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Guide Rusty’s desktop farm by planting crops, making biofuel, and adding helper robots as the fields gradually automate.
Released 26 Apr 2024
Turn Crops Into Fuel
Automate With Farm Robots
Build a Vertical Farm
A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
Developed by Mister Morris Games · Published by Mister Morris Games
Rusty is a retired robot building a farm, and you help him grow it in a compact window along the bottom or side of your screen. The farm keeps running while you work or browse, though it may need more attention as you get started.
Plant and tend crops, expand plots, and build farm facilities. Harvested crops can be turned into biofuel to sell to other machine inhabitants, with the earnings funding further farm development.
Unlock crops, helper robots, and upgrades to automate tasks such as planting, watering, and harvesting. You can arrange and decorate the farm, unlock different farm settings, and use options such as vertical mode or Focus Mode, which slows crop production.
Players often enjoy keeping the farm running as a calm desktop companion, with the small robots, pixel art, and gradual growth making it pleasant to check in on while working or relaxing. Many also find the progression toward automation satisfying. Some players note that early farming can require frequent input and that the game can become a distraction rather than a background activity.
Rusty's Retirement is an idle-farming simulator designed to sit at the bottom of your screen allowing you to work on other tasks while caring for your farm!
Grow crops:
Plant crops and watch Rusty get to work as he waters, nurtures, and harvests. Unlock new crops as you progress, from crispy carrots to ripe tomatoes.
Produce biofuel:
Use crops to produce clean and energy-efficient biofuel, a vital robot power source. Sell biofuel to other machine inhabitants and reinvest the money into expanding your farm.
Automate with robots:
Deploy a team of cute little robots to assist with planting, watering, and harvesting. Customize and upgrade your helper bots to increase efficiency.
Multitasking:
Rusty's Retirement is built to sit comfortably at the bottom of your screen allowing you to do other tasks while caring for your farm. Zoom in or out for a less distracting view, or alternatively turn on 'Focus Mode' which slows down crop production.
Vertical mode:
You can also create a new vertical farm that sits comfortably at the side of your screen.
Twitch Integration available:
Streamers and viewers can build a farm together. Viewers can control what task their robot should focus on through chat commands like !plant !water !harvest.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 71 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
