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Pesticide Not Required

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Unique farming/fishing/mining mechanics
  • Cute and charming art style
  • Varied frog characters with distinct playstyles
  • Engaging progression and unlock systems
  • Short, digestible run lengths

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited map variety and seasonal changes
  • Some weapon and upgrade variety lacking
  • No cooperative or multiplayer features
  • Minor ui issues and lack of banish options
  • Music can be repetitive or boring

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Infinite Tao

  • Cat Bait

  • Neophyte

  • Dark Bestiary

  • Maze Mice

  • There Are No Orcs

More exploratory

Games that feels like Pesticide Not Required but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Serin Fate

  • Under The Island

  • Of Blades & Tails

  • Ocean's Heart

  • Rogue Port - Blue Nightmare

  • Super Fantasy Kingdom

More story-driven

Games that feels like Pesticide Not Required but with deeper narrative immersion

  • STARDUST: Wish of Witch

  • Crashlands

  • Enter the Chronosphere

  • The Braves

  • Karate Survivor

  • Castle Of Alchemists

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Pesticide Not Required: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Exploration, Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026