When I have time, on Galaxy I enjoy adding custom tags to games I own on GOG, and I was wondering if with the help of other people it's possible to create as comprehensive a list as possible for a given tag. I imagine back in the GOGmix days something like this existed, but unfortunately that cool idea was trashed forever thanks to one of the many wonderful ideas GOG has had over the years.

To start I would like to focus on the tag "Animals", then if this thing interests many, we will move on to other possible tags.

Some simple guidelines. A game falls under the "Animals" category if it has one or more of the following conditions:

1. The protagonist and/or co-protagonist is an animal, realistic or anthropomorphic.
2. The antagonist and/or most of the enemies are animals.
3. The world in which we move is populated by realistic or anthropomorphic animals.
4. A creature can be considered an animal if it exhibits characteristics similar to Earth animals, in a more or less anthropomorphized form, whether it lives on Earth or in some fantasy world that resembles the Earth. An alien creature from another planet, no matter how similar to Earth creatures, is not considered an animal but an alien. For example Shelter falls into the category because it has a real badger as the protagonist, as well as Jazz Jackrabbit with an anthropomorphic rabbit as protagonist. Carrion instead doesn't fall in the category because the protagonist is an alien life form.

And now the list that I have compiled, surely still incomplete:

A Bird Story
A Building Full of Cats
A Castle Full of Cats
A Juggler's Tale
A Plague Tale: Innocence
A Short Hike
Abzu
AER – Memories of Old
Age of Wonders
Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne
Age of Wonders 3
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
Anna's Quest
Ape Out
Aqua Kitty: Milk Mine Defender
Aquarist
Arctico
Armello (Delisted)
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
Astrodogs
Avernum: The Complete Saga
Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls
Avernum 3: Ruined World
Backbone
Bad Mojo Redux
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Banners of Ruin
Bear and Breakfast
Bear With Me: The Complete Collection
Bee Simulator
Beyond Good & Evil
Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Biomutant
Blacksad: Under the Skin
Blair Witch
Blazing Beaks
Bloody Hell
Bonkies
Born of Bread
Botanicula
Bread & Fred
BROK The InvestiGator
Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Calico
Castle on the Coast
Cat Quest
Cat Quest II
Catie in MeowmeowLand
Catizens
Cats Hidden in Bali
Cats Hidden in Georgia
Cats Hidden in Italy
Cats Hidden in Maple Hollow
Cats Hidden in Paris
Chicken Assassin: Reloaded
Chicken Police
Children of Morta
Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank
Clid the Snail
Clive ‘N’ Wrench
Combustion (Coming soon)
Creaks
Cult of the Lamb
Curious Expedition
Curious Expedition 2
Curse of the Sea Rats
Death and Taxes
Death Gate (Delisted)
Death's Door
Detective Gallo
Diluvian Winds
Disney The Jungle Book
Disney The Lion King
Divine Divinity
Divinity: Dragon Commander
Dodgeball Academia
Donut County
Doomed Lands
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Dreamfall Chapters: The Final Cut
Dust: An Elysian Tail
DYSMANTLE
Earthworm Jim 1+2
Earthworm Jim 3D
Elder Scrolls: Arena
Elder Scrolls Chapter II: Daggerfall
Empire of the Ants (2000)
Empire of the Ants (Coming soon)
Empires of the Undergrowth
Endling - Extinction is Forever
Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall
Escape Goat
Escape Goat 2
Ethan: Meteor Hunter
Everdream Valley
Fabled Lands
Fall of Porcupine
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout 3
Feudal Alloy
Fight'N Rage
FixFox
Flynn: Son of Crimson
Foretales
FoxTail
Freedom Planet
Future Unfolding
Retro Classix: Gate of Doom
Gato Roboto
Gex
Ghost of a Tale
Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
Gori: Cuddly Carnage (Coming soon)
Grimoire : Heralds of the Winged Exemplar
Grotto
Hamster on Rails
Harvest Days: My Dream Farm
Hatoful Boyfriend
Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star
Haven Park
Hello Goodboy
Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition
Hoa
Hogs of War
Hollow Knight
Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore a Fedora (Delisted)
Impossamole
Inherit the Earth
Inkulinati
Inspector Waffles
Islets
ITTA
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Jet Kave Adventure
Jet Lancer
Journey of a Roach
Kao the Kangaroo
Kao the Kangaroo Trilogy
Kero Blaster
King of Dragon Pass
King's Quest 5
King's Quest 7
Kitaria Fables
Kynseed
Lands of Lore 1
Lands of Lore 2
Lands of Lore 3
Learning Factory
Legend of Grimrock
Legend of Grimrock 2
Legend of Kay: Anniversary
Leo the Lion
Leo the Lion's Puzzles
Let's Ride! Silver Buckle Stables
Little Big Adventure
Little Big Adventure 2
Lonesome Village
Lost Eden
LOST EMBER
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
LumbearJack
Lunistice
Mail Time
Mari and Bayu - The Road Home
Master Key
Master of Magic
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow
Mayhem in Single Valley
MDK 2
Metamorphosis
Megaquarium
Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories
Miasmata
Mondealy
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Moo Lander
Mordheim: City of the Damned
Morphopolis
Mousecraft
My Brother Rabbit
My Time At Portia
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Never Alone Arctic Collection
Neverwinter Nights
New Super Lucky's Tale
Night in the Woods: Weird Autumn Edition
Nightmares from the Deep 3 (Delisted)
Nine Noir Lives
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Of Blades & Tails
Omensight
Orwell's Animal Farm
Overcooked: Gourmet Edition
Overcooked! 2
Paquerette Down the Bunburrows
Paws: A Shelter 2 Game
Pine
Pizza Possum
Political Animals
Prehistorik 1
Prehistorik 2
Pushover
Quest for Glory 1-5
Radical Rex
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
RiME
Ring of Pain
Rusty Lake Hotel
Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space
Sam & Max Hit the Road
Sam & Max Save the World (2007 Original Version) (Delisted)
Sam & Max Save the World
Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse
Save me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition
Scorchlands
Seasons after Fall
Shadows: Awakening
Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms
Shardpunk
Shelter
Shelter 2
Sine Mora EX
Skylar & Plux: Adventure On Clover Island (Delisted)
Space Tail: Every Journey Leads Home
Spindle (Coming soon)
Spiritfarer
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
Stardew Valley
Starshifter
Staxel
Sticky Business
Stories: The Path of Destinies
StrikeForce Kitty
Sudocats
Sumatra: Fate of Yandi
Super 3-D Noah's Ark
Super Catboy
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster
Tails of Iron
Tales of Monkey Island
Tales of the Neon Sea
Tandem: A Tale of Shadows
The Adventures of Shuggy
The Alliance Alive HD Remastered
The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
The Companion
The Darkest Tales
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Falconeer
The Fantastic Kitty Rue
The First Tree
The Flower Collectors
The Last Tinker: City of Colors
The Longest Journey
The Longest Road on Earth
The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition
The Next BIG Thing
The Night of the Rabbit
The Pirate's Fate
The Spirit and the Mouse
The Swords of Ditto: Mormo’s Curse
The Wizard and The Slug
The Wolf Among Us
Thea: The Awakening
Thea 2: The Shattering
Timberborn
Titus The Fox: To Marrakech and Back
To The Rescue!
Tomb Raider 1+2+3
Toonstruck
Tooth and Tail
TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
Tribal Hunter
Trifox
Triple Town
TUNIC
Turok
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Ultima 4+5+6
Ultima 7 The Complete Edition
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
Ultima Underworld 2: Labyrinth of Worlds
Ultimate Fishing Simulator
Unruly Heroes
Wacky Wheels
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures
Warpaws (Coming soon)
Way of the Hunter
Webbed
When the Past Was Around
while True: learn()
Wingspan
Wizardry 6
Wizardry 7
Wizardry 8
Wizards & Warriors
Wolfstride
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Worms: Armageddon
Worms 2
Worms Forts: Under Siege
Worms United
Worms W.M.D
Worms World Party Remastered
Yoku's Island Express
Yono and the Celestial Elephants
Yooka-Laylee
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Zniw Adventure
Zodiacats
Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid
ΔV: Rings of Saturn

You can not get more animal focused than Shelter and Shelter 2....

edit - opps, did not see the last lin in the post there, sorry

edit 2 - but since i am here anyway: Paws: A Sheltered 2 game....

edit 3 - ever wanted to delete your own posts? vote for it here: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/delete_own_forum_post

No problem, if needed I'll use this same post to continue the list, thanks for the suggestion, Shelter games are absolutely in the list I'm updating!

Dragons
Balrum
Cuphead
Divinity: Dragon Commander
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon's Lair Trilogy
Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series (Delisted)
GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
Neverwinter Nights
The I of the Dragon
King of Dragon Pass
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

Cheers

Then you should also look at:

Blacksad
Empires of the Undergrowth
Ghost of a tail
Worms (all games)

Thanks, added all!

How about these?!

Unruly Heroes
The Flower Collectors

Perfect, added to the list!

Dragon Age Origins. Dragons are animals.


Baldur's Gate 2, there is Boo

Would Stellaris count? You can make/play as alien species who have an animalistic or anthropomorphic appearance...

Several RPGs allow party members of animal-like races (e.g. catlike, ratlike, lizardlike, minotaurs etc.).
Wizardry 6+7 and Wizardry 8 are a couple of examples.

Worms are animals? Hmm I swore they was categorized into Insects only? well I learned something new today lol

It's true that in fantasy worlds dragons could be considered animals, but since they don't exist in the real world, I would tend to exclude them from this list.

Boo is a tough one, he is described as a "Miniature Giant Space Hamster" so it sounds like he's an alien life form that happens to resemble a hamster or am I wrong? I'm not familiar with Stellaris' lore, but they're supposed to be aliens that happen to resemble Earth animals, so I'd rule them out.
Perfect, if you have other examples where you remember exactly the presence of anthropomorphic animals let me know!

I am really excited to play Wingspan.

Out of curiosity, the bear of "Bear with me" is alive or is a talking puppet?
In Giants: Citizen Kabuto what animals are there? Or are they aliens?

I'll add Stories: The Path of Destinies and Ultimate Fishing Simulator right away!