The farm simulation is developed by a single person. And he celebrates the success on social media
More than 12,000 games have already been published on Valve’s gaming platformSteamthis year.A mass of titles vying for the attention and favor of users.
This can be achieved with a lot of effort, such as withBlack Myth: Wukong, which ranks very high on the list. However, this can also be achieved by an indie game developed by just one person
The game actually runs at the edge of the screen
This one developer, Jordan Morris, recently celebrated on X, formerly Twitter, that his game made it into the top 50 Steam releases of this year.Rusty’s Retirementis currently ranked 40th (as of September 2, 2024).
And Morris is thrilled. “This is definitely the biggest success of my life,” says the developer in the X-Video. Yet Rusty’s Retirement is a very simple game.
I’ve peaked folks pic.twitter.com/PzVDyuxULI
– Rusty’s Retirement Out now! (@MrMorrisGames) August 29, 2024
The game is a simple farming simulation – but with a special approach.Because it is designed to run at the bottom or side of the screen while you are doing something completely different on your PC– playing a farming simulation or doing your tax return, for example.
In the Idle Farming Game, most of the work is automated. Only occasionally do you have to optimize, embellish or build something. The rest is done for you by cute robots
It’s been a little over two weeks since the release of Rusty’s Retirement, and I’m just coming to terms with it all…
Since release, I’ve had my fixing hat on, and I’m only now realizing how life-changing this is. From the bottom of my heart, thank you
200,000 copies sold!!!
– Rusty’s Retirement Out now! (@MrMorrisGames) May 13, 2024
A concept that obviously works – also financially.In May, two weeks after the release, Morris announced that the game had sold more than 200,000 copies.At the time, the US American spoke of a development that was changing his life.
A game that is quite similar to Rusty’s Retirement made it into the top 20 games on Steam according to user rating. We’re talking about Stardew Valley, which is also developed by just one person – Eric Barone.
He recently announced in no uncertain terms that he would stick to his DLC policy.
