Shepherds

Shepherds

Team Sheep · November 22, 2024 · Adventure, Co-op, Local Co-Op, Action-Adventure, 3D Platformer

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About Shepherds

Here are some debug tools in case you encounter an undesirable situation:R + = : Restart the current LevelR + "numbers": Jump the a different sequence within the current levelShepherds is a 3D co-op action-adventure game that blends musical puzzle-solving gameplay. Players control the shepherd girl Zoe and the magical wolf Kin, cleverly using their individual mastery of musical melodies and unique movement styles to solve puzzles across various adventure levels. Ultimately, they will delve into a shepherd's temple at the heart of an active volcano to find a way to prevent the vengeful spirit, Black Dragon, from laying their island to waste.
Interested in teaming up with family and friends for a cooperative adventure and experiencing the thrill of puzzle-solving in a game world? Join "Song of the Shepherds" and enjoy the fun of human-animal teamwork!
Tower of the Dragon The Black Dragon awakens, and the volcano erupts. By a twist of fate, shepherd Zoe and the magical wolf Kin find themselves in the ancient shepherd's temple where the Black Dragon is sealed. Despite their natural enmity, they must collaborate to venture deep into the heart of the volcano to the Tower of the Dragon, find a way to save their island, and make their escape.

Spirit of Sound Within the ancient shepherd's temple, many mythical creatures dwell. Some assist Zoe and Kin on their journey, while others cunningly obstruct their path. Observing these creatures' traits and cleverly using their own abilities, players will experience an adventure of musical puzzle-solving and platform jumping. Song of the Shepherds In the temple, shepherd Zoe inherits the legacy of ancient musical magic, and the magical wolf Kin awakens the power of frost. Combining their abilities, they perform the Songs of the Shepherds, rescuing trapped music spirits, purifying the ancient shepherd's temple, and ultimately unveiling the sealed truths. Shepherds is a thesis project from the University of Southern California, developed collaboratively by Haoyun and the Team Sheep. USC Games has been known for its professionalism, diversity, and strong student teams, having produced several outstanding games. "Shepherds" aims to be among these successful projects. Both USC Games and Shepherds share a passionate commitment to creating innovative gaming products and continuing to enrich the gaming industry. Join us for a new experience in the gaming world!

Shepherds — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Co-op, Split screen
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included
More games like this:Split-screen games

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 4, 2025
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7 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 4, 2025
"Shepherds" is one of literally thousands of student projects infesting Steam. It's from University of Southern California in Southern California. While student projects tend to be better quality than most "amateur" made games, we must still question what value such projects have for gamers. As with all student projects, this isn't really a fully fleshed out game, it's just the result of an academic exercise, and as such it has much more limited value as a game than a professionally developed game would have. Educational institutions should not be using Steam as a dumping ground for homework assignments (especially if the students didn't even pass the course). Sure, it helps their marketing and helps the students feel good about themselves, but this is another case of a business putting themselves before the needs of gamers. This is an unusual 3D rendered top down co-op adventure puzzle game where the puzzles are solved with some musical gimmicks... But this isn't a full game, it's just a prototype for a game that was never, finished, never polished, massive breaking bugs never fixed, and the students thought it would be okay to dump this on Steam in an utterly broken and un…
5 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 7, 2025
As the description notes it is an unpolished experimental prototype. Despite some issues it was very fun to play through the short game and would make for a fun full-fledged game to play with a friend.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 2, 2025
Took like 30 minutes to get it working, not for one second did we play without experiencing bugs. Had to stop when the wolf (me) glitched into the ground and got stuck in a loop of respawning and dying (ouchhhhhh). not very good but i did laugh
1 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 20, 2026
I would recommend this game to people who have lots of patience and time. I liked the style of it, the concept as well. It is super glitchy and we had to restart it a lot, rewatching unskippable intro, but I had lots of fun. Thanks! P.S I hope in the future it will be modifyed, polished and longer!
Recommended Aug 16, 2026
Seems like a game programmed by students for a university project, and as such is fine. Aesthetics are nice, voice acting and controls are bad, but is good enough to spend a half hour

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