Games like Herder

"The Deer God" is a 3D pixel art adventure that explores themes of survival, reincarnation, and karma. As a deer, players must navigate through a beautiful pixelized world, interact with various animals and characters, and complete quests to uncover secrets and ancient puzzles. With a dark storyline, day and night system, and original soundtrack, players must also use statues to level up and make moral choices that affect gameplay.

"Wildmender is an open-world, single-player and multiplayer co-op game with outstanding story and mechanics, set in a deserted world. Craft tools, grow gardens, delve into mysteries, befriend creatures, and defend the land from wraiths. Despite its wonderful visuals, exceptional soundtrack, and immersive gameplay, Wildmender is poorly optimized and buggy, with lots of grinding required."

Dome Keeper is a roguelike survival game where you defend your dome from alien attacks and dig for resources between waves. Use the materials and artifacts you find to upgrade your defenses and dig deeper underground. With procedurally generated levels and a variety of enemies, each playthrough offers a unique challenge.

Welcome to The Hollow, a blighted and dying place, and home to the Drakes.Drakes are the friendly vegetable folk native to these parts, and they need your help. They’re hungry, thirsty, and need a place to sleep. They can - quite literally - die of boredom. It’s on you to save them. Build gardens to provide them with food, wells for water, and yoga balls and puppet shows to keep them entertained. …

In Grow Home, players control a quirky robot named B.U.D., tasked with growing a massive plant to save his homeworld. Featuring unique climbing mechanics, players navigate the open-world of an alien planet, exploring and solving puzzles to further their progress. The game boasts a serene atmosphere, with soothing visuals and a calming soundtrack, making it a refreshing take on the platforming genre.

Equilinox is a single-player 4X game that offers stunning visuals and an exceptional soundtrack, but can be very grinding with plenty of bugs. As a low-poly nature simulation game, it allows players to create and manage their own ecosystem in an engaging and highly emotional atmosphere, currently being developed in Java using OpenGL.

Everdream Valley is a farming adventure game with magical elements. During the day, players restore their homestead, grow crops, raise animals, and expand their paradise. At night, players can enter the dreams of various farmland creatures, adding enchantment to the valley. The game features an open world with additional adventures, animals, and collectibles to discover.

In "The Pathless," you play as the Hunter, a skilled archer on a mission to lift a curse from a mystical island. Solve puzzles, outrun beasts, and explore the open world to discover hidden secrets and unlock new abilities. With elegant motion-based controls and a breathtaking original soundtrack, this game offers a unique and immersive adventure.

In "Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles," explore the vibrant island of Gemea as young hero Novo. Collect magical creatures called Sprites to banish the murky substance known as Murk that's plaguing the land. Engage in farming, crafting, cooking, and fishing as you uncover the ancient stories of Gemea.

Himno is a peaceful, 2D platformer game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. Take a breath, and relax.