Games like The Shepherd: Black Sheep
If The Shepherd: Black Sheep is your kind of game, the closest matches are Luminons: Seeds of Starlight, The Spirit Apprentice and Paleo Pines — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About The Shepherd: Black Sheep: Delve into The Shepherd: Black sheep for a cozy, alpine Adventure. Play as Matthias and his fluffy friend Rocky and meet the citizens of Hochboden. Train your animals, keep them safe from danger, become a master shepherd and explore the alps! Will you be able to fulfill your family's destiny?
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Luminons: Seeds of Starlight
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Top pick for The Shepherd: Black Sheep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
A cozy farming life sim where what you grow directly improves your creatures’ stats. Breed Luminons, compete in 3v3 arenas and beauty contests, and climb the leagues.
The Spirit Apprentice
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Shepherd: Black Sheep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Restore a forgotten village, befriend magical spirits, and uncover the mysteries of a world slowly being overrun by dark magic. As a Spirit Apprentice nearing the end of your studies, you’ll restore a mystical village, form friendships, and perhaps even find romance in this cozy fantasy RPG.
Paleo Pines
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Shepherd: Black Sheep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Welcome to Paleo Pines, a charming island known for its friendly dinosaurs, quirky townsfolk, and mysterious past. Befriend dinos and enlist their help to fix up your ranch and farm crops to create your cozy dino sanctuary! Then set out with your companion, Lucky, to uncover the island’s secrets.
Vampire Rancher
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Ranked #4 for The Shepherd: Black Sheep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Rancher by day, Vampire by night. Manage your time and resources to restore your sleepy little town to its former glory, all while satisfying your vampire needs for blood. Oversee shops and saloons, farm crops and humans, and explore ancient vampiric ruins in the Weird Wild West!
Moonstone Island
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Ranked #5 for The Shepherd: Black Sheep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting life-sim set in an open world with 100 islands to explore. Make friends, brew potions, collect Spirits, and test your strength in card-based encounters to complete your Alchemy training!
Sakagura Life
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Ranked #6 for The Shepherd: Black Sheep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
In a quiet town nestled among rice paddies, you’ve bought an old sake brewery for a bargain. Craft premium sake, build friendships with locals and friendly Yokai, and battle hostile spirits while solving puzzles in this unique blend of life sim, adventure, and brewing.
Duck Life 4
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Ranked #7 for The Shepherd: Black Sheep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Raise your duckling into a champion racer! Train your duck in 15 mini-games and watch proudly as it competes in tournaments against rival ducks, discovering exciting worlds and learning new skills
沉默的蟋蟀
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Ranked #8 for The Shepherd: Black Sheep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
《沉默的蟋蟀》是一款以斗蟋蟀为主题的“收集+养成”游戏。在一个叫做大夏国的地方，四季皆可斗蟋蟀，人人酷爱斗蟋蟀，斗蟋蟀是全民娱乐，更是最重要的产业之一。你可以去冲击天梯第一，也可以选择组建自己的蟋蟀战队去角逐全国联赛总冠军，更可以追求传说中的无双虫王！
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Shepherd: Black Sheep at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~50% under The Shepherd: Black Sheep on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Shepherd: Black Sheep on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Shepherd: Black Sheep on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Shepherd: Black Sheep on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Shepherd: Black Sheep on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The Shepherd: Black Sheep on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shepherd: Black Sheep.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Frequently asked about The Shepherd: Black Sheep
- How much does The Shepherd: Black Sheep cost?
- The Shepherd: Black Sheep is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Shepherd: Black Sheep?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Shepherd: Black Sheep are Luminons: Seeds of Starlight, The Spirit Apprentice, Paleo Pines.
- Who developed The Shepherd: Black Sheep?
- The Shepherd: Black Sheep was developed by Bandaloop Games GmbH.
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