Pet idle
Pet care simulator with dogs, cats, and an expanding home
Alphaquest Games · Released Dec 9, 2021
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 78% of 848
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 4 years ago
- Jan 12, 2022
What is Pet idle?
A free-to-play, single-player 2D simulation where you feed, wash, walk, and train virtual pets. Keeping them happy earns money, and they learn tricks as they gain experience. You also tend plants, harvest fruit, catch fish, and collect insects.
For you if...
- +you enjoy decorating rooms and choosing furniture for pets
- +you like collecting animals with different personalities
Not for you if...
- −you expect hands-off progress without frequent attention
- −you want to share pet care with other players
What players say
78% of 848 reviews are positive
Players praise looking after their animals, though others describe the routine as excessive clicking rather than idle play. Purchase prompts draw complaints, and some recent reviewers criticize local saves and difficulty transferring progress between computers.
Screenshots and trailer
Pet idle system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GT 710, 2 GB RAM, 0.4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Pet idle?
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- OS
- Windows 7 or later
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 4000, GeForce GT 710 or Radeon HD 6450 and equivalents
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 400 MB available space
Does Pet idle have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Pet idle run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 15
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, In-app purchases
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian.
Does Pet idle use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
