Games like HERD
If HERD is your kind of game, the closest matches are HANDSUP, Keep It Up! and Alchemist Madness — 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 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).
Players who liked HERD also play
Steam players who put hours into HERD also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
HANDSUP
WHY THIS
Top pick for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
Escape a vertical nightmare with up to 4 friends using physics-based parkour. Equip Magic Rings to customize your climb. Don't let go, just keep your Hands Up.
Keep It Up!
WHY THIS
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!?
Alchemist Madness
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
Alchemist Madness is a co-op game for up to 4 players where you must defend your base against hordes of enemies using magical potions crafted in real time. Gather ingredients, combine them in cauldrons, and throw powerful potions to stop the threat before it destroys everything in its path.
Gulltastrophe
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
It's time to cause a Gulltastrophe! Fly, Dash, and Poop on people. Kick all of them out and take back your island.
Portal to the Cosmobeat
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HERD.
You play as a young boy with the destiny of becoming the greatest dancer of the galaxy. Use your keyboard or controller to move each of your limbs individually and defeat your enemies... in DANCE BATTLES!
SqueakOut
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
A chaotic 1-4 player co-op game where laboratory mice survive deadly experiments, upgrade their shelter, and build a giant screwdriver to escape a mad scientist.
Minigame Madness
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
Minigame Madness is a high-difficulty multiplayer party game for 1-16 players online. Compete with friends or strangers in an ever-growing collection of frantic minigames to unlock shiny badges, design stylish outfits & create awesome condos! BOTS coming 2026!
Pizza Oof!
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for HERD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HERD.
Grab 3 friends and deliver a pizza worth a million-dollar tip. Keep it hot, keep it safe, and blame your crew when everything goes wrong.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with HERD.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with HERD.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with HERD.
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 HERD.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HERD.
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 HERD.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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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 HANDSUP, Keep It Up!, Alchemist Madness.
- 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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