Goose game is closer to Hitman where Goat Simulator is more like Garrys Mod. It’s intentionally “glitchy” physics parody in a big open map.

Ah that is a good comparison. I am very familiar with the Hitman series and this does seem to be very similar having a set of objectives and the player needs to put the pieces together.

Writing on Games has a very good video about why that comparison actually really doesn't hold very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ySPq0Sw10

tl;dw: Those other games are more about generating absurd and funny situations through (carefully designed) intentionally awkward controls and silly physics. Goose Game is carefully designed to allow the player to set up and execute a joke for themselves.

Enviro-Bear 2000: https://captaingames.itch.io/enviro-bear-2000

Reportedly¹, the Goose game is quite different from Goat Simulator.

1. https://imgur.com/t/goose/zOcNSI1

Goose game is much more of a puzzle game and goat simulator is a, well, simulator. There aren't goals baked into lists with levels.

Looking at the trailers and watching some clips, Goose game does seem to be a bit more interesting with the puzzles. Whereas Goat Simulator seems to be an interactive meme.

Long ago someone already had the bright idea of making individual sims of tons of different animals all based around the same shitty engine, each with their own separate DLC and flood the android market with them. I was really interested in animal sims for a while.

I think we're headed into good territory though. Check out this clearly Harvest Moon inspired cat sim: http://cattailsgame.com/

Personally, I would like to see an animal-centric classic Gamemaker style RPG a la Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden with an audacious plot on the level of Cats & Dogs.

Oof, don't remind me -- it's been close to a decade since I backed "The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 – Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie – Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa" on Kickstarter.

Hey! As of June this year the developers have said they're still working on it, just most of the team has left so it's just the core two devs now working part time. I'm considering reaching out to lend a hand just so I'm not playing this game in my forties.

I loved playing Harvest Moon as a kid, and more recently Starview Valley. Not sure the cat simulation appeals to me but to each their own!

- SimAnt (1991): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimAnt

Jesus, if there's one game I'd pay for again on Steam or other format, it's that one.

Well, that and maybe the original Leisure Suit Larry, just to see why I wasn't allowed to open that game at all.

the internet archive has lots of dos games available to play in a ready to go emulator: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Leisure_Suit_Larry_1_-_Lan...

Might as well also link SimAnt: https://archive.org/details/msdos_SimAnt_-_The_Electronic_An...

There were good reasons you weren't allowed to play that game. It's just not what kids did.

I sat there guessing all the trivia questions anyway and then did all the things I wasn't supposed to do.

Good times.

If you can get your hands on the original game, it runs excellent in a Windows XP VM. Just played it a few weeks ago.

Loved that game!

Goose isn't really like those. Many of those simulators are full of jankyness and that's part of their appeal.

I love the trend of animal games. I'm a big fan of Shelter (https://store.steampowered.com/app/244710/Shelter/)

You forgot the most important one:

Bread Simulator: https://www.bossastudios.com/games/i-am-bread/

Lol food simulators are next :). I've actually seen this one being played, very comical. The comedy (besides the obvious being bread trying to get to a toaster) is the incredibly difficult controls causing the player to panic and mash buttons sometimes saving themselves, other times flinging themselves into the air.

Potty Pigeon, Initial release date: 1984, Platforms: Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Goal: shitting on everything, Ross's Game Dungeon: Potty Pigeon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIolFGfZaGg

I’m still waiting for Rock Simulator.