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Root Cause

AI took your job. Grow carrots.

You were replaced by OptimaAI™. Your severance: $15 and a packet of carrot seeds. Build a carrot empire, buy the AI company, and definitely don't deploy CarrotMind.

Coming soon to the App Store📖 Read the guide
The farm in the Simple lookYour farm
The farm in the Sci-fi lookThe year 3000
The farm at ChristmasChristmas on the farm
14+carrots to grow
22cities to open
3AI rivals to beat
58trophies
2planets

The story so far

Monday, 9:02 AM. OptimaAI just replaced your whole department with one chatbot. Including you.

Grandpa's old farm is still out there. So you plant the seeds from your desk drawer, and you keep going until you can buy the company that fired you. Then you keep going after that. All the way to the Moon.

Root Cause is an idle farming game about vegetables, revenge and Dave, who needs the money.

What you'll do

Grow

14 kinds of carrot (and more to unlock), from Classic Orange to Grandpa's Heirloom, each harvest rolling a quality from Wonky to Legendary.

Hire your old coworkers

Laid-off office workers become farm hands. Add a tractor, sprinklers and a few very good dogs to chase off the rabbits.

Build a company

A roadside stand, a juice bar, a carrot cola factory, a carrot futures exchange. Then buy OptimaAI.

Beat the AIs

Open stores in 22 cities and fight off HarvestGPT, AgriMind and OptimaAI Prime for the market.

Go public, then go to space

Ring the bell, then launch Carrot Corp to the Moon and Mars.

Keeps growing while you’re away

Your farm works when you don’t. Come back to a full silo and a letter from Mom.

Pick your look

Classic, a clean cartoon Simple look, or a Sci-fi farm in the year 3000. Snow falls at Christmas.

Franchise and come back stronger

Start over on new land with heirloom seeds and perks that make every farm grow faster than the last.

Your inbox

HR-Bot 3000
We are thrilled to announce that your position has been fully automated by OptimaAI™. Our model does your job 11,000× faster and never asks for PTO.
Mom
Honey, your aunt says you're growing carrots now?? I think that's wonderful. Your grandpa grew carrots. He always said: “Nobody ever automated dirt.”
Dave
Yo. They replaced the whole QA team with one prompt. I have no marketable skills except showing up. You hiring? I'll work for carrots. Literally.

New here, or stuck?

The guide explains every crop, upgrade, business, perk and trophy, and when to franchise.

📖 Open the Root Cause guide