Best Nintendo Switch Life Sims And Farming Games
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Life comes at you slow
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If you’re looking for a change of pace and some welcome distraction from your everyday life, few mediums offer such engrossing, ongoing escapism as video games. Even the best books have an ending, but some games can go on almost indefinitely and come to form a calming part of our daily routines.
If you’re looking for just such a game, the list below of the best life sims and farming games on Switch should get you on the right track.
Whether you’ve always dreamed of moving to the countryside, retiring to a deserted island, or simply heading to the watering hole for a spot of fishing, the games below will set you up with a new (digital) life and keep you busy with pleasant little tasks to melt away the stress of real life. .. or at least replace it with the low-stakes stress of sowing turnips, tending to animals and managing your crops. Just remember when you’re stressing about squeezing these digital lives into your packed schedule, it’s all for fun!
So, grab your spade and a handful of seeds, and let’s take a look—in no particular order—at the cream of the crop; the best life and farming sims on Switch.
We put Animal Crossing: New Horizons on this list back in 2020 — long before the farming mechanic was added in late 2021 as part of the massive update. ACNH is a fantastic life sim as it is, with plenty of bug catching, fishing, and friend-making to keep you busy when you’re not trying to pay off your mortgage, but now that you can actually grow crops and cook food, it’s an even heartier recommendation from us.
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Adding some traditional RPG elements into its Harvest Moon-style farm sim gameplay, Rune Factory 4 Special adds dungeons into the mix of farming, fishing, cooking and romance and serves up a tasty concoction in the process. One of the game’s greatest triumphs is how it melds all those gameplay elements into a thoroughly satisfying whole. If you played it on 3DS, there’s not enough here to warrant double dipping, but if you’re after a modern classic with equally satisfying farming and combat that lets you decide your own pace, Rune Factory 4 delivers on all fronts.
Rune Factory 5 is out already (and you’ll find it further down on this list), but we still think Rune Factory 4 is the better offering.
A 3D remake of GBA’s Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, Marvelous’ Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town offers up the celebrated original in sparkling form.
The underlying game might be getting on a bit (it released back in 2003) but it’s still a fine take on the farm sim genre — simple, straightforward and satisfying. Keeping your farm running smoothly day-to-day and pursuing romance are all part of the game and if you’re after a classic Harvest Moon game without the complexities and complications of later entries, Friends of Mineral Town provides just that.
Throwing mining, monster-slaying and scavenging into the sim-style mix, Forager has you building an island community, expanding out and defending your land from nasties. This game is a life sim game for those who find Stardew Valley a bit too slow for their tastes. A few clumsy design choices are overcome with a sizeable dose of charm, so if you’re looking for a not-that-slow life, Forager might be just the ticket.
My Time At Portia has crafting at its heart, and its timers and missions can be tough to grasp at first.
Give it time, though, and it may very well become one of your most-played Switch games. Set in the titular post-apocalyptic town, it’s your job to bring Portia back from the brink by completing missions and crafting your way back to prominence. Your relationships with the townspeople grow along with your crops and—provided you can get over that initial crafting hump—there’s a good chance you won’t be able to tear yourself away.
For people who loved the collect-craft-combat loop of Fantasy Life, this game might scratch that same itch, and it’ll certainly take up a fair few hours – even if the «combat» part is missing. Littlewood is an incredibly impressive game for a solo developer, and though none of its ideas go particularly deep, it more than makes up for it in breadth. Fans of the life sim genre should definitely seek this one out.
Doraemon: Story of Seasons‘ painterly visual style is one of the loveliest on Switch.
This crossover is one of the slowest games on the list — perfect if you’re looking to chill those beans right down. The fact that it offers a solid, relaxing romp and fabulous farming featuring everyone’s favourite robotic blue cat from the future is almost incidental because… We. Can’t. Stop. Looking. At. It!
One of the breakout indie hits of the last decade, to call Stardew Valley a ‘farm sim’ doesn’t quite capture the depth and complexity of its remarkable pixel world. Taking inspiration from nearly all of the other series in this list (and others besides), Stardew has grown over time with patches and updates only making it more impressive. It’s a time sink, to be sure, but that’s what you came here for, right? If you’re looking to escape to a world you can fashion to your liking and feel proud of at the end of the day, Stardew Valley is up there with the very best of them on Switch, or any platform.
If Stardew Valley was less about turnips and more about receiving corpses via the deliveries of a communist donkey, then removing the skin, organs, and blood of said corpse in order to make paper, fertiliser, and and stamina potions, then burying the body in your own personal graveyard.
.. Well, then you’d have Graveyard Keeper. Surprisingly dense and more suited to long playthroughs than short 15-minute bursts, this graveyard-management game has plenty for you to do — as long as you’re not squeamish.
A fantastic tribute to Fantasy Life that nails the kind of grindy combat that many people love, Kitaria Fables is genuinely sweet and impressively well-made for a three-person team in under three years. If Fantasy Life is a Wagyu beef steak, Kitaria Fables is a really, REALLY good burger, so if you’re jonesing for a tasty action-farming-adventure, Kitaria Fables has you covered.
10 Best Farming Games On The Nintendo Switch
SGamers can’t get enough of life simulation games, whether it’s fast-paced titles like The Sims 4 or visual novels like Dream Daddy. But sometimes gamers need to slow things down and try life simulation games that are relaxed, tranquil, and stress-free.
This is where farming games come in. A sub-niche of the lie simulation genre, farming games allow players to fulfill their dreams of living in the countryside and only worry about growing their crops, tending to their farm animals, or gathering resources.
Gamers on the Nintendo Switch will be delighted to know that many farming titles are available on the handheld console.
Rune Factory 5
The Rune Factory series is a spin-off of another beloved farming simulator series, Story of Seasons. The franchise goes beyond the slice-of-life narrative of Story of Seasons by adding an element of fantasy and magic to every aspect.
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In the Rune Factory’s fifth mainline game, players can till the soil, plant their crops, and wait until their yield is ready for harvesting. But instead of raising farm animals, players will have to tame and raise monsters. In the magical world of Rune Factory 5, fans of farming games can also do dungeon crawls and even ride giant dragons.
Stardew Valley
Created by sole developer ConcernedApe, Stardew Valley has one of the strongest farming mechanics found in modern video games.
Heavily inspired by the Harvest Moon series, the main character in the game inherits a family farm from their late grandfather and is in charge of building it from the ground up.
In the critically-acclaimed life simulation game, players can plant seasonal crops, tend to farm animals like sheep and chicken, as well as produce artisan goods. Aside from its farming mechanics, Stardew Valley has also garnered a lot of fans due to its engrossing story and various NPCs that can be romanced.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
There’s more to Animal Crossing: New Horizons than just fishing, shaking trees, and decorating an island. In the game’s November 2021 update, farming and cooking features have been fully integrated. Players can grow crops such as pumpkins, carrots, potatoes, sugarcane, tomatoes, and wheat in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
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The crops that the players can harvest in the game can be used as ingredients for various food recipes like bread, pizza, and sandwich.
While Animal Crossing: New Horizons isn’t centered solely on farming, it’s a fun title that players should check out if they want a social life sim game with good farming mechanics.
My Time At Portia
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, My Time at Portia is a life simulation game that shares similar mechanics to the iconic The Sims 4, such as character customization, home decoration, and dating sim aspects. But unlike The Sims 4, My Time at Portia has an extensive farming gameplay.
Despite being a workshop builder, the main character can also farm various plants and trees for resources. To speed things up, users can put fertilizer on their crops to generate bigger harvests. For gamers who want a sci-fi RPG-slash-farming game, they should check out My Time at Portia.
Doraemon: Story of Seasons
Based on the popular Japanese manga and anime series, Doraemon: Story of Seasons is a farming sim game that bears a close resemblance to the popular farming sim franchise, Story of Seasons.
That’s because both games are developed by the same studio, Marvelous.
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In the game, players assume the role of Noby, who is a kid who gets teleported alongside Doraemon to the quaint village of Natura. With Doraemon’s help, the player is tasked with bringing an old farm back to life. Gamers have received the anime game warmly, due in part to its familiar farming mechanics and slow pace.
Kitaria Fables
Kitaria Fables is a 3D farming game overrun with anthropomorphic animals. The game also features a thrilling RPG narrative where the main player is tasked with choosing a class, fighting monsters, and crafting powerful weapons.
In order to earn money in the game, players will need to hustle and nurture a bustling farm. Kale, strawberries, pumpkins, and grapes are just some of the crops that can be grown in Kitaria Fables. With its gorgeous visuals, cute characters, and standard farming mechanics, Kitaria Fables is one of the best farm games that came out in 2021.
Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town
The latest mainline installment in the beloved life and farming simulation series, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town tells the story of an individual who takes over a dilapidated farm after being inspired by their grandfather.
While it may not be as good as the other Story of Seasons and Harvest Moon titles released for the Nintendo DS due to its dull NPCs and repetitive narrative, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town still carries the same excellent farming mechanics as the old games.
Farm Together
There’s nothing to do in the calming and tranquil world of Farm Together but to actually run a farm. In Milkstone Studios’ life simulation game, farming tasks such as tilling the soil, planting crops, and gathering ripe produce are partnered with audio cues that might make the player feel as if they’re playing a slot machine.
What’s great about Farm Together is that there’s no real narrative that drives the game.
Gamers won’t feel sad playing the game as they can invite friends and visitors into their farm as long as it’s publically listed on the server.
Littlewood
What do heroes do after saving the world? Rebuild everything that their dark nemesis has destroyed, of course! In the 2D life sim game Littlewood, players will need to gather resources in order to bring a bustling village back to life.
When it comes to farming, Littlewood has similar mechanics to Stardew Valley wherein the crops and produce can be sold to generate more in-game money. There are a lot of things to do in the big world of Littlewood, but if players want to do something a little more relaxing, they should try out farming in the game.
Graveyard Keeper
Lazy Bear Games indie offering Graveyard Keeper is a graveyard management game that features an extensive farming system. In the game, the player receives a plot of land that has a cemetery that they need to manage, clear up, and decorate in order to generate revenue.
To unlock the farming aspect of Graveyard Keeper, players will need to obtain permission from a bartender. The farm can then be used to grow plants that can be used to fulfill missions, used in recipes, as well as sold for coins. Graveyard Keeper is an excellent farming game for players who are also a fan of the mystery and horror genre.
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Three-position switch (ON)-OFF-ON 12V / 16A 3P without fixing 1 position Product code: AES111851BM1
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| Operating voltage, DC | 12-24V |
| Current | 16 A |
| Contacts | 3 pcs |
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| Operating voltage DC | 12-24V |
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| Operating voltage, AC | 125V |
| Current | 16 A |
| Contacts | 3 pcs |
| Operation diagram | (ON) — OFF — ON* |
| Degree of protection | IP54 (dust and splash proof) |
| Switch type | SPDT** |
| Display | No |
| Contact group | Single pole |
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| Manufacturer | AES |
| Country of origin | Taiwan |
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| 1) Diagram* | (ON) — not fixed position «on», ON — fixed position «on», OFF — «off». |
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