Yes — Pet idle is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Is Pet idle Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates Pet idle Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play Pet idle on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of Pet idle. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Is Pet idle multiplayer?

No — Steam lists Pet idle as single-player only.

Is Pet idle on PC Game Pass?

No — Pet idle is not on PC Game Pass right now.

Pet idle

Name: Pet idle
Brand: Alphaquest Games
Availability: InStock

Alphaquest Games · December 9, 2021 · Casual, Simulation, Dogs, Cats, Farming Sim

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Pet idle is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Pet idle

Pet Idle is a simulator where you can take care of various virtual animals! Build your house to be a cozy home for many pets!

You will need to take care of various needs that your pet will demand, such as food, thirst, sleep, bath, walks and games.

Give all your love and attention to your beloved pets, be it a dog or cat. Your pet will gain levels of experience as he has a good life and will learn several tricks: Sitting, rolling, jumping and much more! The happier your pet, the more money you make!

Build, expand and decorate your home, so you can have more and more pets! They will interact with each other, each with different personalities that will affect living together.

With Pet Idle you have amazing mechanisms:
● Pets needs system (hunger, thirst, sleep, hygiene, walking and fun).
● 19 different pet types, dogs and cats of many different breeds.
● Each Pet has a unique personality that affects game play.
● Edit the color of each Pet.
● Build and expand the house to accommodate more pets.
● Take care of your garden, watering different plants and harvesting fruits.
● Collect different rare insects and catch fish of different types.
● Many feature furniture: bowls, beds, tubs and toys.
● Decorate the interior of your house to become a beautiful and unique.
● Teach amazing skills: Sit, jump, run, roll and more.
● Use robots and drones to help you care for your pets.

Come and create an ever better environment for your pets and show everyone how great a caregiver you are!

Pet idle — game info

Platforms: Windows
Steam Deck: Playable
Player modes: Single-player
PC Game Pass: Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Aug 24, 2026

i'll never recommend a game with local saves esp with micro transactions

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Recommended Sep 5, 2026

This game is great, it teaches you about life in a way. It's not pay-to-win, because you don't need to pay to get the pets or furniture you want, rather you can work hard to get the gems needed. You also don't really win, you just take care of your silly pets. I have four pets right now: love, awooo boy, post malone, and awooo girl. They are lovely greedy stinky little creatures, just like real pets. I originally got the game because I was sad and just wanted to feel at ease taking care of virtual things. Indeed this game made me happy. There's also a garden where you can fish and catch bugs, which is pretty cool. Ya I like this game.

1 found this helpful

Not recommended Aug 31, 2026

Do Not Play This Game. I cannot recommend this. This game felt more like a chore than anything close to idle. - The game must be the active tab. You CANNOT further the game while doing something else, it basically pauses. - Automation comes later. Until then it is a constant clicker game - clicking to take care of pets, clicking to pick up coins, etc. Even after automation, the screen is clogged with coins/energy sprites. - Its a money grab game. Think your basic cheap phone game: pop-up ads, play that encourages paying money for progress, fun items stuck behind hard to achieve prices (unless you pay money, of course). Do not get. Free is to high a cost for the time wasted in this game.

1 found this helpful

Recommended Sep 27, 2026

I love pets sm

Recommended Aug 29, 2026

feed your pet 20 pounds of food

Recommended Aug 17, 2026

I adore this game. I have played for many hours and enjoyed this game tremendously. I don't often write reviews but I have come across a problem. I can't back up my world from my laptop to desktop. I have put more hours into my desktop by now but it would be nice to see my old pets fropm time to time. I have grown quite attached to my pets.

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