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Elevate your PC experience with charming desktop pets. Inspired by such a wonderful invention as Shimeji, Desktop Pet Project has tried to collect the most interesting and curious mechanics. You can summon up to two pets that will have slight personalities in behavior.

Reviews: Very Positive — 82% — of 50 reviews
Released: 2023-10-26
Developer: Alterran Rumble
Genres: Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Sports
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchMostly Positive76% of 317 reviews2024
    Dev: Weyrdworks
    Windows · Mac

    Work with your pet on the desktop, play with your friends in-game! Weyrdlets is a desktop pet game that blends productivity and play! Customize your pets and homes, hang out with friends, enjoy minigames, and let your pets keep you company on your desktop while you work or study through the day!

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  2. #2 Desktop Cat Cafe
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 89 reviews2025
    Dev: samyamPub: Zippyzappy Games
    Windows

    Build your dream cat cafe in this tiny cozy management sim that lives at the bottom of your screen! Unlock exciting new recipes, decorate your space with our wide variety of goodies, and watch cute cat helpers take care of the cafe while you're doing other things.

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  3. #3 Desk Paws
    96% matchVery Positive91% of 527 reviews2025
    Dev: GinkgoGamesPub: Captcha Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 22.5 hrsMean: 76.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Collect over 100 stylish little pets on your desktop! They can freely move along the bottom of your screen, or live in the little houses you've carefully decorated for them. Hmm... or perhaps send them on adventures to earn treats?

    Why similar: Idler 35.2%, Relaxing 15.2%, Cute 14.3%, Cats 14%, Simulation 8.6%

  4. #4 Screen Cat
    95% matchVery Positive93% of 1,853 reviews2025
    Dev: Vorh Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Милый кот на вашем рабочем столе. Он будет мурлыкать, когда вы устали. Он будет охотиться за курсором, когда вы работаете. Он будет спать, пока вы играете.

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  5. #5 Desktop Kitten Girl
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 314 reviews2025
    Dev: KDream
    Windows
    Median: 87.9 hrsMean: 409.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Wanna make your desktop more interesting? Here comes the cute littile witch! She will keep your company all the time on the desktop! And you can add different events to the little witch's routine! Every event has abundant collection elements. The game supports the steam workshop!

    Why similar: Cats 30.6%, Idler 30.5%, Relaxing 12.5%, Cute 11.3%, Simulation 7.8%

  6. #6 NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws
    94% matchVery Positive97% of 312 reviews2025
    Dev: Lynkpin Game
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 76.6 hrsMean: 243.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Cozy desktop cat companion with an online Study Room. Work or study with Miino, open a Gift Box every 30 minutes, decorate your cat and room with 600+ decorations and 350+ headgear, focus with Pomodoro, lo-fi & white noise, and tidy tools into the Cat Bus.

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    93% matchVery Positive84% of 126 reviews2025
    Dev: Daniel Santalla
    Windows

    A cozy idle aquarium overlay that brings your desktop to life with pixel-art fish. You can hatch, breed, and collect fishes in thousands of genetic combinations. Dress them up with accessories, watch them grow from eggs to adults, and unlock playful upgrades through a skill tree.

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    92% matchVery Positive95% of 264 reviews2025
    Dev: 宫喵家族
    Windows

    Meow Palace is a chill desktop companion & idle life-sim where an adorable palace cat settles on the corner of your screen—keeping you company while you work, study, or secretly slack off.

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  9. #9 Rainbow Cattle
    91% matchVery Positive99% of 326 reviews2025
    Dev: Enjoy Studio
    Windows

    Rainbow Cattle is a desktop pet game for computers. With 11 charming characters and one silly, adorable Rainbow Niu Niu, wouldn’t you want to raise such a cute pet?

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    91% matchVery Positive94% of 1,631 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Idler 29.5%, Life Sim 23.4%, Character Customization 16.9%, Relaxing 14.1%, Cute 13.4%

  11. #11 Molili AI Friends: Your AI Desk Pal
    90% matchVery Positive88% of 217 reviews2025
    Dev: Team Molili
    Windows

    Bring a charming AI friend to your desktop. Molili AI friend listens, reads by your side, blushes when you care, and helps with study or work using a smart personality system that remembers your moments, growing from curious visitor to the companion who understands you best.

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  12. #12 Deskworm
    89% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2026
    Dev: Kinychanchan
    Windows

    A tiny desktop worm pet that moves when you type, click, or play. Dress it up with hats and skins, park it in a pocket where its gaze follows your mouse, and let its Anti-Shrimp reminders nudge you to sit up and stretch.

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  13. #13 My Little Spider
    88% matchVery Positive96% of 357 reviews2025
    Dev: 9FingerGames
    Windows
    Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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  14. #14 Meowjiro
    89% matchVery Positive93% of 857 reviews2022
    Dev: 02GAMES
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 51.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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  15. #15 Oriko Days
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  16. #16 Pets
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 50,500 reviews2023
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    Windows

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  22. #22 Desktop Fishing
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    Dev: Ostend Games
    Windows

    Desktop Fishing is a cozy idle game that sits in the corner of your screen. Go about your usual desk work (or don't) while your frog buddy catches fish, discovers new outfits, and unlocks fishing spots.

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  23. #23 Desktop Tree
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    Windows · Mac

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  24. #24 Chonkers
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    Windows

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    Windows

    Cats are Money is a cozy idle game in the "Tamagotchi" genre where you manage a farm and collect unique cats into your collection. Take care of your pets, feed them, and play with them. Upgrade your farm, unlock new breeds and businesses.

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    Windows

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    74% matchVery Positive99% of 111 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,224 reviews2022
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    Windows

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  36. #36 Sister
    73% matchVery Positive100% of 191 reviews2026
    Dev: Enjoy Studio
    Windows

    Feeling that your computer desktop is too plain? Want to find a cute girl to keep you company? Then try this desktop pet sister!

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  37. #37 Nekokami - The Human Restoration Project
    75% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2024
    Dev: Rocket-in-Bottle
    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive88% of 77 reviews2025
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    Windows

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  39. #39 Fischer's Fishing Journey
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,547 reviews2025
    Dev: CutefishPub: Gamersky Games
    Windows
    Median: 80.2 hrsMean: 156.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    72% matchVery Positive89% of 137 reviews2025
    Dev: Oscar BrittainPub: Akupara Games
    Windows · Mac

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    72% matchMostly Positive74% of 168 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    71% matchMostly Positive79% of 98 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2026
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    70% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    74% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    69% matchVery Positive87% of 203 reviews2026
    Dev: 天赋一饼 Meme Crepe
    Windows

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    69% matchVery Positive85% of 97 reviews2025
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    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 157 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,052 reviews2025
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    Windows
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    68% matchVery Positive81% of 768 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 13,170 reviews2024
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    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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    70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,643 reviews2020
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    Dev: Salt Fish Studio
    Windows

    Bit Buddy reacts in real-time to your keyboard and mouse activity. Every click and movement brings an adorable response from your little companion. Even better, each interaction gives you a chance to unlock new decorations, with no extra effort required!

    Why similar: Idler 57.7%, Cute 20.7%, Simulation 13.4%, Casual 8.2%

  59. #59 Organized Inside
    62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,602 reviews2025
    Dev: Meox Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A slow-paced life simulation and tidying up game about a cat, passion, transformation and growth. Categorizing cluttered everyday household items, navigating ever-changing life experiences, while gradually uncovering the joys and meaning of life through methodical space organization.

    Why similar: Life Sim 36.7%, Simulation 15.4%, Cute 14.2%, Emotional 11%, Casual 6.7%

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