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Pesticide Not Required

Top-down action roguelite mixing automatic attacks, insect swarms, and farming

Jampacked Games · Published by Jampacked Games, Gamersky Games · Released Mar 18, 2024

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Reviews
Very Positive
94% of 951
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
2
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 month ago
Sep 21, 2026
Minimum PC
4 GB RAM · 0.8 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Pesticide Not Required?

In this top-down action roguelite, you fight swarms of insects with automatically firing weapons while growing crops, fishing, and mining on a farm. Short runs revolve around earning gold and experience, building an arsenal, recruiting pets, and unlocking characters and persistent upgrades.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy balancing resource gathering with fast-paced combat
  • +you like experimenting with different characters and weapon builds
  • +you prefer short runs with persistent upgrades

Not for you if...

  • −you want combat without farming, fishing, or mining
  • −you want distinct arena layouts across successive runs

What players say

94% of 951 reviews are positive

Players praise the farming activities for giving them more to do during fights, as well as the different frog characters and build options. Some find the repeated arena layout monotonous and say random upgrade choices can frustrate build plans.

Screenshots and trailer

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Pesticide Not Required system requirements

Minimum: 4 GB RAM, 0.8 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer
Processor
Dual Core
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
800 MB available space

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Does Pesticide Not Required have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Pesticide Not Required run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
103
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, French.

Does Pesticide Not Required use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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