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The Culling Of The Cows

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App ID 297020
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher DL Softworks
Franchise The Culling Of The Cows, DL Softworks
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 28971452
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 01:37:37 UTC ()
Release Date 9 May 2014 – 18:18:06 UTC ()
😏 72.31%
3k reviews
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In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer DL Softworks
metacritic_name The Culling Of The Cows
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher DL Softworks
Store Release Date 9 May 2014 – 18:18:06 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/WjkA4r3sTn
https://x.com/DL_Softworks
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Casual (4), Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 9 May 2014 – 18:18:06 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 30 June 2021 – 16:54:59 UTC () (1625072099)
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Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
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  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
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  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 31 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1090034
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 19 April 2014 – 08:37:30 UTC (), in changelist #472205
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🌱 Indie 😌 Casual 💥 Action 🏰 Tower Defense 💡 Strategy 😖 Gore 🧟 Zombies 👊 Violent 🔫 Shooter 🏽 2D 🖥️ Simulation 📺 Side Scroller 🗺️ Adventure 👤 Singleplayer

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp28 July 2024 – 18:52:02 UTC
Trailers
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Steam charts

  • 1 players right now
  • 4 24-hour peak
  • 1,483 all-time peak 9 February 2017
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Store data

  • 799 followers
  • 2,557 positive reviews
  • 879 negative reviews
  • 74.42% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 2,418 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😏 Mostly Positive
  • 72.31% SteamDB Rating
  • 2,557 74.4% positive reviews
  • 879 25.6% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
9 May 2014 – 18:18 Steam Release -
12 July 2014 – 16:00 ⇄ Indiegala: July Madness Bundle -
18 October 2014 – 16:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Platypus Bundle -
19 November 2014 – 16:00 ⇄ Groupees: KissMyBundles #4 -
17 January 2017 – 07:59 ⇄ Groupees: Build a Kiss Mega Bundle #2 -
14 September 2017 – 17:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Dollar Monster Bundle -
2 May 2018 – 16:00 ⇄ Fanatical: Bumper Pick & Mix Bundle -

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The Culling Of The Cows had an all-time peak of 1483 concurrent players on 9 February 2017.

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