What is a property game?

Three different things share the label. Board-style property games like Monopoly GO use dice and a virtual board. Idle or investment property games let you buy and hold real-world addresses from anywhere. Location-based property games require you to physically travel to an address to claim it. They play nothing alike, which is why reviews in this category are so often disappointed.

Is there a real-world version of Monopoly?

Not officially. Several games take the idea of owning real places — Landlord GO lets you buy them remotely, while Atlas Earth and BloodRivals both require you to be physically present at the spot. None are affiliated with Monopoly.

Which property games make you walk?

BloodRivals does — you have to stand at an address to claim it, or to seize one nobody is defending. A garrisoned house is taken by sending fighters, which you can do from anywhere. Atlas Earth also makes you travel: you can browse the whole map from its web app, but its own help centre states that buying a parcel still requires you to be physically present at it. Landlord GO and Monopoly GO can both be played without leaving the house.

Do any of them pay real money?

Atlas Earth pays out small amounts of real money. BloodRivals does not — there is no cash-out of any kind, and none is planned.

Which property game has the most players?

Monopoly GO by a very large margin, then Atlas Earth and Landlord GO. BloodRivals is by far the smallest of these and is concentrated in Norway.

The category

Property games: three kinds that play nothing alike

"Property game" covers three genuinely different things, and almost every angry one-star review in this category comes from somebody who wanted one of them and installed another. Sorting that out is more useful than a list, so that's what this is.

1. Board property games

Monopoly GO! is the giant here and one of the biggest mobile games ever made. You roll dice, move around a virtual board, build, and trade stickers with friends. The "property" is a game piece — it has no connection to anywhere real.

If that's what you're after, that's the answer, and nothing on this site competes with it. We're saying so plainly because the alternative is letting you install a walking game by mistake.

2. Idle and investment property games

These use the real world map but let you play from anywhere. Atlas Earth sells plots pinned to real GPS coordinates that accrue while you own them, and pays out small amounts of real money. Landlord GO — now trading as Get Rent — puts real buildings on a real map and lets you trade them.

This is the restful category. Nobody can take anything from you, the number goes up, and you never have to put shoes on.

Compared in detail: Atlas Earth·Landlord GO / Get Rent

3. Location-based property games

Here the address has to be reached on foot. BloodRivals is this one: you claim a real address by standing at it, build it up through its levels, it generates income while you hold it, and another player can take it off you — on foot if it is undefended, with fighters if it is not.

The category is defined by the thing the other two don't have — loss. Nothing you own is permanent, and the map is populated entirely by other people's claims rather than by spawns or listings.

Side by side

Swipe the table sideways to see BloodRivals →

Monopoly GO, Atlas Earth, Landlord GO and BloodRivals compared across what the property is, travel requirement, whether it can be lost, and real-money payout.
	Monopoly GO!	Atlas Earth	Landlord GO	BloodRivals
The property is	A board square	A GPS plot	A real building	A real address
Must you travel?	No	No	No	Yes
Can you lose it?	n/a	No	Via the market	Yes
Real-money payout	No	Yes	No	No
Population	Enormous	Large	Large	Small, Norway

The board, right now

That last row is the one that should decide it, so here it is as a number rather than an adjective. The board currently has 123 registered players holding 23,664 properties. (as published 2026-09-13 — the app shows the live count)

So which should you install?

Want to play on the sofa and watch a number rise? Category two. Want dice, friends and stickers? Category one. Want the thing you own to be somewhere you actually stood, and to be at risk while you're at work? That's us, and it's a much smaller world.

Common questions

What is a property game?: Three different things share the label. Board-style property games like Monopoly GO use dice and a virtual board. Idle or investment property games let you buy and hold real-world addresses from anywhere. Location-based property games require you to physically travel to an address to claim it. They play nothing alike, which is why reviews in this category are so often disappointed.
Is there a real-world version of Monopoly?: Not officially. Several games take the idea of owning real places — Landlord GO lets you buy them remotely, while Atlas Earth and BloodRivals both require you to be physically present at the spot. None are affiliated with Monopoly.
Which property games make you walk?: BloodRivals does — you have to stand at an address to claim it, or to seize one nobody is defending. A garrisoned house is taken by sending fighters, which you can do from anywhere. Atlas Earth also makes you travel: you can browse the whole map from its web app, but its own help centre states that buying a parcel still requires you to be physically present at it. Landlord GO and Monopoly GO can both be played without leaving the house.
Do any of them pay real money?: Atlas Earth pays out small amounts of real money. BloodRivals does not — there is no cash-out of any kind, and none is planned.
Which property game has the most players?: Monopoly GO by a very large margin, then Atlas Earth and Landlord GO. BloodRivals is by far the smallest of these and is concentrated in Norway.

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