Games like Healing Animal
Games like Healing Animal include Stray, Endling - Extinction is Forever, Shelter 2, Slime Rancher, and The Long Dark. We matched them by the tags players give Healing Animal on Steam (Indie, Adventure, Cute, Survival, and Singleplayer): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Stray
Shared: Adventure · Cats · Singleplayer

Endling - Extinction is Forever
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Survival

Shelter 2
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Survival

Slime Rancher
Shared: Cute · Adventure · Singleplayer

The Long Dark
Shared: Survival · Adventure · Singleplayer

Shelter
Shared: Adventure · Survival · Cute

A Short Hike
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Cute

Slime Rancher 2
Shared: Cute · Singleplayer · Adventure

The Last Campfire
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Cute

Firewatch
Shared: Adventure · Atmospheric · Singleplayer

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Atmospheric

Florence
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Cute

Don't Starve
Shared: Survival · Adventure · Indie

This War of Mine
Shared: Survival · Singleplayer · Atmospheric

Copycat
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Cats

Rain World
Shared: Indie · Survival · Atmospheric

FAR: Lone Sails
Shared: Adventure · Indie · Singleplayer

Rise of the Tomb Raider™
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · Survival

Cairn
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Singleplayer

Paws - A Shelter 2 Game
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Cute

Don't Starve Together
Shared: Survival · Adventure · Indie

To the Moon
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Singleplayer

OneShot
Shared: Indie · Cute · Adventure

Carto
Shared: Indie · Cute · Adventure