Don't Kill the Cow (2019)

Developer: James Earl Cox III
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Indie
Rating: 4.2 of 5, 115 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 10 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

a brief, minimalist experience that uses a single absurd rule to poke at the player's assumptions about winning and losing.

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What players say

Players describe it as a short, free dark comedy where you walk between your wife and the cow. The central dilemma is simple but a few say there are multiple endings worth finding. Some find the back-and-forth tedious and the moral choice shallow.

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