Too Busy For Manor Lords? Try Rusty's Retirement

Summary

Manor Lords is a complex city-building game with intricate systems and historical realism that requires significant time investment to master.
Rusty's Retirement offers a simple, low-maintenance alternative for gamers with limited time, allowing for casual play throughout the day.
Both games cater to different time constraints, offering options for players looking for either a deep strategic experience or a more laid-back, idle gaming session.

My life has been hectic lately. I’m moving house, which means that the post-work hours and weekends I usua༺lly spend playing video games, hanging out with my friends, and standing outside in the sun have been spent running errands, picking up thrifted꧙ furniture, unpacking, and standing in my new bedroom agonising over where to put my bed. For obvious reasons, I haven’t had much time to do much of anything else, which is a shame because there are cool games coming out nearly every week.

Manor Lords Is Too Time Intensive

Recently, I’ve had my eye on , as has the rest of the world. The game was topping Steam’s Most Anticipated list until it was released in Early Access last week, and it has been positively received despite being unfinished. Manor Lords is a strategy game lovingly crafted by a solไo developer that melds organic, complex city bui🦋lding with tactical battles. It also pays particular attention to historical realism and minute details, allowing you to get into the nitty gritty of things.

Like many city builders, Manor Lords can be extremely difficult to grok immediately. It will take time to get used to the many intricate systems involved, and while it looks like the game in its current unfinished form is still worth putting hours into, I simply don’t have the time right now. It will probably take me hours of getting lost in menus and experimenting to find my feet in the game, and what I should be doing is 𝓡figuring out which wall to put the ne🤡w couch against.

But I’m a longtime sufferer of FOMO, and Manor Lords gave me a s🦋trong itch to play a simulation that I simply could not scratch without deprioritising something else. All city builders require a level of time investment – they’re not really games you pick up, play for a little bit, and put down, and generally require lon💟ger play sessions.

Ma✱ℱnor Lords Is Technically Outstanding And Full Of Potential

Manorไ Lords looks gorgeous, and there is♌ so much more to come.

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Enter Rusty’s Retirement, The Idle Simulator

Rusty’s Retirement i🔯s an idle farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things. I’ve been playing it all day, by which I mean occasionally checking in on my farm and planting some seeds before going back to work. It’s scratching my simulator itch somewhat – there’s flexibility in how you plan out your farm and plenty of opportunities to upgrade equipment and maximise efficiency. Being an idle game, it’s obviously far more simple than Manor Lords, but it’s that simplicity that makes Rusty’s Retirement a perfect non-time intensive alternative.

This game is slower – Rusty and his robot helpers sure do take their sweet time – and ♍takes up far less brainspace. It’s perfect in that it’s low maintenance enough for me to fiddle with during my work day without feeling guilty about putting too much time into it, but enough happ♍ens in 20 minute spans of time that I always come back to more resources to reinvest into my farm.

A lot of us are time poor for a whole host of reasons: kids, work, health, and capitalism are all perfectly valid reasons for simply not having time to dabble in your hobbies. I get sore all the time about having to give up my gaming leisure time for more important things, but Rusty’s Retirement is a small salve for that soreness. I’m still going to dive into Manor Lords when my boxes are unpacked, but for now, Rusty will help me get by. What I need is a littlꦓe slow living, and Rusty’s definitely slow.