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Life & fun · November 14, 2018

Cheapshot, a multiplayer GPS game

What's happening in your city? Join 🐷 Cheapshot, the next-gen multiplayer GPS game with cops, dragons, and zombies.

Cheapshot, a multiplayer GPS game launched on November 14, 2018 with 11 votes, #900 of 2,709 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

In plain words

Cheapshot is a multiplayer GPS game where players claim real-world locations in their city by planting digital cacti that generate income. Players can upgrade their crops for better returns, interact with others in real time on a map, and compete or cooperate to control territory. The game integrates with a user's actual location, turning everyday places into gameplay zones where encounters with other players happen naturally throughout the day.

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From the sources

Cheapshot is a new take on GPS games. It's multiplayer. It's social.

Stake your claim on places around town by planting 🌵 prickly cacti. Is a location you want already claimed by another player? You can ask them nicely to let you in or take the area by force. 👆️This is a game set in the places you visit every day. Your character goes where you go! Cacti produce a small amount of money. And you can upgrade them to 🌻, 🌳 or better cash crops which are stronger and yield more funds. In Cheapshot, players see each other in real time on the map. Talk to them by holding the 🎙 button. Make new friends or enemies — it’s up to you. You get 🎖experience for everything you do. Install mods as you level-up and always be on the look out for better ones. Mods increase…from cheapshot.co

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