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Not Raised By Wolves is a single player shooter game. It was developed by Vancouver Film School and was released on October 1, 2025. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

**A student team project designed to deliver a ~10 minute experience. Not Raised by Wolves is a third-person shooter where you play as La Coyota, an anthropomorphic gunslinger fighting through an ancient AI facility to rescue her colony’s pups. Armed with a trusty revolver and aided by your robotic sidekick, you’ll dash, aim, and shoot your way to victory. Use your revolver’s dual firing m…

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99%Audience ScoreBased on 82 reviews
gameplay3 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions

  • Engaging and fun third-person shooter gameplay with satisfying combat mechanics, especially the weak point targeting and stun features.
  • Impressive art style, visuals, environmental design, and sound/music that create a memorable and polished experience.
  • Companion robot adds humor and helpful gameplay elements, enhancing the overall enjoyment despite some minor annoyances.
  • The game is very short and feels more like a proof-of-concept or student project rather than a full-fledged game.
  • Performance issues including lag and aiming inconsistencies, with some reports of input delays and stuttering affecting gameplay.
  • Lacks story depth and conclusion, ending abruptly without resolution; some players found the voice acting and robot companion repetitive or grating.
  • gameplay

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The gameplay is praised for its cool mechanics like the stun and weakpoint systems, offering an enjoyable and solid experience despite its short length. While some wish for a more developed story, additional abilities, and a final boss fight with multiple phases, the game remains fun and engaging with only minor bugs that don't significantly affect play.

    • “Fun game worth playing despite being short. I hope the students who worked on this project at the Vancouver Film School return to develop a proper story and add more mechanics or abilities to the main character. Overall, a solid experience.”
    • “Wish there was a final boss fight with a huge enemy with phases, but the stun mechanic is very cool.”
    • “Really cool mechanics; love the environmental art as well. Overall, a very cool game.”
  • graphics

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are widely praised for their appealing art style and vibrant visuals, drawing comparisons to titles like Ratchet and Clank. Despite some technical issues and inconsistencies elsewhere, the visual design stands out as a strong and enjoyable aspect of the game.

    • “A severely janky game that has some great graphics, music and ideas, could be a great game with a lot of polish... at times I felt like I was playing a janky Ratchet Deadlocked. I hope this team makes this into a full game, there is a good base here but it needs a lot of work in several areas.”
    • “Loved the art style and character!”
    • “Cool little shooter, great graphics - reminds me a lot of Ratchet and Clank!”
  • story

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, -25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The story is brief and somewhat minimal, centering on a radioactive anthro fox accompanied by a helpful drone, but it provides an enjoyable and fun experience. Users appreciate the concept and hope for a more developed narrative with additional mechanics, weapons, and enemy types in future iterations.

    • “Fun game worth playing despite being so short. I do hope the students who worked on this project at the Vancouver Film School return to make a proper story and possibly add more mechanics or abilities to the main character. Overall, a solid experience.”
    • “I'd love to see this more fleshed out with other weapons, enemy types, and story.”
    • “You're put into the shoes of a radioactive anthro fox, given no backstory, but followed by a chirpy little drone who unlocks doors and locks down enemies.”
    • “I'd love to see this more fleshed out with other weapons, enemy types and story.”
    • “Fun game worth playing despite being so short. I do hope the students who worked on this project at the Vancouver Film School return to make a proper story and add more mechanics or abilities to the main character. Overall, a solid experience.”
  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music in the game is highly praised, described as an absolute banger, providing a strong positive aspect despite other issues with controls, voice acting, and overall polish.

    • “The music is an absolute banger.”
    • “The game features great music that contributes positively to the overall experience.”
    • “Despite some flaws, the music and sound design stand out as strong points in the game.”
  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game experiences noticeable performance issues, including stuttering and aiming problems, which impact the overall experience. While these issues are somewhat forgivable given the game's charm, significant optimization improvements are needed for smoother gameplay.

    • “Overall, the game is cute and has potential, but the performance issues need serious attention.”
  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's humor is well-executed, particularly through the bot companion, who delivers amusing and well-voiced quips that enhance the overall experience.

    • “Your bot buddy is really well-voiced and has funny quips.”
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Not Raised By Wolves is a shooter game. Common tags for Not Raised By Wolves include free to play, futuristic, 3D, linear and third person.

Not Raised By Wolves is available on PC and Windows.

Not Raised By Wolves was released on October 1, 2025.

Not Raised By Wolves was developed by Vancouver Film School.

Not Raised By Wolves has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Not Raised By Wolves for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Not Raised By Wolves is a single player game.

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