Games like Farming Simulator 15

The Squirrel's verdictFarmer's Life keeps the tractor work, crop tending, and animal care that anchor FS15, but drops the open sandbox for a quest-driven story on a 1940s farm. Days compress into months, inventory space is small, and progress is timed rather than free-form. No co-op. Suits players who want structure and narrative over FS15's mod-friendly, do-anything approach.

Not for you if you want FS15's unhurried open sandbox, roomy inventory, or co-op instead of a timed, quest-driven single-player farm story.

The Squirrel's verdictShares FS15's core loop of driving farm vehicles and tending land, but wraps it in a story: you inherit a grandfather's rundown farm, repair buildings, and interact with named NPCs instead of just optimizing crop yields. No co-op. Median playtime runs under 24 hours, priced under $5, for players who want farming with a narrative frame.

Not for you if you need stable performance — reviewers report clunky movement, bugs, and even save-file corruption after 25+ hours.

The Squirrel's verdictAcres keeps the core loop of planting, tending, and harvesting crops but strips out FS15's tractors, animals, and mod ecosystem for a tighter, more manual farm-management sim. No co-op. Reviews describe a frantic pace where fields demand constant attention, plus performance issues on larger farms. Suits players who want crop-cycle management without FS15's vehicle sandbox.

Not for you if you want the relaxed vehicle-driving pace, animal care, or mod support of FS15, or need co-op

The Squirrel's verdictPure Farming 2018 covers more ground than FS15 out of the box — multiple countries, a wider crop roster, and broader animal variety — without requiring mods to access that range. Reviewers consistently describe it as a jack-of-all-trades title: broader than FS15 in variety but shallower in any single system. Median playtime runs 18.1 hours, single-player only, on PC.

Not for you if you want deep simulation mechanics or FS15's mod ecosystem — reviewers say the breadth comes at the cost of depth in each individual system.