Is The Year of the Carrot free?

Yes — The Year of the Carrot is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.

Is The Year of the Carrot Steam Deck compatible?

Mostly. Valve rates The Year of the Carrot Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.

Can I play The Year of the Carrot on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of The Year of the Carrot. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Is The Year of the Carrot multiplayer?

No — Steam lists The Year of the Carrot as single-player only.

Is The Year of the Carrot on PC Game Pass?

No — The Year of the Carrot is not on PC Game Pass right now.

The Year of the Carrot

Name: The Year of the Carrot
Brand: Michael Behrens
Availability: InStock

Michael Behrens · December 7, 2022 · Puzzle, Puzzle Platformer, Platformer, 2D Platformer, Logic

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About The Year of the Carrot

✦ AI summary

The Year of the Carrot has you guiding Betsy the Bunny through 96 puzzle-platformer rooms across 12 colorful worlds, picking up and throwing objects like marbles and critters to solve environmental challenges while collecting carrots. What sets it apart is the physics-based marble-matching system combined with creative gravity-shifting powerups, a diverse roster of interactive blocks and mechanics, and an energetic chiptune ragtime soundtrack that ties it all together.

Betsy the Bunny Rabbit wants to pick up some carrots!

Hop around, pick up and throw stuff, and try to collect all the carrots! Rock out to amazing chiptune ragtime music! See if you can make it through all 96 rooms!

It's a puzzle game that's maybe a little different! You can run around, jump, and pick up & throw various things you may find in the room. When you throw something, it flies around the room and bounces off the walls until it hits the ground. It's fun to just hang out sometimes and keep throwing stuff around!

You can pick up marbles and throw them around the room. If three marbles of the same color line up, they flash and disappear! Sometimes you want that to happen. Sometimes you don't. It's part of life to learn what you want!

You can pick up and throw critters as well. They can't hurt you, and you can't hurt them. If the mood strikes, you can stand on top of them and ride around. Maybe they can help you reach new places!

Featuring 12 worlds with 8 rooms each, for 96 rooms total. The 12 worlds are divided into 3 episodes of 4 worlds each. The worlds in each episode can be tackled in any order.

So what awaits in these worlds?

Sky High Keep: Home to floating Platforms and flying fish. Why are the fish flying? Why not?
Tabby Catacombs: These spooky crypts feature the Drop Bolts, which fall down as you stand on them, as well as the Bass Knobs, which fall slower than the bolts but retract faster. You may also find the Anti-Bolts and Treble Knobs, which rise up when you stand on them!
Woods of Hermia: Here come the Rocket Blocks! When you stand on them, they move left or right; after you jump off of them, they move back to their original position.
Titania Capitol: The Diamond and Heart Blocks will allow you to super-jump and double jump if you jump off of them.
Equinox Isle: The Bubble Pots will continuously create bubbles that you can jump on. But be careful! You can’t stand on them for long!
Temple of Helena: You’re going to love this! The Magi Blocks appear & disappear at set intervals. Also, there are flying pigs!
Mercurial Mines: In the mines, you’ll find Arrow Zingers, which will Zing thrown marbles and critters in all sorts of different directions.
Hazy Shade Land: This frozen world has the Elevators, which activate as long as you’re standing on them, and stop otherwise. Also, it has everyone’s favorite: Ice Blocks you can slip on!

Plus, there’s 4 more worlds that mix & match all these things to give you a nice finale!

Oh, and I almost forgot: the POWERUPS!

The Keys will cause the Door Blocks to open.
The Mushrooms will cause the Invisible (hollow) Blocks to appear.
The Music Notes will cause all marbles of the same color to flash and disappear.
The Gems will turn all marbles of the same color in Metal Balls, which don’t match with anything.
…Except for the Metal Gem, which will turn all Metal Balls into Wildcard Marbles, which match with all colors!
The Book reverses gravity for Betsy, so you can run on the ceiling!
The Magnets change gravity for the marbles, so they will fall in different directions!

And the Carrots! Gotta get those carrots! They’ve got Vitamin A!

The Year of the Carrot — game info

Platforms: Windows
Steam Deck: Playable
Player modes: Single-player
Controller: Full controller support
PC Game Pass: Not included

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The Year of the Carrot — questions & answers

Is The Year of the Carrot free?: Yes — The Year of the Carrot is free to play, so you can install and play it without buying anything.
Is The Year of the Carrot Steam Deck compatible?: Mostly. Valve rates The Year of the Carrot Playable on Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual tweaking — a community controller layout, or zooming in on small text.
Can I play The Year of the Carrot on Mac?: Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of The Year of the Carrot. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.
Is The Year of the Carrot multiplayer?: No — Steam lists The Year of the Carrot as single-player only.
Is The Year of the Carrot on PC Game Pass?: No — The Year of the Carrot is not on PC Game Pass right now.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Apr 3, 2024

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7 found this helpful

Not recommended Apr 18, 2025

The Year of the Carrot is one of literally thousands of retro 2D platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere... and I'm not kidding. Searching for "platformers" on the Steam store page yields over 17,000 results! Is this one of the best of those? Absolutely not. This platformer rips off the pick-up-and-carry mechanic from Super Mario Bros 2 and marries it to a rather pointless match-3 mechanic where you can put three balls on top of each other and they disappear, which forms the crux of the puzzle element of this puzzle platformer that was overwhelmingly rejected and ignored here on Steam. Platforming is an old, mostly dead genre, and this lacklustre experience, while it doesn't have an upfront cost, isn't saving the genre... it's no surprise this failed to capture any attention from gamers in the era of immersive 3D gaming. This features really godawful pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks much worse than most…

1 found this helpful

Recommended May 4, 2026

I love this game! It's cute, simple and fun! Great color palette and theming too. Reminds of good times on the Sega Game Gear as a kid. Plus it was free! Thanks so much!

Not recommended Nov 11, 2023

Feels unfinished, mostly because of the sluggish controls. Also needs a tutorial or hint system.

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