
Run a bodyguard agency and fall for five intriguing men through calls, texts, and dates in this open-world romance RPG. Set your own schedule in a pixel-art metropolis where every day brings new encounters!
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SALTY HOUNDS is an open-world dating sim in which you will create your own love story.
(*Please find the streaming guide at the bottom)


The love interests have their own daily schedules, preferences and secrets that wait to be unraveled.


After your father's accident, you take charge of Salty Hounds, a small bodyguard agency. Meet your love interests and win their hearts through many daily encounters, special events and romantic dates. Enjoy a romantic life in a living and breathing open-world city featuring a fully realized night / day cycle.

Find the love interests, talk to them, learn about them and build up your relationship over time. As you make friends with them and gain their trust, you will unlock new events and romantic dialogues.


An immersive world and smoothly animated characters in high-quality pixel art
Many beautiful hand-painted illustrations and character artworks
Many voiced contents (more will be added), recorded by famous Korean VAs
Dynamic dialogues with the NPCs that change with your affection level and other stats
Enjoy random encounters throughout the city and activities to raise your skills
Fall in love with five unique characters, each with their own charm!

An aloof loner that borders on unsociable, but an excellent bodyguard in the field. Despite being a childhood friend of yours, he doesn't seem comfortable with you around.

The young but capable head of the rival company, 'Haeryang Securities'. Both gentle and ruthless at will, he is a foe to be reckoned with.

A playful and suave bodyguard with soft but powerful leadership. You've come to accept his free spirit, but with that he'd at least wear a tie to work.

A capable crime investigator, set out to create a world without injustice. He used to give you private lessons, but that was a long time ago.

A gullible bodyguard working for a shady security agency, getting ripped off on a daily basis. Maybe you should help him out?

To prevent story spoilers, we'd like to ask you to limit streams to content up to Affection LV 1 ~ 2 for each character!
Kindly include 'Early Access' in your title and a link to our Steam page.
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Languages: English, Korean*, Simplified Chinese, German, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil*languages with full audio support
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actual underrated banger! the writing is so engaging and charming, the cg art and pixel art is beautiful, the localisation is very well done... and the VAs' work is legitimately so good! even if you dont speak the language, you can appreciate how well they bring characters to life. AND MC?? i so get why everyone wants her, I ALSO WANT HER!! i literally cannot express enough how good this is. i usually get bored of games that have to do with routine and repetition but this game handles that really well, with so many different interactions, scenes, locations... you actually want to explore and check every nook and cranny! it has a really good balance between things to do and time to explore and wind down so it doesn't feel stressful either. the characters (including mc) and plot are so well thought out and the themes and character arcs are so refreshing (take it from someone who has played most otomes out on the switch and psvita). i always come back whenever im saturated from other games/genres because its such a palate cleanser (and its still on early access!)... i already know when it fully releases it's going to be such a comfort game. i wont talk too much about possible bugs, if you've played early access games you should know the gist of it. i myself havent gotten too many bugs but they are something that can happen, so def have some patience/charitability in that sense. (might review this once it releases officially) all in all, definitely get it if you can, support the early access or put it on your wishlist so you can grab it when it releases because its worth every penny fr
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Hours played at review time, across 55 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Chi <3
觀望這款遊戲猶豫要不要入手的,真的不要鐵齒快跑,誰買誰後悔。
The game has potential but it's incomplete and abandoned bc there have been no updates or news in almost a year
I am struggling to either like or dislike this game. It has potential to be one of my all time favorites, it's as mixture of [blank] simulator and dating sim. I especially like it bc it has that job simulator prospect; I don't just have to be a blank canvas since I am managing my own firm. It's just that basically none of the actual jobs are completed and there's no end to the aquarium contract. Another complaint is how I dont have a calendar of when certain special events trigger. After several weeks of no action just me trying to get 'ideas', I finally gave up on job hunting and focused instead of the men. Tell me why now all of the sudden I'm getting events and am accidentally standing up these men. I'm getting annoyed since I still have not gone on a date. I'm failing both my job and romance life. smh Overall would recommend. Just frustrated...
노루 호감도가 100에서 안오르는데 아직 업데이트가 안된건가요? 다른 캐릭터는 업뎃 기다리라고 뜨는데 노루는 그런것도 안뜨고 호감도 1에서 멈춰서요. 그리고 세하의 과거 알만한 인물에게 물어보기가 있는데 재원?이라는 캐릭터에게 말을 걸 수가 없어요 말걸려고 하면 계속 그러지 않는게 좋겠다 이러는데 어떻게 호감도를 쌓아야하죠 쓸데없이 내용반복이 너무 힘드네요 하루대화 3회 스킨십1회로 언제 최대치 호감도 500을 다채워야 할까요. 보통 대화 한번당 1~2정도 오르는데 노가다 하느라 죽을뻔 했어요.대화내용이 클릭할때마다 바뀌면 견뎌봤을텐데 체감상 5가지 정도의 대화만 주구장창 반복되는데 대화의 의미가 있는지도 모르겠고... 웃긴게 스킵십 반응도 미연시라기에는 좀 미지근 하다고 해야할지 떨떠름하다고 해야할지 캐릭터가...? 이런 반응이라 반응이 뭐 여러개인것도 아니고 대화랑 마찬가지로 스킨십도 하나도 안설레고 무한반복에 떨떠름한 반응. 나도 너랑 스킨십 싫다 이놈들아. 이거 엔딩 분기가 어떻게 되죠...? 도저히 세이브 없이 2회차 못 뛰겠어요. 저 노가다를 또 할 자신이 없습니다. 그리고 궁금한게 서브캐릭터들 호감도는 의미가 있나요? 딱히 공지도 없고 왜 존재하는지 안알려져 있어서요 100까지 한 캐릭터만 올려봤는데 아직 업뎃 안돼서 그런가 거기서 막히고 고양이는 최고치인 200까지 올려봤는데 이벤트도 없고 왜 존재하나요?? 그냥 노가다 한건가요? 고양이 관련 상호작용 캐릭터 있을줄 알고 열심히 올렸는데 정말 아무것도 없고 그냥 노가다 한 사람됐는데 아직 업데이트가 안된건지 아무기능 없는게 맞는건지 궁금하네요. 서브 캐릭터들도 엔딩이 있는지도 궁금하고요. 공지로 어디는 업데이트가 안돼서 기다려야 한다고 알려주셨으면 좋았을텐데 하다가 막히니까 답답하네요. 열심히 아이디어 모아서 현장업무 뚫으려고 했더니 재화는 다 털리고 업무 안뚫려서 계속 수족관만 돌고 있고 캐릭터도 마찬가지고 어디까지 진행되어있는지 정리해서 올려주시면 좋을텐데요. 결론은 노루 호감도는 버그인가, 서브 캐릭터들 호감도가 의미가 있는가, 있다면 엔딩도 있는가 재원에게 말 걸 수 없는게 업데이트가 안된건지 그리고 엔딩 분기점이 어떻게 되는가 정도 입니다. 아 방금 업데이트 공지 훑어보고 왔는데 바 데이트 작년에 업데이트 했다고 되어있는데 지금은 막혀있네요. 이거 버근가요? 희망사항은 대화나 스킨십 당 호감도 좀 넉넉하게 줘서 무한노가다를 멈추게 해주세요.
앞서 해 보기인 줄 모르고 일단 삿다가 업데이트 될 게 왤케 만어... 햇긴 합니다 한국어 더빙을 잘 듣지 못하는 저임에도 불구하고 성우들이 정말 괜찮았고 언젠가는... 네 정말 언젠가는 정발이 되면 게임이 정말 괜찮을 것 같다고 생각함 캐릭터들 디자인도 너무 잘 뽑혀서 진짜 입에서 침 흐르고 빨리 정발 되길 기다리고 잇음... 일러스트도 진짜 잘 뽑혓다고 생각함 추가로 단발을 안 좋아해서 여주 캐릭터 커마 할 수 잇으면 얼마나 좋을까... 햇네요 근데 세하한테 괜찮은 선물 줘서 피로도 20 깎일 때 오류 잇어욤
The stories and characters revealed are written well. The visuals from illustrations, backgrounds and pixel work are beautiful and lovely~ The voice acting is so nice! Glad I had the chance to play this in Early Access !! Highly recommend! Everything I experienced in Early Access and the updates in this phase makes me so excited for the full version this year <3
무척 제 스타일이라 맘에 듭니다 기대하고 있습니다 빨리 완성되기를!
快出正式版............我已经迫不及待了.....................................
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