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Pesticide Not Required cover art

Pesticide Not Required

Jampacked Games · 2024-03-18

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 18, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mow down countless crops and corrupt critters while crafting game-breaking builds! Pesticide Not Required is an action roguelite bullet heaven game with farming sim elements that offers a myriad of stats and special character traits to create wildly diverse run possibilities.

3
playing now
94%
positive of 947 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.50
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 61 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (272 reviews).
  • · Top 36% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 947 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.25 at Steam (2026-06-08) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.50 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25825820242026Week of 2024-03-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-11 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.50$3.252024-03-182026-07-292024-03-18 — best price $5.852024-05-13 — best price $5.202024-06-27 — best price $5.202024-10-17 — best price $5.202024-11-27 — best price $4.872024-12-19 — best price $4.872025-01-11 — best price $4.872025-02-26 — best price $4.552025-03-13 — best price $4.552025-04-16 — best price $4.552025-06-02 — best price $4.552025-06-27 — best price $4.222025-07-17 — best price $4.222025-09-15 — best price $4.222025-12-04 — best price $3.902025-12-18 — best price $3.902026-01-18 — best price $3.902026-03-19 — best price $3.572026-04-21 — best price $3.572026-05-13 — best price $6.502026-06-15 — best price $6.502026-07-09 — best price $6.502026-07-29 — best price $6.50
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
80.8%
earned "The Lickening"
52.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeTouch Only Option

6 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,6685%103

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

ActionArcadeCasualTop-DownAction RPGRogue-liteBullet HellFarming SimShoot 'Em UpSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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