Peridot 4+
One-of-a-kind virtual pets
Niantic, Inc.
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Peridot fulfills your fantasy of bonding with a magical, brag-worthy creature that can fly through the air, always wants to be by your side, and might have a secret love for turkey sandwiches. With the power of AR, this pet simulation game places whimsical beings known as Peridots (“Dots“ for short) in the real world with you. And with Peridot, playing with friends is better, simple as that. Meet up with your besties IRL to Hatch new Dots that will inherit the Traits of their parents, then snap a pic and share it with your friends!
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ADOPT your very own Peridot, creatures that feel and look totally real. Each Dot has unique DNA which makes them a truly special companion made just for you.
NURTURE your creatures and help them live their best lives. Play fetch, teach them how to shake their butt, give them belly rubs, and dress them up in hats, mustaches, bowties, and more!
EXPLORE the world, get outside, and see the world in a new way through your Dot’s eyes. Your Dot is curious about the environment and might uncover hidden items depending on where you adventure with them. When your Dot is looking particularly adorable, snap photos and videos to share with your friends on social.
COLLABORATE with your friends and other players to breed your Dots together and Hatch entirely new Dots that are genetically unique. Discover together what’s possible and encounter endless possibilities of Peridot Archetypes that resemble some of your favorite animals, including cheetahs, unicorns, peacocks, and more. You can even combine and pass down these rare Traits to the future generations of Dots.
EXPAND your beloved family of Dots by unlocking badass Peridot Archetypes and Traits as you climb the ranks within the Peridot Keeper Society.
EXPERIENCE a rich narrative as you learn about the mysterious ancient past of these creatures and work to preserve the species for future generations.
Join this heartwarming journey today and rediscover just how beautiful the world around you truly is.
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With the player’s permission, Adventure Sync uses the Health app to enable the player to earn walking distance when the app is closed.
Notes:
• Peridot is optimized for high-end smartphones, tablets are not supported. Device compatibility is not guaranteed and may be changed at any time. Supported device information can be found at: https://niantic.helpshift.com/hc/en/36-peridot/faq/3377-supported-devices/
• Peridot is an AR-first experience and requires access to your smartphone’s camera while playing the game to interact with your creature in the real-world.
• Continued use of GPS running in the background or camera access can dramatically reduce battery life.
• It is recommended to play while connected to a network in order to obtain accurate location information.
• Please visit playperidot.com for additional information.
What’s New
Version 1.16.0
Various performance improvements, quality of life updates, and bug fixes:
- CHAOS
Ratings and Reviews
Great concept, money grab
This is such a great concept and fun way to teach loose genetic concepts to kids. But the fact that you get very few nests in game and a single nest costs $8 is just crazy. Pure cash grab that’s just frustrating to play with no chance to earn nests more regularly.
Feels incomplete, poorly executed
Whilst the concept is incredibly cute, there is very little in the way of ongoing gameplay. Once you’ve raised your Dot to an adult and done 1 breeding, then raised that baby to an adult, you’re done unless you want to pay $5 every time to breed. In a game whose final end game is to unlock colour combinations and archetypes, that’s almost impossible in the current format. Additionally there is no incentive to keep playing as the only thing you can do apart from the paywall-locked breeding is to feed foraged items, and throw a ball. The game feels like it’s in a beta test and should be part of a much larger game, but this is it. I hope Niantic comes up with more reasons to keep playing, otherwise it’s worth about a week of fun, then it’s straight to the uninstall pile.
Edit: My rating has been dropped to 1 due to a number of near-game breaking bugs. Game sees my dogs as people, and takes minutes of scanning to see a dog as a dog. The tiny finger movements designated as pats are no longer working as pats and are causing the Dots to scavenge instead. Plants are scanning as unnatural surfaces. Dots are ignoring more than half of the food thrown to them. Please fix this.
Nests
Any 5star review you read is before they realise (~2days in) that they will need to Pay 5$ to breed dots.
Breeding dots is an essential part of this game. This will cost you 5$ each time (to buy a single use nest to hatch them in). This game would be really playable if they found an alternate way to monetise it. Making nests a purchase only feature brakes the central mechanic of the game. Breeding subsequent dots to expand your appearance and attributes (exciting) becomes redundant. Therefore as a player your enjoyment will peak after the second day when your dot becomes an adult when in essence you’ve completed the game. Could be easily fixed by returning the ability to hunt for and find nest fragments.
usability - campfire integration weird - I don’t know how to access it and send a hatch request to someone every time I want to read my messages (only way I know to open them)
App Privacy
The developer, Niantic, Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Used to Track You
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Information
- Seller
- Niantic, Inc.
- Size
- 211 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+ Infrequent/Mild Contests
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn't open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © 2022-2024 Niantic
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Nest $7.99
- 2400 Gemstones $29.99
- 1100 Gemstones $14.99
- 525 Gemstones $7.99
- Baby Basket 1 $22.99
- 100 Gemstones $1.99
- 6250 Gemstones $79.99
- Hatch-a-Dot Basket $4.99
- Starter Basket $14.99
- 2x Weekend Nest Basket $19.99