Fun way to learn Python basics
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“I've learned more Python in the last 48 hours than I ever did with books or online courses.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
The Farmer Was Replaced
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Timon Herzog2025Automation · Idler · Logic
−30%$9.99$6.99
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A highly addictive programming-automation game where you script a farming drone in a Python-like language. Skip it if you're a total beginner wanting real teaching, or an expert wanting lasting depth.
Great for
Programmers and Python learners who enjoy optimizing code, idle-style progression and leaderboard chasing
Main risk
Beginners get stuck on thin in-game explanations; experienced coders may run out of challenge fast
What players love
Addictive optimization loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Maybe too much fun as I have needlessly been rewriting and rewriting to get my tick counts for different solutions down as far as they can possibly go.”
Steam review · 208.2 h played ↗
Great relaxing break for programmers
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“This was way more fun than I had when writing code for a living”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗
Works for both beginners and experts
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Great introduction to programming while still having plenty of depth for people already very experienced”
Steam review · 39 h played ↗
Progressive unlocks and crop puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“I like how each crops after the first couple applies a different common programming concept to farming - cacti need sorting algorithms, sunflowers require the correct harvesting order, and mazes are, well, mazes.”
Steam review · 90.5 h played ↗
Leaderboards, achievements and endgame depth
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“There's also a leaderboard/speed-run mode with various goals, such as farm 1 billion pumpkins.”
Steam review · 285.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor teaching for true beginners
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“What is "i"? What does "i" do or represent? I have no idea, the game doesn't explain it.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Limited Python subset and gated features
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“even just list comprehensions are not present, which is crazy considering how basic they are to python...”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Too little content, runs out fast
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“After about 5–6 hours, you'll have unlocked almost everything.”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
Weak in-game code editor
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“In a game that only consists of programming python, the unindent keybind is the same as the steam overlay.”
Steam review · 34.6 h played ↗
Save loss and stability bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“After 45 hours of learning, coding, and building up my numbers, the game basically dropped my save file.”
Steam review · 45.6 h played ↗
Turns into idle waiting
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“You get stuck after 3 hours of play because you can't keep going unless you leave the game running for hours”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable1 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i3
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia Geforce GTX 550/equivalent or higher*
Storage1 GB available space
OSWindows 7 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i3
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia Geforce GTX 550/equivalent or higher*
Storage1 GB available space
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