Instead, the gameplay is based on platforming and exploration.
To capture a creature, Sheepo must find their unhatched egg, which happens to be highly guarded by that species "queen" (aka, a boss. Sheepo is a quirky Metroidvania platformer featuring a shape-shifting sheep-thing, who must traverse an uncharted planet in order to collect samples of each living species for an intergalactic species database. With the collection of each creature, Sheepo is able to dig, fly, and teleport across an interconnected series of landscapes, uncovering hidden shrines, old ruins, and strange characters.