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Rusty's Retirement

Idle farming simulator that runs along your screen's edge

Mister Morris Games · Released Apr 26, 2024

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
96% of 14K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
98% of 65 in 30 days
Players
206
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Oct 6, 2025
Minimum PC
with DX9
4 GB RAM · 0.3 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Rusty's Retirement?

This single-player idle farming and automation simulator runs in a strip along the bottom or side of the screen. You plant crops, let Rusty and helper robots water and harvest them, convert crops into biofuel, then sell it to expand the farm and upgrade automation.

For you if...

  • +you want a farming game beside work or browsing
  • +you enjoy unlocking robots to automate routine farm work
  • +you prefer slow, low-pressure single-player management

Not for you if...

  • −you expect hands-off automation immediately
  • −you want deep production strategy or extensive endgame goals
  • −you dislike games built around passive repetition

What players say

96% of 14,449 reviews are positive · 98% of 65 in the last 30 days

Players praise the desktop-companion format and the satisfaction of gradually automating the farm. Common complaints are that planting needs frequent attention before later unlocks, the display occupies too much screen space, and progression becomes repetitive or shallow.

Players over time

▲ +0% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 333 players on Oct 22, 2026.

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Sep 25, 2026199
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Sep 23, 2026277
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Sep 22, 2026217
Sep 21, 2026254

Screenshots and trailer

Rusty's Retirement screenshot 1

Rusty's Retirement system requirements

Minimum: with DX9, 4 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel® Core™ i3 @ 3.2 GHZ
Graphics
Graphics card with DX9
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
256 MB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0

Does Rusty's Retirement have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does Rusty's Retirement run on Steam Deck?

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

  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
71
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Estonian.

Does Rusty's Retirement 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 Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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