Don't Kill the Cow

Don't Kill the Cow

James Earl Cox III · November 8, 2019 · Indie, Short, Free to Play, Dark Humor, Dark

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Don't Kill the Cow price

Don't Kill the Cow is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Don't Kill the Cow

A simple short 5 minute game that questions the importance of goals. There is only one way to win the game: don’t kill the cow, but is winning the game worth it? How much do the phrases you win and you lose mean to you?

Includes 3 endings.

Playable with arrow keys, WASD, or mouse.

This is a windowed game.

Don't Kill the Cow — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Apr 26, 2026
good
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 25, 2026
Simple yet absurd
Recommended May 28, 2026
good dark comedy
Recommended Nov 11, 2025
Actually made me laugh out loud, beautiful little excercise in existentialist humour, with a banger soundtrack. 8/10
Recommended Nov 6, 2025
Игра "Don't Kill the Cow" – это увлекательный и забавный тайм-киллер, который быстро затягивает. Простая, но при этом требующая внимания механика заставляет концентрироваться на экране, чтобы случайно не лишить бедную корову жизни. Визуальное оформление приятное и мультяшное, яркие цвета поднимают настроение. Звуковое сопровождение минималистичное, но не раздражает. Геймплей интуитивно понятен, освоиться можно за пару минут. Однако, по мере увеличения скорости, сложность возрастает, что делает игру интересной и бросает вызов. Забавные и разнообразные способы "не убить корову" добавляют юмора и делают процесс еще более увлекательным. Несмотря на казалось бы простое название, игра обладает определенной глубиной. Нужно быстро реагировать и принимать решения, чтобы достичь максимального результата. Рекомендую всем, кто ищет легкую, веселую и увлекательную игру, чтобы скоротать время.
Recommended Aug 15, 2025
The games name, is really a double entendre. Of course, when you kill the cow, it says "You lose" but when you don't kill the "cow" it says "You win". But. Think logically here. Why do you HAVE to gather up all these resources so your wife can live. And then, after day four, resources are drawn thin. There's nothing. You sleep. Wake up. Sleep. Wake up. Sleep. You wake up and your wife is DEAD. The game would end here, right? You did what the game told you not to do. But really, the games double entendre has a specific meaning. The cow, the cow is eternal. Your wife, or the other cow, is destined to die, so give up on her once resources are struck thin. Only feed the cow. The cow produces milk which you can live off of for a few extra days, which gives you time for more corn to grow. So essentially, by killing the cow, you saved the cow who then saved you. This isn't a highly complex moral lesson, it's to think logically. Your wife is always ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and bringing you down telling you to kill the cow. She's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cow, so you try to poison her with corn. She sees what you're doing and refuses. You then give her water, laced with corn. She refuses again, food, not water. You get hay…

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