Games like Dog Duty
If Dog Duty is your kind of game, the closest matches are Panzer Strike, Tactics of World War I and Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its brilliant and funny writing, eccentric enemy designs and comedic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Dog Duty: As some evil bigwig Octopus Commander and his army are threatening world-peace, it’s up to you and your squad of misfits to eliminate that octo-scum. Liberate outposts, defeat bosses and wreck these wicked squids up, but beware, they’re well-armed.
Players who liked Dog Duty also play
Steam players who put hours into Dog Duty also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Panzer Strike
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Top pick for Dog Duty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dog Duty.
Authentic RTS gameplay straight out of the 2000s. Command your troops, develop strategies, and win World War II battles. Huge maps, thousands of units, long-range firepower, and no building mechanics!
Tactics of World War I
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Second-strongest match for Dog Duty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dog Duty.
Tactics of World War I is a real time tactics (RTT) game that puts you in the role of a military leader in the First World War. It requires you to plan your actions thoroughly and make smart tactical decisions in the blink of an eye.
Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
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Third-strongest match for Dog Duty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog Duty.
Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.
Wargame: European Escalation
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Shares a retro mood with Dog Duty.
Ranked #4 for Dog Duty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog Duty.
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
Iron Frontier
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Ranked #5 for Dog Duty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dog Duty.
Iron Frontier is a single-player tower defense rogue-lite with the spirit of classic RTS. Draft a fresh army from random units and boost them with powerful synergies. Defend your base, crush the enemy, and make hard moral choices that shape the campaign and dictate the war's outcome.
Victory Banner
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Ranked #7 for Dog Duty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog Duty.
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of World War II in this real-time historical strategy game. Command a frontline company, make critical strategic decisions, and take direct control of any soldier or vehicle. Every decision comes at a price. What will be yours?
Syrian Warfare
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Ranked #8 for Dog Duty fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog Duty.
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dog Duty at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Dog Duty on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dog Duty.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Dog Duty on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dog Duty.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Dog Duty on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dog Duty.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Dog Duty on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dog Duty.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under Dog Duty on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dog Duty.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Dog Duty on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog Duty.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
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Priced ~50% under Dog Duty on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dog Duty.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Dog Duty on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dog Duty.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dog Duty.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dog Duty.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dog Duty.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dog Duty.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dog Duty.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dog Duty.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dog Duty.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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More from Zanardi and Liza
Other recommendable Steam games by Zanardi and Liza, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fida Puti Samurai
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Dog Duty.
Another title from Zanardi and Liza, the studio behind Dog Duty. Shares Action with Dog Duty.
A Retro-FPS "virtual happy place", jeopardized with a naughty bug. Traverse this action-oriented roguelite blasting waifus to uncover dirty secrets on a personal computer!
Battle Bruise
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Shares a comedic mood with Dog Duty.
Another title from Zanardi and Liza, the studio behind Dog Duty. Shares Action and Indie with Dog Duty.
Stay atop a mountain of corpses! Fight numerous swarms of enemies, while dealing with the changing terrain.This game isn't messy. It's MESS ITSELF!
Battle Bruise 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Dog Duty.
Another title from Zanardi and Liza, the studio behind Dog Duty. Shares Action with Dog Duty.
Back again, not messy, but MESS ITSELF!
Frequently asked about Dog Duty
- Does Dog Duty run on Steam Deck?
- Dog Duty is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Dog Duty cost?
- Dog Duty is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dog Duty?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dog Duty are Panzer Strike, Tactics of World War I, Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition.
- Who developed Dog Duty?
- Dog Duty was developed by Zanardi and Liza and published by SOEDESCO.
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