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Pesticide Not Required

Pesticide Not Required

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.

Released Mar 18, 2024 Developer Jampacked Games Publisher Jampacked Games, Gamersky Games Platforms Windows Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogue-liteShoot 'Em UpAction RPG
View on Steam ↗ $3.25 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

94.2%positive797 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Fun, good variety of builds, progression is nice”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Good enough survivors-like to have on the background, the weapon fusions are fun to discover and use, the farming routine during the runs makes it a little more interesting and motivating to play, the frog roster is relatively versatile, some of it plus the trophies are…”

— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This is one of my favorite games ever! I love the music, the aesthetics, and the arcade style. The ability to change the difficulty allows you to decide whether you want to relax after a long day of work, or to challenge yourself with earning different achievements. This is the…”

— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 10:21 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

7playing at last check
824-hour peak
426all-time peak
0 250 500 2025 2026 218 avg · Mar 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

103achievements
33.7%median completion
3.7%rarest: Tribal Warrior
80.9% of players 80.9% of players 79.2% of players 78.9% of players 78.9% of players 76.6% of players 72.7% of players 71.0% of players 69.8% of players 69.2% of players 68.4% of players 67.1% of players 64.3% of players 64.1% of players 62.0% of players 61.9% of players 61.0% of players 60.8% of players 60.7% of players 60.4% of players 59.8% of players 59.1% of players 57.6% of players 57.3% of players 57.3% of players 56.6% of players 55.4% of players 54.0% of players 53.2% of players 52.9% of players 52.6% of players 52.1% of players 51.0% of players 50.1% of players 49.5% of players 44.5% of players 44.4% of players 44.2% of players 44.2% of players 41.9% of players 41.8% of players 39.4% of players 37.6% of players 35.9% of players 35.6% of players 35.6% of players 35.6% of players 35.1% of players 35.1% of players 35.0% of players 34.8% of players 33.7% of players 33.6% of players 33.0% of players 31.5% of players 30.2% of players 28.2% of players 24.3% of players 24.1% of players 23.9% of players 80.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
80.9%The Lickening — Reach max level on Tongue Lash
80.9%It's Joever — Win a run as Joe
79.2%Dr. Hopps — Collect 20 apples in a single run
Rarest badges of honor
3.7%Tribal Warrior — Win a run as Trieb
4.2%Who Took My Frog — Win a run as Hopkin Green Frog
6.2%Big Yawns — Win a run as Potato

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$3.25−50% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$6.50base price
$3.25lowest since tracking began2026-07-15
US3.25 USD−50%
EU2.75 EUR−50%
UK2.49 GBP−50%
Australia4.49 AUD−50%
Canada3.99 CAD−50%
Japan349 JPY−50%
Brazil7.99 BRL−50%
China11.99 CNY−50%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$1.6 China Japan Canada EU Australia US UK≈$3.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 11, 2026
New Game Demo Out Now - No More Pesticide!

Hey everyone!We're incredibly excited to announce that we just launched the demo for our new game No More Pesticide!The game is a soft sequel to Pesticide Not Required, with familiar gameplay but reim

Dec 05, 2025
🚀 Pesticide Not Required drops into the Bullet Heaven Festival!

Dear players,We’re excited to announce that Pesticide Not Required will be participating in the “Bullet Heaven Festival”!During the event, the game will be available at a limited-time 40% discount. No

Oct 04, 2025
Unity Security Vulnerability Fix

Updated the version of the game engine we use to fix a newly spotted security vulnerability within the engine

Mar 29, 2025
Portuguese (BR) and Spanish Localization!

Hey everyone, I'm happy to announce that Pesticide Not Required is now available in Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish, allowing more players to experience the game in their native language! Massive sho

Mar 27, 2025
Patch for 3/25/2025

Hey everyone! I've been rolling out some changes since the big update, I just finished off the last of them so here are the official patch notes. Changes: Made the Fusions menu viewable from the Merch

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction
Player tagsAction Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Rogue-lite · Shoot 'Em Up · Action RPG · Top-Down Shooter · Farming Sim · Action · Twin Stick Shooter · Singleplayer · Casual · Top-Down (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish * , Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil *
ControllerFull support
Achievements103
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer Processor: Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 800 MB available space