Lost Paws is an open-world survival adventure where you play as a stray dog. You explore a lively city, search for food, and discover why pets have been disappearing. The game comes from Dungeoneering Studios, a small team with a lot of passion. It mixes humor, lighthearted chaos, and emotional storytelling in a simple and fun way.
The game launched last week after two years in Early Access. During that time, the developers added new districts, improved crafting and trading, and finished the full story. As a result, the release is polished and packed with charm. Whether you want to follow the mystery or create your own silly dog moments, Lost Paws gives you plenty of freedom.
🎬 Trailer
🎮 Let’s Play
HolyKnightLiz jumped into Lost Paws and immediately embraced the chaos of living as a stray dog. She starts by choosing her dog and enabling the tutorial. Soon after, she begins exploring the city after falling out of a moving box and losing her human.
📺 Creator: HolyKnightLiz — https://www.youtube.com/@holyknightliz
Throughout the video, Liz tests everything she can. She bonks trash cans, barks at pedestrians, and laughs as NPCs faint in fear. Some people offer treats, while others chase her with brooms. The mix of friendly and hostile humans makes each encounter unpredictable and funny.
She also dives into survival. Liz steals food, searches for water, and learns quickly that cars, police, and shopkeepers can be dangerous. At one point she finds sunglasses, fancy shoes, and a Christmas bow. She proudly declares herself a “fashionable Christmas dog” before sprinting away from angry NPCs.
Her reactions highlight the charm of the game. She panics when the police chase her, cheers when someone gives her a treat, and celebrates every small win. By the end, she is fully sold on the experience:
“I 100% recommend this game.”
“Surviving as a stray dog is harder than you think.”
Liz’s playthrough captures the spirit of Lost Paws perfectly: chaotic, silly, and surprisingly heartfelt.
📝 What Players Are Saying (Steam Reviews)
Here are a few standout Steam reviews that capture what players love most about Lost Paws:
- “Nothing I love more than biting angry old men for their food.”
Players praise the simple, entertaining open world and the freedom to explore, scavenge, and cause havoc. One reviewer warns: “Do not recommend the bears.” - “A casual fun game where you get to play as a pupper… Want to be a good pupper? NOW YOU CAN. Want to be a bad pupper? CAN DO THAT TOO.”
Reviewers love the freedom to role-play as a friendly, aloof, or chaotic dog, comparing the experience to a lighter, sillier Goat Simulator. - “This is just straight up GTA Doggo.”
Many players highlight the sandbox feel — stealing food, dodging dog catchers, knocking over trash cans, and exploring to your heart’s content. - “I begged for food after I stole some food… didn’t seem like much at first but I honestly had a blast playing this.”
Several reviews mention being pleasantly surprised by how fun and expressive the game is once they start messing around.
👥 Developer Spotlight
Dungeoneering Studios is a small two-person indie team with big ideas and even bigger passion. What started as a meme—“the dog must save his human”—grew into a full open-world survival RPG shaped closely by its dedicated community. Over the course of Early Access, the team implemented massive overhauls: new UI, new districts, refined crafting and trading systems, expanded RPG skills, controller support, and localization into seven additional languages.
The studio’s approach has always been player-first. Their design philosophy focuses on giving players the freedom to be goofy, emotional, curious, or chaotic—whatever kind of dog they want to be. That playful philosophy shines through in every part of Lost Paws.
💭 Final Thoughts
Now fully released, Lost Paws stands out as one of the most unique and charming survival games of the year. It blends humor, emotion, exploration, and freedom in a way that only indie devs dare to attempt. Whether you want to follow the story and rescue your human or simply live your best stray-dog life, this game offers something special.
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Lost Paws on Steam¹
Survive as a stray dog in a large open world. Scavenge, craft, trade, and steal your way into a world where all the pets are disappearing. Arm yourself and take to the streets to rise from homeless to well-off no matter what it takes. What kind of story will you tell?
Lost Paws
Developer: Dungeoneering Studios
Genre: Open-World Survival, Dog Simulator, RPG
Status: Released – Full Version Available Now
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