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The Farmer Was Replaced

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2025

Should you play it?

Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.

What works

  • Effective programming education
  • Engaging and addictive gameplay
  • Gradual learning curve with unlocks
  • Supports both beginners and experienced coders
  • Active developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Some ui and editor quirks
  • Mid-game difficulty spike
  • Limited programming language features
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Relatively short content currently

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Pictopix

  • Widget Inc.

  • Beltmatic

  • shapez 2 - Factory

  • Opus Magnum

  • Gamblers Table

Less competitive

Games that feels like The Farmer Was Replaced but with less competition against others

  • Your Big, Cute Monster Farm

  • Village Tale

  • Idle Deepcore

  • Rusty's Retirement

  • Factory Planner

  • Forager

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like The Farmer Was Replaced but with less of an idle filler feel

  • SpaceChem

  • 7 Billion Humans

  • Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth

  • Modulus: Factory Automation

  • Automachef

  • SHENZHEN I/O

More survival-focused

Games that feels like The Farmer Was Replaced but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Farlanders

  • Farlanders: Prologue

  • Green Project

  • Another Farm Roguelike

  • Cardboard Town

  • Block'hood

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

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The Farmer Was Replaced: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status, Idle.

Last update: 21/08/2026