Name: Hounded Reborn Greyhound Racing
Brand: Steam
Price: 3.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Deal overview

Hounded Reborn Greyhound Racing is currently 20% off on Steam — down to $3.99 from $4.99.

This is a modest 20% cut. Unless you want Hounded Reborn Greyhound Racing now, holding out for a seasonal sale usually pays off.

That works out to $1 off the Steam list price of $4.99.

As a recent release, discounts this early are relatively uncommon.

Genre: Indie, Racing, Simulation, Sports, Strategy · Developer: Kelvin King · Release: Nov 4, 2026.

This deal is for the PC version. Click View Deal to open the official Steam page — prices and regional availability are confirmed at checkout, not by GamesCreed.

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About this game

Hounded Reborn Greyhound Racing is a PC management game about owning, naming, and racing greyhounds, and it has an unusual backstory. It’s a Windows rebuild of a 1984 Commodore 64 game by the same developer, expanded and brought back for people who never stopped playing the original in emulators. The pitch is simple: raise a champion, chase records, and try to get a dog ranked “Immortal.”

How it plays

The game runs in weekly cycles. Each week, 32 dogs enter a knockout carnival for the State Cup: four heats, two semi-finals, and a final. The top four finishers in that final earn a shot at “legend” dogs in the National Cup. Every second week adds a special sprint or distance event, which gives you a reason to care about dogs with different strengths.

Those strengths are the real substance. Each greyhound has its own mix of reaction time, acceleration, straight and corner speed, stamina, box and track sense, age, and fitness, among other traits. The game says there’s no ability limit, so a well-chosen dog can keep climbing. You buy pups, pick trainers, and watch the form. The last-placed dog in each heat can be deregistered by officials, which means a replacement pup goes up for sale and the field keeps turning over.

Then there’s the betting. You can wager on win, place, quinella, and trifecta, but it’s all pretend money, so a bad punt won’t hurt. A large pile of statistics on each dog backs those decisions. A computer rival called Mr. X and his syndicate compete for the same glory, which gives solo play a bit of an antagonist.

Who it’s for

This suits people who like numbers, stat sheets, and slow-burn progression, the sort who enjoy scouting a pup and then tracking it for weeks. It also fits anyone with nostalgia for 1980s home-computer sports management. Up to six people can share one game, but it isn’t online. The developer compares it to a board game around a table with snacks and banter, and that framing seems right.

If you want flashy visuals, fast reflex action, or online matches, skip it. It’s a small indie project with a niche focus, and it’s best approached as a management and betting sim rather than a racing game you drive yourself.

Is it worth it?

For the right player, the value is in replayability. The weekly carnival structure, the breeding-style hunt for a standout dog, and the stat-driven gambling can eat up a lot of hours, and the developer admits to playing hundreds of game weeks alone. That’s a decent sign of how loopy and habit-forming it can get.

Because it’s a specialized, low-key title, it’s the kind of game that makes sense to grab on a Steam sale rather than rush into. If the concept already sounds appealing, a discount just makes the experiment easier. If you’re lukewarm on management sims, wait and see.