Simulator Farm

Simulator Farm is an agricultural simulation genre game for Windows PC.

Simulator Farm by Astragon lets the player use their creativity and virtual agricultural skills to maintain a working ranch with animals and plants. Machinery such as cultivators and tractors provide another element of interaction for players to enjoy. Unlike some simulation games, this one is not played in a solitary vacuum. Its multiplayer component allows for competitive or team play via the Internet. Different options for play include care and breeding of animals, planting and harvesting crops, and producing items for market such as milk from dairy cows.

Machinery used on the farm can be chosen by the player based on preferences, and also downloaded online to add items to the virtual farm garage for use or customisation. More than 40 brands of farm implement can be found. These include German-known brands such as Amazone, Bavarian Plough Factory, Buhrer, Case, Fahr, Husqvarna, Jonesered, Kramer, Lamborghini, New Holland, Stoll, Ursus, Vogel & Noot, Weidemann, Zunhammer, and more.

The equipment itself covers every aspect of real farming and should delight any virtual farmer. There are bailers, auger wagons, cars, dollys, cultivators, front loaders, beet harvesters, header trailers, feeding technology, fertilizer spreaders, harvesters, loading wagons, mowers, cultivators, plows, surry tanks, sprayers, sowing machines, tractors, telehandlers, tippers, weights, wheel loaders, trucks, and more.

Three types of animals can be obtained for the player's virtual farm including cows, sheep and chickens. Cows in Simulator Farm can yield three types of product for market - manure, milk, or a slurry type of liquid manure (fertilizer). Sheep produce wool and will only eat grass. Chickens make eggs for sale and are considered low-maintenance.

The game is detailed and realistic, for instance, with potato harvesting activities the player will have access to a Grimme SE 75-55 harvester, Grimme KS 75-4, and Grimme Tectron 415 which eliminates the need for defoliating before harvesting the potato crop.

There is a huge fan database for Simulator Farm, which is a full Wikia of every aspect of the game

Astragon Software is no stranger to the simulator game genre. Past titles have included transportation simulators, street cleaning simulators, ship simulators, family amusement park simulators, and some mystery crime scene simulators. Simulator Farm was created in 2011 with updated versions occurring on a yearly basis since. A German company, Astragon Software usually releases its North American titles via its in-house brand called Just Play It.

Pros

• Challenging and fun
• Variety of stuff to play with as a virtual farmer

Cons

• Slow loading sometimes