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The Farmer Was Replaced

The Farmer Was Replaced

Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.

Released Oct 10, 2025 Developer Timon Herzog Publisher Metaroot, Timon Herzog Platforms Windows · Mac ProgrammingAutomationIdlerPuzzleText-Based
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

97.0%positive1,543 reviews
Recommended · 126 found this helpful

“Do not be deceived by how small this game looks. This game will get you to start learning how to write code, and if you learn by doing and making something happen, it will be extremely effective. I play League of Legends. And when I do, I'm drawn to Nasus, Veigar, Aurelion Sol.…”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
Recommended · 62 found this helpful

“the farmer was replaced, and now his drone does 15 backflips before harvesting 1 wheat. 10/10 gameplay”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 20 found this helpful

“good game but small progress tree i need more commands and *developer* if you can add creative mode(all unlocked and no limits you can do anything)”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:59 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

521playing at last check
54524-hour peak
7,380all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2024 2025 2026 2.5k avg · Oct 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

59achievements
5.4%median completion
0.5%rarest: Full Automation
85.6% of players 82.3% of players 79.9% of players 79.4% of players 78.5% of players 76.8% of players 63.3% of players 59.8% of players 51.3% of players 45.1% of players 43.0% of players 40.8% of players 34.7% of players 32.1% of players 28.0% of players 26.0% of players 20.0% of players 19.8% of players 16.8% of players 14.4% of players 12.6% of players 12.2% of players 10.0% of players 9.5% of players 8.2% of players 7.9% of players 7.7% of players 6.2% of players 6.0% of players 5.4% of players 5.2% of players 4.7% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 4.1% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.5% of players 85.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
85.6%Hello World — Run your first program.
82.3%Infinite Loop — Create an infinite loop.
79.9%It Grew — Expand the farm
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Full Automation — Get on the full reset leaderboard.
0.8%Maze Master — Farm 2 million gold in 1 minute.
1.0%Wood Master — Farm 1 billion wood in 1 minute.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil30.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$6.1 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 25, 2026
The Miner Was Replaced – Work in Progress Video

Hey folks, We are busy working on the new mining DLC. Since the mining is already looking quite nice, we thought we would share a short video showing a early work in progress of the new mining mechani

Apr 21, 2026
Hotfix for the mac keybinds

Fixed the bug that reassigned cmd + f to just f and caused the search function to pop up everytime you press f.

Apr 13, 2026
The Typer Was Replaced, Tap Tap Loot Release and Improvements

Hey everyone 👋I’ve got something fun to share today.A few months ago, we had a fun idea: What if you could use The Farmer Was Replaced to automate another game? Here’s a little experiment we did on th

Mar 20, 2026
The Miner Will be Replaced! – DLC Teaser

Hey folks 👋, Yes, I'm currently working on replacing the miner in my first DLC!At the moment, everything is still in the early stages and the exact features have not been decided upon yet. What I do k

Feb 17, 2026
🎨 Custom Themes, Editor Improvements 🎨

Hey folks, 👋 I have just pushed a new update and this one is especially interesting if you like to customize the colors of your coding environment. You can now choose between different color themes, i

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsProgramming · Automation · Idler · Puzzle · Text-Based · Logic · Minimalist · Education · Farming Sim · Artificial Intelligence · Farming · Resource Management (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Korean * , Polish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * *
Achievements59
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.metaroot.ch/press-kit/the-farmer-was-replaced
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 550/equivalent or higher* DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: May run on weaker systems