
The Sickle Family is a haunting adventure game about dogs, exploring how inaction, even when everything seems normal, can lead to deep trauma and heartbreak. It tells a real-life story of grief, loss, and the hidden consequences of everyday moments.
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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.


Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 21 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
pretty good game i recommend it and will be playing thru it again
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.
This game is super fun, creepy, messed up, and sad!!! Vibe Tribe approved for sure :)
Best Game Menu i ever seen. The Game is rather prettie short but is still an good horror game.
This game is something special. Short, to the point, and packs a punch. Absolutely worth the $5 for the experience. The style is unique, and the sense of dread sticks to you through the entire playthrough, highly recommend and looking forward to this dev's future work!
[h1]𝑨 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆![/h1] [b]𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍. 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅, 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔. 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒎𝒑 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒈𝒖𝒏. 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆𝒔, 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇.[/b]
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.
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
Short banger
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.
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