Underplayed Gems

The Puppy (2025)

The Puppy cover
Developer
Paper Dudes Game Studio
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Simulation
Rating
3.6 of 5, 75 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 36 minutes
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A slow-burn babysitting horror where daytime calm gives way to tense night shifts, stalked by a supernatural dog that watches from the shadows.

tenseatmosphericsurvival horrorunsettlingsupernaturalslow burnnarrative-drivenjump scare

What players say

Players describe a short, funny horror game where you babysit a baby and survive a creepy humanoid puppy. The game combines tense tasks like warming milk and turning off the TV with silly moments and full voice acting, leaving players split between laughing and screaming. Several mention it as a spiritual successor to Fnaf.

Screenshots

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