The Sickle Family
CH757 · 2026 · 2.5D, Dogs, Emotional, Adventure, Surreal
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Positive81% · 16
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About The Sickle Family
The Sickle Family is a dark, emotional adventure about dogs and the real-life trauma of loss and grief. You begin inside a unique in-game OS, uncovering the story of your brother’s passing and the struggles he endured. Along the way, you discover that he was developing a game about dogs, the very game you come to know as The Sickle Family.Inside that game, you’ll uncover the mysteries of The Sickle Family and step into the role of Andru of the Roz family, the protagonist whose journey reveals the deeper truths behind the story.The OS serves as a starting point, offering optional exploration and behind-the-scenes lore that adds depth to the story. You can explore it at your own pace, and while some elements are used later in the game, it’s easy to navigate and won’t overwhelm you. Features:
- Dark, emotional storytelling rooted in real-life trauma
- Cartoon-style fantasy combat with mild violence
- Exploration of grief, loss, and emotional consequences
- Atmospheric, eerie visuals and haunting soundtrack
- A meaningful, thought-provoking ending that stays with you
- Handcrafted world
- Plenty of jump scares
- Character dialogue⚠️Contains flashing lights that may trigger photosensitive reactions ⚠️The game is designed to be completed in a single playthrough and does not feature automatic saving.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players praise the game's striking art style and emotional storytelling about dogs and rescue, with some finding it genuinely moving and thought-provoking. However, many criticize it for being confusing and poorly structured, with a underdeveloped desktop framing device, a disjointed narrative that feels more like a PETA message than a coherent game, and very short gameplay consisting mainly of walking back and forth that feels more like a demo than a complete experience.
I enjoyed every second of this game! Justice for Rex! My play through - https://youtu.be/psGjGCvMAAo2 found this helpful
god, this game made me cry. go hug your dogs people and, if you can, volunteer/foster with your local shelter/rescue. its incredibly rewarding and potentially saved my life as it gave me wonderful creatures to care about even when i didnt care abt myself. gorgeous art, heart-aching story.1 found this helpful
I love Dogs and interesting games but this one is nothing more than a PETA commercial wrapped in a disjointed fever dream. This game is nothing like what it first appears.1 found this helpful
The moment I found out there was no manual saving I was like sh111111111111t bur soon I realized it was REALLY SHORT. But fo 1 dolla? whateves. It`s more like a PSA calling on unchain the dogs, adapted from a real story I think, and I wouldn`t call it a horror game, no. PS nobody uses dog fur for coats, rabbit/mink coats make way more sense.
There is a weird framing device to the main game where your using a desktop pc which might have been interesting but its under developed and then the main game itself is just so short and basic that it feels like a demo. I did like the artstyle, controls are mostly fine and the story starts off engaging but then goes off the rails but over all the game play consists of just walking left and right and finishes after 30 minutes. Also the game glitched and got stuck for a moment after minimising the main game and going back to the desktop experiencing. Its like the game couldn't decide which window was in focus and I couldn't close/open anything. Although luckily I was able to get back into the main game without having to restart.
Bro I love dogs and I have a saved dog myself as it was chained before it was rascued. This game is so disjointed and illogical that I just can't recommend it to anyone. It was not a horror game. It was not a PSA or anything like that. I am sorry to be negative but it could have been done in a better manner or at least with more logic behind how things go in the story. Plus the intro with the chat messages was really illogical for me too. At least it was short
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