Farming Simulator 17

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%2016

$14.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A relaxing, mod-friendly farming sim that runs on almost anything and is cheap on sale. Skip it if you want co-op or Windows 11 reliability, or if you dislike repetitive tractor work.

Great for

Solo players who want a relaxing, moddable farming sim on a low-end PC

Main risk

Game may not launch on modern Windows 11 or Intel PCs, and multiplayer often fails to connect

What players love

Nostalgic, simpler classic that still holds up

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Amazing game even to this day. Sure you dont get all the new fancy stuff but its nostalgic.”
Steam review · 57.5 h played ↗

“If you want a classic farming game you can relax with and do some simple farming without the complications of the better realism in the newer games, this might be for you.”
Steam review · 14.7 h played ↗

“i started playing this game when it first came out and even with the new games coming out i keep coming back to this one”
Steam review · 917.1 h played ↗

Mods greatly extend replayability

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“Of course mods extend the lifespan almost infinetely”
Steam review · 74.3 h played ↗

“The game is very addictive; the mods offer plenty of maps and very good mods.”
Steam review · translated · 70.6 h played ↗

“if your tired of using the same vehicles, just get some mods for the game to get different vehicles maps”
Steam review · 985.8 h played ↗

Runs well on low-end PCs

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews

“I can run it on lower settings with my potato laptop.”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗

“Great game for weak devices. It gives 25+ fps on a 2010 laptop.”
Steam review · translated · 14 h played ↗

“Almost any pc can run it (probably even windows 98)”
Steam review · 8.9 h played ↗

Great value, cheap on sale

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews

“You could pick up this game on a sale for less than $5.”
Steam review · 53.5 h played ↗

“The cheapest farming simulator thats actually good”
Steam review · 23 h played ↗

“Lots of machinery, various equipment and interesting gameplay. Worth the money.”
Steam review · translated · 1.9 h played ↗

Relaxing, calming gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“it helps me to just sit down and relax and enjoy some gaming without blowing things up or killing people”
Steam review · 112.5 h played ↗

“A calm game for relaxing. When you're tired of shooters and wandering games, it's just right.”
Steam review · translated · 23.9 h played ↗

“perfect game to unwind on after a long day”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗

Fun with friends in multiplayer

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“A good game, and if you play with someone it's simply great.”
Steam review · translated · 11.5 h played ↗

“Almost all my time in this game is multiplayer sabotaging my friends farm and screwing around with the forklift 10/10”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗

What players complain about

Won't launch or crashes at startup

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“Unplayable. Will not load past the startup loading screen and crashes right back to steam like nothing happened.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗

“when you start the game, it attempts to connect to some network server, fails and crashes. Hence the only way to play the game is by first disconnecting the internet”
Steam review · 91.4 h played ↗

“The game doesn't launch at all, it just crashes; what did I spend money on?”
Steam review · translated · 246.4 h played ↗

Multiplayer is broken or hard to connect

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“Network mode doesn't work. When creating a server, it crashes after 5 minutes. Server connection error.”
Steam review · translated · 5.3 h played ↗

“frinds cant conect to my farm or i cant conect to their farm”
Steam review · 89.8 h played ↗

“everytime a player joins your game freezes for 5> seconds.”
Steam review · 32.9 h played ↗

Too similar to FS15; newer entries are better

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“This release in, in my honest opinion, doesn't warrant being its own title. This should've been an expansion, perhaps an DLC to Farming Simulator 15.”
Steam review · 54.1 h played ↗

“I'd suggest they buy a newer version instead as the newer versions make some improvements that benefit playability.”
Steam review · 81.3 h played ↗

“the older versions just don't have a reason to buy them”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

Repetitive and boring

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“it is mind numbingly repetitive. There's no real goal outside of gain money to buy better vehicles.”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗

“The gameplay is very boring; it all comes down to three stages: cultivating, sowing and harvesting.”
Steam review · translated · 17.4 h played ↗

“Its good game in first hours and then will be boring”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗

Bugs and poor physics, especially logging and AI

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“It has become torturous to watch the AI (hired hands) fail so miserably, often in comical fashion, at most any task given.”
Steam review · 132.3 h played ↗

“simple task like loading wood on a trailer is frustrating”
Steam review · 124.3 h played ↗

“every update I have lost vehicles and harvests....even without any mods.”
Steam review · 183.1 h played ↗

Dedicated server requires paying extra

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews

“What type of greedy company would force you to buy a second account for setting up a poorly configurated server”
Steam review · 57.6 h played ↗

“to play multiplayer properly you have to RENT A PAID SERVER”
Steam review · translated · 29.2 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10

Processor2.0 GHz Intel or equivalent AMD dual-core processor

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia Geforce GTS 450 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6770 graphics card or better (min 1GB VRAM)

Storage6 GB available space

OSWindows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10

Processor2.0 GHz Intel or equivalent AMD dual-core processor

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia Geforce GTS 450 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6770 graphics card or better (min 1GB VRAM)

Storage6 GB available space

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