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feeding, grooming and playing with the pet. Some digital pets require more than just food to keep them alive. Daily interaction is required in the form of playing games, virtual petting, providing love and acknowledgment can help keep your virtual pet happy and growing healthy.
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1430:Walking sim
1405:Escape room
1304:Beat 'em up
1243:Bullet hell
1043:28 November
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869:Corinspired
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535:Controversy
425:video games
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1253:Twin-stick
1187:Platformer
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803:References
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487:Tamagotchi
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373:Tamagotchi
191:Sim racing
140:Dating sim
63:Tamagotchi
1931:Christian
1919:Advergame
1807:Artillery
1540:Roguelike
1518:Soulslike
1397:Adventure
1233:Light gun
909:9 January
529:Angelfire
525:GeoCities
392:Web-based
96:Subgenres
2183:Minigame
2135:Masocore
2081:Fan game
1951:Licensed
1876:Non-game
1747:Strategy
1617:Business
1316:Fighting
1275:Survival
1260:Tactical
1105:Archived
1081:Archived
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781:See also
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569:emotions
514:Ludobots
469:PF.Magic
130:God game
2150:Sandbox
1992:Serious
1925:BishÅjo
1842:Fitness
1814:Wargame
1672:Vehicle
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1584:Farming
1484:Sokoban
1348:Stealth
1334:Pac-Man
1210:Shooter
1013:1 March
983:1 March
651:scholar
500:across
491:Digimon
451:History
402:Neopets
377:Digimon
274:History
150:BishÅjo
36:updated
2099:Casual
2092:Design
2074:Doujin
1987:Sci-fi
1963:Sexual
1936:Comedy
1912:Themes
1896:Typing
1869:Rhythm
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1579:Dating
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1969:Eroge
1957:Otome
1946:Girls
1881:Party
1864:Music
1721:Other
1695:Space
1382:clone
1343:Snake
1336:clone
1297:Other
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658:JSTOR
644:books
573:Furby
502:Japan
387:Types
348:, or
155:Otome
145:Eroge
2076:soft
2007:News
1837:Cozy
1765:MOBA
1571:Life
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1248:Rail
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