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Grapple Dog cover art

Grapple Dog

Medallion Games · Super Rare Originals · 2022-02-10

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 10, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 10, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 18, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!

6
playing now
85%
positive of 926 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
11h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Grapple Dog is a 2022 platform game developed by Joseph Gribbin. The game stars Pablo, a dog who traverses through 2D levels using his grappling hook to deal with platforming and enemies.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 58 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 926 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.58-83%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.89 at IndieGala Store (2026-07-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 91 of 118 observed days · $13.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11011020222026Week of 2022-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-11 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.112022-02-102026-08-272022-02-10 — best price $13.492022-07-18 — best price $8.992022-12-05 — best price $7.492023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $5.992023-09-25 — best price $14.992023-12-11 — best price $5.092024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-02-12 — best price $13.482024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-05-17 — best price $14.992024-07-08 — best price $14.242024-08-30 — best price $14.992024-10-25 — best price $3.752024-12-16 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $3.742025-05-19 — best price $3.742025-06-09 — best price $10.792025-07-12 — best price $14.992025-08-24 — best price $3.672025-10-06 — best price $3.672025-11-10 — best price $2.992025-12-06 — best price $14.992026-01-07 — best price $14.992026-01-20 — best price $13.492026-02-18 — best price $2.292026-03-17 — best price $2.402026-04-13 — best price $2.472026-05-07 — best price $2.992026-05-22 — best price $14.992026-06-11 — best price $13.492026-06-30 — best price $2.532026-07-22 — best price $14.992026-08-07 — best price $2.402026-08-27 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
71.8%
earned "One Step At A Time..."
13.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,96911%22
Xbox Series (Xbox)24813%22
Switch (Nintendo)2060%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DDogCuteFunnyIndieActionCartoonyColorfulRelaxingStylized

Census log

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

Recent updates

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