Pokémon GS Vitro (open-world Crystal remake fan game)

Pokémon GS Vitro is a free fan remake of Pokémon Crystal that turns Johto into an open world. It is made in RPG Maker XP by ClaraDragon with Horo, Angeleiro, KidFates, SrGio and StevenMix, and version 1.0 came out on 30 October 2026 as a Windows download. No ROM or emulator is needed. Get it only from the team’s own blog, pokemonperseida.blogspot.com: the team says gsvitro.com is a fake site. Because Pokémon is Nintendo’s commercial IP, we only link to the team’s page. We have not played it ourselves; this page is based on the team’s posts as of 1 November 2026.

What it is

GS Vitro retells the second-generation story with a different structure. According to the team and the press coverage before launch:

• Open-world Johto: several towns and routes are open as soon as you leave the starting town, so you choose the order of your Gym battles.
• Gym Leaders adapt: each one has more than one team and uses the one that fits the point at which you challenge them.
• Field moves instead of HMs: you do not need to teach HM moves to cross water or cut trees.
• New Mega Evolutions for Johto Pokémon, such as Mega Meganium, Mega Typhlosion and Mega Feraligatr. The team published the full list, with types, abilities and stats, on its blog in January 2026.
• Graphics in the style of the Nintendo DS games rather than the Game Boy Color original.

The download page links version 1.0.2, a French translation by Traduction Fr Fangames, and an artbook.

How to get it

1. Open the GS Vitro page on the team’s blog. The page is in Spanish and English.
2. Use its download button. It leads to a ZIP file on a file host.
3. Unzip the folder anywhere and start the game executable inside it.
4. If nothing happens, install the free RPG Maker XP RTP and try again.

We do not host or mirror the file, and we do not link the file host directly: links on the blog can change between versions.

The fake gsvitro.com site

A week before launch someone registered gsvitro.com (24 October 2026) and filled it with the game’s art and AI-written guides. It ranks well in search and looks official. On 31 October 2026 the team posted that it is not theirs, that it sends players to unauthorized download links, and that anyone who downloaded from it should delete the files and run a full antivirus scan. Other look-alike guide sites have also appeared. The team’s blog, its Discord and the creators’ own social accounts are the only official channels.

Phones

The team releases GS Vitro for Windows only. Android players sometimes run RPG Maker XP games through apps such as JoiPlay; whether GS Vitro works that way, and how well, is untested by us and not covered by the team’s FAQ. There is no official APK or iPhone app, so treat any site offering one with suspicion.

More Pokémon fan games

If you want something you can play in a browser tab instead, PokéBonk and PokéSurvivor are free Vampire Survivors-style Pokémon games, and Pokémon Battle Advanced is a battle game on itch.io. For the original first-generation games on PC, G1R Deluxe is a native port of Pokémon Red and Blue that needs your own ROM.

Is it official, and will it stay up?

GS Vitro is an unofficial, non-profit fan project. Pokémon and its characters belong to Nintendo, The Pokémon Company and Game Freak, none of which is involved. Nintendo has a long record of taking down Pokémon fan games, especially popular ones, so there is no guarantee the download will stay available. We have not seen a takedown as of 1 November 2026.

Unofficial. This page is written by an independent directory. It is not made by, endorsed by or affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company (developed by Game Freak) or ClaraDragon and team (Pokémon GS Vitro (open-world Crystal remake fan game)'s author). We do not host any files, and we never link to game files, ROMs or ISOs.