Avakin Life vs Neopets
Avakin Life
Avakin Life is a fun and popular social virtual world game that you can play directly on your mobile devices. It may not be as rich in features as other PC-based virtual world games, but it has everything you'd expect from a game that can be grouped with the likes of Second Life and IMVU in the same genre. You can customize your avatar's look and accessories whenever you like with clothes, and animations. You can even bring along a Petkin!Complete quests and actions to earn coins which you can then splurge on apartment decor aside from more clothes. You can purchase and stream the music you like from Shoutcast as well. Visit the many different bars and hangouts the game has to offer, and have fun interacting and meeting with new people from all around the world. Of course, we hardly even need to point out that the game's gorgeous graphics.
Honestly, in many ways, Avakin Life feels like the mobile version of Second Life albeit without all the in-depth world-creating aspect. If you like the idea of playing a more social game, then Avakin Life is for you!
Neopets
Neopets is rather old yet entertaining simulation/virtual world game that lets you adopt and take care of magical and unique pets. This means that you'll be expected to build them a home, buy them food, clothes and other cool stuff. Set in a cartoonish and immense world, you can even set off on exciting adventures with your pet. Best part is that thepets in this game can grow alongside you and they have different looks for different stages of growth, much like the Pokemon in a Pokemon game. There are plenty of fun mini-games to keep you engaged for hours on end as well.
Although the game is a bit on the old side (being released in 1997 and all), the game still holds its charm for players who want a game that's a combination of a usual pet simulation/collection game with a virtual world game. It's free to play and you can play it directly from your browser!