Farming Simulator 20

Live the rural dream with authentic machines and rich management

Farming Simulator 20 hands you the keys to a working farm and lets you grow it from a modest plot into a thriving operation. It blends hands-on field work with a steady stream of management choices, giving you a satisfying loop of planting, harvesting, selling, and expanding.

The crop roster is impressively broad. Beyond staples like wheat and barley, you can sow canola, oats, corn, soybeans, potatoes, sunflowers, sugar beets, and cotton. Animal care is equally robust, with sheep, cows, pigs, and horses adding variety to your daily routine. Tending livestock is not just busywork either, since milk and wool feed into dynamic markets that shape your income, creating meaningful decisions about what to prioritize and when.

Machinery sits at the heart of the experience. There are more than 100 tractors, harvesters, and tools from real-world brands, modeled with care so each job feels grounded. The in-cab view adds a welcome layer of authenticity, letting you monitor controls from the driver seat as you work the fields.

Visually, the 3D presentation captures a convincing North American landscape, from the texture of soil to the look of the equipment and animals. It gives the day-to-day chores a tactile quality that fits the series’ simulation roots. The economic layer also nudges you to think long term, investing earnings back into land and gear to scale up operations at your own pace.

The one notable stumble is the tutorial. It introduces only a slice of what you need to know, so early hours can involve trial and error. Once you push past that learning curve, though, there is a deep, rewarding farm to run.

Verdict: a feature-rich simulation with a wide selection of crops and livestock, painstakingly detailed machinery, and a believable setting, held back slightly by an undercooked onboarding.