Games like HERD
Below are 8 hand-picked alternatives to HERD for fans of action, 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 HERD 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. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About HERD: HERD is a co-op adventure game about shepherding sheep. 1–4 friends play as young shepherds, disguised with wool mustaches, tasked with delivering sheep to distant villages. Survive the environment while working together to protect your flock (and screaming because a sheep is literally on fire).
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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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Hold Your King
Top pick for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
In this physics-based co-op platformer, you and a friend must carry your short-tempered king through deadly medieval courses. Dodge traps, maintain balance, and work together to reach the throne room. One wrong step, and the king might crown you with his rage!
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Keep It Up!
Second-strongest match for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
Keep It Up! is a co-op slapstick physics game about keeping a balloon from touching the ground. You and up to three Facility test subjects scramble through chaotic obstacle rooms while slapping, jumping and colliding to keep the balloon up. Will you be able to Keep It Up!?
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Rust
Third-strongest match for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
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MicroWorks
Ranked #4 for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
MicroWorks is a competitively lighthearted party game where you and up to 16 other players compete through a series of microgames and boss stages to reach the top of the scoreboard and unleash chaos!
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No Man's Sky
Ranked #5 for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with HERD.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Tower Unite
Ranked #6 for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
PLAY, CREATE, PARTY! Tower Unite is a community-based virtual world party game with online games, entertainment, activities, and absolutely NO microtransactions.
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Astro Colony
Ranked #7 for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
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Don't Starve Together
Ranked #8 for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Frequently asked about HERD
- Does HERD have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — HERD supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to HERD?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HERD are Hold Your King, Keep It Up!, Rust.
- Who developed HERD?
- HERD was developed by Game Night 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 HERD.
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