Frame Interactive has announced The Free Shepherd, a single-player atmospheric adventure in which players control an energetic, loyal sheepdog guiding lost flocks to safety. Coming to PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam in 2027, the game was revealed alongside its first trailer, highlighting a quiet but uneasy world caught between beauty and looming disaster.
Rather than casting players as a traditional human hero, The Free Shepherd puts the dog front and center. Your role is to sprint across open landscapes, rally and steer large groups of scattered sheep, and guide them toward a hidden refuge. As you work to protect the flock, you begin to uncover hints of a mysterious calamity that only your actions can ultimately prevent.
The tone leans heavily on mood and atmosphere: serene vistas contrasted with a sense that something is fundamentally wrong in the wider world. Exploration and herding are tightly linked, encouraging players to read the environment, learn routes, and gradually piece together what happened as they move from one endangered flock to the next.
