ActionFit check
Is Dogworld worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action-platformer players who want combat and traversal challenges in the same game
- Players drawn to exploring strange worlds who want secrets and abilities to uncover
- Players who enjoy fighting bosses and collecting weapons to upgrade
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want relaxed traversal may hit a wall at the difficult platforming and combat challenges.
- Players seeking a low-combat experience may find the repeated shooting, enemy encounters, and boss fights too demanding.
- Players looking for a realistic visual style may not connect with the stark 1-bit pixel art.
- Players seeking multiplayer sessions may find the focus is on a solo journey.
Our take on Dogworld
The likely sticking point is the combination of difficult platforming and combat: players who can manage one but not the other may hit a wall when traversal challenges also require fighting and dodging.
What is Dogworld?
Dogworld is an action-adventure game set on a ruined Earth where the surface is inhabited by dogs, some of which can talk.
After a launch accident brings the protagonist out of an underground pod, the journey involves exploring the surface and fighting to save humanity from a rogue AI called Daddy. Players shoot, jump, and slide through platforming and combat challenges, using slides to evade enemies and projectiles. The game includes weapons that can be collected and upgraded, secrets and abilities to uncover, unusual characters to meet, and bosses to fight. Its presentation uses stark 1-bit pixel art and an original chiptune score. Players can also pet dogs.
How Dogworld plays
- 01Weapon upgrades
- Collected weapons can be improved as the journey progresses.
- 02Platforming and combat
- Challenges combine difficult traversal with fights against enemies and bosses.
- 03Secrets and abilities
- Exploration can reveal hidden items and abilities for the journey.
- 04Dog-filled world
- The surface is populated by dogs, including some that speak.
- 05Pixel art and music
- The game pairs 1-bit visuals with an original chiptune score.
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Dogworld: platforms & release
Is Dogworld worth it?
It is worth it if: action-platformer players who want combat and traversal challenges in the same game. Skip it if: players who want relaxed traversal may hit a wall at the difficult platforming and combat challenges.
Where can I download Dogworld?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Dogworld's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Dogworld on?
Windows only.
