Farming Simulator 2011 similar games & best alternatives

Farming Simulator 2011

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2010

Should you play it?

The sequel to the best-selling worldwide hit "Farming Simulator" has loads of new features! Assume the role of a farmer experiencing the challenge of 18 hour days running a new farm in the middle of beautiful rolling countryside.

What works

  • Relaxing and immersive farming simulation
  • Strong modding community
  • Accessible on low-end pcs
  • Multiplayer cooperative play
  • Nostalgic appeal

Things to keep in mind

  • Dated graphics and physics
  • Small multiplayer community
  • Some bugs and ai limitations
  • Limited equipment and map size
  • Lack of narrative depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Farming Simulator 19

  • Farming Simulator 17

  • Out of Ore

  • Farming Simulator 22

  • Farm to Table

  • Farm Together 2

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Farming Simulator 2011 but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Farming Simulator 25

  • Farming Simulator 15

  • Farmer's Dynasty 2

  • Old Market Simulator

  • Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm

  • Ski Region Simulator - Gold Edition

More fantastical

Games that feels like Farming Simulator 2011 but with more imaginative fiction

  • Farm Together

  • Lightyear Frontier

  • Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos

  • Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

  • Brick Rigs

  • Song Of The Prairie

Less social

Games that feels like Farming Simulator 2011 but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Farm Manager 2021: Prologue

  • Farm Manager 2021

  • Pure Farming 2018

  • Lawn Mowing Simulator

  • Lumberjack's Dynasty

  • Gold Mining Simulator

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Farming Simulator 22

  • Farming Simulator 19

  • Farming Simulator 17

  • Farming Simulator 25

  • Farming Simulator 15

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Farming Simulator 2011: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship, Idle.

Last update: 03/08/2026