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Pet idle is a single player casual management game. It was developed by Alphaquest Games and was released on December 9, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Adopt pets, take care of them, teach them skills and create a comfortable home!

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75%Audience ScoreBased on 1,146 reviews
graphics22 positive mentions
monetization152 negative mentions

  • Cute, charming graphics and adorable pet designs with smooth animations.
  • Easy to play, relaxing, and a good casual time-killer for pet lovers.
  • Free to play without necessarily spending money; gradual progression with various pets and house customization.
  • Not truly an idle game; pets require constant attention and their needs decline very quickly, causing stress and making it less convenient for casual play.
  • Heavy monetization with expensive in-game items and pets requiring premium currency (diamonds) that are very hard to earn without real money.
  • Lack of cloud saving or proper account syncing causing progress loss; numerous bugs, glitches, and intrusive forced advertisements that disrupt gameplay.
  • monetization

    171 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    3% positive mentions, 8% neutral mentions, 89% negative mentions

    Reviews highlight that the game features frequent and sometimes intrusive ads, including forced and lengthy ones that disrupt gameplay, leading to frustration among players. While some appreciate the ability to play without mandatory purchases and find ads manageable, many criticize the excessive ad frequency, unclear effectiveness of the ad removal purchase, and the pressure to watch numerous ads to earn in-game currency. Overall, monetization feels aggressively implemented, detracting from the game's enjoyment for many users.

    • “There are in-game purchases, but you are not required to buy them.”
    • “It's not difficult to get into and even though there are in-game purchases, you can comfortably play without spending any money.”
    • “You can play the full game without ever having to make an in-app purchase, which is a huge plus!”
    • “This game features prominently placed, unskippable, and potentially disruptive real-world advertisements.”
    • “The grift and cash grabbing keeps getting worse... this product is hooked into Steam's "totally not NFTs" community marketplace/inventory, which means you can buy, sell, and trade tokens for real-world money, and you can "earn" these tokens by playing the game.”
    • “The game was cute and fun but I literally had to uninstall after 30 minutes because it is overrun by ads every 3 taps.”
  • graphics

    35 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    63% positive mentions, 28% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are consistently described as cute, colorful, and charming, with adorable pet designs and smooth animations that enhance the overall appeal. While the art style is praised for being well-done and visually pleasing for an idle browser/mobile game, some users note minor issues such as missing in-game skins, limited customization options, and occasional lag. Overall, the graphics positively contribute to the game's enjoyment despite some small drawbacks.

    • “The graphics are absolutely adorable, and the animations are great.”
    • “The graphics are great and the concept is super cute.”
    • “The cartoon graphic is really good and the game is very charming and charismatic overall.”
    • “The game visuals and the game itself are incredibly shallow... think of them as the too-bright, colourful, thin plastic cabinet dress theme on a poker machine at the casino.”
    • “Some of the pet skins shown in the artwork aren't even available in game.”
    • “Graphics and colour customization options could be better.”
  • gameplay

    30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 53% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The gameplay is generally simple and idle-based, offering some addictive and enjoyable mechanics, especially for fans of collecting virtual pets. However, it often feels slow, repetitive, and marred by intrusive ads, microtransactions, and occasional bugs, which detract from the overall experience. While tutorials and active elements keep players engaged initially, lack of variety and pacing issues lead to boredom for many users.

    • “I've come across very few ads while playing this, and the gameplay is very simple but addictive (in a good way).”
    • “What's good is that there's an easy-to-follow tutorial and it always keeps you busy, so you're still interested in the game. Amazing quality, fun gameplay—I recommend playing.”
    • “A random one pops up when clicking something, but the overall gameplay is really nice.”
    • “But the gameplay is slow, boring and does not feel fun at all.”
    • “The game becomes repetitive and the lack of variety in gameplay leads to boredom setting in relatively quickly.”
    • “Tl;dr the game does not give me any reason to play it, and any gameplay it has is clunky, buggy and full of "buy this $5 pack" for no real benefits.”
  • stability

    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    4% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 96% negative mentions

    The game generally offers a fun experience but is frequently hampered by glitches and freezes, especially during key actions like saving/loading, gardening, or pet interactions. These stability issues often disrupt gameplay, with freezing occurring across multiple devices and sometimes forcing restarts. While some users report minor bugs that don't heavily impact play, many request fixes to improve overall stability.

    • “I've been playing it since I was eight and it's super fun that there are no random ads, freezes, or glitches.”
    • “The game freezes if it is not in focus, which kills the entire idea of an idle game: you want to be able to do other things at the same time.”
    • “Every time I load from the cloud, it freezes.”
    • “It's a nice game but as soon as you get to the garden and try to water the plant it just freezes and won't let you drag the watering can to the plants at all; even refreshing the game forces you to do the tutorial again but it freezes at dragging the watering can over seeds.”
  • story

    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    24% positive mentions, 64% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions

    The story aspect in the game is limited and largely centered around repetitive daily quests that often suffer from bugs, such as quests not resetting or not properly tracking progress. Players find the quest system restrictive, sometimes requiring gem purchases to speed progress, and express frustration with quest-related glitches, especially Henry's quests. Overall, while the game's narrative is minimal and quest-driven, technical issues and progression barriers detract from the storytelling experience.

    • “Completely free, not required at all to spend real money, you can collect diamonds easily enough by doing the simple daily quests (by clicking on the house with the red roof) and by spinning the lucky machine and from the daily gift.”
    • “"Harvest 5 mangoes", when the tree takes 2 days to grow and be harvestable, and given this quest as your day 1 quest is a little money grubbing since you need to use gems to speed up growth.”
    • “I rate it 4 stars because it's hard to add plot, for example 10k to 15k, it's really hard even to earn diamond and energy and when you buy at the store there is an ad, hope you fix it thank you.”
    • “Every time I log in to this game, I cannot do the quests as they are already given a checkmark even though I have not completed them yet.”
    • “The daily quests don't reset, and sometimes quests are marked complete after only getting one item, making the quest system effectively broken.”
    • “I can't do Henry's quest to earn gems; it wouldn't let me click anything or claim the gems even though I completed the tasks, only showing a checkmark.”
  • grinding

    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is generally seen as tedious and time-consuming, requiring many hours of active effort to progress or earn resources. While some appreciate the petcare, farming, and bug-catching activities as relaxing, others find the lack of meaningful rewards for grinding discouraging. Overall, the grind can feel excessive, especially for key achievements and currency earnings.

    • “Got a new laptop and can't figure out how to get my old save, the amount of grinding lost... glad the game's real money purchases don't work or I'd be really mad.”
    • “Heck, it isn't even a proper idle game because you have to earn the drones through hours of active grinding to get any semblance of idle play.”
    • “Very nice game but the grinding is a bit much, to get a lot of energy (the game currency to buy pets) it takes a lot of grinding.”
  • music

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 42% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The music in the game is generally described as cute, calming, and uplifting, with some tracks being particularly relaxing and enjoyable. However, some users find the music occasionally sad, inconsistent, or too loud, and there are reports of audio glitches like overlapping tracks. Overall, the soundtrack contributes positively to the game's vibe but could benefit from more variety and polish.

    • “The two music tracks are very uplifting and relaxing.”
    • “Especially the slow, airy song is a favorite.”
    • “Only started but enjoying the game because it's very calming and the music is a vibe.”
    • “I don't like the music and the sound effects were too loud.”
    • “And when I touch one of the pets, it plays horror music.”
    • “I just want to make ads for promotion, extra pets (like foxes, rainbow kitsune, and more), and an intro, more background music, even more!”
  • humor

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is noted for its charm and cuteness, with amusing elements like the drones picking up pets adding to the fun. However, the German translation is considered unintentionally hilarious due to its poor quality. Overall, the humor is lighthearted and enjoyable but could use some polish.

    • “The German translation is hilariously bad lol.”
    • “What made me laugh is the wheel.”
    • “I love how the drones pick the pets up. It's funny to watch, and the pet traits are a good feature. I just love this game; I am really enjoying it.”
  • emotional

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game delivers a fun and heartwarming experience, offering a cute and wholesome environment where players can care for adorable animals like pandas and Shiba Inus. Its emotional appeal lies in nurturing pets and enjoying their charming interactions.

    • “It is fun and heartwarming; you can take care of animals. A panda commented, 'What's your favorite animal? Mine's the Shiba Inu.'”
    • “Cute, casual, wholesome game where you take care of your pets' needs.”
  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users note a lack of optimization for display features, specifically pointing out the absence of settings to accommodate notched screens on Android devices.

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game offers a charming experience but lacks long-term replayability, as most content is completed once all energy pets and machines are acquired.

    • “Not the best yet decent, it is a cute game yes although not a lot of replayability once you get all the energy pets and get the machines.”
  • character development

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users appreciate the addition of new pets and interactive features like walking dogs, but note a limitation in character development due to the lack of choice between a boy or girl character design. Overall, the character-related features enhance the game, though customization options could be improved.

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Play Times

8h Median play time
7h Average play time
4-9h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 2 analyzed playthroughs
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Pet idle is a casual management game. Common tags for Pet idle include indie, life sim, family friendly, relaxing, nature and others.

Pet idle is available on PC, Web Browser, Phone, iPad and others.

On average players spend around 7 hours playing Pet idle.

Pet idle was released on December 9, 2021.

Pet idle was developed by Alphaquest Games.

Pet idle has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Pet idle for its graphics but disliked it for its monetization.

Pet idle is a single player game.

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