20 BEST Farming Games To Play & Some to Avoid in 2024 

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Yo, I'm Sun Haven's lead writer, I'm glad you liked the fantasy setting and the story. Thanks for including it on your list!

The only farming game I bought this year was Fae Farm ... I think. And I love it! I also tried the demo of Harvestella and just had no fun at all. But I'm grateful they had a demo. More games should do that on consoles! Because it's wayyy easier to decide which games you want to buy. There are so many games out there I could love, but I don't know because there's no demo available. Watching gameplay is good too, but it's still another world to play the game by yourself.

Dragon Quest Builders 2 is literally THE GAME for me. I have sooooo many hours in it.

I do all my gaming on the Switch and I am craving Sun Haven and Coral Island. I need them.

Thanks for the list of new possibilities to explore. For me it's been a Wlyde Flowers spring and summer, and a Coral Island fall and winter ☺

Harvest Moon(SoS): Animal Parade was overall my favorite in the series. It's on the Wii. It would make a great remake or even HD remaster. Harvest Moon(natsume): The Winds of Anthos was pretty good. Natsume is finally making their Harvest Moon a decent farming sim series in its own right. Fae Farm I just went through too fast to enjoy it long. Palia I enjoyed, and love the cozy farming sim MMO experience, but it was lacking in content but will definitely play again when they inevitably add more content. I'm gonna stop typing before I make an entire college essay out of all the farming sims I have played.

Totally agree about Hokko Life, thank you for another great list. I always enjoy your video and even recommend it to my friends, so thank you so much for that.

got some good shouts, thank you! when wishlisting some i found verdant village which looks like a shout (its in alpha) when going to wishlist verdant skies.

I’m loving on Harvest Moon Winds of Anthos right now. I needed easy but still has a good story. And I’m glad I did. It’s been an enjoyable week.

I really enjoyed Dinkum, and played it fairly early on. However I felt I'd seen all of the gameplay loop before more content was added. When I tried to go back, it felt like a grind to get to point of seeing new things, and I wasn't as excited to play through it again. I also got into Roots of Pacha, which again was good fun while it lasted, but it didn't feel well balanced, and things seem to take a lot of time to get going. I haven't gone back to that to see what's changed. I put a lot of time into Graveyard Keeper but got burnt out on that because it really became a grind to get anywhere, and a lot of the mechanics never really felt well explained. All that said, I'd gladly recommend all three games.

I haven’t played My time at Sandrock/Portia on Switch, exclusively PC. I have a custom PC that runs games like AFOP and other high-processing games so I don’t run into any bugs. I hope after their done with My time at Sandrock’s release, they try to respec those two games for Switch or take it off the market. For me, I’m not so great on the Witch of Fern Island. It has potential but looking for all these ingredients with no idea where or what they are is exhausting. I wished they added a feature where there’s a description on where to find the ingredients if it’s needed for a request.

Coral Island all the way. I am continuously blown away how they have evolved farming games to the next level on all fronts.

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who did not love Harvestella. My Time at Portia is one my favorite RPGs, but it does lag and exp problems on the Switch. But I still bought it for the Switch since it was on sale and I could play it whenever I want on the go❤️

I tried the demo of Sandrock and was hooked! Will buy it come summer sale

I'm currently playing My Time at Portia on Switch because I want to give My Time at Sandrock more time to update before I play it. Mtap does have some long load times and I will admit that i fell through the world one time.....That was a weird experience. 😂 But otherwise Ive had a blast with it! It has quickly become one of my Switch favorites. There is just so much to do! I love it!❤ I didn't play it when it first came out, so maybe it is better than it was day 1?

I loved Younder but it has so many problems. It keeps deleting my saved games and I have to start all over. It happened to me 3 times, and when I took my saved cloud date to console so I could play the saving I saved to my cloud, it decided to delete it as the game was loading with my saving. They really need to fix the issue.

You have literally put me into so many amazing gems!! So thanks so much for that! Epic chef!! Literally so much fun and I laughed so much during my play through! Yonder the cloud catcher chronicles, was so chill and relaxed. I need to try the other one! Dragonquest Builders 2 is just a 10/10 all around. Wydle Flowers had me hooked with the voice acting and story and I loved every minute of it. So many good ones! I need to check out My Time at Sandrock once it’s a bit more polished for the switch. As I loved Portia and it was one of my most played games. It’s gonna be amazing! And you have me super wanting to pick up Rune Factory 5!

I have loved Fae farm this year (but a bit pricey) and I could not get into Cozy Grove (even if it's a bit older). You make me want to try Rune Factory 5 and try again Coral Island ;) I have tried Grow, but did not like it because I could not understand what to do, so maybe my fault

Speaking of X Seed (and it’s not farming but “cozy” I guess and it sometimes fall into similar lists- avoid Silent Hope. I was SO excited for this game, preordered the day 1 physical pack… it’s not good. It’s a glorified mobile game. It gets so boring. But I LOVED Harvestella. I liked that it was farming just to get you through the dungeons and it game you something to do between dungeons. It wasn’t crazy hard combat, I loved it. Dragon Quest Builders, DQ Treasures and DQ Monsters are awesome. Roots of Pacha has been a blast!

I came here looking for a good Coral Island review/overview, and when you started comparing it to Wylde Flowers, I was sold. Wylde Flowers is the first cozy farming game I really got into, and now I'm looking out for more.

Please trust me, give Witch of Fern Island another try. It has grown so much and it's so beautiful and the story and the music! The game is also finished, probably one more content update but the map is fully open already.

Okay THANK YOU about MtaP on switch. I thought I was crazy for hating it😭 everytime I talked to any npc, they melted into the floor and did this weird slow spin?? Also just personal but the art style… but hearing you recommend MtaS gives me hope! Maybe I’ll check it out on PC

I loved Dragon Quest Builders 2 when I finally got the Hang of how to build Rooms

I loved the Banished from the Hero's Party anime! Didn't know it was a game!!

Aww I loved harvestella but it needed more farming in it

Hey miss! Just found out the channel, and loving it! I was wondering if you've heard of Cuisineer - so far only on Steam 😢 ❤❤❤

I bought rune factory 5. I am still figuring it out.

Thanks💙

How MUCH I love when those type of games are released for consoles as a physical version (not digital). Their boxes are wonderful, the cover art is amazing. And it is very sad to see that many of those companies, especially indies, won't proceed to release them physically. We have seen some games like Portia, Stranded Sails, Doraemon, Story of Seasons etc having their physical releases and it is a joy to own. I really hope that many other games (like Roots of Pacha, Everdream Valley etc) get released physically for consoles

I think my favorite farming sim as of late is Coral Island! Though my first farming game will always have a place in my heart which is a title called Staxel =) One that I really wanted to love and did NOT was Everdream Valley and I also agree with you about Harvestella i'd be stressed trying to get any farming done!

I absolutely love Sandrock, and I'm playing it on switch, currently 125 hours on it and not sure if I'm even half of the story, love every second of it. But I agree with the performance issue, it is terrible, I just dont have a choice since I only have switch lol. If I will ever have a Steam Deck (cant im broke lol) I would love the game even more.

Check the settings for fae farm, there is a 'simple fishing' setting that can help. Waiting for Dinkum, Sun Haven, Kynseed, coral island, and a couple more to hit UK switch. I had to wait a couple more months for Roots of Pacha to get to the UK eshop, that localisation has been boiling my butterbeans for years.. (Looking at you, old harvest moon games)

OMG Medieval Dynasty is such a hidden gem! It's a super fun game! Glad to see someone talking about it 🥺💚

I agree with u about harvestella🥲 the story is so good, the graphic is fantastic but i just dont get it why they have to include the farming aspects🥲, and we cant even interact with other villagers such as the blacksmith, general store girl, etc and have more conversation with them (for me its important especially in farming sim) unless there is a cut scene and i was dissapointed by that:(

Yeeeaahh feel that- it's been like 5 months and I still didn't get Fae Farm- I can't spend that much money on a game for myself lol ❤

The Spring Steam Sale is on right now so some of these are available at a Discount.

Thank you, Great video as always ❤. I just don't understand why the whole cozy community is totally silent about the Witch of Fern Island. I have been so engaged in that game this year, the world is soo wonderful. I understand it is early access and had a rough start.. but it has had a lot of updates. I love that game more than Coral Island. (which I also love)

Ok so you know I'm a massive Rune Factory fan and it was so nice to see Rune Factory 5 get some love, but when you brought up Yonder The Cloud Catcher Chronicles I was so happy! When I first discovered it back in high school I wasn't sure if it was for me but I wound up adoring it. Grow Song of the Evertree is one I have been wanting to play but just haven't had the chance to. Hopefully one day though

how is some of the must gets the ones i dislike the most, and almost all the avoid ones games i love and adore lol

Owwnn Big Farm Story, I thought I was the only one who played this game. It's so adorable 💓

obsessed with story of seasons lol 😂

Honestly I wouldn't recommend My Time at Sandrock for the PC either IF your PC is not up to par. My PC isn't the recommended type. It was somewhat playable in early access, but for some reason, after the full game released, the speed is HORRENDOUS, I can't play it anymore which stinks since I was enjoying it (it Ranked 3rd on my Steam Replay for the year for a reason). This is why I enjoy videos like this because I do love hearing people's opinions. I personally would put Rune Factory 5 in the advance category because there are things about farming that I never had to worry about like I do here- weather ruining my crops being one thing. Plus the way you upgrade everything felt SO grinding. I did love the game initially, but the grinding aspect and the slow pacing really just got to me and I stopped playing it. I will try to return to it at some point because I'd like to finish the main story and get married at least because the story and chars are great, but yeah the farming aspect is just not for me. One game I am looking forward to returning to next year is my old reliable, Stardew Valley because I am hoping 1.6 will come out next year. I am patient though so if it doesn't come out next year, it's fine, I have that cookbook that comes out next Spring to give my SDV fix lol. Out of these Coral Island is the one I recommend the most. I'll be curious if it does unseat SDV as my fav farming game. I am not going to fully judge it yet since the full story isn't out, nor all ALL of the marriage candidates available yet. Sun Haven is #1 on my bucket list, it's for sure going to be my Christmas gift to myself while Steam Games are on sale lol. I'll also get Wylde Flowers too as my Switch game, but I am torn because I want that Princess Peach game . . . . We'll see.

Disagree about harvestella (I love it) and wyldeflowers (I hate it!) but agree with mostly everything else! I believe Sun Haven and Coral Island are the best farming sims out there now and Traveler's rest is gonna be pretty close but with new twists once its 1.0 come out!

I love The Sims music in the background. So nostalgic. MTaS is amazing!! Sorry, your avoid list was on point. I 100% agree with it 😂

i´d promised myself that i would give hokko life a chance, BUT also that i would only buy it if it was on sale.

Fishing in FaeFarm is basically identical to Coral Island. If you figured out the tap-tap to avoid your line breaking when they struggle, you can do the same in Fae Farm

Yeah the SoS: Doraemon series was more for those who are familiar with the Doraemon franchise(aka most of the SEA folks). I now live in Yogyakarta, Indonesia(also the birthplace of Coral Island lol) and loves watching Doraemon and Crayon Shin-Chan, but as also a westerner from USA, I can understand why you didn't like it. It's a very niche crossover game and you will miss a lot of the in-game references and jokes and generally just confused playing it if you are not familiar with the anime/manga.

Harvestella had beautiful graphics but that's about it. Have you tried De'Vine: Heavenly Acres? I just found this and love it!

I really love Fae Farm. I played it a lot, and they improved it so far. At the moment I enjoy Coral Island and I love it. Yeah, Hokko Life is really sad =( I hoped more.

RIP Harvestella :( what's wrong with a game being primarily a jRPG and just having farming as a side-activity? I would love it if every jRPG had a farming sidequest you can just do to get money and consumables when you feel like it.

I need that Graveyard Keeper. Well i'll buy it someday. 😋

Stumble upon your video and saw my two fav farming sim game (Coral Island & Story of Seasons : A Wonderful Life) on a different category. I know maybe people have different taste.. but why avoid SoS : A Wonderful Life? 🥺 I love the game being the remake of Harvest Moon : A Wonderful Life tho.. and find new comfort in Coral Island

Howdy Bubbles, I would offer up a fun cozy farming game called Roots of Pacha ^^) but fav farming game is going to be Stardew Valley if were not talking farming sim22 lol. Travelers Rest has been really fun too and i love Graveyard Keeper as well as Coral island :) All good cozy games with farming hehe Harvestella is currently sitting unplayed in my steam collection

For some reason I cant get into the Stardew Valley top down camera style games but love My Time at Sandrock. I think its because of the workaholic gameplay loop lmao

I know it's such a cliche answer, but Stardew Valley will always be one of my go to farm sim games. Rune Factory 4 is one I go back to a lot, albeit normally the Special edition on the Switch now.

my most played farming sims are Stardew valley (hands down- SOOOOOOO many hours into that), wylde flowers, coral island and my time at sandrock ( imma bag me Logan the next playthru) -/ portia.

Idk if you played garden paws on the switch but it's so good. But someone needs to tell them to please update it. There's a lot of bugs. Or at least fix the controller settings on steam.

i play stardew valley,graveyard keepr,fe farm an d now trying little wood alsootw to get sprout valley

What is the most complete combat system on a farming sim?

Take care sister 😊

I loved Harvestella, but I think it’s spot on to say it’s more action RPG than cozy game. I can understand people not liking it if they’re coming for cozy. (And also the demo didn’t help as it didn’t showcase what ends up being good about the game.) Also DQB2 forever!!!!

harveststella i enjoyed but did not finish. i think it was how time passed that annoyed me the most

thankyouu

Coral island for me.

I absolutely love Fae Farm and Dragon Quest 2

I know I’m late to the party but THANK YOU for recommending Dragon Quest Builders!! It’s SOOOO good

I am all for manifesting Dragon Quest Builders 3.

I wonder how RimWorld with raids turned off ranks as a farming sim.

I got my time at portia on switch, and it did not run at all. Nintendo should give everyone who got their money back. Do not Nintendo people try these games out on the switch before they put them on open sale

I’m alone yet again for Christmas and spoiled myself buying five games this week. Hogwarts legacy Abzu My universe pet clinic Roots of Pacha Dolphin mission- ocean mission. I’m thinking of getting one more on sale but not sure which one yet

I didn't care for the Harvestella demo...just didn't click with me. I've heard so many people recommend Dragin Quest Builders 2 but I don't like the art style. I didn't play many farming games this year besides Ooblets which I love. I am curious about Moonlight Peaks and looking forward to playing their new demo!

DQB 2 is a very good game. Fae Farm, Well, I liked Fae Farm at first but I got sick of it after finishing that fiery cave, I forgot what it's called. I didn't like how I had multiple houses to decorate and barns to attend in different areas. I find it very tedious. I'd rather be focusing on one area. Even if there are portals that can take me all over the map, I still don't like it.

Kynseed is bad in some ways since it's not finished, even though it has been released. This was true since I stopped playing it since, wait a sec. 1 1/2 years ago? Damn! They might have actually added the missing content. A large issue with the game is that you can pass time, which resulted in everyone dying out. NPCs did not breed, so eventually die out. The game back then also didn't have an ending of any kind. I can't recall all that much about the game besides how fiddley it was to work specific professions. You could own all of them if you wanted, and hire staff to run them. I'm going to have to check it out again to see what they've done with it.

Omg i don’t not like a wonderful life at all on the switch. That was one of my first farming games for GameCube. I think I just gotten spoiled over the years and find it very boring. The characters are so boring. Their environments are so boring. The gameplay is so boring and repetitive and I love repetitive gameplay , but this is on another level. 😂

It's been over five years since Dragon Quest Builders 2 was released, and I'm still waiting for #3. When, Square Enix??? WHEN???????? 😭😭😭

I love your reviews and lists because youre not afraid to be honest about the game and really describe them perfectly so that I really know what I'm getting myself into. tysm for the video!

thanks for the video bubbz. please have mercy on my wallet🤣🤣so many of these i want to try now.

I don't care what anyone says I love RF5 as much as the others in the series. I'll always defend RF5!

WHY do people not talk more about Yonder?! I freaking loved that game so much, it was one of my first switch games I bought on a whim. So much fun, relaxing, and beautiful 💓

Each to their own but I love hokko life ❤

Stories of Seasons stink. Stick by your guns. Hokko and Harvestella -- also agree, OK but not great. I would LOVE a fleshed-out RPG where you had to run the farm well or your characters have no way to rest, recover, nor make stat gains. And you need walls and villagers who are healthy enough to repel invaders. Jeez, this is starting to sound like a great game! I'll let you know when it comes out.

Personally I really dislike Graveyard keeper. It's such a shame because the dead body gameplay is fun - but it's just so inaccessible. I spent more time on guides looking up what various things do, than I did in the game. There is such a lack of tutorials and explanations in that game that it really disappointed me. Two of my friends also had the same gripe, they wanted to like it but got so lost and stuck that they just gave up. I toughed it out until the end of the game, but I wouldn't recommend it and I definitely won't be playing it again.

Yeah, its such a shame about A Wonderful life. It would've been better to remaster it, instead of just a remake. There are good elements, but it does get very boring fast.

I ADORE Dragonquest Builders 2

I heard Big Farm Story was just bland, so that's why nobody talked about it. Garden In is a cozy check-in game :) Dinkum is a perfect Animal Crossing alternative! So fun with friends. Travellers Rest is getting so much content that I feel it'll get BIG soon! I share opinions with you on a lot so I may give RF5 a try. It's on sale, like everything else right now lol. I liked Yonder more than Grow. It's more open. Kynseed is getting a MEGA update next year, which apparently will change a ton of the gameplay. The mini games alone are so fun tho; Cooking is the best 😂 I'm sure you're tired of me commenting about it Bubbles but my sleeper hit of the year was Cornucopia! So if anyone reads this far, check it out! Sorry for the long comment, I just wanted to second some of your opinions lol. Love the videos ❤

HI Girl :)

Harvest stella was OK but A lot of the farming mechanics weren't necessary show added more on that marriage was lame and over all it was another final fantasy like story wich wasn't bad but .....

Dragon Quest Builders 3 all the way. Nough said there

Wow no Everdream Valley?

I thought I was the only one who doesn't like sos a wonderful life😂 Glad to see it's just not me 😆

I didn’t care for Harvestella either.

There are only 2 best farming game ever. Stardew Valley and Sun Haven

No Farming Simulator?

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Hmm 20k Sub A lot of games play. HMM.... Maybe this is the place to ask the question. Stardew Valley Play? Or Avoid?

Immortal Life, a Chinese game, is so good (in my opinion). Try it.

Hahahahahhahah yes your friend Ana is obsessed with Logan 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I like Serin fate but I just die all the time :D