<s>
Let	B-Application
's	I-Application
Hunt	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
2019	O
geolocation-based	O
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
TiMi	O
Studio	O
Group	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
China	O
by	O
Tencent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
an	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
mode	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
contemporaneous	O
geolocation-based	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Let	B-Application
's	I-Application
Hunt	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
has	O
often	O
been	O
labelled	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Go	I-Application
due	O
to	O
similarities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Let	B-Application
's	I-Application
Hunt	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
location	O
in	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
centered	O
around	O
moving	O
to	O
find	O
and	O
catch	O
in-game	O
creatures	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
entities	O
from	O
Chinese	O
mythology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
contains	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
inspired	O
by	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
bases	O
"	O
for	O
"	O
guilds	O
"	O
where	O
players	O
can	O
build	O
structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
trade	O
digital	O
"	O
kittens	O
"	O
through	O
Tencent	O
's	O
blockchain	B-Application
platform	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
CryptoKitties	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tencent	O
Games	O
announced	O
Let	B-Application
's	I-Application
Hunt	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
on	O
23	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
announcement	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
enter	O
testing	O
in	O
Chengdu	O
in	O
early	O
May	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Chinese	O
App	B-Application
Stores	I-Application
on	O
11	O
April	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
widely	O
labelled	O
as	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Go	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
globally	O
three	O
years	O
earlier	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Abacus	O
News	O
wrote	O
that	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Go	I-Application
and	O
Let	B-Application
's	I-Application
Hunt	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
"	O
look	O
almost	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
"	O
,	O
citing	O
similarities	O
in	O
features	O
,	O
mechanics	O
,	O
art	O
style	O
,	O
and	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Let	B-Application
's	I-Application
Hunt	I-Application
Monsters	I-Application
was	O
China	O
's	O
most-downloaded	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
country	O
's	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
the	O
month	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sensor	O
Tower	O
estimated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
earned	O
more	O
than	O
US$50	O
million	O
from	O
iOS	B-Application
alone	O
in	O
September	O
2019	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
the	O
second-highest	O
grossing	O
location-based	O
AR	O
game	O
behind	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Go	I-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
earned	O
over	O
25	O
times	O
as	O
much	O
globally	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
