The makers of idle farming sensation Rusty's Retirement have announced a new game, and this one's taking over your whole screen

The makers of idle farming sensation Rusty’s Retirement have announced a new game, and this one’s taking over your whole screen | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Horror Burglin’ Gnomes is the next great friend-slop game that everyone with a PC and at least one other friend should check out Roguelike Balatro meets Scrabble in this new roguelike from the creators of TimeSplitters—and I’m just thrilled to finally find a word game that lets me score with swear words Roguelike Bingo Betty is the new Balatro-like to top my Steam Library with its wacky items and mesmerising Mega Bingo chains Card Game After its disastrous launch last year, I’m here to tell you that 2025’s most promising auto-battler finally lives up to its potential Games The best indie games on PC Roguelike Steam Next Fest is full of Balatro-likes: here’s 7 demos I think you should try Puzzle Devs behind GoldenEye, Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters are done with big shooters after getting burned by Embracer, so their next game is a Balatro-like twist on Scrabble—and you can try the demo now Roguelike This dice-rolling roguelite is like Balatro on steroids, and its bosses are pure evil Roguelike Two of Mewgenics’ most memorable areas were directly inspired by a brutal and brilliant tabletop RPG Games The 20 best cozy games on PC that aren’t farm sims Roguelike Thanks to Mewgenics’ cruel sidequest items, I’ve accidentally created the conditions for the most cursed run ever Games Almost all the cozy games of March have demos to try and I’ve been snapping up as many as I can Games The best laptop games Card Game If you’ve ever had a crippling Vampire Survivors or Slay the Spire habit, avoid Vampire Crawlers at all costs Handheld Gaming PCs The best Steam Deck games PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!MarathonArc RaidersBest PC gearQuizzes Games Roguelike The makers of idle farming sensation Rusty’s Retirement have announced a new game, and this one’s taking over your whole screen News By Christopher Livingston published 6 March 2026 Mister Morris Games have been anything but idle. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter While we all impatiently shuffle our cards and stack our chips until Balatro 1.1 gets here, we’ve got plenty to keep us busy: there are lots of Balatro-like games out there to play right now, and plenty more on the horizon.One of them is coming from a surprising direction. Mister Morris Games, maker of chill idle farming sim Rusty’s Retirement, has announced its next game, and it’s something like a mashup of Balatro and Peggle. Called Pegs X Stickers, this pachinko-roguelike is all about building a board of enchanted pegs and putting together ridiculous scores. Have a look at an exclusive gameplay trailer the developer put together just for PC Gamer: Rusty’s Retirement only took up the bottom quarter of your screen, but it looks like this time the developer wants your full attention, huh? You may like I’ve just found a new cutesy Balatro, but instead of a deck of cards you get to tend to a garden and harvest flowers I don’t care that there are no big new games in January because all I need now is Ball x Pit, the most underrated roguelike pinball game that I could spend all 744 hours of the month playing Steam Next Fest is full of Balatro-likes: here’s 7 demos I think you should try “Purchase and place pegs to create custom layouts designed for maximum point efficiency. Pop pegs to score points and multipliers. Progress through increasingly difficult rounds,” says the Pegs X Stickers Steam page. “Visit the shop to unlock new pegs and stickers that fundamentally modify your run. Combine pegs and stickers to discover powerful interactions and optimize your high score potential.”Rather than a series of bosses to defeat, Pegs X Stickers has just one: though he sounds moody and unpredictable. “The little eyeballs at the top of the board belong to the game’s mascot,” the developer told PC Gamer. “Sometimes they get ill and when they sneeze the board shuffles its layout. Other times, they are blindfolded so the player can’t use the prediction line.”Different starting states and challenges will be a part of the game as well. “One example is the Pachinko board, a compact square layout tha