Pesticide Not Required

Jampacked Games · Gamersky Games

Released: Mar 18, 2024
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 03:49 GMT

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11 Feb 2026Developer post
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 reimagined as an active incremental game. Progressively upgrade your frog as you f
05 Dec 2025Developer post
🚀 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 . Now is the perfect chance to add it to your library! 🎮 40 % Discount – Get It
04 Oct 2025Developer post
Unity Security Vulnerability Fix
Updated the version of the game engine we use to fix a newly spotted security vulnerability within the engine
29 Mar 2025Developer post
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 shoutout to Samuel Santana (Jhnd on Discord) for localizing the game to Brazilian P
27 Mar 2025Developer post
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 Merchant shop (first, click on the bag in the shop to open your inventory) You can no
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 Merchant shop (first, click on the bag in the shop to open your inventory)
You can no longer buy more seeds than will max out your weapon level, fixing issues of accidentally over-buying weapon seeds and harvesting an undesired weapon after a fusion
Adjusted shop rerolling to scale lower in price and cap out at a cost of 5000, allowing more attempts when trying to get specific weapons
Fixed an issue where the game speed option could apply incorrectly in certain cases
Fixed an issue where a farming plot could become stuck during harvesting and no longer be usable
Reduced visual effect of the Dimensional Slash attack to make it less jarring
Fixed cat animation flickering
Adjusted weapon icons to be consistent across all UI in the game
Added a dedicated ribbit button (because I just felt like it). Press 'R' on keyboard or D-Pad up on gamepad to use it
Added Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish localization (separate announcement about this coming soon)!
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02 Mar 2025PCGamesN
Frantic farming roguelike Pesticide Not Required adds new fusion weapons
If you've ever wished Stardew Valley was more all-action, Pesticide Not Required is well worth trying. It takes the tried-and-tested wave-based horde survival gameplay popularized by Vampire Survivors and combines it with a clever farming system to create one of the most delightf
26 Feb 2025Developer post
Content Update - Weapon Fusions and Challenges!
Hey everyone! We're super excited to launch this new content update and hear everyone's feedback. This update brings a new mechanic into the game - weapon fusions! Upon maxxing out the two required weapons, you'll be presented with the option to fuse them into a new type of super
Hey everyone! We're super excited to launch this new content update and hear everyone's feedback.
This update brings a new mechanic into the game - weapon fusions! Upon maxxing out the two required weapons, you'll be presented with the option to fuse them into a new type of super-powered weapon. Weapon fusion info can be found at any time by clicking the new 'Fusions' option in the pause menu.
Along with this new mechanic, we have added 10 fusion weapons to the game:

Dimensional Slash
Shovel
Meteor Smash
Sweeping Slash
Wind Bombs
Mole Hat
Fairy Tango
Devil's Fork
Tidal Wave
Tadpole Burst
We've also added new, extra-difficult challenges to the game for hardcore players to attempt. These challenges are only visible once all regular in-game achievements are completed. Get out there and fill up your trophy shelf if you dare face the task!
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22 Jan 2025Developer post
Steam Trading Cards and Point Shop Items Are Live!
We released trading cards into the wild the other day! Check out the trading cards, profile backgrounds, emoticons, and badges with our hand-made art ːpnr_joeː ːpnr_furogː ːpnr_roscoː We're also working on a content update, more info should be coming next month!
11 Jan 2025Developer post
Controller Crash Bug Fix
Some players have been experiencing unusual crashes while playing on a controller, this bug is confirmed to have been an issue within the game engine we are using. Thankfully, the issue has been recognized and fixed, this patch has an updated version which should fix this nasty b
10 Jan 2025Developer post
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Localization!
We’re excited to announce that Pesticide Not Required is now fully localized in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean! With all in-game text and relevant images updated to support each language, we're thrilled to open the game up to a new audience and allow more players to experience the
01 May 2024Developer post
Patch for 05/01/2024 - Improved Resolution Support
The main focus for this patch was getting the game to be playable on many different monitor resolutions with minimal compromise (Note: Vertical resolutions are not recommended) - any resolution is now playable without black bars or limiting view - made windowed mode freely resiza
20 Mar 2024Developer post
Patch for 3/19/2024
Hey y'all! It's amazing seeing people play the game at last! Thank you all for your feedback and suggestions, I've implemented some changes here: Added V-Sync toggle option Added Show Damage Numbers toggle option Reorganized settings menu Allowed aiming controls to be used to mov
Hey y'all! It's amazing seeing people play the game at last! Thank you all for your feedback and suggestions, I've implemented some changes here:

Added V-Sync toggle option
Added Show Damage Numbers toggle option
Reorganized settings menu
Allowed aiming controls to be used to move the character when Twin-Stick Mode is disabled
Fixed mistakes across various fish and ore compendium entry descriptions
Fixed Plotty's unlock cheevo displaying the wrong froge
Fixed hardwood stairs pixel flickering
Fixed very rare edge case of music cutting out in the home and garden
Fixed bottom right background crop seed being larger than the others in shop
Increased selection area for shop seeds
Fixed crow boom seed having a different name in the Steam achievement
Effectively removed limit bounds for stat changes
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18 Mar 2024Developer post
The Game Is Now Released!!!
It's finally live! Its been a journey getting here, thank you so much to everyone who contributed their feedback and helped shape the game into what it is today. I'm really looking forward to seeing people mess around and discover everything that we've put in here! Leaving an hon
14 Mar 2024Developer post
What To Expect From Full Release
We're now just 4 days away from release!! I wanted to take a moment to answer some questions and lay out what will be included in the full release of the game. We've upheld our promise from the demo with the following content being included in the game (with a few extras, such as
We're now just 4 days away from release!! I wanted to take a moment to answer some questions and lay out what will be included in the full release of the game.
We've upheld our promise from the demo with the following content being included in the game (with a few extras, such as an additional character):
We've also added 2 accessibility options that have been frequently requested:

mouse-based character movement
arachnophobia mode toggle
Some other additions:

alternate pet skins (18 total choices)
customizable backyard garden with day/night cycle
50 decor cosmetics unlocks to personalize your home and garden with
improved menu UI highlighting clarity (as frequently requested)
compendium that tracks ore and fish from each season
revamped achievements display visuals
revamped kitchen skill tree visuals
a secret room in the house.. if you manage to unlock it 👀
One last thing I wanted to be clear about is that we will be going into full release rather than early access. We've had a long process to finally get here, but early on we committed to creating a fully fledged game with a ton of content before charging money for it. I know many players have been scarred from abandoned early access games and false promises, so we wanted to be sure to avoid any of that. We will be patching the game and adding new content in the future as well, but we got the game into the finished state we envisioned and don't want future promises to be the reason anyone decides to buy the game.
That's all for now, super excited to get the game into your hands in just 4 days!
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06 Mar 2024Developer post
Launch Pricing ($6.50 USD)
Hey everyone! Quick announcement to let you know that the game will launch at a price point of $6.50 USD ! There'll be a 10% launch discount as well as a small bonus for anyone getting in right at release. Pricing for other currencies will be set based off of Steam's regional pri
23 Feb 2024Developer post
Release Date Announcement!
Pesticide Not Required will be fully releasing On Monday, March 18th !! We've been cooking up tons of fun stuff and can't wait for you to try it yourself! Be sure to add the game on your wishlist so that Steam will notify you the moment it releases!
29 Jan 2024Developer post
Demo Is Live Now!
Demo is up!! Its got some new content including new characters, weapons, level rewards, achievement shelf, and more! There was also a rare file corruption issue in the prologue, multiple steps have been taken to mitigate this as much as possible. If you have any issues, please le
24 Jan 2024Developer post
Demo With New Content Coming Jan 29th + Steam Next Fest
This coming Monday (January 29th) our prologue will be concluding and the demo will be coming online! This demo will feature new characters, weapons, level rewards, the achievement shelf, and more to be fun for both new players and those who have played the prologue. The demo wil
14 Jan 2024PC Gamer
Turns out that farming is a pretty compelling addition to the horde survival roguelite formula
The horde survival genre grows weekly and a recent entrant is Pesticide Not Required, which tosses in familiar tropes from the ever-popular farm and life sim genres: Don't craft or pick up your weapons, grow them instead. Defeat enemies for money, then buy seeds, plant crops, and
07 Jan 2024PCGamesN
Stardew Valley meets Vampire Survivors in new Steam farming roguelike
Stardew Valley is not something I'd have guessed anyone would try to match with roguelike survival game Vampire Survivors, but Pesticide Not Required developer Jampacked Games has done exactly that. After sitting down to try the game's prologue, which is available now as a free S

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