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Pets & Creatures

If you like Petz, you may be interested in other similar and not-so-similar animal and monster raising games. Here are some that I've either played or had recommended to me.

For another list of Virtual Pet games, check out Computer Critters.

Nintendogs + Cats Nintendo DS & Switch (series) Raise puppies & kittens, play & teach tricks, take them on walks, and compete in agility and obedience competitions.	Creatures PC & PS1 (series) A simulation game with very robust AI, allowing you to raise, teach, and breed creatures called Norns, while exploring the world they live in.	The Sims: Pets PC & Various Systems (series) Create and raise human and animal families and develop their relationships.	Viva Piñata XB360 & PC Find, sell, breed, and raise various kinds of piñatas. Maintain a farm where they can grow.
Amazing Island Gamecube Create monsters by drawing them and collecting parts and accessories, and compete in minigames.	Magic Pengel PS2 Create hand-drawn monsters to fight in competitions, and follow an interesting story.	Pokemon Nintendo Systems (series) Long running series of monster collecting RPGs.	Digimon Various Systems (series) Monster collecting series spawned from tamagotchi-like devices.
Flight Rising Website Breed & sell dragons with unique colors and patterns, play games, collect familiars, and participate in site-wide events.	Wajas Website Breed and sell wolflike creatures called Wajas with unique colors and genes.	Lioden Website Breed lions with genetics, lions age in real time.	Dragon Cave Website Hatch dragon eggs through 'clicks' and breed dragons.
Chicken Smoothie Website Adopt new pets every month, dress them up, trade them with friends.	Neopets Website Adopt and care for virtual pets. Dress them up, play games, earn points and change their appearance.	Subeta Website Adopt pets, change their appearance, and dress up a human avatar.	Webkinz Website Adopt cute animals, play games, and decorate your home.
Goatlings Website Adopt virtual goats and play games.	Monster Rancher PS1 & PS2 (series) Raise and train monsters to fight in competitions.	Monster Crown PC Collect and raise monsters.	Monster Hunter Stories 3DS A departure from typical Monster Hunter series gameplay, Stories allows you to train, ride, and fight alongside monsters.
Zoo Tycoon PC & DS (series) Build and manage a zoo.	Planet Zoo PC Successor to Zoo Tycoon, much more detailed and in depth.	Plant Tycoon PC Breed & sell plants and collect bugs.	Fish Tycoon PC & DS Breed & sell fish.
Hey You, Pikachu! N64 Talk to Pikachu, form a bond, explore!	Sonic (Chao Raising Minigame) Various Systems (series) Some Sonic games (notably Sonic Adventure 2) feature a minigame where you can raise creatures known as 'Chaos'.	Pikmin Nintendo Systems (series) Direct creatures called 'pikmin' to fight monsters and obtain treasure and resources on an alternate Earth.	Megami Tensei Various Systems (series) RPG series involving commanding monsters in battles.
Tamagotchi Handheld A toy that lets you raise a digital pet, which can grow into many different forms depending on your care.	Neko Atsume Mobile Set up a virtual backyard so that cats will come to visit you.	Pocket Dogs GBA Care for a virtual dog. Features real photos of dogs rather than graphics.	Catz Java Adopt and care for a virtual cat.
Shimeji PC Not a game, but a program that lets a character run around on your desktop. Many custom versions exist.	MOPy fish PC Downloadable cyberpet with ai and memory.	Seaman Dreamcast Raise a talking fish with a human face.	Fin Fin on Teo the Magic Planet PC Talk to and interact with a creature called Fin Fin.
Cubivore Gamecube Eat other beasts and evolve into new forms to bring wilderness back to the world.	Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters PS2 An action-adventure game where you fight and eat other fish, solve puzzles, and bring balance back to your home.	Impossible Creatures PC A real time strategy game where you create animal hybrids to fight for you. Features a story mode.	Black & White (series) PC Take on the role of the god of a civilization and command a powerful creature to do your bidding.
Animal Crossing Nintendo Systems (series) Move into a town of animal villagers and live your life. Decorate your home, catch bugs and fish, make friends with villagers, and more.	Darwin Pond PC Simulate evolution in a primordial puddle.	Monster Breeder Website Browser-based text adventure about creating monster hybrids.	Hamham Hamsters PC Keep and breed hamsters. Can be modded.