In This Soulslike, The Dog Will Pet You Back...With A Sword

There’s a brand new sport coming quickly on Steam that’ll delight the hell outta soulslike followers and dog-lovers alike. Stray Dog: nobody cares is like if John Wick was the canine and likewise trapped within the Lands Between.

ただの犬に『SEKIRO』やらせるの、ガチで頭おかしい。… pic.twitter.com/zIR7kvSslh

— スチまと / STEAMおすすめゲーム新作など紹介🎮 Steam (@stmatomato) August 20, 2026

Right here’s the sport’s Steam description:

A stray canine saved by a disgraced knight marches to rescue its captured grasp. Scorned by all as ineffective roadside trash, it grips his frayed sword in its jaws and ventures forth.

Annnd, I’m already crying. I’m a sucker for “individual and their canine” video games. I respect much more when that trope is turned on its head with an added sprint of hack-and-slash motion. The sport cites Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice as its inspiration, calling out the sport out by title in its announcement put up. Although Sekiro is part of the FromSoftware soulsborne household, it’s distinctive amongst its sibling video games, relying extra on parrying to interrupt an enemy’s posture bar relatively than draining their well being bar to make kills. It looks as if Stray Canine will borrow these parts, making use of “stealth kills, exact parries, [and] brutal boss fights.”

We’ve had far too many video games about cute kitties having adventures. It’s time for the canine folks to get their bloody due and it appears I’m not alone. So many people on social media are excited by the concept of taking part in grimdark Okami, or extra precisely, a standalone Sif journey.