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METAL DOGS

24Frame,inc. · 2023-03-23

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ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

METAL DOGS is an Action, Indie, RPG game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Very Positive (81% of 799 reviews).

3
playing now
81%
positive of 799 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (382 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 799 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 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34434420212026Week of 2021-08-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1842Aug 2021Sep 2024Aug 2021 — avg 184 · peak 722Sep 2021 — avg 20 · peak 148Oct 2021 — avg 6 · peak 24Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 16Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 29Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 50Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 17Apr 2022 — avg 12 · peak 78May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 19Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 40Jan 2023 — avg 6 · peak 26Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 17Mar 2023 — avg 22 · peak 111Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 42May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 15Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 6 · peak 29Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 13Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 4Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 20Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2022-09-30, latest 2024-09-13 (Steam store data)

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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