Borough Buddies is a free, family-friendly location-based game. Walk the streets of Manhattan to discover, catch, and collect 18 original NYC buddies — from subway rats to legendary golden-hour spirits.
✓ No ads · ✓ Safe for all ages · ✓ No account required
Borough Buddies turns your neighborhood into a buddy-hunting playground. No special gear required — just your phone and your shoes.
Buddies spawn near you as you walk. Common buddies pop up everywhere, while rare ones are tied to specific NYC landmarks — visit the Brooklyn Bridge, the Met, Times Square, and more to find them.
When a buddy appears, tap to catch it. Your phone's camera opens and the buddy appears in the real world in front of you. Tap to throw and add it to your collection.
Track every buddy you've ever caught in your personal Buddy Book. Each one has a unique tagline, XP value, and rarity. Can you fill all 21 slots — including the three legendaries?
See how you stack up on the global leaderboard and the Manhattan borough board. Bragging rights are earned one catch at a time.
Every buddy is original — no borrowed IP, no cartoon knockoffs. Just pure NYC attitude, big eyes, and a reason to keep walking.
Borough Buddies was designed with kids in mind — no accounts required, no advertising, no chat. Just a fun game the whole family can enjoy together on the streets of NYC.
We're COPPA-compliant by design. Kids under 13 can play without ever sharing a single piece of personal information.
No ads, ever. No advertiser tracking. No third-party SDKs that snoop on your data.
There's no messaging, no friend search, no way for strangers to contact your child in-app.
Play instantly as a guest. No name, no email, no birthday required. We generate a random display name automatically.
Your GPS is used to find nearby buddies, but we only store which borough a catch happened in — never precise history.
Available for iPhone and Android. No in-app purchases, no subscription. Just download and start hunting.