We Have No Rice! ~magical Farming Survival Rpg May 2026
It’s not a farming game. It’s a about the terror of not enough .
The twist: Every grain you plant, protect, and thresh contains latent elemental energy. But rice is also food . Every morning, villagers line up outside your shack. If you give them your harvest, they live — but you lose spell components. If you hoard the rice for magic, people weaken, flee, or turn hostile. we have no rice! ~magical farming survival rpg
The first time my village cursed me, I was knee-deep in mud, crying over a single sprout. It’s not a farming game
Lead designer Mika Tazawa explains: “Rice in East Asian culture is life, currency, prayer, and ancestor. Removing it isn’t just hunger — it’s spiritual collapse. We wanted players to feel that. The moment you choose to eat the seed rice instead of planting it… that’s not a resource management choice. That’s despair.” We Have No Rice! ~ Magical Farming Survival RPG launches October 2026 on PC, Switch, and “low-spec rice cookers” (that’s a joke… mostly). But rice is also food
Pre-order bonus: a digital “Empty Bowl” screensaver that reminds you to eat lunch.