Underplayed Gems

Screen Pets (2025)

Screen Pets cover
Developer
zowlf
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Casual, Indie, Simulation
Rating
5.0 of 5, 7 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 13 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Your taskbar becomes a cozy home for adorable cartoon animals that wander and play while you work or browse.

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What players say

Players call Screen Pets a simple desktop pet app with cute animals to pet and resize, but no unlockables or story. A recurring complaint is that hiding a pet makes it vanish completely with no obvious way to bring it back.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.