An isolated village during the war. Men leave one by one, along the winding forest path painted crimson by distant fires, and do not return. Young Nadia becomes a part-time postwoman filling in for her sick mother. She is now a messenger of hope and of trouble.
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Jul 30 → 0.14/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
«Grief like a stray dog» is a short interactive play about a young postwoman in a tight-knit rural community. In the outside world, WW2 rages at its apex. Nadia is thirteen. She delivers papers, letters. And death notifications to families of those killed in action.
Nadia’s character is based on the author’s grandmother. Inspired by tales of a childhood spent in a village near Rzhev, not far from one of the most brutal battlefields of the Eastern Front, most of the character arcs and plot points are based on war stories told by older relatives and locals; many letters are real.
The main visual inspirations for the game were kid’s drawings, neo-expressionism, Russian lubok art and Soviet book illustration
«Grief like a stray dog» is a meditation on war, community and human fate — part documentary, part Russian folk tale.
A visual novel with elements of an adventure game.
A rich and touching story based on memories and Russian folk tales.
Author's 2D graphics.
Disturbing and unusual soundtrack.
Capacious and authentic dialogues.
Duration: 60-80 minutes.
A village populated by picturesque characters.
Genres
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, Xbox publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $4.99 | 110reviews | 98% | — | $4.8K |
| $3.99−60% | 15ratings | 96% | — | not modelled | |
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 44 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Превосходная работа художника, саундтрек идеально дополняет игру. Спасибо "Rayonist" за это прекрасное творение!
Игра проходится меньше, чем за час, а эмоций оставляет больше, чем многие крупные игры. Хотя игровой процесс крайне простой, некоторые действия выполнять буквально физически тяжело. Концовка и титры - это просто никаких слов не хватит выразить..... Огромная благодарность студии Rayonist за этот маленький шедевр!
The far end swallowed all the fathers and sons, spitting back only scattered letters and broken soldiers. When the girl runs toward it once again, is hope coming home?
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Languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Japanese
| $9.99 |
| 1ratings |
| 80% |
| — |
| not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 44 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Хороший,сильный проект. С приятным визуальным стилем,но крайне медленным повествованием - это относится только ко второму прохождению,ради ачивок,гайд на них: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3513961257 Неплохое музыкальное сопровождение,хорошо переданные персонажи,злободневный сюжет,крайне душевная концовка,всё славно. Если хочется погрустить,порефлексировать да и подумать,тада самое то! Ко всему прочему,пробегается очень интересно,занимательно да быстро,можно пройти за часик с лишним ;) НО,чутка жаба душит за такую цену,за сим хочу выразить благодарность, Анастасии Владимировне за совместное прохождение и подарок! :3
Очередное доказательство, что здоровый патриотизм и уважение истории своего Отечества не требует громких лозунгов, миллионных бюджетов и рекламы на каждой передаче государственных каналов. История об 1 из миллионов немых подвигов совершенных нашими родственниками во времена самой страшной из воин. История о том, как голод, холод, горе и отчаяние не сломили дух человека. История о том, как в тяжелые времена не перестать быть человеком. Спасибо студии разработчиков за самые теплые переживания, подаренные этой игрой
Не считаю игры произведениями искусства, но это именно оно. И очень сильное. Несмотря на простоту сюжета - эталон жанра. Титры - до слез.
我听见这片土地在哭泣，为死者，为生者
Эта игра оставила на меня сильное впечатление.
Просто берите и проходите. Прочие слова излишни.
Деревенька маленькая, а горе большое
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Players by region
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