Virtual Hamster

A cozy virtual pet game — care for adorable pixel-art hamsters

Flutter Flame In-App Purchase Pixel Art Freemium Cross-platform

A relaxing virtual pet experience where you care for hamsters in a pixel-art cage. Feed, water, exercise, and clean up after your fuzzy companions — but keep them alive, or it's game over. The free version includes one hamster with a 10-minute session limit; upgrade to the full version for unlimited play with two customizable hamsters and full personality selection.

🤖 Google Play — Coming Soon

How to Play

1

Create your hamsters Name, customize the color, and choose the personality for each hamster. (Full version only — free version has one random hamster and a 10-minute session limit)
2

Keep them alive Monitor hunger, thirst, energy, stress, sickness, and age. Tap the food bowl to feed or water bottle to hydrate when their stats drop.
3

Manage their wellbeing Hamsters exercise spontaneously — turn off lights to help them sleep faster, tap them to reduce stress, and double-tap poop to clean the cage and prevent sickness spread.
4

Earn points and survive Score points by caring for your hamsters. If all hamsters die, the game is over. Keep them happy and healthy as long as possible.

Screenshots

Screenshots from macOS version

Gameplay Features

Free vs Full Version — Free includes one hamster with random properties and a 10-minute session limit; full version unlocks unlimited play with two hamsters and full customisation (name, color, personality)
Real-Time Pet Stats — Hunger, thirst, energy, stress, sickness, and age change continuously — requires active management
Interactive Gameplay — Tap to feed, tap to water, drag the food bowl to reposition it, double-tap poop to clean it up, turn lights on/off, and pet hamsters to reduce stress
Multiple Animations — Walking, running, sleeping, stressed, full, starving, and dead states with smooth 2-frame animation cycles
Pixel-Art Procedural Graphics — All visuals (cage, hamsters, objects, UI) are drawn procedurally — zero image files, resolution-independent
Persistent Game State — Hamster data and settings saved locally; resume your game anytime
In-App Purchase — One-time non-consumable purchase to unlock the full version with offline verification

Technology

Flutter

UI framework (3.6+)

Flame

Game engine — game loop, components, input handling

Flame Audio

Sound effects and audio pooling

In-App Purchase

iOS/macOS App Store & Android Google Play

SharedPreferences

Local persistence for game state and settings

Procedural Art

Canvas.drawRect pixel-grid rendering (zero PNG sprites)

Highlights

Cozy Gameplay — No time limits, no combat, no violence—just caring for cute virtual pets
Retro Pixel Aesthetic — Inspired by 80s arcade games, with charming pixel-art hamsters and cage
Landscape Orientation — Optimized for landscape play on all platforms (iOS, Android, macOS)
Offline Play — Plays offline after purchase verification; works without active internet connection
No External Assets — Fully self-contained rendering with procedural graphics—fast load, small download size