Sheep Drift 🐑

A counting sheep game for winding down: a quiet night meadow where fluffy sheep drift by, very slowly, one at a time. Tap a sheep and it hops gently over the fence and snuggles into a little bed. No score, no rush, and after twelve sheep the night fades out 🌙

How to play

1. Watch a sleepy sheep drift across the meadow.
2. Tap it (or press Space) to help it hop the fence into bed.
3. Missed one? No problem. Twelve sheep and the night ends 🌙

Touch: Tap a sheep · Mouse: Click a sheep · Keyboard: Space or Enter

Why we made it this way

Most games are built to keep you playing; Sheep Drift is built to end. After 12 tucked-in sheep the screen dims for 7 seconds to a big moon and 'Phone down, pillow up?'. Even if you ignore every sheep, the round stops after 16, so it never runs past about 3 minutes.

Everything is slow and dim on purpose. Only one sheep walks at a time, the next appears 1.2 s after the last, and the only sounds are low, soft tones. There's no score and no stars; a sheep you miss just turns around and wanders off. The night sky is your mood's colours mixed toward deep blue, so it always stays dark.

Tap, click or press Space, and the tap target is big for sleepy fingers. The evidence on counting sheep is mixed, so think of this as a short wind-down for adults or a calm bedtime routine for kids, not a sleep fix.

Good for these moods

• 😴 Tired: Slow, dim and quiet on purpose: very little to think about and nothing to win. It winds down instead of winding up, and ends by suggesting you rest.

Questions people ask

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