Between Control Resonant, Dune: Awakening and Onimusha, we have had quite a busy month. Those three games seem like some of the most complex games we’ve played this autumn, and if there’s one thing we’d like to do when reviewing AAA games back to back, it’s get some rest in between with a less demanding but equally fun title. If that happens to be a VR title, then even better. Tiny Flock was the glue that helped us tie those long sessions together, if that makes any sense. In it, we found a flock of sheep and a carrot in a miniature world full of things we can pick up, move and break. After spending some time with the title, we feel that the creators of Human: Fall Flat have really outdone themselves. Across 21 handcrafted dioramas, they made it our job to get the sheep to their pasture without caring much about how we get there.
In Tiny Flock, the carrot is our main tool for directing the flock. Move it around and the sheep follow, gathering together as they make their way through the level. Before you let the thought of how simple this sounds settle in, pause for a second, dear reader, for they have their own ideas about how to get around obstacles. We do have to point out that watching them navigate can be just as entertaining as solving the puzzle itself. And don’t you go ahead and worry your pretty little head that a sheep wandering off the edge or getting stuck is an immediate recipe for disaster, because fallen sheep respawn at a recent safe position. It’s a great way to experiment see if you can break the game.
Building Solutions
Most of the actual puzzle solving comes from manipulating the environment or, as we’ve mentioned already, picking up objects, moving them around, rotating and/or stacking them, pulling ropes and levers, and, of course, smashing things, all for the purpose of using the physical world to create a route for the flock. You can turn a plank into a bridge or a box into a step. A pile of objects can become whatever strange construction you think might work.
The physics are loose enough to encourage experimentation but predictable enough for us to understand why something worked or didn’t. In Tiny Flock, we can look at a problem, think of a possible solution and then spend another few minutes trying to solve it. You might be able to come up with a better construction, but ours were quite ridiculous. Regardless, we did get them sheep across, so… (blowing raspberry).
Turn the World Around
The puzzles work particularly well in VR and feel made for the space, so a bucket is needed for your head and a monitor simply won’t do. The VR space also makes searching for secrets more enjoyable. There are collectibles, hidden areas, Easter eggs and accessories for the sheep tucked into the environments, so our work was never done after completing the main objective. We took our sweet time drowning ourselves in the beautiful world, poking around the dioramas to see what else we’d missed. The 21 dioramas cover a good variety of settings, including farms, wilderness areas, Venice and Egypt. We loved every single location, no cap and other nonsense that Gen Z says these days. We appreciated that the puzzles themselves aren’t especially difficult, and we were happy that that’s clearly not where Tiny Flock is putting its emphasis. Here, the fun comes from experimentation.
Made for VR
In Tiny Flock, we can play seated or standing, use controllers or hand tracking, and there’s no need to run around large environments. The miniature scale keeps everything close and manageable. On the other hand, mixed reality can place the dioramas into our actual surroundings. That, too, looks very cool. It makes the whole thing feel natural in a headset.
More Sheep, Please
The only problem (is it a problem?) is the amount of content. The 21 levels provide a few enjoyable hours of physics-based puzzle solving, but the systems are fun enough that we wanted more levels, more objects and more somewhat complicated problems to solve. Other than that, Tiny Flock is a great little game, and if you ever had a thing for carrots and sheep (no, not that kind of thing, gawd), then give this miniature world a try.
Our score: 10/10
Developer: No Brakes Games
Publisher: No Brakes Games
Genre: VR / Physics Puzzle
Platforms: Meta Quest, PC VR
Levels: 21 handcrafted dioramas
Players: Single-player
Release: September 29, 2026
Playtime: Around 3 hours
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