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The Culling Of The Cows
The Culling Of The Cows is a side-scrolling shooter / tower defence game. You will take the role of Sammy, a soliloquizing schizophrenic farmer with a self prophesied mission to lay waste to the disease spreading over his farm.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Zombie cows. What mooooooooooooooooooooore could you want?”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Found this unplayed in my library, and it's pretty good i'd say. It's fairly difficult (unless it's not and I just have a skill issue) and fine to play occasionally. It's not for everyone, and I do not recommend sitting through the whole game, as it can get repetitive fast. I…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“i wouldnt recommend it, its nit that good and very short. Shooting is bugged half the time and after a few levels it just gets boring cuz its always the same. I completed the games in less then 1u30 min so its a pretty short game.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:55 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
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UPDATE - 02/APR/2016 - CLOUD SUPPORT
http://i.imgur.com/E3LTAxx.jpg This update adds steam cloud saving to The Culling Of The Cows. Full list of additions and changes: Steam cloud saving added. Enjoy!!!
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Indie · Casual · Action · Tower Defense · Strategy · Gore · Zombies · Violent · Shooter · 2D · Simulation · Side Scroller (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 5 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://dlsoftworks.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP Processor: Core 2 Duo Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0 Compatible Storage: 100 MB available space Sound Card: Generic Sound Device