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The Hayseed Knight
Come hear the tale of Ader, or how a poor one-eyed farm boy who's got nothing left to eat but his dreams, accidentally becomes the greatest knight in the kingdom this fully voice-acted and animated picaresque visual novel!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“Hugely recommend playing this gorgeously crafted game! Tons of likeable characters, endearing and expressive artwork, and an unpredictable story. There wasn't one moment in this game where i truly knew where the story was going, which is pretty rare to run into today! Absolutely…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Simple Endorsement: A furry VN with the most content of any VN I've read; The Hayseed Knight develops a unique world and lore, as well as a cast of characters that recall satisfying tropes without feeling caricatured. It holds itself to high standards of writing and visual style…”
— a player, Steam review · 47 hrs played“Adorable art, adorable story, much reccomended!!!!!”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Last call to get YOUR OWN ADER PLUSHIE!
Hey everyone! Very straight-forward post today! The Ader plushie campaign on Gimme Swag that ran all through March is almost done! We're down to the last 8 hours to get your own Ader to hug! THE SITE
The Hayseed Knight: FULLY available in Spanish and French!!
Hey everyone! How have you been these last few months? My life's been going through a whole bunch of changes ever since I came back to Spain from Japan. Chief among them are that I've accidentally bec
Chapter 4: AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AND FRENCH AT LAST!
Hey everyone! How have you been these last couple of months? I've finally moved back to Spain and I'm doing my best to get used to small town life after a year in Tokyo! With any luck, I'll be out on
OFFICIAL ADER PLUSHIE CAMPAIGN LIVE!!!
The title says it all! You've been asking for it for years, and it finally has a chance to become real: the official Ader Plushie campaign is now live on Gimme Swag !! I designed the plushie myself ba
Last 3 days of Summer Sales! + General Updates
Hey everyone! How have all of you been doing? It's been half a year since the last update! First off, I wanted to let you know that we're on the last 3 days of the steam Summer Sale! It's one of the b
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Funny · Medieval · RPG · 2D · LGBTQ+ · Story Rich · Multiple Endings · Choices Matter · Colorful · Narration (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · Narrated Game Menus |
| Languages | English * , French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Official site | https://www.thehayseedknight.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or higher but why would you do that Processor: 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo, anything that came out in the last 10 years Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 or DirectX 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Something that plays audio nicely Additional Notes: I'm pretty sure a potato could run this, but make sure it doesn't have roots and stuff yet