Herdling
Guide a herd of mysterious creatures on a stirring and beautiful journey into the mountains… and beyond.
Herdling is an adventure developed by Okomotive, released 21 August 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $24.99 at Epic Games Store.
What Herdling is
Herdling is an adventure game developed by Okomotive and released in 2025. It was published by Panic. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 31 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Herdling holds a critic score of 92 out of 100. That places it above 97% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 14 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7850, 2GB or Intel Arc A310 LP, 4GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $24.99 at Epic Games Store.
What it launched against
Herdling launched on 21 August 2025, within three weeks of Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Hell is Us. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Hell is Us.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Herdling yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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