Pup Champs
Grid-based soccer puzzles about guiding puppies past field hazards
Afterburn · Released May 19, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 98% of 106
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 10 months ago
- Oct 27, 2025
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Pup Champs?
A single-player soccer puzzle game where you position puppies on a grid, plan passes, avoid hazards, and score goals across more than 170 challenges. You play a retired coach helping the pups become a team, with their story told between puzzles through interactive motion comics.
For you if...
- +you prefer planning moves over quick sports action
- +you want bonus puzzles beyond the main challenges
- +you enjoy a lighthearted story about a puppy team
Not for you if...
- −you want to play soccer matches rather than solve puzzles
- −you dislike working out precise sequences of moves
What players say
98% of 106 reviews are positive
Players praise the cute art, the puzzles, the gradual increase in difficulty, and the hints. Some find the search for an exact move sequence tedious.
Screenshots and trailer
Pup Champs system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- i3
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 5000
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- i5
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 6000
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 16
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
Tags
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Sports
- Puzzle
- Football (Soccer)
- Strategy
- Dogs
- Wholesome
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Cute
- Relaxing
- Casual
- Colorful
- Hand-drawn
- Family Friendly
- Logic
Recent updates
- Oct 27, 2025 · Pup Champs v1.21 (27 Oct 25)
- Jun 25, 2025 · Pup Champs v1.20 (25 Jun 25) - Hint Update
- May 29, 2025 · Pup Champs v1.10 (29 May 25) - Epilogue Update
- May 19, 2025 · Pup Champs v1.04 (19 May 25)
- Feb 21, 2025 · Next Fest Demo - Perspective Update
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