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METAL DOGS

24Frame,inc. · 2023-03-23

SteamAmazon

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 24, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 08, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Apr 08, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Set in a world after the destruction of humankind, the harsh battle of the combat dog "Pochi" begins. Explore dungeons that change every time you enter, get a wide variety of weapons, and power up your dog! Hunt the evil "WANTED"! Enjoy exhilarating battles casually in this shooting action game.

1
playing now
81%
positive of 798 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

The setting is Japan after most of humanity has died due to the "great destruction". The base is a village at the foot of Mt. Fuji, which has been devastated. The hero "Pochi" who was revived by the mysterious old scientist "Dr. Minchi" will search for his master who left him behind, and go an adventure through dangerous dungeons infested with ferocious monsters.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 38% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 798 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.99 at Steam (2023-09-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$10.992021-08-252026-07-092021-08-25 — best price $16.792021-11-06 — best price $16.792021-11-24 — best price $16.792021-12-03 — best price $16.792022-01-27 — best price $16.792022-02-10 — best price $16.792022-04-08 — best price $16.792022-11-22 — best price $13.992022-12-22 — best price $13.992023-03-16 — best price $13.992023-03-24 — best price $13.992023-06-29 — best price $13.992023-09-13 — best price $10.992023-12-21 — best price $10.992024-03-21 — best price $10.992024-05-24 — best price $10.992024-06-27 — best price $10.992024-07-26 — best price $10.992024-09-13 — best price $10.992024-11-27 — best price $10.992024-12-19 — best price $10.992025-03-17 — best price $10.992025-06-26 — best price $10.992025-09-29 — best price $10.992025-11-10 — best price $10.992025-12-18 — best price $10.992026-03-19 — best price $10.992026-06-25 — best price $10.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing4 DLC

5 supported languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)18241%24
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

DogRPGCuteActionCasualSci-fiMilitaryTop-DownAction RPGController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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