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Them's Fightin' Herds cover art

Them's Fightin' Herds

Mane6, Inc. · Gameplay Group International · 2020-04-30

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 18, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Oct 18, 2022 (Xbox One), Oct 18, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 18, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 18, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Mar 25, 2021 (Linux)

Them’s Fightin’ Herds is a 2D fighting game featuring a cast of adorable animals designed by acclaimed cartoon producer Lauren Faust. Beneath the cute and cuddly surface, a serious fighter awaits!

4
playing now
81%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Them's Fightin' Herds is an indie fighting game developed by Mane6 and published by Gameplay Group International. It features a cast of ungulate characters fighting each other to find a champion worthy of gaining a magical key that will protect their world from predators. First released into early access in February 2018, the full release was on April 30, 2020, for Microsoft Windows, followed by Linux on March 25, 2021, and a beta macOS version was added on October 27, 2021. The game was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on October 18, 2022.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 49 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (437 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 90k–202k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,499 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Fanatical (2024-11-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 9 observed days · $18.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41341320182026Week of 2018-02-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-11 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002018-02-222026-08-272018-02-22 — best price $14.992018-11-19 — best price $11.242019-06-05 — best price $14.992019-11-03 — best price $10.042020-01-16 — best price $10.042020-03-06 — best price $10.042020-06-25 — best price $10.042020-09-28 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $8.992021-01-28 — best price $8.242021-04-17 — best price $8.492021-08-12 — best price $8.992021-11-24 — best price $8.992022-03-12 — best price $14.112022-06-14 — best price $14.992022-08-15 — best price $19.992022-10-25 — best price $13.492023-01-06 — best price $12.742023-03-07 — best price $13.492023-04-28 — best price $9.992023-07-21 — best price $8.002023-09-29 — best price $8.002023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-16 — best price $6.992024-03-05 — best price $6.992024-04-15 — best price $13.942024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-07-26 — best price $8.002024-08-27 — best price $14.692024-10-25 — best price $4.802024-12-10 — best price $14.692025-02-17 — best price $19.992025-05-09 — best price $1.802026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

156402026-05-29 — 130 pageviews2026-06-01 — 73 pageviews2026-06-04 — 84 pageviews2026-06-07 — 101 pageviews2026-06-10 — 66 pageviews2026-06-13 — 69 pageviews2026-06-16 — 40 pageviews2026-06-19 — 72 pageviews2026-06-22 — 70 pageviews2026-06-25 — 74 pageviews2026-06-28 — 92 pageviews2026-07-01 — 72 pageviews2026-07-04 — 71 pageviews2026-07-07 — 106 pageviews2026-07-10 — 74 pageviews2026-07-13 — 67 pageviews2026-07-16 — 79 pageviews2026-07-19 — 69 pageviews2026-07-22 — 126 pageviews2026-07-25 — 120 pageviews2026-07-28 — 122 pageviews2026-07-31 — 103 pageviews2026-08-03 — 97 pageviews2026-08-06 — 67 pageviews2026-08-09 — 84 pageviews2026-08-12 — 90 pageviews2026-08-15 — 90 pageviews2026-08-18 — 88 pageviews2026-08-21 — 99 pageviews2026-08-24 — 69 pageviews2026-08-26 — 75 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
12.5%
earned "Be Gentle..."
0.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing7 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1181%28
Xbox One (Xbox)9722%28
PS5 (PlayStation)6688%28
PS4 (PlayStation)4889%28
Switch (Nintendo)710%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

PvPCuteAnimeIndieActionCartoonFantasyColorfulFighting2D Fighter

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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