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Paws & Effect: My Dogs Are Human!

Shimmersoft · Sedoc LLC · 2020-02-28

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 14, 2020 (Mac), Feb 14, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A quirky, comedic visual novel where dogs transform into people and nonsense ensues! Your choices will teach them about the human condition, but beware: They're not the only ones listening. Mysteries and irreverence await you in Paws & Effect: My Dogs Are Human!

Paws & Effect: My Dogs Are Human! is a $4.99 Casual and Indie game released in 2020, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 16 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 16 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-13 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Paws & Effect: My Dogs Are Human! is a quirky-comedy visual novel that is brimming with the kind of obsessive love that only pets inspire! Play as Sadie (name customizable), an aspiring lawyer whose life hurls headfirst into chaos when her two dogs (names also customizable) suddenly transform into people! Guide Sadie through this harrowing ordeal, but beware: Mysterious figures lurk in the shadows, monitoring your every decision! What will Sadie teach the dogs about being human? What will she learn about the realities of canine existence? And who is behind all of these shenanigans? Across a b(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 82% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120202026Week of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.242019-11-242021-02-152019-11-24 — best price $4.992020-02-28 — best price $4.242020-03-06 — best price $4.992020-06-15 — best price $2.492020-06-22 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $1.242020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $1.242020-11-02 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $1.242020-12-01 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $1.242021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $1.242021-02-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DDogCuteAnimeFunnyIndieCasualComedyMatureColorful

Census log

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

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