Fit check
Is Herd is Coming worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Survival RPG players who want scavenging, combat, crafting, and shelter upkeep in one campaign
- Players who enjoy allocating character points across multiple skill and stat categories
- Zombie-fiction fans who want to recruit survivors and use zombie remains as food
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly focused action game may hit a wall when progression requires scavenging, trading, crafting, and shelter upgrades alongside combat.
- Players who want varied non-combat encounters may find repeated zombie fighting and resource collection become the central routine.
- Players looking for stealth-led exploration or a medieval fantasy setting may prefer alternatives built around those settings and mechanics.
- Players seeking a cooperative action RPG with tower defense may not find the described survival structure suitable.
Our take on Herd is Coming
The bounce point arrives when survival becomes a connected management loop: combat supplies loot, loot feeds crafting and trade, and recruited survivors create shelter-upgrade demands. Players who want to focus mainly on fighting may lose interest once equipment, food, quests, and accommodation all compete for attention.
What is Herd is Coming?
Herd is Coming is a survival RPG set ten years after a zombie outbreak.
Mike travels through a post-apocalyptic world, scavenging locations and fighting zombies for food, equipment, materials, and trade goods. Weapons and armor can be equipped and improved with found enhancers, while experience from combat and quests provides stat and skill points. Exploration reveals survivors who can be brought to the shelter, where doors, windows, and beds can be built or upgraded. Trading, crafting, main quests, and survivor side quests support progression. Zombie remains provide meat, guts, and brains that can be eaten raw or cooked into dishes such as Zombie Brain Soup, Zombie Salami, and Zombie Kokorech.
How Herd is Coming plays
- 01Weapon Variety
- Choices include a pipe wrench, machete, cleaver, combat knife, bow, baseball bat, and hatchet; weapon types can produce different hit effects.
- 02Armor Upgrades
- Chest, leg, and arm armor can be equipped and improved using several types of enhancers.
- 03Character Development
- Zombie kills and quests grant experience, stat points, and skill points across Attack, Defense, Survival, and Craft categories.
- 04Shelter Management
- Recruited survivors can be housed in a shelter with buildable or upgradeable doors, windows, and beds.
- 05Zombie Cooking
- Meat, guts, and brains from defeated zombies can be eaten raw or cooked on a stove as named dishes.
Herd is Coming compared to similar games
Mr. Prepper also combines survival crafting with shelter construction, but its description centers on an underground shelter, preparation for nuclear war, and conflict with an authoritarian government. Herd is Coming instead combines zombie combat, survivor recruitment, character progression, trading, and cooking. Ghost of a Tale emphasizes exploration, stealth, disguises, and conversations in an animal-populated medieval world, while Herd is Coming focuses on scavenging, combat, and survival management.
Herd is Coming: platforms & release
Is Herd is Coming worth it?
It is worth it if: survival RPG players who want scavenging, combat, crafting, and shelter upkeep in one campaign. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly focused action game may hit a wall when progression requires scavenging, trading, crafting, and shelter upgrades alongside combat.
Where can I download Herd is Coming?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Herd is Coming's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Herd is Coming on?
Windows only.
