Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines

Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in this standalone 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…

88 12 September 2024

Adventure Arcade Platform Action Kids

Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is an adventure developed by Medallion Games, released 12 September 2024 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 4 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is

Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is an adventure game developed by Medallion Games and released in 2024. It was published by Super Rare Originals. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in this standalone 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.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are action and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0 ghz, 2 GB RAM and 128MB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines launched on 12 September 2024, within three weeks of Star Wars Outlaws, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the Xbox Series's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Star Wars Outlaws, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines gameplay screenshot

Quick answers

Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines — frequently asked questions

When did Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines come out?

Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines was released on 12 September 2024 for Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines?

At minimum, Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines needs 2.0 ghz, 2 GB RAM, 128MB graphics, 44 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines?

The PC version needs about 0 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("44 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

Does Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines have controller support?

Yes. Steam lists full controller support for Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines, including PlayStation controllers.

Can you play Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines on Mac?

Steam does not sell a macOS version of Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines; the Steam release is for Windows.

Is Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines on Linux?

Steam does not list a native Linux version of Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines. Windows games can often run on Linux and Steam Deck through Proton, but that is a different question from native support.

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