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Cactus Flats

Survive volatile crop markets and rising taxes in a gritty Wild West economic roguelike. Build your homestead, adapt to limited seed supplies, study seasonal trends, and push your frontier farm as far as it can go before financial pressure brings it down.

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Grape Soda Games
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About This Game

The frontier doesn’t forgive bad decisions.

Cactus Flats is a survival-driven economic roguelike set in the harsh Wild West. Build your homestead from the ground up while volatile crop markets shift each month and rising taxes steadily tighten the noose.

Each season brings new seed availability, unpredictable market swings, and harder financial pressure. Expand too quickly and you’ll drown in debt. Play too cautiously and you’ll fall behind.

Study trends. Take calculated risks. Adapt to the frontier economy.

Collapse is inevitable.

How long can your farm endure?

Features

• Dynamic Crop Markets — Prices fluctuate monthly based on volatility and seasonal demand. Read the trends and exploit the right moment.

• Limited Monthly Seed Supply — Only three crops are available each month. Adapt your strategy or risk stagnation.

• Escalating Tax Pressure — The longer you survive, the tighter the squeeze. Smart expansion is the difference between growth and collapse.

• Survival Run Structure — Every run plays differently. Failure teaches. Survival length measures mastery.

• Planned Frontier Combat Expansion — Combat scenarios, farm raids, and boss encounters are coming in major updates.

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