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
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Oct 27, 2025
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
Minimum: HD 5000, 4 GB RAM.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Pup Champs?
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- 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
Does Pup Champs have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.
Does Pup Champs run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- 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
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 16
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
Does Pup Champs use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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