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Rusty's Retirement

Mister Morris Games · 2024-04-26

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 26, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 26, 2024 (Mac)

A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

Rusty's Retirement is a 2024 Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $4.19, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 14858 reviews).

311
playing now
97%
positive of 15k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7
twitch viewers (latest)
7.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
73/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (3 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.19
steam price (US)

311 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Rusty's Retirement is a 2024 video game by independent developer Mister Morris Games. The game is an idle farming sim in which players assist a robot named Rusty to harvest crops and make upgrades on a farm. The game's user interface is presented as an overlay on the player's desktop, allowing them to undertake other tasks on their computer whilst the game progresses. Upon release, the game received generally favorable reviews, with critics praising the game's addictive nature, passive gameplay design and integration on the desktop. Following release, the game experienced commercial success, selling over half a million copies on Steam.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 311 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 801 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~100/week).
  • · Review velocity down 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,569 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 29,977 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 298k–671k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,909 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2026-04-27) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 9 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.4k3.4k20242026Week of 2024-04-01: 2,201 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3,399 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,469 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 982 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3821802026-09-16 21:00 — 234 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 262 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 292 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 231 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 243 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 265 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 236 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 211 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 281 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 265 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 204 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 244 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 293 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 231 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 263 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 308 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 217 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 324 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 345 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 284 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 317 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 377 players2026-10-15 19:00 — 311 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.3k329May 2024Aug 2026May 2024 — avg 8,292 · peak 20,876Jun 2024 — avg 1,976 · peak 3,333Jul 2024 — avg 1,750 · peak 3,289Aug 2024 — avg 1,230 · peak 2,190Sep 2024 — avg 800 · peak 1,555Oct 2024 — avg 741 · peak 1,566Nov 2024 — avg 721 · peak 1,365Dec 2024 — avg 1,858 · peak 2,799Jan 2025 — avg 1,444 · peak 2,625Feb 2025 — avg 2,397 · peak 4,548Mar 2025 — avg 1,129 · peak 1,740Apr 2025 — avg 1,158 · peak 1,911May 2025 — avg 768 · peak 1,594Jun 2025 — avg 742 · peak 1,401Jul 2025 — avg 708 · peak 995Aug 2025 — avg 1,057 · peak 1,904Sep 2025 — avg 614 · peak 893Oct 2025 — avg 664 · peak 1,147Nov 2025 — avg 571 · peak 1,003Dec 2025 — avg 679 · peak 1,018Jan 2026 — avg 567 · peak 862Feb 2026 — avg 449 · peak 640Mar 2026 — avg 387 · peak 548Apr 2026 — avg 329 · peak 511May 2026 — avg 360 · peak 712Jun 2026 — avg 400 · peak 629Jul 2026 — avg 455 · peak 621Aug 2026 — avg 344 · peak 465
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
882026-09-212026-10-162026-09-22: 3 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 6 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 6 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 6 new positive2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-15: 2 new positive2026-10-16: 1 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$3.492024-04-262026-08-222024-04-26 — best price $6.292024-06-27 — best price $5.592024-08-08 — best price $5.242024-09-21 — best price $5.242024-10-24 — best price $5.242024-11-27 — best price $5.242024-12-19 — best price $4.892025-02-01 — best price $4.682025-03-13 — best price $4.892025-03-31 — best price $5.242025-05-22 — best price $4.682025-06-27 — best price $4.682025-08-07 — best price $4.682025-09-20 — best price $4.682025-09-29 — best price $4.682025-11-17 — best price $4.682025-12-18 — best price $4.682026-02-11 — best price $4.682026-03-19 — best price $4.682026-04-27 — best price $3.492026-06-03 — best price $4.192026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-07-23 — best price $6.992026-08-22 — best price $4.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3172026-05-27 — 14 pageviews2026-05-31 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 22 pageviews2026-06-08 — 18 pageviews2026-06-12 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 15 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 17 pageviews2026-07-06 — 14 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 16 pageviews2026-07-18 — 16 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-26 — 10 pageviews2026-07-30 — 15 pageviews2026-08-03 — 18 pageviews2026-08-07 — 16 pageviews2026-08-11 — 10 pageviews2026-08-15 — 7 pageviews2026-08-19 — 30 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 pageviews2026-08-31 — 16 pageviews2026-09-04 — 11 pageviews2026-09-08 — 17 pageviews2026-09-12 — 19 pageviews2026-09-16 — 16 pageviews2026-09-20 — 10 pageviews2026-09-24 — 15 pageviews2026-09-28 — 29 pageviews2026-10-02 — 22 pageviews2026-10-06 — 26 pageviews2026-10-10 — 13 pageviews2026-10-12 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

50002026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 458 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 194 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 144 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-15 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-15 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-15 21:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-16 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-16 07:34 — 7 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.6%
earned "Let's Spruce this Place Up!"
37.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-04-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,19811%71

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCuteIdlerNatureEconomyFarmingBuildingRelaxingStrategyAutomation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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