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2014PCSteam Deck playable76 % positive4.99 €

A side-scrolling shooter mixed with tower defense, where you play Sammy, a delusional farmer defending his farm from a spreading plague. Quirky dark humor and the protagonist's rambling monologues define the tone.

Shooting and gunplay
Lots of humour
Action-packed real-time combat
Dark, serious atmosphere

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The closest matches for The Culling of the Cows are Gross, McDroid and Zombo Buster Rising. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Culling of the Cows special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Gross 80% match – Shooting and gunplay
Newest alternative: War Rats: The Rat em Up 75% match – released 2025

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Gross

80 %Match

2023PCSteam Deck playable78 % positive−90 % ~~12.79 €~~ 1.27 €

Gross blends tower defense with a first-person shooter: you set up your defenses, then fight alongside them yourself, earning cash for upgrades to survive ever-growing enemy waves.

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McDroid

Lots of humour

A frantic arcade tower defense where you play a robotic spider-dog, juggling running, shooting, building, harvesting, repairing and researching. It starts gently and ramps up into humorous multitasking chaos.

Zombo Buster Rising

Shooting and gunplay

A 2D side-view shooting-defense game where you hold off waves of zombies from a terrace. Simple, classic arcade-style gameplay with light upgrade elements.

OMG Zombies!

Lots of humour

An arcade sniper game where a lone cop shoots exploding zombies and sets off chain reactions with carefully chosen shots. It blends aiming, puzzle-like planning and goofy humor.

Yet Another Zombie Defense

Shooting and gunplay

A twin-stick zombie shooter blended with tower defense: you set up barricades and turrets to hold off waves of zombies for as long as you can, solo or in co-op.

Snailiens

Lots of humour

A humorous VR tower defense game where you build towers and pick up guns yourself to keep invading alien snails away from your cabbages.

War Rats: The Rat em Up

Dark, serious atmosphere

A hand-drawn 2D side-scrolling shooter blending tower defence and light RPG loot, where you fight other rats in gory battles. It channels the brutal feel of 90s games.

Pixel Puzzles: UndeadZ

Easy to pick up

A classic jigsaw puzzle game where zombies attack while you piece the picture together. You fend off the undead with mines, barricades and guns so you can keep puzzling in peace.

Orcs Must Die!

Lots of humour

Third-person tower defense where you lay traps in fortress corridors and join the fight with crossbow and spells as orc hordes get flung, sliced and burned in slapstick chain reactions. A cocky war mage hero keeps the tone gleefully comedic.

Yet Another Zombie Defense HD

Focus on a single character

A twin-stick zombie shooter blended with tower defense: fortify your base with barricades and turrets by day, then survive escalating zombie waves at night, solo or in co-op.

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