‘Gritty and twisted farming game’ Crop announced for PC
Blending farming and management with a dark, story-driven descent into mystery.
Publisher 11 bit studios and developer Carbonara have announced Crop, a “gritty and twisted farming game” coming to PC via Steam. A release date was not announced.
Here is an overview of the game, via 11 bit studios:
About
Crop is a gritty farming thriller where your safety depends on the yield. Bound to a dying farm, you must dig, plant, irrigate, and cut your way through the decay. Uncover buried secrets, both in the soil and quietly brewing within the village. The only way out is through the harvest.
Story and Setting
The player is thrown helplessly into a dreamlike place. They end up in a small village, that is completely isolated from the outside world by a terrible storm. The locals coerce you into running a farm to avoid starvation while waiting for help to arrive. Feeding the ever hungrier inhabitants is hard work, but in the process you get to know the place and the people there, while trying to figure out who brought you here and what is going on.
The player, unsure who to trust, is poking around, trying to figure out what’s happening and how to escape, leading to multiple unsettling revelations. This happens in their own tempo while running the farm, and as a consequence of engaging with the game loop. Before long, they are entangled in the locals conflicts. One villager tries bribing you into giving crops directly to them. Conflicts escalate, tummies are rumbling, and villagers seem increasingly agitated. And why on earth is no help arriving from the outside world?
Key Features
- Master the Land – You didn’t inherit this land – the land claimed you. Now, the farm is your reality, and how you organize it is your only remaining freedom. With a desperate town relying on your yield, you must organize your crops wisely. Dig trenches, install pumps, and repair crumbling equipment to squeeze every drop of life from the dirt.
- Farming Against the Decline – The small town is severed from the world, and its survival rests in your unprepared hands. The odds are stacked against you: the farm is in a state of decay, choked by the clutter of the previous owner. Cut through waist-high grass to prevent pests, produce compost to improve the quality of crops, and meticulously prepare your plots. Whether you’re wearing a raincoat to endure a punishing storm or placing scarecrows against flocks of birds, every ditch dug and pesticide sprayed is a choice. The work is heavy, but in a world this broken, only tireless effort will move you forward.
- Dig for Answers – Your duties don’t end at digging dirt. Why were you brought here? Why is the town cut off from the world? And who is watching from the shadows as dusk falls? Investigation is as vital as irrigation. Balance the toil of the fields with the hunt for answers. Every crop you harvest might buy the townsfolk another day of life, but every secret you unearth brings you closer to the truth.
Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.