Last updated on December 15th, 2025 at 10:25 pm
Hair of the Dog – Adventure Game Review
Hair of the Dog is a Adventure/Puzzle game from Tall Story Games Ltd, first launched in 15th June 2021.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 63+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Hair of the Dog Stand Out
An hour of mystery, cannibalism and nob jokes
Hair of the Dog is inspired and influenced by the classic 90s point & click adventure games, from its retro pixel-art style to its irreverent, sarcastic humour. This exquisitely voiced comedy provides an hour of frivolous point & click goodness like no other.
Play in real time
This game can be played in "real time". Meaning that if you play between the hours of 8pm – 8am some of the scenes, objects, actions and characters differ to those found during the rest of the day. Of course, if you don't want your game to last several months, you can enable "Time skip" mode in the game's settings.
Game Features:
• Control time – but beware it comes at a cost!
• From Louse-tamers to street urchins, you'll encounter a cast of colourful characters.
• Explore rich environments with an abundance of witty retorts to almost everything you can point your cursor at.
• Enjoy the distinctive and beautifully realised voice acting (English)
• Travel instantly between scenes with a double-click.
• Having trouble? Just hit the space bar to get a sneaky peek of each scene’s hotspots.
This Adventure game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Hair of the Dog is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 8th May 2023
Recent improvements include:
Bug fix for iOS 16.5.
Download & Availability
Hair of the Dog is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Hair of the Dog on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Fun game. A little humor in it. Not too hard of puzzles. The hints didnt light up all of the places you could use, but it was fun nonetheless. Wish it was a bit longer.
Thank you for making it. The puzzles were logical and enjoyable. (For anyone reading, would not suggest this for children due to drug references).
Short and sweet, it was actually very cleverly made and took us a bit to figure out some of the things that were needed to do in-game. We never review games but we really loved it! We wish there could be a part 2 someday, maybe of the barber + meat pie lady lol. Thanks.
Great story, lovely illustrations, and fun characters. We only wish the game was longer.
This game is so cool and fun and a little bit hard and we love it. We rly like that there arent any ads and the storyline is rather unusual- but we need more, so much has been left unsolved- what the heck is going on? What should he do next? More importantly: did the urchin win the contest? Please tell us u guys are going to make an update that continues the story.
Pretty much one of the best games Ive ever played no joke. Keep doing your best you deserve much more attention for the hard work you put into this game. We loved all the mechanics and loved the twist at the end! Keep doing great work. :).
Very fun game; there is a lot to explore and do even though the world is small. Definitely worth a download.
Absolutely loved this game. Was super sad it was just a taste. Would be really great if developer expanded on it and added more chapters. All of the great components of a good point and click, an interesting story, cool environment, lots of things to explore but not everything is usable, and cheeky voice acting and script. Loved the Victorian vibe. Make more please.
Really enjoyable game. Only wish it was longer but really cant ask for more with a free game.
What a little charmer! Challenging and entertaining. We had to smile at the ending. We had no bugs or issues and no problem completing on our own. Very good job developers.
Maniac Mansion was our favorite game growing up. If you are a fan of old school point and click adventures, do yourself a favor and download immediately. We wish it was longer and really cant believe it was thrown together in 12 days. We cant wait for the full game of Lucy Dreaming to be released.
We really love the style and gameplay. Its a fun, quick game.
It was a quick and fun point & click game that was a bit challenging but definitely fun. Some of the puzzles were not so obvious and we had to look up a walkthrough on YouTube. But overall it was a fun game and we recommend trying it.
We want to play this game but every time we got to open it, it crashes. Ive tried deleting and reinstalling. Im on iOS 16.4 – please let us know how we can run the game.
We cant get the lice whatever we tried. The first time we got the lice conversation we walked away and interrupted it, but didnt get any lice. We suspect it caused us to unable to trigger it again.
This game was fun to play, even having to wait in real-time to advance (which was probably done because the game is so short.) Wish it was longer.
We have just started the game and so far so good but only thing is we think you need to explain the sniff/talk to button because its easy to miss.
The game has a great nostalgic feeling to it from the old PC game days. Im loving it so far. However, Im finding the time skip enabling does not work. Everytime we click the pocket watch to change days, it just states the current time. Ive restarted the game and enabled/disabled few times now but still nothing. Any advice.
Fun point and clicker, good voice acting. We cant get the pie woman to give us a pie.
There was literally no talking feature so we couldnt move forward with the game. Big bummer.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.01
- Size: 117.50 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor, Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Developer: Tall Story Games Ltd
Last updated: 8th May 2023 | Genre: Adventure, Puzzle | Developer: Tall Story Games Ltd