There are video games of just about every genre a person could imagine. From massive battle royale-style games to role-playing, adventure, and even simulation games, Life simulation games can take many forms, but one popular sub-genre is farming sims.

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21 Best Farming Games On Nintendo Switch

There's nothing quite like farming on the go.

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Whether it's a game entirely focused on running a farm or it has a little more to it, it can be a ton of fun! There are so many of them that it can be hard to pick the best one. Keep reading to see the top farming games, ranked from the worst to the best.

Updated September 24, 2024, by Mackenzee Hardyk: As the autumn months roll back in so often does the need to curl up with a hot beverage and a cozy game. Farming games frequently satisfy this craving and that is why we’ve updated this list with several new entries for you to discover a few more farming games to spend hours with.

24 Disney Dreamlight Valley

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Disney Dreamlight Valley

Released December 5, 2023 Platform(s) PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Apple Arcade Powered by Expand Collapse

If you're a fan of Disney, there's no better farming game than Disney Dreamlight Valley. Farming and growing crops play a large role in the game, where you'll befriend various characters from across Disney movies and help to restore Dreamlight Valley in the process.

You'll be able to design and decorate your farm in the valley, where you can grow the crops you'll need to progress quests and help out the Disney inhabitants. With so many characters to assist and different kinds of crops to grow, you'll soon be lost in the magic of the valley, and be glad that you are.

23 Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life

Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life

Released June 27, 2023 Platform(s) PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S Powered by Expand Collapse

The Story of Seasons series is always a good place to dive in if you're feeling that farming game itch, but Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life gives a bit of a twist on the genre staple that makes it all the more refreshing. As you go through each in-game year, the town and the characters grow and change.

Rather than the townspeople never seeming to age as you eternally grow crops, they develop as the years go on, giving you more incentive to keep going and see how things turn out. Of course, you can marry and have children too, which means you'll see how your spouse changes and your children grow up, too.

22 Graveyard Keeper

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Nintendo Switch, Android, PlayStation 4, iOS, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Mac operating systems

8-15-2018

After an untimely death, you become the graveyard keeper in some strange medieval town. With seemingly no prior experience or qualifications, you now own a plot of land with a graveyard and a church.

While the art style is cute and pleasing pixel art, there are certainly some unruly people and situations you will have to deal with. You will have to run errands and assist the townspeople before they trust you, but, you can meet a lot of unique people, like an alcoholic talking skull or an old astrologer who spends his time by the old lighthouse.

21 Rune Factory 4 Special

Rune Factory 4 Special

Released February 25, 2020 Platform(s) Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Powered by Expand Collapse

Rune Factory 4 Special is an incredibly wholesome and enjoyable fantasy-based farming game where farming is only a small piece of the gameplay pie. While you are given a nice plot of land to call your own where you can tend to crops and raise livestock, the game also lets you enjoy many other activities in this sublime fantasy world.

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Aside from the enjoyable farming, you can also participate in relationships and town events, you can head into many fun dungeon-crawling action RPG scenarios to become strong, and you can even cook and take on quests. Plus, every action in Rune Factory 4 Special leads to you gaining experience and thus becoming more efficient in that task. If you want a farming life-sim game to sink hours upon hours into, then Rune Factory 4 Special might just be for you.

20 Grow: Song Of The Evertree

Grow: Song of the Evertree

Released November 16, 2021 Platform(s) PS4, Switch, Xbox One, Amazon Luna Powered by Expand Collapse

Grow: Song of the Evertree, much like its predecessor, Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, is all about freeform exploration, enjoying a beautiful narrative, and taking in the gorgeous sights and sounds of the lush and vibrant fantasy world.

You play as one of the last Everheart Alchemists, enjoying a wide range of farming activities while helping to restore the titular Evertree. By planting a special biome seed, you can regrow land that you farm and make it fertile all over again. If that wasn't enough, you also get to build brand-new villages in hopes of bringing new townsfolk to the Evertree region.

19 Farmer's Dynasty

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PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch

2017-12-14

Farmer's Dynasty is a farming-sim/RPG hybrid where the protagonist returns to their old family farm after living in the city for many years. The storyline isn't particularly strong, and you'll find yourself largely constructing the farm before actually getting to the fun 'farming' part of life, but the game still has a lot to offer.

As well as building your farm and cultivating crops, you can undertake different quests, build on your relationships with others, and even choose to settle down and raise a family if you want to.

18 Garden Paws

Garden Paws

Released October 20, 2018 Platform(s) PC, Switch Powered by Expand Collapse

Garden Paws follows the somewhat common farming storyline where you inherit your grandparent's old farm. However, this game has a more unique spin on its story as you get to play as an adorable animal character, and the other people in town are all animals too.

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Best Farming Sim Games For Beginners

If you want to start your own farming adventure, here are the best games for newcomers to the genre.

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Not only can players farm, craft, and discover lots of new places, like many other farming games, but plenty of other features make it feel even more immersive. You're tasked with making your own house and making sure that new structures are set up in town, and you also can run your own shop. Plus, there's also a multiplayer feature, so you can share this super sweet experience with your friends.

17 Staxel

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Staxel

Released September 23, 2021 Platform(s) PC, Switch Powered by Expand Collapse

Staxel is a PC game that may look like it borrows a great deal from Minecraft with its voxel style, but it is a worthy contender in its own right that offers a larger focus on farming and offers more of a standard farming-sim experience.

In Staxel, you build and maintain a farm, raise animals, cultivate crops, fish, and more. Additionally, you can befriend the local villagers and complete various quests to help them out.

16 Coral Island

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If you have ever wanted to escape to an island and start a farm, now is your chance. While the island is very beautiful, it is also in need after a massive oil spill that happened nearby, which has left the ocean tainted.

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Things To Do In Coral Island Besides Farming

It's more than just a 'farm RPG.'

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There is plenty to do on Coral Island like going diving, farming, mining, and attending festivals; the people of the island are very diverse and exciting to get to know either as a friend or a possible partner. Coral Island is currently in early access and has not yet been finished.

15 Fields Of Mistria

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Fields of Mistria

Released August 5, 2024 Platform(s) PC Powered by Expand Collapse

Fields of Mistria is a cozy farming sim. It’s colorful and nostalgic and it has a similar art style to Pokemon games. Unfortunately, though, the village of Mistria was devastated by a recent earthquake, with multiple areas in ruin. In exchange for a plot of land, you have offered to help repair the ruined areas.

There’s much to do between whipping the village up into perfect shape like mining, fishing, and exploring. While there is plenty to do, Fields of Mistria is currently in early access.