Compiling a list of Games starring Dogs

[Snowi]

Hey ho,

it is the Year of the Dog. Now I thought about playing games related to Dogs this year, but after some thought I cant recall a lot of games even having dogs in them.

So I thought about asking you lot, do you remember games which are having dogs as playable characters, as allies or are dog themed?

Please no Asset Flips, shovelware and the like.

List of Games so far: (Will be updated as new games are found)
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2018:
Far Cry 5 - Not Released

2017:
Fallout: Shelter
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Okami HD
Pyro

2016:
Epistory - Typing Chronicles
Montaro
Pixel Puzzle Ultimate + Dog DLC
Rimworld
Sheltered
Super Mega Neo Pug
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Special Edition
Turbo Pug 3D
Turbo Pug DX

2015:
200% Mixed Juice!
Assassins Creed Syndicate
Fallout 4
Final Fantasy VI
Grand Theft Auto V
Life is Strange
Mad Max
Mega Man Legacy Collection
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Turbo Pug
Undertale

2014:
Claire
Freedom Planet
Never Alone
QP Shooting - Dangerous !!
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

2013:
100% Orange Juice
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Dota 2
Final Fantasy VIII
The Sims 3 + Pets Addon

2012:
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Torchlight 2

2011:
Fable III (Hidden Game)
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

2010:
Fallout: New Vegas
Sam & Max: The Devils Playhouse

2009:
Dragon Age: Origins
Fallout 3: GOTY Edition
Torchlight

2008:
Fallout 3
Sam & Max Season 2

2007:
Sam & Max

1998:
Fallout 2

1997:
Fallout

1995:
Earthworm Jim

TBD:
Freedom Planet 2
Home Free

Dog-like creatures:
Warframe

Non Steam Games:
Animal Crossing Series
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Dead to Rights
Dog´s Life
Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Duck Hunt
Fable 3
Ghost Trick
Mother 3
Nintendogs
PaRappa the Rapper Series
Persona 3
Petz: Dogz
Rule of Rose
Samurai Shodown
Sims 2 + Pets Addon
Smash Series
Star Fox Series
Tales of Vesperia
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Tokyo Jungle
Wallace & Gromit Series
Wonder Dog
Yoshi´s Island Series

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Thank you :D

[Snowi]

Thx Epistory and Dust added.

[Kargor]

Maybe you should, in general, add a marker to each game whether it's an "actual dog" (i.e. the real animal as we know it), or a character/entity based on dogs.

I also have the Warframe Kubrow pet -- like everything in Warframe they are not like anything we know today, but the Wiki describes them as

The Kubrow are a canine-like egg-laying species that originally served as companions and pets for the Orokin, and later as attack and guard animals for the Orokin elite.

http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Kubrow

Point being "canine-llike". As such, the wiki (I don't remember whether that's also an ingame term) even refers to newly incubated Kubrows as "puppies".

[sfnhltb]

Pixel Puzzles Ultimate has a Dogs DLC.

[Snowi]

@Kargor I have added Warframe under a new separate point on the list. Kubrow have the idea to be doglike but on the lore side, they have nothing to do with dogs. For example Rush from Megaman is a robot. but ultimately it tries to mimic a dog. But to be honest I dont know exactly where to draw the line what a dog is and what not.

@sfnhltb I had a look at the game, are you sure it isnt a shovelware/cashgrab game?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/351030/Pixel_Puzzles_Ultimate/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/480594/Pixel_Puzzles_Ultimate__Puzzle_Pack_Dogs/

[Hooch]

Far Cry 5.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/552520/Far_Cry_5/

[sfnhltb]

Snowi původně napsal:

@sfnhltb I had a look at the game, are you sure it isnt a shovelware/cashgrab game?

I have spent over 600 hours now doing puzzles in it, so pretty sure I wouldn't categorize it as either of those, and the game has been in continuous development with more features and expansions added for well over a year now, so pretty much 100% the opposite of shovelware.

Obviously there is the fairly common usage of "cashgrab/shovelware" games as a synonym of "games I don't like", but that is a fairly useless definition given it is entirely subjective (i.e. no one can predict what anyone else would apply the terms to without knowing exhaustively their taste in games).

[Snowi]

@Aionion Added :)

@sfnhltb

sfnhltb původně napsal:

Snowi původně napsal:

@sfnhltb I had a look at the game, are you sure it isnt a shovelware/cashgrab game?

Obviously there is the fairly common usage of "cashgrab/shovelware" games as a synonym of "games I don't like", but that is a fairly useless definition given it is entirely subjective (i.e. no one can predict what anyone else would apply the terms to without knowing exhaustively their taste in games).

Well actually, here in germany, we do have a definition. The term Shovelware describes the product of a company which only wants to make the most possible money with the least amount of work while disregarding or limiting the e.g innovation of a game. An example: Cookieclicker is a normal game, but adventure capitalist would be a candidate for a Shovelgame. The reason is the Cookieclicker devs did something new/different with old gameplay mechanics, while Capitalist just copied the idea and only changed the graphics.

Another example would be the Smartphone App market, we have companies like Bigpoint and Travian Games which only hired waste amount of developers, put them in 5 man teams and give them all the same gameconcept and what theme it should have. It is all the same game in the end.(That was also the reason why we do have this definition.)

There is nothing wrong with liking these games, but in my mouth this kind of game do give me a bad aftertaste, especially when I see other developers trying really hard to bring innovation to the gamemarket and die financially while doing it.

Now, the reason while I asked to confirm that Pixel Puzzle Ultimate isnt a Shovelgame was that the Basegame is Free while it has tons of DLCs which have (at least for me) a really high price for what you actually get. The Dog DLC for example only give you 6 Puzzles for 4$. That are 0.66$ for one Puzzle, which from the Storefront, looks like a still Image. Also a considerable amount of reviews are exactly about that, so it looks fishy to me.

I will download the game in the next days and have a closer look, so for now I wont add it in the list until I tried it.

UPDATE: Okay I have played a little and can say it is not shovelware, so it will be added. :) But I still think the DLC policy they have is crap.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnH8MLlreu0

lol

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

For a more serious suggestion: Not sure if you count Yoshi's Island, which has Poochy, a friendly dog, who shows up in some levels.

Oh, of course, there's also Duck Hunt's dog.

And Animal Crossing has K. K. Slider, the guitarist dog.

[Gonna_Fly]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/418070/Turbo_Pug/
The Turbo Pug series

Petz : Dogz

on DS:
Nintendogs

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

FWIW I found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_dogs_in_video_games

This isn't really a list of all notable dogs in videogames, nor a list of all dogs in notable videogames, but it is a start.

[Gus the Crocodile]

Keep an eye on Home Free for future dog-in-the-city shenanigans.

[Snowi]

Added all, will incorporate the linked Wiki into the list when I have time.

[anrkyuk]

PS3 Tokyo Jungle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8vJryTOgg4

[Snowi]

Wiki incorporated + Tokyo Jungle added