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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Discounts
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 2,402 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 | 109reviews | 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
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Я прошла ее 9 мая. Не специально. Ревела? Да. И знаете, что вспомнила? У меня в деревне где-то тоже должны быть старые письма, написанные моими давно ушедшими родственниками. Поищу, пожалуй. Отдельно хотелось бы заметить, что в игре тонко подчеркивается возникающая неприязнь к почтальонам, которые помимо хороших вестей иногда приносят что-то печальное. Это странно, но радует, что в игре упоминается такая проблема.
Absolutely beautiful, emotional storytelling. I streamed this game, and several of my viewers let me know that they ended up crying after we finished the game together.
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Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
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
Depression like a Stray Dog. What a interesting art style and way of depicting grief. The characters are gripping, the atmosphere is immersive, and the gameplay is intriguing. I highly recommend shutting yourself in the dark and experiencing this rich game to it's fullest.
你的名字无人知晓，你的功绩永世长存。
Детские каракули, пропитанные ужасом войны, где наивность не смягчает, а оголяет тьму событий былых времен...
Хоть и достаточно короткая, но хорошая история. Визуальные стиль и повествовательные приёмы выбраны грамотно имхо, мне в целом понравилось.
Трогательная история. Повествуется простым геймплеем и простой рисовкой. Но что-то есть в этом цепляющее и оставляющее след.
A short and sweet game. The art is beautiful and the story is compelling. Finishing the game brought the revelation that the story is based on a real person's memories and listening to her speak brought tears. AMAZING GAME! I encourage everyone to play it.
Иди и играй.
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Players by region
Where this game's players are, estimated from review languages.
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