Pocket Waifu: Desktop Pet
Worth it · Short indie · 2024
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
PLAY IT.
Worth it, and it costs nothing.
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 94% positive
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 799 MB of storage. Windows only.
Elevate your desktop experience by adopting a desktop waifu! Similar to a tamagotchi, she will keep you company on your desktop while you work or play other games! Pat her head, feed her snacks, give her plushies, or go fishing. Bring a little joy and cozy vibes to your daily routine!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- Player count is unknown. We assumed a small player base, about 500 owners.
- Steam lists in-app purchases but we have no detail on them. Small caution applied.
The value story
Value puts it in the top 3 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 97 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, hexceed (free, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats Scribble It! (free, scores 70).
197 players were online in it when we last checked, on Oct 1, 11:50 UTC.
The drop-off
18% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
197 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 11:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Pocket Waifu: Desktop Pet scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. Player count is unknown, so the score assumes a small player base; Steam shows 1,731 reviews, so it has at least that many owners. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2989820/pocket-waifu-desktop-petReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26.
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