23 Gaming Animal Memes For Gamers Who Their Player 2 Has no Thumbs, Just Paws

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Apr 24, 2025 9:00 PM EDT

There's something meowgical about being a gamer with a cat at home. I know that from firsthand experience. Yesterday night, my wife and I were playing Mario Kart, which I constantly lose (while still having loads of fun). But the fact that we have a beautiful, wonderful, ameowzing, gentle, yet such a dumb cat at home, helped me take my first win!

Cassie, my cat named after Cassandra from the Dragon Age game series, is named as such because they both have black hair. This is where their similarities end, though. Cassie is the cutest little furball, but she can be as dumb as a brick sometimes. During our last match in Mario Kart, which was pretty close (but I was still trailing behind), Cassie decided to sit right in front of my wife's side of the screen. I took the opportunity and threw Blooper on her just as she was about to get up from her sit to shoo Cassie away. It was the move that got me my first-ever win over my wife in Mario Kart!

It was such a funny night. I woke up this morning with a celebratory mood, so of course I channeled that into my meme-finding abilities. I searched the interwebs far and wide to celebrate both gaming and pet pawrenting, by finding you a bunch of gaming animal memes. They're not your typical gaming memes, they're animal memes tailored for gamers. Press START to begin this animalistic laughter level.

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via ICANHASCHEEZBUNGER.COM
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via @GalaxyZeinz
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via @FighterPosting
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via ICANHASCHEEZBUNGER.COM
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via @hometoursandotherstuff
The fact that this meme was able to refer to two games at once and add a wonderful wombat in for good measure? Top notch. Tier S. Golden league. We cannot have it any other way, this is the best.
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via @WholesomeMeme
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via @KyanJohansson
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via @contextdogs
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via ICANHASCHEEZBUNGER.COM
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via @WholesomeMeme
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via @horseimage
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via ICANHASCHEEZBUNGER.COM
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via @my-darling-boy
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via @GalaxyZeinz
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via @SuperMightyMM
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via @happycatlovers
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via @WholesomeMeme
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via @sleepy-bebby
If this were to pop up in an indie game, whether it's a game about raccoons or not, it would instantly make it a favorite game, for sure. Of course the answer is “Accept”, press it like 30 times in two seconds.
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via @SuperMightyMM
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via ICANHASCHEEZBUNGER.COM
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via @contextdogs
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via @horseimage
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via ICANHASCHEEZBUNGER.COM