7 Days as a Pet Guide: The basic loop
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Overview7 Days as a Pet is a horror-adventure game where you play as a house cat or dog trying to survive a full week under the care of your owner, Marnie. Your choices during the day and especially at night shape which ending you reach and which of the 25 badges you unlock.
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The basic loop: days, nights, and endings
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Each in-game day asks you to carry out tasks as a pet. When night falls, events and strange situations start happening, and the choices you make during those moments stack up toward the ending you get at the end of the week. The game now spans three full weeks of story, so there is a lot to work through across multiple runs.
- Work through tasks clear whatever the game asks of you during the day to push time forward.
- Watch the night carefully most badge conditions are tied to specific nighttime moments, so pay attention to anything unusual.
- Replay with different choices endings change based on your actions, so a second or third run lets you chase different badges and story outcomes.
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Endings worth chasing
TableTwo of the clearest ending-linked badges point to very different levels of effort.
| Okay Pet | reach the end of the week regardless of how many corners you cut. |
| Good Pet | do everything right each day and then choose the one who sneezes at the end of the week. |
| Dear Diary | collect every page of Marnie's diary across the week, then finish it. |
| Best Friends | sleep in Marnie's lap every night starting from Day 3 onward. |
| Pet Pile | share a sleep spot with others on the final night. |
Nighttime events and what triggers them
Tips
Nights are where most of the game's secrets live. Each unusual sound, light, or face is connected to a specific badge condition.
- If you hear rustling late at night, investigate it — that moment is tied to the Treat Time badge.
- Follow any moving light you spot; it leads somewhere connected to the Follow the Dot badge.
- When you see a particular smile directed at you, hold your gaze on it to trigger the Staring Contest badge.
- If you encounter someone who looks like Marnie but feels off, work out which one is real — that is the condition for Wrong Marnie.
- Not every warm lap you find belongs to Marnie, and sitting in the wrong one is the condition behind the Wrong Lap badge.
Pet behaviors that unlock badges
CheckA large portion of the 25 badges are earned by acting like an actual pet in very specific ways. Some require patience, some require repetition, and some require doing something a lot of times.
- Squeeze into a small space and stay there for the If I Fits badge commitment to the spot is what matters.
- Hold completely still for an extended stretch to earn the Loaf badge.
- Run around wildly at night for the Zoomies badge instead of standing still.
- Keep playing fetch without stopping to get the Fetch Forever badge.
- Test gravity by knocking something off a surface repeatedly that is what Gravity Tester asks for.
- Use the in-game toilet as a cat for Toilet Trained, or drink from it as a dog for Toilet Sommelier.
Marnie's diary pages
Warn
Marnie keeps a diary, and finding every page before the week ends is a hard requirement for the Dear Diary badge.
Some behaviors to watch out for
WarnSome of the game's odder moments are traps dressed up as curiosity.
Room size and replay value
SummaryUp to 18 players can share a single session. With three weeks of story now available and 25 badges spread across wildly different conditions, the game is designed to be played several times over.
- Max players per room 18
- Total badges 25
- Weeks of story available 3
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Glossary
Glossary- Marnie
- The owner character who looks after your pet throughout the week; she keeps a diary whose pages you need to collect.
- Ending
- The outcome you reach at the close of the week, determined by how you acted each day and night.
- The Attic
- A new area added in Update 3 that serves as an additional space to explore.
- Mythic
- A Halloween-specific item type introduced alongside the seasonal event.
Common questions
FAQDo I need to find all of Marnie's diary pages in one run?
Yes. The Dear Diary badge requires you to collect every page and then finish the week in the same playthrough. Missing any single page means you will have to start over.
Can I play solo, or do some badges need other players?
The room supports up to 18 players, and at least one badge — Pet Pile — requires sharing a sleep location with others on the last night.
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