The Good Dog
Has your dog ever stared into the darkness, barking at something you couldn’t see? Maybe they’ve growled at a quiet hallway in the dead of night or watched an empty corner of your ceiling, tracking something invisible with eerie focus.
As the family dog, it’s your job to protect your loved ones from danger—especially from the kind they can’t see. In The Good Dog: Chasing Shadows, step into the paws of a loyal family dog defending its owners from paranormal entities.
Follow Your Instincts
Use your keen sense of smell to search your territory for tools and supplies. Dig up hidden items to help fight back against the paranormal. Bark at certain immaterial entities to disperse them, or at physical entities to draw their attention away from your family.
And if all else fails, use your teeth.
Join the Pack
With over twenty dog breeds to choose from, you can tailor your gameplay to your preferred style. Will you play as a small breed, perfect for slipping into tight spaces and evading danger, or a larger breed with more health and attack power to take on threats head-on?
Poultry Party Games was founded in 2024 by Matthew Brazel, an indie game developer and software engineer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since then, the studio has been working on The Good Dog: Chasing Shadows, a co-operative
horror game where you play as dogs.
After the project gained immense social media attention and completed a successful Kickstarter campaign in early 2025, The Good Dog: Chasing Shadows released on Steam Early Access on May 5, 2026.