12 Games Like Neopets
This assembled list of online games like Neopets covers other virtual pet games for kids where you’ll adopt, care and train your own virtual monster, animal or human.
Launched in 1999 Neopets is one of the original virtual pet websites allowing players to create their own account, adopt a virtual pet from various species, collect items and play various mini games to generate Neopoints, the virtual game currency. Players are free to explore the game world and diverse Neopets community as they see fit. Set within the world of Neopia players are free to make their own end goal from socialising, collecting rare items, amassing in game wealth or simply enjoying the available games.
The core of Neopets though revolves around caring for your virtual pet which requires players to feed them, keep them healthy with medicine and provide them toys or books to improve their intelligence. Players can also train their Neopets in other areas for use in the Battledome where battle competition with other players or NPCs take place.
The adopt a pet games like Neopets selected for this list allow you to customise your own virtual pet and care for it while playing games and participating in a large community.
Lady Popular
Lady Popular gives you complete control of your own life as you battle it out in the fashion arena, decorate your apartment, juggle a boyfriend and more in the browser based game for young girls and boys. Available in either your browser (or one of the available mobile apps) you’ll be surprised by just how much depth Lady Popular holds behind it’s basic presentation and interface which hide a wealth of fun and gameplay. Players start out their Lady Popular journey by creating an in g...[Read Review]
Goatlings
Goatlings decides not to let you adopt monsters or cute little house pets and instead opts for a more unique animal instead, the humble goat. Taking the goat and mixing it with traditional free to play virtual pet site mechanics made popular from the likes of Neopets. When it all comes together Goatlings is a cute and fun online browser game for all ages that consistently has an active community of players online. While a goat might not be your first thought when it comes to cute adoptable pets ...[Read Review]
Animal Jam
Animal Jam is a virtual world for children that incorporates real animal and plant facts into fun storylines that are supported by National Geographic educational content. Ideal for the curious child gamer Animal Jam also offers a range of social and game mechanics within its virtual world locations to encourage engagement with a child, tween and even teenager audience. Given the audience in mind Animal Jam avoids offering outside advertising in its game experience supporting itself through prem...[Read Review]
Dogzer
Dogzer is a free to play browser based game targeted towards dog lovers worldwide with the ability to adopt, raise, train and even breed your own virtual fur friend. Blurring the lines between social network and MMO Dogzer lets you undertake these activities with your own virtual dog while participating in a large community of other dog lovers within your browser. With well over 50 dog breeds for players to choose from there is plenty of choice when you start your Dogzer adventure and ensures yo...[Read Review]
Flight Rising
Flight Rising lets you tame dragons within your browser. Focused around the breeding, battling and raising of devastating dragons. Due the popularity of the game registrations are only open every few months to allow new players to joy in the fun. After logging in the first time players will select one of eleven elements for their dragon clan to be loyal to, thankfully this isn’t a permanent choice so players can experiment with what the different elements offer throughout the game. The nex...[Read Review]
Horzer
Horzer offers similar gameplay to Dogzer, except that it trades dogs for virtual browser horses. If you’re seeking a game that lets you train horses, compete in equestrian competitions, be part of a community and have a horse related job you’ll be able to do all that and more in the browser based experience of Horzer. When creating your account you’ll get to pick from two dozen initial horse breeds that have their own stats which can dictate the area of Horzer that you focus on...[Read Review]
Rescreatu
Rescreatu is an online virtual pet game that takes place across a number of planets and focuses on the hunting and hatching of monster eggs in order to collect all the available creatures and colour variants. Along the way players can also complete quests, make friends and participate in the in the game economy which rounds out the mixture of virtual pet game and social experience. While not as popular as some of the larger players in this niche genre Recreatu has maintained an active audience o...[Read Review]
Fishao
Fishao (Fish Always Online) combines the joys of fishing, tournaments and virtual worlds into one which creates a very unique and enjoyable game experience. Even if you don’t like fishing you’ll find Fishao to be lots of fun thanks to the friendly community. Joining thousands of other players from across the world players will attempt to try and catch over 200 fish in 10 different areas with their themes. Each area is brilliantly presented and also serves as a hub for you to gather with other pl...[Read Review]
Miramagia
Miramagia is a free to play game that combines farming simulation with a magical game world and role playing mechanics to create a unique blend. Originally available through your browser with Adobe Flash the adventure lives on with a downloadable Windows client. This unfortunately also saw the developer ceasing active development which limits players to the content that was available as at May 2020. While substantial in terms of content and promises hundreds of game hours with the content availa...[Read Review]
Battle Camp
Battle Camp is one of the most detailed and in depth monster training and battle games currently available on mobile devices (both iOS and Android). Fans of the likes of Pokémon will feel right at home as you create your dream team to complete the lengthy quest driven storyline or create the ultimate PvP fighting force and rise through the rankings against other players in real time battles. Having been online since 2013 Battle Camp also demonstrates fantastic longevity and still receives regula...[Read Review]
Gaia Online
Gaia Online is a blend of social and gaming MMO experience with its origins related to an anime based forum that has since grown to be deeper offering. In the current website iteration of Gaia Online players can connect with others, chat on the forums, play games and create their own avatar while collecting fashionable items. Launching in 2003 Gaia Online has had a long evolution to reach this point and while it has grown from a simple community forum this has not seen Gaia Online lack in popula...[Read Review]
MaraPets
MaraPets is an online social game where you’ll adopt your own pet from over two dozen species, play games, complete quests and much more all within your browser. It offers a comparable experience to the popular browser game Neopets and regularly has several hundred players online to befriend and interact with. MaraPets starts in similar fashion to other browser based pet games with players creating their free account and then adopting their first monster themed pet. There are over two doze...[Read Review]