Summary from the comments
I included everything from the comments as of time of writing. Everything is in here at least in honorable mentions.
For those looking just like me, here’s a list from the comments, ordered by what piqued my interest more (depending on first impressions only):
- WolfQuest from @supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
- Webbed from @Solumbran@lemmy.world - I love this one, already played it, it’s a puzzle game 2D platformer
- Snake Pass from @Elevator7009@lemmy.zip - I loved this one, played it already! It’s a puzzle game
- Endling from @nocturne@slrpnk.net and @Auster@thebrainbin.org - sad warning
- Giant list of bunny games (and others) from @Elevator7009@lemmy.zip - jesus christ, brother loves bunners
- Stray from @hobata@lemmy.ml - not in nature but it looks really good, good reviews
- Little Kitty, Big City from @MurrayL@lemmy.world and @Elevator7009@lemmy.zip - 100% positive reviews, damn
- Timberborn from @LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone and @waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world and @Lowleekun@hexbear.net - Beaver city builder is impressively oddly specific
- Shelter and Shelter 2 from @MurrayL@lemmy.world - both look really fun but the graphics are a bit eh
- Niche from @supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
- Farewell North from @MurrayL@lemmy.world - looks like it could make you tear up really good, not really focused on survival, though I guess I didn’t mention that in OP
- Winter Burrow from @MurrayL@lemmy.world - not really focused on animal-specific mechanics but looks good!
- Microtopia from @Elevator7009@lemmy.zip - Robot ant factorio
- Cattails from @Elevator7009@lemmy.zip - Stardew Valley with kitties?
- VORON: Raven’s Story from @Elevator7009@lemmy.zip - more focused on the mysticism
- Parkasaurus from @Elevator7009@lemmy.zip - looks like jurassic park except it’s indie
- Empire of Ants from @ClassIsOver@hexbear.net - looks fun but held back by reviews about difficulty
- The Isle from @supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz - seems a bit convoluted, but dinosaurs = worth it
- Birb from @Elevator7009@lemmy.zip - lol
- Animalkind from @Kory@lemmy.ml - how do devs even come up with this
- Unparallel from @Auster@thebrainbin.org
- SimAnt from @tacosanonymous@mander.xyz - a dos game??? cool!
- Catlateral Damage from @nocturne@slrpnk.net - lol
- Necromonicat - lol
- Bad Mojo from Left as Center - what in tarnation
Honorable mentions:
- Oceans and Evolution from @supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz - board games
- Lead The Meerkats from @nocturne@slrpnk.net - Wii game
- Eastshade from @Klanky@sopuli.xyz - you don’t play as an animal but it looks like a really cute chill game
- Cat Quest series from @MurrayL@lemmy.world - the animals are kinda just skins but I guess it fits in what I asked for haha
- Everything from @agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works - a fever dream of a game, played it, it was WEIRD bro lol
- Okami from @Auster@thebrainbin.org
- Tanglewood from @Auster@thebrainbin.org
- The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince from @Auster@thebrainbin.org
- Overseer from @Auster@thebrainbin.org
- Champions Online from @HubertManne@piefed.social - has a bunch of animal costumes
Thanks all for so many suggestions! Lemmy never disappoints!
Original Post
Do you know of any games in which you play as an animal? EDIT: preferably in nature, though Stray is still a really great recommendation!
I’m really looking forward to Migration.
I played one that had really good graphics, and you played as an ape, but it was so bad gameplay-wise that I gave up on it.
I also loved playing ant colony management games though I pretty much forgot their names.
Spore kind of fits the theme as well.
Dinosaur games included. Idk if I would count Jurrasic Park and Jurassic World but those kinds are welcome too.----___
Man, compiling the list at the top… I love that. Thank you so much!
The least I can do, it’s for myself too
Stray.
Stray
That’s a car game /s
Great recommendation! I almost forgot about it! I thought by the graphics it will require a really beefy GPU but nope, the requirement is really tiny! Thanks :3
Untitled goose game. Bear simulator. Goat simulator.
If you like management type games, planet craftor, satisfactory, and factorio.
Played them all lol
Untitled Goose Game was fucking hilarious, I loved it
Planet Crafter is pretty good too.
All great choices.
May I add: Bee Simulator - wholesome, cute, and simple, but educational!
Squirrel with a Gun: exactly as chaotic as it sounds. Goat Simulator vibes.
Just Crow Things: Cartoony, small puzzles but delightful nonetheless.
I’m sure there’s others in my various game libraries but that’s just off top of my head.
Some that I haven’t seen mentioned yet:
- Shelter / Shelter 2
- Little Kitty Big City
- Cat Quest (series)
- Winter Burrow
- Farewell North
Thanks! Those are a lot of good ones it seems
WolfQuest is the obvious touchstone here I think.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/926990/WolfQuest_Anniversary_Edition
Very realistic apparently in many ways.
Niche is based in a fictional ecosystem but is a great simulator game where you try to build a pack of animals and deal with evolution and survival.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/440650/Niche__a_genetics_survival_game/
The Isle looks decent
https://store.steampowered.com/app/376210/The_Isle/
I also HIGHLY recommend the Board Game Oceans…
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/232414/oceans
…and other games in the series that started with Evolution.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155703/evolution
Digital versions are available for both and both are very deep.
Thanks!
Bad mojo was a hit if you like old games. You play a cockroach…
now I’ve played some shit in my life but damn, haha
Endling is a great game, sad… but still a good game.
Necromonicat you play as HP Lovecraft’s sadly named cat, who vows revenge on his master.
Catlateral Damage you play as a cat, well destroying things.
There was a game I had on Wii that you played as a meerkat colony, called Lead the Meerkats.
Thanks!
Timberborn fits the bill
Colony management game, OP. You do not have first-person perspective, but the same perspective you get in most !citybuilders@lemmy.world. You build up a society of beavers only. I recommend it. It is set in nature in a post-apocalyptic type setting where beavers are the only sapient beings, but it comes off way more environmental hazard to work past and you can restore nature, and way less depressing and hopeless than “post-apocalypse” implies. Speaking as someone who typically writes off anything post-apocalyptic as not for me.
Yea it looks really good actually, despite not FPP
@waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world also nice username lmao
I haven’t played it yet, but maybe Animalkind would be to your liking: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2997840/Animalkind/
LOL
SimAnt.
Never expected a DOS game
- List I made for games heavily featuring bunnies, I think all of them have playable bunbuns.
- Snake Pass: cute 3D snake platformer with interesting movement mechanics based on how snakes move in real life.
- VORON: Raven’s Story, have not tried myself yet
- Cattails and its sequel Cattails: Wildwood Story, cute cat life simulation
- Little Kitty, Big City, also haven’t tried myself yet
- Birb, a free incremental/idle game where you are a pigeon
- In Parkasaurus you don’t play as the dinosaurs, but you do manage a zoo full of them
- Got Microtopia because ants + !automationgames@lemmy.zip, albeit these are robot ants if I recall correctly.
I am a sucker for these kinds of games too. Might edit in more answers at some point.
Thanks! Those are pretty good
Closest ones I could think of, but still misses:
- Okami, but the protagonist is a mythical animal
- Tanglewood, but the fox you play with stands on too legs, and considering by the little story, it could be some fictional species.
- The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince, but you play as shapeshifter wolf
- Overseer on Itchio, but you play as a shapeshifter fox.
- Unparallel, but the mice you play with stands on two legs.
- Endling: Extinction is Forever sounds like the closest one to me, but it’s still on my wishlist, not my completed list, so can’t tell how good/bad it could be.
Thanks!
Everything seems more like a gamified Alan Watts lecture than a proper game, from what I’ve played, but you might count that.
Thanks!
Oh yea this one I get behind 100% I loved playing it
Empire of Ants just came out on PS5
Thanks!
