Grapple Dog
Grapple Dog
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Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
Developer Medallion Games
Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog. Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways. From the Steam store page
250 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Oct 30, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
95
LovedLoved
178 positive · 9 negative
95% range 91–97%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 178 | 9 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 33 | 0 | 28 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
185 of 194 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
95% recommend · 175 yes, 9 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 184 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (242 of 253 positive).
Players widely praise the sequel as an improvement over the original. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the new character Luna adds variety but can be frustrating. [4][5][6] A few players criticize the collectible grind and time trial requirements. [7][8][9]
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- [4]
If you've played the original Grapple Dog, this is the sequel you deserve. It maintains all the fun grappling mechanics of the first game while also expanding on it with a new character and unique stage gimmicks. However, if you're new to this franchise, this is a decent place to start...aside from the story as it does follow the first game's plotline rather directly. I personally loved the Luna levels even more …
- [1]
calling it now its gonna hit overwhelmingly positive within 2 weeks. An improvement over the original in every way, the movement feels faster and fluid, level design is bigger and more open with plenty of missable secrets, better boss fights and more of them, and there is a 2nd dog now. Luna has a different abilities from Pablo so it will take a bit of adjusting as you swap between the two. Luna with her air dash …
- [2]
Amazing music, gorgeous art, and extremely tight platforming. they did it again with this one. vibes of classic sequels its everything you loved in the first one but More and Better!!!
- [6]
Rating as positive because there is a lot of fun to be had with this game, but if there was a "mixed" I probably would do that. The Pablo levels are extremely fun. The music and artwork that has gone into this game is fantastic. Level designs are often creative (admittedly sometimes to their detriment), and the interactions you can have with the NPCs in the stages are cute and funny. This game has a lot of charm to …
- [3]
An improvement from the first game in every way. Better art, more varied gameplay and level design, and you can't skip entire worlds anymore. There's even skins now!
Summarised from 34 of the 247 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
95% of the 184 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines. The complaint that keeps coming up: luna's controls can be clunky or frustrating. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 250 · most liked firstOh hey Grapple Dogs Cosmic Canines is on sale again!! The 43rd best game this year according to metacritic!! store.steampowered.com/app/2278790/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is 33% Off on Steam until November 4th! 88 Metacritic!! 89 Opencritic!! 97% positive reviews on Steam!! The game is good, and now it's also slightly cheaper than before! Get your copy here 🐶🪝: store.steampowered.com/app/2278790/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Woah! A whole bunch of Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines announcements for ya!!! 🚨🚨🚨 - 🔧 The Stage Editor is OUT NOW!! - 🎮 Patch ver. 2.0.0 is OUT NOW!! - 💰 The Grapple Dog Franchise is today's Steam Daily Deal!! Get either game discounted, or both together, here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/42971...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey we announced the new game: Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines! Check out the trailer here: youtu.be/NhEIgUh2V30?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Can't believe Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is nominated for every single category at The Game Awards. Wow what a turn of events.
neutral · AI labelView post →ICYMI Grapple Dogs is still on sale!! Come and play the game that people are calling 'wait, that came out?'
neutral · AI labelView post →Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines finally met the threshold to be ranked in Metacritic's top games of the year! It's the 38th best game of 2024 apparently! www.metacritic.com/browse/game/...
neutral · AI labelView post →What I'm playing 🪝🐶 Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines | Grappling hook platforming goes multiversal. ### I wanna get into it! Again! Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is the follow-up to 2022's Grapple Dog. The story picks up where the first game ended, with protagonist Pablo being recruited to save the world using his excellent grappling skills. This time, we meet a new character, Luna, who is playable alongside Pablo. The grappling hook-focused platformer gameplay is back as well, where your speed…
neutral · AI labelView post →We can't post GIFs here yet so have some screenshots of the new game Grapple Dogs Cosmic Canines
neutral · AI labelView post →My name is in the credits of the new game GRAPPLE DOGS: COSMIC CANINES for doing cleanup on the trailers with Jellybox 😭❤️ Another box ticked off on my bucket list! GO BUY GRAPPLE DOGS: COSMIC CANINES! It's a lot of fun!!
positive · AI labelView post →What I'm playing 🪝🐶 Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines | Grappling hook platforming goes multiversal. cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/49151220 ### I wanna get into it! Again! Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is the follow-up to 2022's Grapple Dog. The story picks up where the first game ended, with protagonist Pablo being recruited to save the world using his excellent grappling skills. This time, we meet a new character, Luna, who is playable alongside Pablo. The grappling…
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun new Switch game alert: I started playing Grapple Dogs 2: Cosmic Canines & I’m blown away by how much fun it is! It’s an action side-scrolling platformer with 2 unique characters & feels good to play. The music is great & the art style is cute, too! Great work, @jogribbin.bsky.social !
positive · AI labelView post →Here's my #NintendoSwitch #indiegame highlight for today! 🎮👍🏼 Game - Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines Developer - @jogribbin.bsky.social Publisher - @superraregames.bsky.social Release date - September 12, 2024
neutral · AI labelView post →If you've played the original Grapple Dog, this is the sequel you deserve. It maintains all the fun grappling mechanics of the first game while also expanding on it with a new character and unique stage gimmicks. However, if you're new to this franchise, this is a decent place to start...aside from the story as it does follow the first game's plotline rather directly. I personally loved the Luna levels even more than the Pablo levels. Blasting through enemies with her gun was super…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rare afternoon stream coming up in a bit over an hour. We're gonna be checking out Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines for a sponsored stream. Loved the first game, hope this one's just as good. See you in an hour or so!
positive · AI labelView post →calling it now its gonna hit overwhelmingly positive within 2 weeks. An improvement over the original in every way, the movement feels faster and fluid, level design is bigger and more open with plenty of missable secrets, better boss fights and more of them, and there is a 2nd dog now. Luna has a different abilities from Pablo so it will take a bit of adjusting as you swap between the two. Luna with her air dash and firing her gun. In a addition with added unique abilities you find in levels…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While I've been doing the main chunk of level design on Grapple Dogs Cosmic Canines I have been writing little post-its and putting them up to remind myself how to make a game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who tuned in and checked out the game. I'll see you Saturday for Fortune Cookie! Until then, take it away Duke! www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
positive · AI labelView post →Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is an awesome challenging platformer that has 1 missable achievement. It has accessibility features to make the game easier, like an infinite amount of jumps and no damage from monsters/bosses. Approximate amount of time to 100%: 11h+ Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10 with accibility options, 9/10 without accesibility options Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 Is there a good guide available: You don't need a guide Multiplayer achievements: No Missable…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →sort of a preliminary upcoming schedule for the channel... JUNE: KPop Demon Hunters review (animated film), Locomoto review (indie game), 2 hour review compilation JULY: Extremely Weird Netflix Anime Originals, Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip review (indie game) AUGUST: Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines review
neutral · AI labelView post →It's good! I don't know if I'd say it's a straight improvement over the original, it depends on what you're looking for. More dogs, less grappling. Better bosses, less crazy postgame stages. Generally better level design and flow, but over-reliance on "find 20 pickups to proceed". Grapple Dog was great, Grapple Dogs is also great. But maybe there's room for a third game with the strengths of both and the weaknesses of neither...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ Difficulty Options * Shooting * Grappling
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The original is good, and this one is amazing. There's so many little details all the time, every character has so much life into them, the mechanics are so well put together. It just feels good to play!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is yet another fantastic game at a fantastic time for games. Do not sleep on this, and don't ignore the original either. Indie platformers do not get better than this. Best-in-class controls, stuffed with secrets, boppin' tunes. Buy it.
positive · AI labelView post →First impressions: More of what made the first game great, but now there's a cool goth girl dog with guns. The attention to subtle world building in Grapple Dog immediately is paid off with another great intro sequence full of fantastic artwork and neat writing. There seem to be some great polish features that were not present in the original, such as a menu-based stage selection that allows jumping back into an earlier level much more quickly. I will say that I'm struggling a bit with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing music, gorgeous art, and extremely tight platforming. they did it again with this one. vibes of classic sequels its everything you loved in the first one but More and Better!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GOATED GAME fantastic sequel to a fantastic game, everyone go buy Grapple Dogs, ty @jogribbin.bsky.social and team for this treasure
positive · AI labelView post →I think I need to play Grapple Dogs 1. I had a lot of fun then the levels started to get really long and grindy with finding the gems to unlock more levels and finding 20 keys to open a door. Definitely worth trying but the grind started leaving me conflicted. I love Pablo's gameplay (this game has a 50/50 split playtime for each character) a lot more that's why I'm saying I should try the first game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →arf arf* *up next is Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines by claws! arf arf woof** **it ran this game during our last Friendspace event way back in 2025! Stream: twitch.tv/fastpacedevents
neutral · AI labelView post →I also animated on the trailer for Grapple Dogs 2: Cosmic Canines. My name is in the game credits! Look mom, I'm in a game! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhEI...
neutral · AI labelView post →Competent and welcome sequel with interesting gameplay ideas that doesn't make it just "more of the same". If anything I miss some elements of the first. The Pablo levels felt easier than the previous game, with less moments where you can use the grapple's momentum physics to skip ahead. Levels seem tuned to not let you do that anymore and more focused on the platforming using the new abilities. So in a way it was refreshing because it forced me to engage with the levels on their terms, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible. Had to refund. Changes all of the good physics of the first game. Would not recommend, play the first game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For me, I struggled to enjoy this all while knowing that me as a child would have loved to have had this as a core game to come back to again and again to explore and master, and it comes down to time. The main issue that rubbed me the wrong way was that the game seems built around exploration and discovering hidden areas and items - the main collectable for progressing the game is either earned through completing a challenge or through exploration, but due to the way the levels are built and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time trials.......... I hate games with them and even more so with achievements with them. Why make a nice fun platformer and stuff it with sweaty time trial completionist BS? Don't buy unless you want a sweaty time trial experience wrapped in a nice "accessible" platformer.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Easily one of the most fun and stylish platformers I've ever played, combining all the best parts of Sonic and Megaman along with, you guessed it, grappling hooks. Highly recommend it. Also, when you 100% a level, you get to pet the dogs, and we all know you want to pet the dogs.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played the first Grapple Dog game about a month ago, and was really excited to see the new one coming out so soon. It did everything I wanted out of a sequel to the game and then some, easily making it both an awesome follow-up and...probably just one of my favorite games of all time now? Things I love: The platforming is what the game sells itself on obviously, and it delivers. I feel like it has the best of both worlds when it comes to both more precision based platformers and more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely loved this as a sequel to Grapple Dog, though there are some aspects that may be a bit more polarising to fans of the first game I loved them personally. The pacing is much improved from the first game, it feels like they took the themed level approach from the first game and just scattered them throughout the story, which really helps reduce the tedium of going through a world with the same theme throughout with the same song playing throughout. Instead you'll get a few levels…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game. Solid sequel. The introduction of a second playable character isn't a total miss. It's mildly frustrating to adjust between them because one has an air dash and the other doesn't. I'd prefer the game just honed in on one character, preferably Pablo. Also I feel they've dumbed the difficulty down a bit. I know a lot of people complained the original was difficult, but I disagree, I think had a perfect level of difficulty. The gold medal times in this one are way too easy.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like Celeste but instead of- Oh my Dog there's two of them now???
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a great time with this game. Mostly very well polished, good level design, fun power ups. I played through finding all gems, but didn't bother with time trial medals. A handful of times a level failed to load when I started it, just stuck on the beginning screen where I'd normally fall out of a portal. Since it was the beginning of a level, nothing was lost by just exiting from the in game menu and restarting the level. Some quite annoying sound bugs that make certain noises MUCH…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines basically improves everything I loved about the first game, and irons out a lot of the quirks of that game as well. I think it controls better, has a more enjoyable reward for collecting, and has very tight and well done levels. The story is also very charming and quite funny. I also really like how Luna plays in contrast to Pablo. She has a lot more control to explore but is hindered by enemies a lot. Though I do think enemies might have a bit too much health for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one of the best 2d platformers from this year for sure, really fun level design and mechanics
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Starts off really strong. Goes from head scratchingly easy to kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ but pretty enjoyably difficulty right at the end of the game. Weird bugs and jank I didn’t expect either. Not as good as the first one but ok. If I have the first a 9 I would give this a 7. Some levels are so easy they feel like they are just there for padding, all the way at the end of the game too. Eh maybe a 6. Pretty disappointed, loved the first.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A first look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9zZCqrQTEU At first, I was a little afraid. While I do like most platformers… I’m not the biggest fan or good at grapple hook stuff. I swear I still have an old trauma from the Rayman days on PS—a little different but also a little the same, no? Or at least to me. But I digress. This isn’t about that game but about this game. I admit that I’m super happy I accepted my creator's copy in the end and just gave it a shot despite feeling way out of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We are live! Bonus stream, taking a sponsored look at Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Caninies! Come hang out and check out the game, live at twitch.tv/ProtonJon!
neutral · AI labelView post →A very special thanks to @jogribbin.bsky.social and all the lovely folks that worked on Grapple Dogs for kindly including us in the game's credits! Look Ma, I'm in a bideos game!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Double the dogs, double the fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →F***ing awesome.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An improvement from the first game in every way. Better art, more varied gameplay and level design, and you can't skip entire worlds anymore. There's even skins now!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rating as positive because there is a lot of fun to be had with this game, but if there was a "mixed" I probably would do that. The Pablo levels are extremely fun. The music and artwork that has gone into this game is fantastic. Level designs are often creative (admittedly sometimes to their detriment), and the interactions you can have with the NPCs in the stages are cute and funny. This game has a lot of charm to it and clearly had a lot of love poured into it, and when I'm having fun, its a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice game, good to see that sequel polishes gameplay further. Sadly, on keyboard controls can be clunky at times. Personally, I think more innocent and carefree atmosphere of the first game felt better.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought that the first Grapple Dog was a fun time, but I found that it ended up getting just repetitive enough, combined with a handful of small gripes that I had with its design, that I never got around to finishing it. Cosmic Canines addresses most of my major complaints with that first game and I found it hard to put down. It builds and improves upon what worked well from the first game, while trimming out most of what I thought didn't work so well. Pablo's expanded moveset feels so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute game, a bit tricky. Certainly trickier than it looks, and probably an improvement on the original.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A superb sequel to a hugely overlooked masterful platformer, Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canynes is more of the smooth platforming goodness from the original game, with sugar on top. Luna, the new character, feels significantly different enough from Pablo to justify her existence (in fact, she might be a bit OP even, in comparison to Pablo) and her gunplay is surprisingly fun. More of this please!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An absolute, genuine delight. Shadow the Hedge-dog is a joy to control, to the point that I wish the whole game had just gone ahead and been designed around her moveset. Graphically dense, wonderful difficulty curve, and genuine speedrunning and search challenges for those who want to 100%, but that aspect is not necessary, and you won't feel pressured to do it outside of your own want of mastery. It's an absolute shame this did not sell better, and from interviews with the developer you can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This one is a mixed review for me, especially as someone who really enjoyed the original Grapple Dog to 100% completion. The grappling in this game feels heavier and less snappy than its predecessor. While you can rebind the grapple and talk buttons (my preference is Y to grapple and X to talk), unfortunately on controller Y is permanently bound to restart time trial levels, and as someone who likes to hold down the button to grapple it has been inconvenient to have to restart due to this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Solid platformer, good variety of powerups and mechanics. Late game spikes in difficulty, but otherwise a great time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wholeheartedly recommended. I wouldn't say it's better or worse than Grapple Dog necessarily - it does some things better, and a few things differently enough that some might not like it as much. Luna, for example. I LOVE playing as Luna, grappling and shooting like it's Bionic Commando or something, and it feels great - but her addition results in a decent bit less grappling overall. The momentum you carry through airtime is also nerfed just a bit, which makes it much easier and snappier to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If the first game was a peanut butter sandwich, this game is like a peanut butter, fresh apricot, and chocolate chip sandwich. Still enjoyable, but you kinda wonder how the design process went.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a good game, but it's a bit disappointing compared to the first Grapple Dogs. The new Luna levels are not nearly as fun as the Pablo levels, the Duck Bands are tedious to find, and the game never gets very challenging.
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