
Note: Players may be unable to play certain modes easily when using a device with insufficient memory.
Latest Version
1.0.5
November 05, 2025
The Pokémon Company
Puzzle
Android
824,656
Free
jp.pokemon.pokemonfriends
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User Reviews
Teddy Bear
3 months ago
While I think this game is great, my version comes with some pretty heavy bugs, making it impossible to finish puzzles. The game just freezes whenever it wants and causes you to loose a lot of time. For the record, I'm using Android. The puzzles are also becoming too difficult to solve, even for me. Not sure I'll be helping any more townsfolk in my village anytime soon. 8-30-2025: Freezing is worse with full DLC purchase. Can you please fix this?
Alyssa Lagstrom
2 months ago
Theoretically, could be great. The execution of this game is awful. Playing three puzzles a day that become impossible and make progression non existent feels punishing. I don't want to pay $34 for a puzzle app when I can find the same game for free, just without it being "pokemon." I hate that I can't turn the difficulty down at this point. Lvl 8+ puzzles feel like an rng nightmare where if you make one wrong step, you're not finishing it. If you need to think about it, you're not finishing.
Mc Clure
3 months ago
You get three small sets of puzzles to do per day, and 60 seconds to do each set. It starts out boringly easy and eventually becomes too hard to do in just a minute. All the while, you get a few decorations that you'll probably end up giving away to an NPC anyway. If you want to enhance the experience at all... better puzzles, better decor options, the ability to do more than five minutes worth of puzzles a day, you've gotta pay.
Becca K
3 months ago
This game would be fun if it either committed to being free to play, or to being a purchasable game. sitting in the middle makes it miserable for free to play players, and frankly it's not engaging enough to make me want to buy the whole thing. only three tiny puzzles a day?? of which the time is way too short the more complex they get?? interesting idea, nice visual design, but very poorly executed.
Jack Stokes
3 months ago
It's actually a $10 game with $25 of dlc. The free version has a limited selection of simple puzzles, of which only 3 per day can be played for chance to make one of very few plush dolls. The "core" gameplay loop revolves around making these dolls and giving them away for barebones "missions," or decorating a single spartan room. Barely 5 minutes of game per day, including load times. The all-in package is maybe worth $10; priced as is is pretty insulting.
Courtney McDonald
3 months ago
There's a lot that needs to be improved. The level difficulty scale seems ok at first but the strict time limits soon make the game more of a memory game. The fact that no matter how good or bad you do, it's a single thread does not make sense. There's no differentiation on what "nice thread" even does. My husband and I both play (both of us engineers), I have the DLC, he doesn't. Even with my unlimited plays, it's still a game of chance. The target audience is unclear, with how hard it gets.
Bri Woodard
3 months ago
It's more stressful than fun, the puzzles go from easy to weirdly hard and the time limit is not enough to get through the whole puzzle with the amount of levels it has. Than there is the yarn for the Pokémon, I keep getting the same three yarns, yellow, white and red. I've only had blue yarn three times and green once. Yet the side quests require green or blue, the drop rate for the yarn is weird. I was hoping this would be fun but after a couple weeks of playing, I'm uninstalling.
Zane Knightwood
3 months ago
Only gives you 3 small puzzles per day unless you pay $10 for the base game, or $34 for the bundle with the extra content. No ads though, and the game is cute. The puzzles at level 1 seem well designed and it looks like they'll get more challenging as you go. Not sure I'll remember to play often enough to see if the challenge really does ramp up though with the limited play time per day.
Joel Holland
2 months ago
I have tried to enjoy this game but there is just nothing here. the hard limit on puzzles per day means it's no good as even a time waster, and so far the only times I've not been able to complete a puzzle have been because the controls just didn't work. inputs wouldn't register, pieces moved incorrectly, you name it. none of that even touches on the massive performance issues. it's a very basic puzzle game. there's no reason for it to run so poorly.
grssbskt
3 months ago
As far as the gameplay goes, I do like it. The puzzles are decently challenging at the max level and make for good daily puzzles. Everything else about this app doesn't make sense. The pricing is way too high, the puzzles are always chosen at random even after you pay, and there's no way to increase your odds of getting a specific plush or even a specific type of yarn. After getting max friendship in the town, there's no point in making plushes since I already have all the ones I want.
Eric Free
3 months ago
I play games to relax, not stress out. The timer at first is generous, but after about level 7 or 8, it becomes almost impossible to complete depending on the level and steps required. instead of a countdown timer, maybe one that counts up. if you complete it in time, you get the fancy variant, if not, you can still complete it for fun. With a timer forcing you to race against a clock, NOT EVEN OTHER PEOPLE, it's no longer fun. It doesn't make sense. Otherwise 5 stars easily.
Carrie
1 month ago
I do not enjoy this game. The first few months were fun, but the only bonus yarn I get is Plain Yarn, making it impossible to get the Ogrepon who is already very hard to get. You also can't place 2 of the same pokemon in your room, which is disappointing. The levels aren't fun anymore and the new update letting you play 3 times is honestly not very fun and would've been nicer when I actually enjoyed the game.
Brandon Johnson
1 month ago
I enjoyed playing this (free version) the puzzles definitely got harder but mostly manageable. gave me another reason besides pokemon pocket to hate greninja. I just hit max level (10) for quests. I would be livid if I'd paid for the full content. please tell me there's more actual game if you pay for it? didnt realized I finished the "map" weeks ago and just have the same 3 repeating quest givers.
PetrarchEleven
1 month ago
I feel like you need to pay for the unlimited pay to enjoy it, but I do enjoy the puzzles from time to time. My biggest issue is that sometimes the game runs very poorly for me. I have an android device that's a few years old, but I don't think a game like this should run this poorly, especially since sometimes it runs just fine. When the game lags, my inputs don't register making me unable to complete some of the puzzles. It's a fine game, but please work on optimizing it better for phones.
GoldPeasant
3 months ago
This is just the latest ridiculous cash grab from Nintendo. Do not pay almost $34 just to buy a finished puzzle game. The entire game consists of "do 3 puzzles daily, make 1 or 2 plushies and give them to NPC's, then decorate your little room". That's literally it. You then have to wait until the next day to do anymore puzzles. It's a cute little time waster for when you have to to the bathroom real fast and don't wanna be bored. Just incredibly lazy.
S.A. McKay
4 months ago
Good concept, bad execution. The game doesn't let you play ling enough to get "hooked" on it (after the tutorial, the daily puzzles take less then five minutes to play, then you can't play again till the next day). The puzzles and game are FUN! Which is why it sucks so much that you only get three puzzles per day (VERY basic puzzles), unless you pay. It could be a great game that I'd recommend, unfortunately I've barely played it because of the limit on plays per day (3).
Petty
3 months ago
The aesthetics are cute and the puzzles are simple but engaging enough to make you think! However a 60 second time limit makes later puzzle levels near impossible if you need a second to think and the RNG yarn aspect can make quests very tedious to complete. I would suggest higher time limits on higher level puzzles and a way to earn specific yarn needed to really improve this game.
Kyle Tunney
2 months ago
I love the concept, and customizing the room with plushies is very nice, but it is only fun for a few weeks before the puzzles get overly complicated for the 60 second time limit. I can't imagine a child handling these puzzles well. Later puzzles offer no time to think or plan, and you get punished for not completing puzzles in the strict time limit. if they're going to punish you for not completing the puzzle in the time limit, you should at least be able to finish it and learn.
Chris Bowles
3 months ago
I like the puzzle designs and that they get harder the higher you get. My biggest issue is the limited play per day and the cost of Unlimited play costs $10 minimum, i can get games with more content for $5, even most FREE puzzle games give you 900% more content without you having to pay and give you unlimited play per day at no cost. UPDATED REVIEW: New issue, the timer. I started a puzzle, something came up i had to deal with, turned phone back on and the puzzle ended with no way to try again.
San Di
2 months ago
I really like the puzzles. They seem simple and easy, but they get pretty challenging later. I bought the bundle recently, and all the new puzzles are just as fun as the free stuff. Aside from that, collecting plush was my sole purpose of playing. After paying for the bundle, I could collect as much as I can, BUT there's no way to display everything! They actually put a limit on the rooms, and the size of the plush makes a difference, which sucks. Either give us more rooms or lift the limit!!
