The Dogs Zone

Games featuring dogs as companions, heroes, subjects, or emotional anchors.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Way of the Hunter 2 - Players say: Track wildlife, study habitats and take careful shots across North American and African reserves while building a trophy lodge. Players like: Detailed Wilderness · Herd Management · Tracking Gameplay ·
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Experience the most advanced, realistic, and visually stunning hunting adventure across vast wilderness in North America and Africa. Encounter lifelike animal behavior, dynamic ecosystems, and dangerous wildlife while building a collection of trophies in your lodge.

Fright Train - Fight through a train overtaken by monsters and survive Antarctica’s cold as paranormal special agent Doug Barker in this chilling single-player third-person survival horror roguelite.
Puppergeist - Journey through the Doggie Underworld in this heartwarming rhythm visual novel. Reunite with your lost Pup by connecting with other dog spirits, learning their stories, and lifting their moods through rhythm games full of charm and challenges!
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Aug 20, 2026
96% 👍
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The Pale Mimic - The Pale Mimic is an atmospheric horror set in the untamed Alaskan wilderness. As a high profile fugitive on the run, it’s just you and your dog surviving in the chilling forests, until something else shows up uninvited.
Royalty Free-For-All - This hilarious party brawler features iconic characters, stages, and music reimagined for a modern generation—and simplifies combat, including an all new PARTY MODE, perfect for friends new to the genre
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Aug 11, 2026
89% 👍
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TAKE CARE OF THE DOG - Hello! Hi! How are you? It's time to play! TAKE CARE OF THE DOG is a short story about... taking care of a dog! Play around, follow him, find items, go get the water in the basement (for some reason) and a lot more!
Bow-wow Battle - Be a dog. Bark. And win. "Bow-wow Battle" is a 1v1 game where you bark into your mic for real! Steam Online Multiplayer supported! Push the tug-of-war gauge with voice volume and rapid-fire barks! Adorable dogs, Dog Road story mode, and Crab Survival. With friends, family, or your crush — bark out!
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May 1, 2026
79% 👍
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Above the Snow - Join the shelter crew and create the best Alpine resort in this cozy narrative tycoon! Enjoy rich character stories, attract and rescue alpinists, manage your resort, and forge new trails. Grab your map, pour a warm cup of tea, and brace for the harshest winter of the 1960s!
Restore Your Island - Players say: Clean a polluted island, sell sorted waste to upgrade tools, revive trees, rescue wildlife, and explore with a dog companion. Players like: Visible Cleanup Progress · Relaxing Island Ambience · Useful Tool Upgrades ·
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Heal a scarred island, rebuild habitats, play with your dog, design your sanctuary, and relax by the fire. Turn this broken, trash-filled island into a thriving sanctuary — one clean sweep at a time.

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Apr 9, 2026
79% 👍
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Exotica 2: Pet Shop Simulator - Players say: Build and run an exotic pet shop: design its layout, care for and breed animals, stock goods, serve customers, and hire staff. Players like: Animal Variety · Shop Customization · Snake Morph Breeding ·
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Exotica 2: Pet Shop Simulator is a cozy management game where you design and run your own exotic pet shop. Care for over 70 animals, raise babies, breed rare color variants, customize your store, and manage customers and staff.

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Jan 21, 2026
76% 👍
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On Sale Now

Discounted 25% or more right now, limited to well-reviewed games, steepest cuts first.

Arctico - Players say: Continue your late mentor’s Arctic research by exploring an icy island with sled dogs, gathering samples, and building an outpost. Players like: Calm Arctic Atmosphere · Dog Sled Travel · Relaxed Exploration ·
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Explore Arctico with your dog sled, kayak, and up to 3 friends! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources and samples, set up labs, and take good care of your dogs in this peaceful island.

Animal Shelter - Players say: Run a dog-and-cat shelter: care for arrivals, treat illnesses, build your facility, and match each pet with an adopter. Players like: Caring for Animals · Heartwarming Adoptions · Relaxing Pace ·
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In Animal Shelter, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home! Don't wait any longer, open your animal shelter now!

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Mar 23, 2022
88% 👍
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Samorost 2 - Players say: Guide a space gnome through surreal alien locations, solving point-and-click puzzles to rescue his kidnapped dog. Players like: Surreal Detailed Worlds · Creative Puzzle Scenes · Goofy Character Humor ·
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Samorost 2 tells a surreal story of a space gnome whose dog just got kidnapped by mischievous aliens. Set out on a short expedition to rescue the pup, deal with curious strangers and relax to the soothing music by Tomáš "Floex" Dvořák.

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Dec 10, 2009
87% 👍
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Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name - Players say: As presumed-dead Kazuma Kiryu, fight through a crime-linked conflict with two brawling styles, spy gadgets, and city diversions. Players like: Emotional Kiryu Story · Agent Gadget Combat · Coliseum Battles ·
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ERASE YOUR PAST TO PROTECT YOUR FUTURE Once a legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu faked his own death and abandoned his name for the sake of protecting his family. Now, he is thrust into conflict by a mysterious figure attempting to drive him out of hiding.

Wobbledogs - Players say: Raise a group of dogs, breed them into odd new forms, and shape their mutations by managing what they eat and where they live. Players like: Cute, Silly Dogs · Unexpected Mutations · Breeding Experiments ·
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A 3D pet simulation where you raise your own personal hive of mutating dogs, physically simulated all the way down to their guts! Wobbledogs is a casual and chill sandbox for players of all ages who want to care for their very own virtual pets in a surprising, unique, and stress-free environment.

Pupperazzi: The Dog Photography Game - Players say: Explore dog-filled locations as a first-person photographer, completing photo requests, cataloguing pups, and upgrading your camera. Players like: Cute Dogs · Relaxed Photography · Dog Dress-Up ·
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Put your love for pups to the test - we have a bunch of dogs that need their photos taken, doggone it! Photograph and catalogue the finest (and derpiest) dogs to build your career, upgrade your camera, and discover new canines. WOOF.

Lyca - Players say: Guide a magical wolf across a barren field, regrowing grass, harvesting resources, and buying upgrades through repeated runs. Players like: Relaxing, Low-Stress Play · Chill Soundtrack · Cute Animal Art ·
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A small, relaxing, incremental game about restoring a barren wasteland into a lush meadow. Help the magical wolf Lyca run through the land, gather resources, and unlock a vast upgrade tree.

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl - Players say: Choose a Nickelodeon character and battle across platform stages with distinctive moves in local or online multiplayer. Players like: Local Friend Battles · Nickelodeon Character Roster · Fast-Paced Combat ·
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Brawl it out with your Nickelodeon favorites in epic platform battles.

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Oct 4, 2021
70% 👍
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Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Purrfect Apawcalypse: Love at Furst Bite - Players say: Trapped in a demon-ravaged school, Olive pursues a dog romance through branching choices that can lead to death or happiness. Players like: Cute-Creepy Art · Charming Characters · Dark Humor ·
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Olive is trapped in school in the midst of the apocalypse! With demons slaughtering every dog in sight there's only so many left to spend time with! Will their special someone be Brownie the snack-loving corgi, Sparky the sporty husky or Patches the dalmatian bookworm? You decide!

Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space - Players say: As canine detective Sam and his chaotic partner Max, investigate five surreal cases through point-and-click exploration and puzzles. Players like: Absurd Character Comedy · Sam and Max Banter · Distinct Episode Settings ·
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The Freelance Police are back on the crime beat in a newly remastered version of their second episodic season. Zombies will dance. Mariachis will sing. A giant battle robot will trash the streets. And when their friends’ lives are at stake, Sam & Max will risk their very souls to set things right.

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Dec 8, 2021
99% 👍
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Purrfect Apawcalypse: Patches' Infurno - Patches is dragged to school for the first ever cat-and-dog school day! All he needs to do is get this damn collar off and wreck some havoc! Will he prove cats and dogs can get along, or will he make this the Purrfect Apawcalypse?
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - The last game in the episodic Sam & Max trilogy, beautifully remastered! As the intergalactic villains who seek the Devil’s Toybox close in and Max’s psychic abilities grow beyond his control, the Freelance Police will come up against their most frightening adversary yet: the power of Max’s mind.
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Aug 14, 2024
99% 👍
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Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever - One thousand zombies from the massacre of Hachiko High are crashing Olive's birthday party! Trapped in the Grimalkin Estate they'll have to unravel the mystery behind the zombies, all while making sure their friends are having the Purrfect Apawcalypse!
Stars In The Trash - Stars in the Trash brings the magic of animated movie classics into a narrative-driven platformer that combines action, exploration and puzzles. Tired of feeling trapped at home, Moka, a spoiled cat decides to run away and seek adventure. Explore, make friends, fight, and escape from the kennelman.
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Dec 9, 2024
98% 👍
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Sheepherds! - Sheepherds! is a cozy co-op party game for 1–4 players, where you and your sheepdog buddies guide colorful flocks through beautiful landscapes to collect their wool. There’s no time limit. Bark, run, and play together, or take on challenges to win even more rewards!
Spice&Wolf VR2 - Players say: A VR anime vignette follows merchant Lawrence, Holo, and their daughter at a bathhouse, with scenes to watch and an anime theater. Players like: Warm Family Story · Charming Characters · Expressive Animation ·
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The team behind the original series has gotten together to bring you into the world of Spice and Wolf again for a second installment of VR animation! Animation has evolved from "watching" to "experiencing."

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Dec 9, 2020
97% 👍
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The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure - Players say: Retired beekeeper Sherlock Holmes prepares a picnic for Watson while exploring a Sussex village and solving its small mysteries. Players like: Holmes-Watson Story · Strong Voice Acting · Cozy Pixel Art ·
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Beekeeper (and former world’s greatest detective) Sherlock Holmes is arranging a surprise picnic for his friend Watson. Unfortunately pesky mysteries keep getting in the way! Explore, find clues and interrogate your neighbours in this cosy adventure.

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Mar 26, 2025
97% 👍
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CANINE - PSX style horror game about a boy looking for his dog, kidnapped by an evil corporation that runs experiments with pets.
Russian Subway Dogs - A fast-paced arcade game inspired by the real-life stray dogs of the Moscow metro. Compete in online leaderboards and progress through a challenging campaign while unlocking guest critters from your fave games! Juggle vodka, bark fire, cook bears, and more! Can you steal enough food to survive?
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Aug 2, 2018
97% 👍
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Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

DORONKO WANKO - Players say: Play as a Pomeranian, spread mud through its owner’s house, wreck belongings, and unlock gear as the damage adds up. Players like: Cute Dog Mischief · Relaxing Chaos · Satisfying Destruction ·
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『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

Dogs Organized Neatly - Players say: Fit 30 oddly shaped dogs into grid puzzles across 80 handcrafted levels, rotating each pup until every space is filled. Players like: Cute Dog Designs · Relaxing Music and Art · Satisfying Grid Puzzles ·
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In this 2D puzzle game you have the responsibility to arrange lovely doggos in a way that fits the grid. Dogs Organized Neatly comes with 80 brand-new hand-crafted levels and a whole bunch of dogs in all shapes and sizes.

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Nov 1, 2021
98% 👍
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Enigma of Fear - Players say: Detective Mia searches the impossible Perimeter for her missing father, piecing together clues and solving puzzles amid paranormal threats. Players like: Satisfying Deductions · Intriguing Mystery · Distinctive Visuals ·
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Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.

Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™ - Players say: Guide four intertwined lives through World War I in a 2D adventure of exploration, puzzles, stealth, and canine-assisted escapes. Players like: Moving Human Story · Hand-Drawn Art · WWI Historical Details ·
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Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.

Montaro - Players say: Guide a Shiba Inu through side-scrolling streets, jumping hazards, collecting Doge coins, and unlocking costumes. Players like: Cute Shiba Art · Simple One-Click Play · Costume Collecting ·
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Montaro is a DOGE.

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Jul 25, 2016
95% 👍
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FATE - Players say: Explore shifting dungeons from Grove, battle monsters, collect gear and spells, and grow stronger with a pet by your side. Players like: Childhood Nostalgia · Loot and Progression · Simple Dungeon Crawling ·
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Play (or Re-play) This Classic Dungeon Crawler!During the golden days of action RPGs, FATE was a powerhouse, winning runner-up for PC Magazine’s Role-Playing Game of the year. Popular enough to spawn 3 sequels, this was one of the premier dungeon crawlers of its time.

Montaro RE - Players say: Guide an endlessly running Shiba through shifting city streets, jumping hazards and collecting coins to unlock costumes. Players like: Cute Shiba Art · Quick Casual Runs · Costume Unlocks ·
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The DOGE is back!

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Nov 23, 2018
95% 👍
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Sam & Max Save the World - Players say: Two freelance-police oddballs investigate hypnotized former child stars, solving point-and-click puzzles as the case grows into a conspiracy. Players like: Absurd, Witty Dialogue · Sam-Max Chemistry · Clever Item Puzzles ·
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An open-and-shut case of petty vandalism balloons into a far-flung mind-control conspiracy involving former child stars, the media, the mafia, the government, the internet, and the bright side of the moon. Telltale's episodic classic, lovingly remastered by members of the original development team.

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Dec 2, 2020
94% 👍
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Fuga: Melodies of Steel - Players say: Children fleeing an invasion pilot an ancient giant tank, fighting turn-based battles while managing its crew and supplies. Players like: Emotional War Story · Expressive Art and Music · Tactical Turn-Based Combat ·
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Fuga: Melodies of Steel is an RPG where you place children, each with their own unique characteristics and skills, at different gun turrets in a tank to fight against the enemy.