Animals games

This shelf is sorted by who stars in the game rather than by how it plays, so the animal on screen is the common thread while the genre changes from title to title. Around 135 games sit here: about 100 with the general animal tag, close to 20 about dinosaurs and a dozen about cats. Between them you will find reflex games, clickers, runners and virtual pets.

Skater Kitty sends a cat on a skateboard down endless mountain roads, jumping gaps from ramps and grabbing fish on the way. Lovely Virtual Cat sits at the gentle end, a virtual pet to give treats to, play with and take selfies with. Cat Clicker turns each click into cat bubbles and grows from there through upgrades. Several bird games work as one-tap flyers, where each tap keeps the bird airborne as it threads between obstacles.

Choose by pace. Virtual pets and clickers are calm and easy to put down at any moment, which makes them a good fit for younger players. The bird flyers, runners and dinosaur games ask for quicker reactions, and a round can end in seconds. Most use nothing more than taps, clicks or the arrow keys. The whole shelf is free to play in the browser, with nothing to download first.