This Stardew Valley-like farming sim plays at the bottom of your screen so you work and play at the same time

Rusty's Retirement
(Image credit: Mister Morris Games)

Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing are among some of the best choices out there if you're looking for a game to get swept up in for hours at a time. But, if you're a fan of management sims and a multitasker as well, this upcoming farming sim will likely pique your interest. 

Developed by Mister Morris Games, Rusty's Retirement is an idle-farming simulation game that runs at the bottom of your gaming monitor, allowing you to focus on other tasks like working while you tend to your crops.

If you're a terrible procrastinator (like me) this might not sound like your cup of tea, but Rusty's Retirement is described as a zen experience that features automated robots that you can deploy, assisting you with planting, watering, and harvesting; all so you're won't get distracted constantly while doing other things. 

The zoom feature aims to make the game less distracting on your desktop. Alternatively, you can look closer in order to manage your crops more accurately, or you can use a 'Focus Mode' which slows down crop production altogether.

Mister Morris Games recently developed and published Haiku, the Robot, an adorable exploration game set in a world of corrupt robots and machinery; a running theme as can be seen with the upcoming release of Rusty's Retirement. 

Demi is a freelance games journalist for TechRadar Gaming. She's been a games writer for five years and has written for outlets such as GameSpot, NME, and GamesRadar, covering news, features, and reviews. Outside of writing, she plays a lot of RPGs and talks far too much about Star Wars on X.