--- description: The online dating service able to match potential mates over their shared love Pokémon Go launched Wednesday title: There's Now a Dating Service For Pokémon Go Players image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # There's Now a Dating Service for _Pokémon Go_ Players by [Emma Ockerman](/author/emma-ockerman/) ## Emma Ockerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 20, 2016 6:33 PM CUT by [Emma Ockerman](/author/emma-ockerman/) ## Emma Ockerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 20, 2016 6:33 PM CUT For those who are more adept at catching Squirtles than they are significant others, there’s now an online dating service able to match potential mates over [their shared love _Pokémon Go_.](http://time.com/4400791/pokemon-go-iphone-android-nintendo/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") The website, [appropriately called PokéDates, launched Wednesday](https://www.projectfixup.com/pokedates/about/ "undefined"). It prompts its users to answer a few questions and provide times when they might be available for date (or just a Pokémon battle), and quickly gets to work to match users with someone they might like — emailing both parties with a [convenient time and meeting location](http://time.com/4410327/pokemon-go-technology/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined"). If the users both agree to the date, the user is charged $20, though there are no subscription fees. The first PokéDate is free. The website [for PokéDates](https://www.projectfixup.com/pokedates/ "undefined"), which is run by dating startup Project Fixup, says that augmented reality game is “arguably the best idea of the 21st century” and hopes that users “[catch ’em all together](http://time.com/4401084/pokemon-go-how-play-guide-tips/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined").” The game was launched earlier this July. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4415333/pokemon-go-online-dating-service/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4415333/pokemon-go-online-dating-service/"},"headline":"There's Now a Dating Service for Pokémon Go Players","datePublished":"2016-07-20T18:33:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:50:16.645Z","description":"Bond in the real world over your shared love of augmented reality","url":"https://time.com/4415333/pokemon-go-online-dating-service/","keywords":["Tech","Innovation","Video Games","Pokemon","pokemon go"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Emma Ockerman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/emma-ockerman/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4415333/pokemon-go-online-dating-service/","name":"There's Now a Dating Service for Pokémon Go Players"}}]}] ```