When I played Stardew Valley for the first time on Nintendo Switch, I lost a good chunk of an overseas trip farming crops, exploring the town, and romancing Abigail befriending the neighbors. So when Rusty's Retirement, an idle farming sim, reared its head as part of Steam Next fest, I was a little worried.
Rusty's Retirement is designed to sit at the bottom of your screen and largely play itself while the user does something else. Specifically, it recommends playing while you "work, watch videos, or play other games." Nestling in the bottom 25% of my screen, it can be scaled up if you'd rather check out its pixel animations in a bit more detail, but I can confirm that Rusty and co trundle away quite happily no matter what I'm doing elsewhere. I could be browsing YouTube, or, like right now, writing an article. I was even pleased to discover that I could boot up a second Steam game and Rusty's Retirement wouldn't so much as flinch.
