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Them's Fightin' Herds

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

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

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!

Them's Fightin' Herds is an Action, Indie game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 4506 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (403 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 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
  • · 0 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 7% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 90k–203k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,506 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 16 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

1602026-09-15 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2084Feb 2018Aug 2026Feb 2018 — avg 144 · peak 1,396May 2018 — avg 37 · peak 101Aug 2018 — avg 23 · peak 56Nov 2018 — avg 16 · peak 40Feb 2019 — avg 19 · peak 47May 2019 — avg 19 · peak 56Aug 2019 — avg 14 · peak 39Nov 2019 — avg 16 · peak 62Feb 2020 — avg 28 · peak 82May 2020 — avg 208 · peak 528Aug 2020 — avg 60 · peak 173Nov 2020 — avg 43 · peak 133Feb 2021 — avg 37 · peak 97May 2021 — avg 54 · peak 136Aug 2021 — avg 36 · peak 138Nov 2021 — avg 21 · peak 61Feb 2022 — avg 20 · peak 71May 2022 — avg 22 · peak 72Aug 2022 — avg 30 · peak 78Nov 2022 — avg 31 · peak 74Feb 2023 — avg 32 · peak 76May 2023 — avg 25 · peak 67Aug 2023 — avg 17 · peak 50Nov 2023 — avg 17 · peak 54Feb 2024 — avg 18 · peak 109May 2024 — avg 11 · peak 32Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 34Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 33Feb 2025 — avg 18 · peak 58May 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Aug 2025 — avg 8 · peak 50Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 27Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 29May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002018-02-222026-10-152018-02-22 — 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 $14.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

232402026-05-29 — 130 pageviews2026-06-02 — 86 pageviews2026-06-06 — 82 pageviews2026-06-10 — 66 pageviews2026-06-14 — 84 pageviews2026-06-18 — 77 pageviews2026-06-22 — 70 pageviews2026-06-26 — 69 pageviews2026-06-30 — 78 pageviews2026-07-04 — 71 pageviews2026-07-08 — 87 pageviews2026-07-12 — 67 pageviews2026-07-16 — 79 pageviews2026-07-20 — 54 pageviews2026-07-24 — 144 pageviews2026-07-28 — 122 pageviews2026-08-01 — 79 pageviews2026-08-05 — 59 pageviews2026-08-09 — 84 pageviews2026-08-13 — 64 pageviews2026-08-17 — 87 pageviews2026-08-21 — 99 pageviews2026-08-25 — 65 pageviews2026-08-29 — 67 pageviews2026-09-02 — 68 pageviews2026-09-06 — 94 pageviews2026-09-10 — 232 pageviews2026-09-14 — 88 pageviews2026-09-18 — 69 pageviews2026-09-22 — 66 pageviews2026-09-26 — 57 pageviews2026-09-30 — 64 pageviews2026-10-04 — 65 pageviews2026-10-08 — 67 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

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2020-02-13, latest 2024-02-22 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPCuteAnimeIndieActionCartoonFantasyColorfulFighting2D Fighter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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