It’s Steam sale and I’m looking for chill farming/building games that do not look like Anime. The setting is secondary, because I’ve no idea what’s out there. Can be in space, historical, fantasy, anything really and I’ll have a look. I just don’t like Anime style and forced cuteness.
Would love to hear your suggestions!
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Seconding Graveyard Keeper and Traveler’s Rest.
I would also like to recommend Schedule I. It’s not exactly a farming game, but there is farming, and it has a similar chill vibe.
Farming Simulator 25 is surprisingly very fun, but the time it takes to complete work can be draining.
Palia is free, and the actual farming portion is super neat with the way crops interact with each other based on placement, though it might be too cute.
Apico is bee farming, so slightly different. The creator is making a similar game with frogs.
Staxel isn’t exactly anime but might not be your style either, I adored it, but it makes me motion sick to play.
Oh boy, I had the same issue with Staxel and I don’t get it… why? This annoyed me way more than I expected
Might be a slightly off (unchangeable) FoV. I, too, could not play this one very long.
This is sad. For the same reason I can’t play Half Life 2, Portal and Talos Principle >.<
But in those you CAN most definately change the FoV. Usually you need to just try out your optimal in regard to monitor-size and resolution. Staxel had no option for that as far as i remember. When you found your FoV your nausea/motion-sickness should be gone for good. At least this is the culprit in most of the cases and some devs still haven’t learned :-)
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Is Coral Island too anime in style?
Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately it is, yes.
Raft was kind of interesting, and chill if you turn off “sharks keep attacking for some reason” mode.
I watched someone play Satisfactory and they had a blast.
Dinkum was fun and not stressful, but the characters have big heads and it’s got some typical farming life sim elements that were inspired by harvest moon and animal crossing.
I guess no cuteness / anime excludes the rune factory series so I’d go with the following recommendations:
- Stardew Valley is an all time favorite .
- Kynseed feels like the fever dream of someone who once heard of these kind of games. But you can decide for yourself if you want to focus on questing, farming, becoming a business mogul or whatever. Time is not really relevant in this game since you character doesn’t have to sleep and you can just get kids or adopt them and continue you game with them if your character gets old.
- Graveyard Keeper has a very different spin on the whole genre, it has a dark sense of humor and not knowing what to do, when the bodies pile up can be stressful but I enjoyed it a lot.
- Travelers Rest is a game where you build your own tavern. I only played it for a few hours in early access but it felt relaxing and looked nice so far. It’s out for a while now but I haven’t returned yet (stupid sexy Hades II… )
There are also cross overs with other genres like Moonstone Island which combines building your own home and collecting pets and discovering new islands with their help.
My initial impression of Moonstone Island is that it’s kind of like a cross between Stardew Valley and Pokemon. Does that sound about right?
Many thanks for the tips! Graveyard Keeper and Traveler’s Rest look interesting. The rest is pretty much exactly what I don’t want in terms of style haha.
Sounds like you want a factory/automation game.
I propose Satisfactory, Foundry, Desynced, or Shapez 2.
None of them involve anime, through I think the robots in Foundry and Desynced look cute. All of them involve building things, and automating the building of things.
As much as I second the rec for satisfactory, I’m not sure I’d classify it as ‘chill’ unless you’re playing on peaceful.
I’ve been looking at shapez 2 for a bit, but I’m worried the infinite resource aspect of it would cause me to get bored too quickly
On the other hand, you don’t need to worry about power in Shapez 2. The constant power crunch in Satisfactory is what made me drop it.
Farming Simulator 25 - realistic modern farming
Coral island - chill life sim
Graveyard keeper - story with lots of farming and crafting sim elements
some Minecraft modpacks are farming focused
Ranch Sim - farming/hunting/homesteading mix
Farming Dynasty - euro farming sim
Garden Life - chill, grow flowers, decorate your garden, etc.
Hard to say where the line is for ‘looking like anime’ but for things that are a bit stylized but not anime styled exactly, there’s also Staxel, the My Time At __ series, and some others.
Satisfactory, Timberborn (might be too cute but it doesn’t bother me), Valheim.
“Against the storm” is really really good, I’m not sure about chill. They offer different speed settings and I have a tendency to go as fast as I can.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/
Wait. i know.
“Terra Nil” is about restoring earth’s ecosystem through building.
Maybe try peachleaf pirates.
It’s a lot like stardew valley. And less than $2 in the sale. It might be a bit more puzzle game in places. Probably best to read some reviews before you buy.
Perhaps Eco. It’s a bit like Minecraft but much more farming, if you choose the farming profession, and no combat whatsoever. Mainly a multiplayer game through public servers but it’s doable solo as well through settings.
Mudborne: a frog themed frog-breeding simulator with some frog-breed puzzling to open up paths between islands/dimensions (very extra chill)
Apico: haven’t played it yet, but it’s made by the same devs & revolves about beekeeping
Roots of Pacha is a really nice Stardew Valley inspired farming game with a very unique setting (stone age). Could be worth checking out for you.
Trying to list some I haven’t already read here:
Len’s Island. Will even be released the next days.
Everafter Falls
Necesse (also releasing soon)
Palworld
Enshrouded
While some might not be “chill farming” only, they could be set (or modded) to nearly no danger. Actually most (more recent) survival-games could be played that way. I do 😁
If just chill is mandatory:
Farming Together (or alone, part two also incoming)
Enshrpuded is a great suggestion. You can ignore quests unless you want to expand your plot. Just pick a plot of land and start farming. Go out into the wild to find new stuff to plant. Unfortunately there’s not much to do with your harvest except to make provisions to go play the rest of the game, but that’s how you find more things to plant. I had a great time designing the layout of my crops.
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Thanks. I moved it to the right spot. Congrats on finding out where it actually belonged from the few clues!
No worries :)
Besides, it was the luck of the feed. The t-shirt post was only two posts above this one when I was browsing :)
With the oddysey expac coming out soon, Rimworld at the easiest settings & Phoebe storyteller mode might just fit the bill. I low key kinda love growing crops and sending the elephants off to sell them. You could make a whole colony around growing stuff and ranching, and then using the upcoming travel overhaul to distribute your goods and upgrade your base & ship to reach further and sell more.
