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Grief like a stray dog
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“As someone that speaks both Russian and English, unfortunately sometimes the Russian dialogue between the characters can sound very stale in English, loosing some of the nuance that you might get through delivery of certain words and phrases, or words that perhaps do not…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“It's hard to play a game like this without getting emotional, especially knowing the tragedy that World War II was for everyone and the real impact it had not only on the people who went to war but also on the families they left behind. Grief like a Stray Dog is a game I've been…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
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Japanese Localization Now Available!
Starting today, Grief like a stray dog can be played in Japanese. Many thanks to translator Jun Kurihara, who translated all the dialogue, UI and Steam store page. We're very grateful to have the game
Localization Update: 中文, Türkçe, and Português!
We are thrilled to announce that full support for three new languages has been added to Grief like a stray dog ! The game is now available in Simplified Chinese, Turkish, and Brazilian Portuguese. ºKn
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Update "Grief like a stray dog" and the Addition of Achievements
Thank you for playing our game! We carefully read all your feedback and sincerely appreciate the warm reception. In the new Version 1.1.0 , we’ve added the Steam achievements system , a new animated s
“Grief like a stray dog” IS OUT NOW!
We have been working on the game for many months, and finally, it has been released. We would be thrilled if you could try our game and share your thoughts with us, either through a private message or
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Visual Novel · Story Rich · Point & Click · Atmospheric · Hand-drawn · Historical · Female Protagonist · Stylized · Narration · Conversation · Emotional (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 11 |
| Official site | https://rayonist.tilda.ws/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: AMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 6 GB available space