Games like Herdles
Below are 21 hand-picked alternatives to Herdles for fans of indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Herdles also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Herdles: An adorable open world platformer where you play as a magical dog. Zoom around a vibrant landscape, using an evolving arsenal of abilities to explore, solve challenges and discover secrets – one bark at a time!
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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DODECIUM
Top pick for Herdles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herdles.
Solo Indie delivers a local 1-4 player split-screen physics-based create and combat sandbox with scientific tools for PvP or PvE. Replay many unique campaigns. Master your hex build strategy, microscopes, and chemistry skills. Be clever to achieve victory and learn as you go. June NEXT FEST.
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Gravity Grove
Second-strongest match for Herdles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herdles.
Gravity Grove is a 2D platformer set on the faces of a 3D cube. Walk over the edges to rotate the entire level, shifting gravity in your favor to open up new paths and uncover hidden secrets from the past.
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Immortals Fenyx Rising
Third-strongest match for Herdles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Herdles.
Immortals Fenyx Rising brings grand mythological adventure to life. Play as Fenyx on a quest to save the Greek gods.
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Hogwarts Legacy
Ranked #4 for Herdles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Herdles.
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide
Ranked #5 for Herdles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Herdles.
Prepare to be scared! A clash between the Flying Dutchman and King Neptune has unleashed ghostly mayhem all over Bikini Bottom. Switch seamlessly between SpongeBob and Patrick, combine their unique skills and save Bikini Bottom from total ghostification!
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Star Overdrive
Ranked #6 for Herdles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herdles.
Star Overdrive is a high-speed action adventure set in an open world. Race across an alien planet on your Hoverboard, mastering tricks, battling enemies, solving puzzles, and using your powers to overcome challenges and shape your destiny!
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Grow Up
Ranked #7 for Herdles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herdles.
Leaping from mind-boggling heights, bouncing off Champolines, soaring inches from floating islands, BUD can do it all - that look of mild terror, that’s his daredevil face. Help the adorable little robot collect MOM’s scattered ship parts and return them to the moon.
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A Hat in Time
Ranked #8 for Herdles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herdles.
A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Herdles.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Herdles.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Herdles.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Herdles.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herdles.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Herdles.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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The Looker
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Herdles.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Hogwarts Legacy
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Herdles.
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Herdles.
Prepare to be scared! A clash between the Flying Dutchman and King Neptune has unleashed ghostly mayhem all over Bikini Bottom. Switch seamlessly between SpongeBob and Patrick, combine their unique skills and save Bikini Bottom from total ghostification!
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Star Overdrive
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herdles.
Star Overdrive is a high-speed action adventure set in an open world. Race across an alien planet on your Hoverboard, mastering tricks, battling enemies, solving puzzles, and using your powers to overcome challenges and shape your destiny!
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Grow Up
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herdles.
Leaping from mind-boggling heights, bouncing off Champolines, soaring inches from floating islands, BUD can do it all - that look of mild terror, that’s his daredevil face. Help the adorable little robot collect MOM’s scattered ship parts and return them to the moon.
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A Hat in Time
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herdles.
A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!
Frequently asked about Herdles
- What games are most similar to Herdles?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Herdles are DODECIUM, Gravity Grove, Immortals Fenyx Rising.
- Who developed Herdles?
- Herdles was developed by Fire Sword Studios, One More Journey and published by One More Journey, Fire Sword Studios.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Herdles.
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