A fast-paced arcade game inspired by the real-life stray dogs of the Moscow metro. Compete in online leaderboards and progress through a challenging campaign while unlocking guest critters from your fave games! Juggle vodka, bark fire, cook bears, and more! Can you steal enough food to survive?
Players control a dog (or other unlockable animal) and must continually bark at passing commuters to make them drop the food or items they are carrying. The player must then quickly jump and catch the dropped items before they hit the ground, as catching them midair provides more points.
The game features a variety of unique mechanics that add depth to the experience. For example, players can juggle vodka bottles by continually barking at them, creating a scoring multiplier when the vodka is finally used to set a commuter's food on fire. Power-ups like hot sauce, which allows the player to spit fire, and coffee, which slows down time, further expand the strategic options.
Players must also avoid or strategically interact with a variety of rival animals, such as poodles, bears, and elk. For instance, feeding hot sauce to bears causes them to become fire-breathing bears that can damage other animals, potentially clearing a path for the player.
The Campaign Mode features a series of custom-designed levels, each with unique challenges and objectives set by the Proletaricat, the game's feline leader. These objectives encourage players to experiment with the game's mechanics in different ways, gradually introducing new elements and increasing the difficulty.
The Endless Mode tasks players with surviving for as long as possible in a randomly generated subway environment, allowing them to compete for high scores on online leaderboards. This mode emphasizes the depth of the game's core mechanics and the player's ability to master them.
While the core gameplay may seem simple, the game offers a surprising depth of gameplay systems and mechanics that players can master. The ability to chain together air combos, juggle vodka, and strategically interact with the environment and rival animals creates a high skill ceiling. This depth, combined with the variety of playable characters, levels, and challenges, gives the game substantial replayability.