Pesticide Not Required

Pesticide Not Required

Steam Deck Playable

Jampacked Games · Action Roguelike · Mar 18, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $6.50. It has been as low as $3.25.

94%
Very Positive
943 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 943 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The game as is is well worth the money (took me 25hrs to 100% cheevmos) but I can't deny I am excited by the prospects of further gameplay development from the devs!
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
With a variety of characters to unlock and keep things fresh, it offers a lot of replay value.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are cute, and the addition of mining, fishing and farming give and interesting level of 'complexity' to the typical 'just keep walking' of other horde bullethell games.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
The game ran great with no performance issues on my Steam Deck.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Gameplay52 reviews
Story and characters46 reviews
Graphics16 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat60 reviews
83%
Difficulty28 reviews
86%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $6.50. The lowest we've tracked is $3.25.

4 points recordedtoday · $6.50

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
103
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.