Hubert is a third-person sheepdog adventure from Brocap Studio, with a Steam release set for October 13 (October 12 local time) and a PS5 version due in October. A demo has been on Steam since February, and the game was shown in the SELECTED INDIE 80 section at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
Brocap Studio's Hubert has moved from announcement to a dated release. The Czech studio announced in August 2026 that the sheepdog adventure would launch in October 2026 for PC and PS5, casting the player as Hubert, a self-assured sheepdog who uses scent tracking, barking, and marking to move flocks through the northern wilderness. Lily, a resourceful child, and a short-tempered farmer round out the cast, and the story is told through Hubert's monologue. By early September the release had a date: Steam on October 13, October 12 local time, with the PS5 version still set for October.
The game's public record is mostly about how the demo has performed. A Steam demo available since February held a Very Positive rating, and the game won Best Game by audience vote at the Game Access 2026 Indie Awards in May. At that point it had over 30,000 Steam wishlist registrations. The studio's staff include people who worked on Mafia: The Old Country, Last Train Home, and Crime Boss: Rockay City.
The most recent look at the game came from the Tokyo Game Show 2026 floor, where Hubert appeared in the SELECTED INDIE 80 section. That demo spends daylight teaching the herding system, with Hubert meeting farmer Lily and an ill-tempered farmhand. After dark the same scent mechanic leads him to a talking wild dog or wolf, and a fight begins. The question left open by the coverage is how cleanly the game turns from herding to that nighttime confrontation.
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Brocap Studio's Hubert, shown in Tokyo Game Show 2026's SELECTED INDIE 80 section, casts the player as a sheepdog herding flocks by barking and tracking hidden sheep by scent. In the demo, Hubert meets a farmer named Lily and an ill-tempered farmhand. When night falls, the same scent mechanic leads him to a talking wild dog or wolf, and a fight begins.
Brocap Studio will release Hubert, a third-person adventure where players guide flocks of sheep as a sheepdog, on Steam October 13 (October 12 local time), with a PS5 version due in October. The Czech indie studio includes staff who worked on Mafia: The Old Country, Last Train Home, and Crime Boss: Rockay City. A demo on Steam since February holds a Very Positive rating, and the game won Best Game at the Game Access 2026 Indie Awards in May.
Brocap Studio announced on August 18, 2026, that its sheepdog adventure game 'Hubert' will launch in October 2026 for PC and PS5. The game casts players as Hubert, a fluffy, self-assured sheepdog who navigates the unexplored northern wilderness using dog-specific actions like scent tracking, barking, and marking. Hubert is accompanied by Lily, a resourceful child who convinced the valley's grumpiest farmer to hire her. Together, they must guide dozens of distracted sheep to pasture while managing the farmer's short temper. The story expands beyond the farm into a quieter, stranger wilderness where Hubert hears a mysterious call he cannot fully explain. The game's monologue-driven narrative shows Hubert's inner conflict between his life as a working dog and the allure of the wild. A demo is currently available on Steam with Japanese language support. The game won Best Game by audience vote at the Game Access Conference 2026 in the Czech Republic, and had over 30,000 Steam wishlist registrations at that time.