Animals
Creatures entity
300
games
65platforms
Includes non-sentient animals of any kind.
Notable people involved: Rhianna Pratchett and Don Rawitsch
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The use of this tag is preferable over individually identifying the animals if the animals aren't in very prominent role or are so diverse that tagging them individually wouldn't really accomplish anything sane.
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The first Animals video game was released on December 3, 1971.
Wizards of the Coast, Ubisoft, Square Enix and Atari published most of these games.
Platforms
Most common companies
46 Child groups
| Aquatic animals | 1 game | |||
| Badgers | Short-legged, heavy-set, wide stance omnivores related to weasels. They can be fierce in contrast to their size compared to opponents & have reputation of being ill-tempered. | 1991 / 2009 | 4 games | |
| Bats | Insectivore, frugivore, & a few carnivore mammals that truly fly with their hands, not just glide. The smaller ones have sophisticated echolocation. | 1979 / 2023 | 463 games | |
| Beavers | Large semi-aquatic rodents know for a large flat tail, buck teeth which they use to cut down trees, and building dams with those trees. | 1983 / 2017 | 17 games | |
| Big cats | 1984 / 2015 | 25 games | ||
| Birds | Feathered, winged, beaked, egg-laying creatures. Most of which can fly & move perhaps awkwardly (unless flightless) on land. Some also dive & swim. | 1977 / 2023 | 474 games | |
| Bison | Originally misnamed buffalo, they were exceedingly numerous until pioneers, politicians and railroads nearly caused their extinction. | 1971 / 2015 | 12 games | |
| Camels | Long lived even-toed ungulate mammals well adapted to desert conditions. Dromedary have 1 hump, Bactrians have 2. They can carry cargo & provide milk. | 1982 / 2015 | 34 games | |
| Canines | 1989 / 2010 | 7 games | ||
| Cervids | Features any cervids. | 1971 / 2018 | 54 games | |
| Cetaceans | Includes cetaceans, such as whales, porpoises or dolphins. | 1982 / 2023 | 48 games | |
| Cnidarians | Includes animals of the phylum cnidaria, of which jellyfish is perhaps the most recognizable example. | 1983 / 2015 | 26 games | |
| Combat animals | Any animals used in and trained for war, combat, or such as something else than basic beast of burden or mount. | 1989 / 2020 | 59 games | |
| Crazed animals | Features crazed animals. Likely behaving oddly and exhibiting very unusual level of aggression. | 1984 / 2015 | 28 games | |
| Crocodilians | Alligators, Crocodiles, Gharial, and Caimans. | 1982 / 2014 | 24 games | |
| Dogs | Descendent's of domesticated wolves. Thought of as loyal companions often trained to work, tricks, & general help . Often called 'man's best friend'. | 1978 / 2021 | 254 games | |
| Domestic Cats | 1978 / 2023 | 222 games | ||
| Donkeys | Stout tough Equid. Smaller than horses but some are up to 1.6m. Best known as a beast of burden. They will defensively kick, bite, stomp, & vocalize. | 1985 / 2011 | 10 games | |
| Echidna | An small spiny egg laying mammal. Hard to catch and keep caged. Smarter than a dog. | 1995 / 2014 | 3 games | |
| Felines | 1 game | |||
| Fish | 1978 / 2022 | 413 games | ||
| Frog | Includes a frog or frogs. | 1980 / 2022 | 356 games | |
| Giraffes | An animal known for its long neck & legs. It also has large brown spots that nearly cover its yellowish coat. | 1983 / 2015 | 16 games | |
| Hedgehogs | Small spiny mammal that is known for eating smaller pests such as insects & snails though some are herbivorous also. Can curl into a tight spiky ball. | 1984 / 2017 | 20 games | |
| Lagomorphs | Includes hares, rabbits, and/or pika. | 1971 / 2020 | 136 games | |
| Lions | The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. | 1977 / 2019 | 30 games | |
| Marsupials | A mammalish class of animals that do not have a placental sac in utero but instead carry their young in a separate pouch. | 1985 / 2009 | 5 games | |
| Mastodon | A stockier and furry relative of the elephant with four tusks, 2 of which the males shed after youth. | 1 game | ||
| Mice | A type of rodent often considered cuter than rats. | 1980 / 2023 | 118 games (2 characters) | |
| Moles | Several types of small burrowing subterranean adapted mammals. Also known for poor eyesight/blindness, odd/pointy noses, odd feet adapted for digging. | 1988 / 2017 | 17 games | |
| Mollusk | Cephalopods, cuttlefish, octopus, squid, nautilus, gastropods, snails, slugs, abalone, limpets, conch, bivalves, clams, oysters, scallops, mussels. | 1978 / 2010 | 29 games | |
| Moose | The largest extant cervids. They have large twig-like antlers that include broad surfaces. Due to their size, they fear only bear, tiger, & wolf packs | 1983 / 2017 | 17 games | |
| Opossums | North America's Marsupial. More teeth than any land mammal. Prehensile rear feet & tail. Virtual snake immunity. Fakes death brilliantly. & its tasty. | 2 games | ||
| Owls | Mostly nocturnal (or crepuscular), solitary, stealthy birds that hunt mostly small mammals. Eyes & ears fixed forward.Owl are commonly thought of as wise | 1983 / 2016 | 22 games | |
| Pandas | A distinctively black & white bear native to central China that subsists on bamboo (practically exclusively). Replaced the dragon as the modern symbol of China. | 1982 / 2014 | 18 games | |
| Pinnipeds | Semi-aquatic marine mammals that are more graceful in water than on land. | 1984 / 2016 | 14 games | |
| Primates | 1980 / 2020 | 217 games | ||
| Rats | 1981 / 2021 | 173 games | ||
| Rodents | 1971 / 2021 | 96 games | ||
| Sheep | 1980 / 2018 | 86 games | ||
| Skunks | A distinctively stripped mammal known for defensively spraying a fowl smelling liquid from its anal glands. | 1990 / 2009 | 7 games | |
| Testudines | Reptiles with a bony shell on their back & another bony plate on their belly that allows most species to withdraw completely or to some degree inside. | 1981 / 2019 | 178 games | |
| Tigers | Largest of the Big Cats. Know for their dark vertical stripes over a white to redish-orange coat. 3 species are extinct and the rest are threatened. | 1981 / 2024 | 67 games | |
| Ursines | 1971 / 2018 | 138 games | ||
| Wildlife | Includes animals that run about free trying to give the impression of a living world. | 1995 / 2023 | 89 games |