Best of both worlds.
It’s been around for years and years, but somehow it evaded our radar.
Maybe it’s because of the title, so we assumed it was something else.
It’s colorful, cute, charming, and an otherwise perfect fit for this article.
We especially love the cabin decorating mechanics.
There’s even a system for decorating your shipmates' cabins to keep them happy.
It follows Nobi as he temporarily moves onto a rural farm.
It offers less complex mechanics while still following the themes that Story of Seasons is known for.
It’s agreat choice for kids, too.
For those unfamiliar, Doraemon is a popular Japanese children’s animated show.
Even more outstanding, however, is how downright beautiful it is.
It takes major cues from the anime and combines them with a very watercolor-esque paint style.
It has all the charm of a cozy farm RPG but with the unique style of the Stone Age.
Developing humanity is all about collaboration, after all.
Garden Life tasks you with managing this land, weeding, planting, and otherwise reinvigorating the natural landscape.
Tending to the garden takes more than just watering once a day and forgetting.
There’s pruning, weeding, developing color variants of plants, and other aspects to tend to.
But there’s no rush.
It’s a game with depth but not haste.
This makes it one of the more relaxing options on this list.
That’s where Paleo Pines comes in.
Establish a farm in the charming, non-violent landscape full of dinosaurs.
This cute and colorful game is half crop farming, half dinosaur ranching.
There areeven different farm layoutsthat emphasize these particular play styles, making every new farm a singular experience.
Well, you and your party, of course.
The Nintendo Switch welcomes indie games with open arms, and some of them are must-plays.
In between combat missions and general end-of-the-world problems, you will be able to tend to your crops.
Surely the apocalypse can wait while you water your thirsty vegetables, right?
Do you need it on the go?
Well do we have good news for you!
Farming Simulator will satisfy those needs.
Farming Simulator focuses on realism, and they deliver it in spades (farming pun!).
Till the soil with a plow, harvest the wheat, and bale the leftover hay.
Learn about subsoilers, silage, and whether a disc harrower is better for your needs than a cultivator.
It can be an intimidating game for newcomers.
Who needs glory when you have simple satisfaction?
Like before, you accuire your own land, where you build up an empire of resource crafting.
Mine, fight, farm, and socialize.
But these are hardly rough enough to keep you from having a bad time.
