What genre is Pokémon Pokopia officially categorized as?

Pokémon Pokopia is officially categorized as a life simulation game.

Its core activities involve collecting materials, crafting furniture, building structures, growing vegetables, and creating welcoming habitats for Pokémon. These systems emphasize gradual development and everyday routines instead of the gym challenges and battle progression associated with the main Pokémon role-playing games.

Pokopia also includes sandbox-style creativity. Players shape a damaged world, invite Pokémon to settle in, and manage a cozy environment that changes through time and weather. The combination gives the game a relaxed social-simulation identity while retaining familiar Pokémon characters and abilities.

It is still a Pokémon spin-off, but “life simulation” is the specific category listed in the game’s basic information. Calling it only an RPG or a construction game misses the way its world-building, relationships, and daily activities define the experience.