The Game Census
Dog in the Machine cover art

Dog in the Machine

Studio Chahut · Goblinz Publishing · 2026-09-29

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Q3 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Q3 2026 (Mac)

Train an AutoDog to escape a dystopian mecha-city in this tactical roguelite. Craft powerful modular attacks, plan every move with stress-free real-time previews, and unleash devastating chain reactions to outsmart hordes of killjoy robots!

Dog in the Machine is a 2026 Indie and Strategy game priced at $14.39, with a Positive review sentiment (100% of 40 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-08

100%
positive of 40 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
−20% · $14.39
was $17.99
steam price (US) · on sale

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 56% of 49,670 Indie games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

steam$14.39-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $14.39 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-05-27 (Steam store data)

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

Supreme Ruler UltimateReverse CrawlCthulhu RealmsAnother Brick in The MallBronze Age - HD EditionPax NovaClans to Kingdoms

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗