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Simulation

Farming sim

You work a farm day by day: planting, watering, harvesting and raising animals in step with the seasons. The challenge is organising your time and energy so that the farm thrives, often while you find your place in the village.

Also known as: farming simulation game, farm life sim

This is a basic entry: it has the definition and the classification. Full entries add history, games and a demo.

History

  1. 1996
    Origin

    Wikipedia cites Harvest Moon (1996), for the Super Nintendo, among the genre's early games and draws a direct line to Stardew Valley (2016).

    Social simulation game (Wikipedia)
  2. 2016
    Stardew Valley

    Stardew Valley, the work of a single developer, renews the genre with farm, village, fishing and mines.

    Stardew Valley (Wikipedia)

Reference games

2016

Stardew Valley

Eric Barone (ConcernedApe). Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android

You inherit a run-down farm and rebuild it day by day, season by season, planting, raising animals and selling what you produce, while you become part of the town. It was made almost single-handedly, inspired by Harvest Moon.