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

Is The Hamster Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates The Hamster 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 The Hamster on Mac?

Yes. The Hamster has a native macOS version on Steam.

Is The Hamster multiplayer?

No — Steam lists The Hamster as single-player only.

Is The Hamster on PC Game Pass?

No — The Hamster is not on PC Game Pass right now.

The Hamster

Name: The Hamster
Brand: Minds2Bros
Availability: InStock

Minds2Bros · July 12, 2024 · Casual, Simulation, Incremental, Relaxing, Open World

The Hamster is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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About The Hamster

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The Hamster is a relaxing clicker game where you tap away to earn points and unlock adorable skins for your hamster companion. It's designed for low-stress, pick-up-and-play fun that runs smoothly on any modern PC without demanding your full attention.

Welcome to "The Hamster" – an engaging and relaxing clicker game where your goal is to collect unique skins for your cute hamster. Earn points, unlock new skins, and enjoy the simple gameplay. This game is perfect for those looking for a straightforward and fun way to pass the time.

"The Hamster" is a game that will provide you with many pleasant moments. It doesn't require much time or special skills, but it can captivate you for a long time. Enjoy the light and relaxing atmosphere of the game anytime, anywhere.

Notes: The game requires minimal resources and is suitable for most modern PCs.

The Hamster — game info

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

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What Steam players say

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

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The Hamster is a free idle clicker game that offers easy achievements and a simple gameplay loop, but players are divided on its actual value. Many criticize it as exploitative, designed primarily to generate Steam Marketplace items for the developer to profit from rather than provide genuine entertainment, comparing it to similar scam titles. Most agree it's only worth engaging with if you're specifically chasing easy completion metrics, otherwise it's best avoided.

Recommended May 13, 2026

10/10

3 found this helpful

Recommended May 26, 2025

would recommend the game nice to play 1 achievement easy to get

3 found this helpful

Not recommended Jan 6, 2025

is another disgusting clicker scam game like "banana". Effectively a blockchain/NFT game, but abusing the Steam Marketplace instead of some other blockchain/wallet system... the end result is the same, this isn't a real game, it's just dumped on Steam to scam PC gamers through the Steam Marketplace. It has no value as a serious game, you just click stuff in the hopes an "NFT" marketplace item drops so the developer can get paid for the sale... and of course so the developer can sell ones that he's farmed up himself. So while this looks "free", it's only superficial. The real purpose for this game is for the developer to farm and exploit Steam Inventory items that drop through the game. They can then sell these items in bulk on the Steam Community Marketplace. This kind of Steam abuse, combined with a minimum-viable-product non-game, does no service to gamers whatsoever. This is pollution... it's harmful to everyone. It hurts genuine indie devs, who have to compete with this pollution to get visibility for their sincerely made games. It makes indie devs look bad. It makes it harder for gamers to find those genuinely made games. It's designed to prey on gamers and manipula…

2 found this helpful

Not recommended Feb 20, 2025

Item spam game, if you care about easy 100% games then sure this is great but beyond that I'd give it a miss.

1 found this helpful

Not recommended Jul 4, 2025

"Buy a man eat fish, he day, teach fish man, to a lifetime" - Boe Jiden

Recommended Apr 23, 2025

Finish review on my youtube channel Ryu Potter. cool simple

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