Sometimes having a real pet is difficult. Maybe your are strict or your loved ones are allergic. It’s not great, but there are other alternatives like virtual pet apps. These are a subset of the simulation genre where you adopt, feed, clean, and take care of a little virtual pet. The genre has its ups and downs, but the games are usually family friendly and adorable. You may even recognize some names on this list, like My Tamagotchi Forever by the same company that did the little Tamagotchis from the 1990’s. Anyway, here are the best virtual pet apps and games!
1 . Cat Wizard
This year’s Halloween Doodle follows freshman feline Momo on her mission to rescue her school of magic. Help her cast out mischievous spirits by swiping in the shape of the symbols above the ghosts’ heads. And you’d better pounce fast—the ghost that stole the master spellbook is getting away!
From the team that created the Magic Cat Academy:
The inspiration for this year’s cat spell-casting game came from a real-life black cat named Momo that belongs to Doodler Juliana Chen. It seemed like a good opportunity for a cat hero, since the winner of last year’s Candy Cup Doodle was Yellow Witch and her black cat.
2. Hellopet
Hellopet is another unique virtual pet game. This one uses screen overlay functionality on your phone to give you a little pet. The pet runs around on your phone basically all the time. You may see it wander by when answering a text message or while scrolling your app drawer. The game itself has you adopting the pet, taking care of it, and play little mini-games. At its core, it’s a fairy traditional virtual pet game. However, we couldn’t help but geek out our dog ran across the screen while scrolling Twitter one day. The in-app purchases on this one could be a lot better, but it doesn’t seem to affect the funnest parts of the game that much.
3. Cthulhu Virtual Pet
Cthulhu Virtual Pet gives you your very own little Cthulhu to raise and take care of. You can do the usual stuff like feed and take care of your little Cthulhu and it will evolve over time to adulthood. There are also five mini-games and a fun 8-bit graphic style. The game is a little slow, even for this genre, but there are always ways around that like manually setting your clock forward on your phone. Don’t forget to pray to your Cthulhu to keep it happy!
4. Clumsy Ninja
Clumsy Ninja is another virtual pet style app with people instead of animals. You train, take care of, and play around with a little ninja person. The game features a variety of mini-games, a bunch of customizations for your character, and little challenges to complete. You can even tie balloons to the little guy and make him float away. People tend to enjoy the game for the most part. There are some questionable permissions and the occasional bug, but by and large there’s nothing too offensive about this one.
5. My Boo
My Boo is another traditional style virtual pet app and one of the more popular ones. You adopt and raise a cute little blob monster. Players raise it, give it attention, feed it, and customize it with various cloths and such. To be honest, you won’t find a lot of unique stuff with this one. The game just does all of the virtual pet stuff well and that makes it easy to recommend. The advertising can be a little over the top sometimes, but you can pay money to make those go away. It’s a decent overall experience.
6. My Tamagochi Forever
My Tamagotchi Forever is the mobile remake of the popular little game from the 1990’s. However, this doesn’t look or act anything like the classic game. It does provide a good virtual pet apps experience, though. You adopt your Tamagotchi and do all of the usual stuff including raise it, play with it, feed it, and clean up after it. This one also includes a neat augmented reality feature that ties into the game quite well. We highly recommend the game just to try out the AR features alone, honestly. It’s a free game with free mechanics. However, with a little patience, you don’t have to worry about them.
7. Talking Tom Series
The My Talking Tom series (by Outfit7) is one of the most iconic mobile virtual pet apps. The original My Talking Tom has over 500 million downloads at the time of this writing. In any case, there are a bunch of games in the series to choose from, including My Talking Tom 1 and 2, My Talking Angela, Talking Tom Gold Rush, and a few others. You feed your Talking Tom, take it to the bathroom, and even talk to it. There are a bunch of mini-games and customizations to play with as well. The games are still among the best virtual pet apps even after all these years.
8. My Doumi
My Doumi is a virtual pet game developed by Dr. Panda Limited which is compatible with iOS devices. This free mobile game lets players enjoy thirteen different activities with their pet Doumi and play four different mini-games.
9. Moy 5
Adopt your own baby Moy, a magical creature that will be your virtual pet! You will have to take care of it, customize it and play with him in 45 different minigames or in the multiplayer mode.
10. Pet Amoeba
Pet Amoeba is a children’s game created by Cyrofrog Inc. It is a game where players can teach their virtual pet amoebas to play music, create visual arts, study, and play games like 2048 and Memory Match.
Summary & Thoughts
Digital pets are distinct in that they have no concrete physical form other than the hardware they run on. Interaction with virtual pets may or may not be goal-oriented. If it is, then the user must keep it alive as long as possible and often help it to grow into higher forms. Keeping the pet alive and growing often requires ‘feeding’, grooming and playing with the pet. If the interaction is not goal oriented, the user can explore the character of the pet and enjoy the feeling of building a relationship with it through grooming and playing with said pet. To conclude, virtual pets are actually great for practice before getting a real one. Though they are virtual and fictional, they, too, need to be cared for like normal pets. Not only that, but they also cure our boredom and are great for killing time.
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References:
- https://www.androidauthority.com/best-virtual-pet-apps-games-android-98122/
- https://binge.co/what-are-the-best-virtual-pet-mobile-games
- https://www.phonearena.com/news/5-best-Tamagotchi-apps-games-virtual-pet-iPhone-iOS-Android_id95038
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