‘Stray Dog: no one cares’ goes viral, and it’s not arduous to see why: it’s an upcoming Souslike recreation the place you play as a stray canine on a mission to rescue its grasp.
In case you like Soulslike video games, or actually loved the a part of Twilight Princess the place you play as Wolf Hyperlink (or Okami, for that matter), that is the sport for you. In Stray Dog: no one cares (sure, that’s the title, and that’s the way it’s capitalized), you are taking management of a keep canine who was raised by a disgraced knight from delivery.
As instructed by the sport’s description on Steam, this knight as soon as earned glory combating for an unnamed legion, however was later slandered and solid apart after uncovering its “darkish secrets and techniques.” Now an outcast, he travels the dominion with solely his hound by his aspect, instructing the animal find out how to survive the risks they face on the highway collectively.
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— Stray Dog Official (@Parry_Frames) August 20, 2026
The knight is all of a sudden and tragically captured, forcing his pup to courageous the treacherous border fief Greythorn and the tyrannical legion that has invaded it with a view to save him, utilizing solely its wits and the sword it wields in its jaws.
The sport guarantees a slew of the usual Soulslike mechanics we’ve turn into aware of over the past twenty years, with our trusty doggo in a position to parry, stealth kill, backstab, and ship a deadly “demise blow” to its opponents. Its Steam web page touts a number of fight arts, customized ranges, “brutal boss fights,” and exploration of the usual darkish and gloomy medieval environments widespread within the style.
Screenshots and gameplay footage from Stray Dog have unfold throughout social media, incomes oodles of reward and numerous feedback promising to wishlist it as soon as it lastly releases at an as-yet unannounced date.
In reality, the sport has gotten a lot consideration that its developer, Parry Frames Studio, revealed a statement on Steam thanking followers for their curiosity and offering an replace as to its present progress.
“To our shock, our recreation all of a sudden grew to become well-liked on X, and previously few days, many enthusiastic gamers have flooded in. Firstly, enable me to specific our gratitude to everybody for their consideration to us,” the assertion reads.
“Once we got down to create our personal recreation, we have been simply a small group captivated with [Souls] video games. We self-taught the Unreal Engine and final yr, we have been awarded a Megagrant by Epic Video games as encouragement, which helped us launch our first recreation, Crimson Oath.
“…What I wish to specific is that our group at present gathers a group of execs, whose positions embrace battle design, recreation programming, recreation artwork, in addition to stage design and stage artwork. We’re a group that has a ardour for Soulslike video games, so please imagine that we’ve ample technical capabilities to make this recreation.”
It’s at present unknown when Stray Dog: no one cares will launch, nevertheless it appears like its title will want a change, as a result of it appears a lot of individuals do care, really.
For extra video games the place you play as an animal, take a look at our overview of Stray, a puzzle-solving motion platformer the place you play as a cat traversing a harmful put up apocalyptic world.
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