Excellent mod support
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“But the best part are the mods and the modding community. You can find a mod for anything.”
Steam review · 797.9 h played ↗
Farming Simulator 22
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%GIANTS Software2021Farming Sim · Management · Simulation
The verdict
A deep, relaxing farming sim with huge machinery variety and great mods, best with friends. Skip it if you want a guided start, reliable multiplayer, or hate slow, repetitive work.
Great for
Patient players who like slow, relaxing simulation, modding and co-op with friends
Main risk
Little guidance at the start, plus crashes, lost saves or broken multiplayer
What players love
Relaxing, calming gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“one of the most relaxing games out there, spacially when you play with friends, but it's fun in solo as well!”
Steam review · 141.7 h played ↗
Huge depth and variety of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The most complex simulator on the market. You can do almost anything: raise crops, grapes, make hay, raise animals, cut trees, all with hundreds of specialized machines.”
Steam review · 797.9 h played ↗
Good graphics and optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Optimization is so brutal that i can run the game smoothly at 4k native resolution with all settings maxed out”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗
Fun with friends in co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Pretty good game, though better if you have friends to play with.”
Steam review · 251 h played ↗
Realistic and educational farming
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“shows you how much work goes into real farming and how little the profit margins are... that part is pretty much accurate.”
Steam review · 21.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and game won't launch
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“every time i try and load a multiplayer or singleplayer world it just crashes. completely unuseable”
Steam review · 65.9 h played ↗
Multiplayer broken or won't connect
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Cross-play servers won't work, at all, Giant refuses to fix it, for MONTHS.”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗
Poor tutorial and steep learning curve
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“No tutorials, nothing. You're dropped in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of questions marks with a lot of text to read.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Poor optimization, lag and stutter
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Performance is awful, my RTX5080 cant manage more than 30fps in this game.”
Steam review · 63.6 h played ↗
Confusing DLC bundles and monetization
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“won't allow you to buy the Platinum or Premium edition bundles once you own the game.”
Steam review · 424.3 h played ↗
Lost or corrupted save files
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“It deleted my ~30 hour save that i have been working on after it crashed”
Steam review · 202.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support35 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 Home (x64)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3330 or AMD FX-8320 or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R7 265 or better (min 2GB VRAM)
Storage35 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 Home (x64)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-5675C or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 570 or better (min 6GB VRAM)
Storage35 GB available space
OSWindows 10 Home (x64)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3330 or AMD FX-8320 or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R7 265 or better (min 2GB VRAM)
Storage35 GB available space
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