Avataria vs Neopets
Avataria
Avataria is a virtual world game that allows you to become whoever you'd like to be. Customize your avatar to your liking by changing not only its physical looks but also how it is dressed - you can purchase more outfits, costumes and accessories at the mall. Aside from making friends and chatting with them, you can also visit a wide variety of places in the game, ranging from the hangout spot at the park or even at a beauty salon to the hippest clubs in town.Best yet, you are even given your very own virtual home to decorate as you see fit. Throw rave parties at your place and invite everyone on the server to attend! You can visit your friends' homes and just to chill with them (and maybe pick up some interior decorating tips) as well.
Avataria is an amazingly fun virtual world game that everyone can enjoy despite being mainly targeted towards the "teens and tweens" playerbase. So, be sure to drop by Avataria if you're interested and explore this beautiful virtual world.
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!