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The best farming simulator games
| Game | Platforms | Price (US) | Style |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farming Simulator 25 | PC, Mac, PS5, Xbox Series X|S | $29.99 on Steam, $39.99 on PS5 | Realistic: 400+ machines from 150+ brands |
| Farming Simulator 22 | PC, Mac | $19.99 on Steam | Realistic, older and lighter on hardware |
| Farming Simulator 26 | Switch (plays on Switch 2), iPhone, Android | $39.99 on Switch, $7.99 on phones | Realistic, built for handhelds |
| Farming Simulator 23 Mobile | iPhone, Android | $5.99 | The previous phone edition |
| Stardew Valley | PC, Mac, Linux, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, iPhone, Android | $14.99 on Steam, $4.99 on phones | Cosy: farm, town, mines, co-op |
| Farm Together 2 | PC, Mac | $25.99 | Relaxed farm building, made for co-op |
| Coral Island | PC | $29.99 | Cosy 3D farm sim with online co-op |
| Fields of Mistria | PC, Linux | $13.99 | Cosy farm and town sim, single-player |
| Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm | PC | $24.99 | Ranch building, hunting and farming with online co-op |
| Hay Day | iPhone, Android | Free, with ads and in-app purchases | Casual farm game from Supercell |
Prices and platforms were read from each store listing on November 10, 2026. Console versions are listed only where we checked the console store or the developer's site.
Realistic or cosy: pick your half of farming
Farming games split into two groups that share almost nothing but crops.
- Realistic: the Farming Simulator series from GIANTS Software. You drive licensed tractors and harvesters, plan fields, sell the yield and buy bigger machines. The reward is efficiency.
- Cosy: Stardew Valley, Coral Island and Fields of Mistria. You water a small plot by hand, then spend the rest of the day fishing, mining and making friends in town. The reward is the routine and the people.
- In between: Farm Together 2 and Ranch Simulator both list online co-op and are built around sharing the work with friends.
If the people matter more to you than the crops, the life simulator games page is the better list.
Which Farming Simulator should you buy?
| You play on | Buy | Details |
|---|---|---|
| PC or Mac | Farming Simulator 25 | Released November 12, 2024. Three maps: North America, East Asia and Central Europe |
| Older PC | Farming Simulator 22 | $19.99, and its minimum graphics card is a GeForce GTX 660 |
| PS5 or Xbox Series X|S | Farming Simulator 25 | $39.99 on the PlayStation Store, online play for up to six players |
| Switch or Switch 2 | Farming Simulator 26 | Released May 19, 2026 at $39.99. Single-player |
| Phone | Farming Simulator 26 Mobile | $7.99 on Google Play and the App Store |
Farming Simulator 25 needs 8 GB of RAM and a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or better. On November 10 the PlayStation Store also listed it as included with PS Plus Extra, so subscribers may not need to buy it.
Free · no download · LifeSim
Inherit the farm. Live the life around it.
Be a farmer near a real town: neighbors with routines, a market, people who text you first. LifeSim is a free life simulator in your browser. It has no crop simulation.
Free and co-op farming games
Free: Hay Day is the one free game on this list. It is free to install on iPhone and Android and earns its money from ads and in-app purchases. No Farming Simulator game is free, and neither is Stardew Valley.
Co-op: Stardew Valley, Farming Simulator 25, Farm Together 2, Coral Island and Ranch Simulator all list online co-op on Steam. Stardew Valley also has split-screen. Fields of Mistria is single-player only.
Other genres with no price tag are on the free simulator games page.
A farmer's life without the tractor
Farm sims simulate the land. LifeSim simulates the person. It is a free life simulator in your browser where you can be a farmer, or anyone else, in or near any real city on Earth, with a job, a home and AI characters who have their own routines and remember you. It has no crop or machine simulation.
FAQ
What is the best farming simulator game?
Farming Simulator 25 if you want real machines and field work. Stardew Valley if you want a small farm, a town and a story. They are very different games.
Is there a free farming simulator game?
Hay Day is free on iPhone and Android, with ads and in-app purchases. The Farming Simulator games and Stardew Valley are paid.
Is Farming Simulator on Nintendo Switch?
Yes. Farming Simulator 26: Nintendo Switch Edition came out on May 19, 2026 at $39.99, and Nintendo lists it as playable on Switch 2.
Which farming games have multiplayer?
Stardew Valley, Farming Simulator 25, Farm Together 2, Coral Island and Ranch Simulator all have online co-op on PC.