Interactive voice-controlled companion application for a video game

A system comprising:

• an application host system configured to host at least a portion of an instance of a video game;
• and
• an interactive computing system comprising one or more hardware processors, the interactive computing system configured to execute specific computer-executable instructions to at least:
• receive a query from a user computing device, the query associated with the video game;
• determine an action responsive to the query;
• determine the video game associated with the query, the video game one of a plurality of video games;
• identify a user account associated with the query;
• and
• perform the action with respect to the user account and the video game, wherein performing the action comprises:
• causing the application host system to execute at least the portion of the instance of the video game;
• and
• causing execution within the instance of the video game of a command associated with the action on behalf of a user associated with the user account without the user accessing the video game.