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An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs is an open-world comedy adventure game. Talk to stock photo dogs. Solve their problems. Catch your flight. And call it Dog Airport Game when you get tired of saying the full title, like I did three months ago.

What works

  • Humorous and heartfelt writing
  • Unique and surreal setting
  • Charming characters and dialogue
  • Freedom to explore and experiment
  • Emotional story about relationships

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive fetch quest gameplay
  • Tedious backtracking between airports
  • Slow movement and navigation
  • Limited gameplay depth
  • Some players find it overpriced

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Locomoto

  • Smushi Come Home

  • FixFox

  • Great God Grove

  • Sushi Ben

  • Caravan SandWitch

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

  • Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County

  • Backfirewall_

  • Smile For Me

  • The Norwood Suite

  • On Your Tail

Less intimate

Games that feels like An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs but with less focus on close relationships

  • Broken Reality

  • Sable

  • DISCOPUP

  • Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip

  • Dinocop

  • Macbat 64

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

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Similarity map

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Fellowship, Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026