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Russian Subway Dogs cover art

Russian Subway Dogs

Spooky Squid Games Inc. · 2018-08-02

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 02, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jun 28, 2023 (Xbox One), 2018 (PlayStation Vita), Aug 02, 2018 (Mac)

A fast-paced arcade game inspired by the real-life stray dogs of the Moscow metro. Compete in online leaderboards and progress through a challenging campaign while unlocking guest critters from your fave games! Juggle vodka, bark fire, cook bears, and more! Can you steal enough food to survive?

97%
positive of 276 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
4.52★
PlayStation Store rating (21 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (36 reviews).
  • · Top 36% of 18,541 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.9k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 276 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.74-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 20 of 33 observed days · $11.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520182026Week of 2018-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$3.742018-08-022026-09-202018-08-02 — best price $13.492018-11-15 — best price $11.992019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-05-15 — best price $9.892019-08-07 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-01-13 — best price $14.992020-05-07 — best price $7.492020-08-09 — best price $14.992020-10-24 — best price $7.492020-12-22 — best price $7.492021-02-11 — best price $6.742021-05-18 — best price $14.992021-10-05 — best price $6.742021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $6.742022-05-16 — best price $6.742022-09-06 — best price $14.992022-11-04 — best price $14.992022-12-14 — best price $14.992023-03-12 — best price $14.992023-05-23 — best price $14.992023-09-01 — best price $6.742023-11-17 — best price $5.992024-02-21 — best price $14.992024-04-25 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-09-07 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-02-11 — best price $5.242025-03-27 — best price $5.242025-05-28 — best price $14.992025-08-14 — best price $4.492025-10-16 — best price $4.492025-12-18 — best price $4.492026-05-07 — best price $4.492026-07-23 — best price $14.992026-09-07 — best price $3.742026-09-20 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
80.4%
earned "Bone Lover"
3.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-08-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4951%37
PS Vita (PlayStation)38916%36
PS4 (PlayStation)676%36
Xbox One (Xbox)574%35

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

Player tags

2DDogCatsCuteFunnyMemesRetroActionArcadeTrains

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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