The top five virtual animal games

Virtual animal games are very popular amongst children. This article details some of the top virtual animal games that can be found on the internet.

Howrse

Howrse is a great site for breeding, raising, showing and trading of horses. There are many breeds to choose from and it is free to play. You can purchase “Passes” which can greatly help your game play. Great graphics and extreme game play and are the perfect virtual game for anybody who is interested in horses.

Neopets

Neopets is a completely free website that has been around for many years. The game has many things for you to do like such as creating or adopting pets, battling, making your own home, playing games to earn money, stock market etc. This game will keep you very busy and very entertained and is definitely worth checking out.

Show dog

Show dog is a game that is free to play though one can benefit greatly from a paid membership. In this game, you breed, raise and show dogs. The goal is to gain the title of best in breed with your breeding stock. This is a very mature site and has an adult target audience although it is also good fun for kids.

Pet Nebula

Pet Nebula is another site like Neopets. The bonus of this game is that the more you train your pet, the more pets you can unlock. Thus, this gives you an incentive to keep playing the game which can keep you amused for long periods of time. The site is free to play and sign up is highly recommended.

Tamagotchi

The Tamagotchi is a hand-held digital pet that was extremely popular in the U.K and all around the world in the late 90's. Upon removing the tab of a Tamagotchi unit, an egg will appear on the screen. After setting the Tamagotchi unit's clock, the Tamagotchi will hatch after several seconds, after which the player will be told of its gender and will be given the opportunity to give ithem a name. The objective of the Tamagotchi is to then look after the virtual animal as though it were a pet. If you do not look after it properly, it can end up dying. If you do end up properly, then you will reap the awards as your pet will be happy. The Tamagotchi is the ultimate virtual animal game.