A quick look at our comment sections and forums tells us that you guys love your adorable, farming simulator adventures, with the ever-popular Stardew Valley taking centre stage on Switch. While we all wait for that game's upcoming multiplayer update, though, you might be interested in checking out Harvest Life - another cutesy farming sim that arrives on Switch later this month.
As you'd expect from a game of the genre, Harvest Life lets you take care of your farm, fields, and livestock, mastering everyday farming life from the comfort of your own living room. You'll need to manage and expand your farm, finding happiness and even love along the way, with the weather and demands from local villagers impacting your busy schedule. Generating solid profits and high customer satisfaction will attract new customers, with the resulting boost in income being useful for purchasing new fields or animals.
As hinted at above, you can play the game with a second player in local multiplayer, sharing the different tasks with your loved ones for double the fun. We've got a full feature list for you below to tell you a little more.
Features:
● Entertaining Farm Simulation: Create your own farm and successfully expand it
with new buildings that unlock new features.
● Organic farming: Produce fruit, vegetables, milk, eggs or honey and sell your
products at a profit. Keep pigs, cattle, chickens, bees, etc.
● Exciting adventures and challenges: Master a variety of challenging tasks and
adventures on the farm as well as in the forest, where wolves and bears are
lurking.
● Thrilling minigames: Face unexpected dangers and solve varied minigames with
skill.
● Leveling System: Continuously improve your skills and become the most
renowned farmer near and far.
● Find the love of your life: Experience a heart-warming story about true love
including dating and wedding.
● Multiplayer mode: Shared fun is double the fun!
The game released on Steam towards the end of last year, but is making the jump to Switch on 30th November for some on-the-go farming adventure. It's expected to launch for €34.99 at retail, or €24.99 digitally.
What do you think? Does this one look right up your beautifully organised and lovingly designed street? Let us know with a comment.
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Anybody got a cattle prod? Story of seasons devs are taking way too long.
I will wait on reviews for this game.
Can never get enough of these. Keep them coming. We already have Stardew Valley, Dungeon Village and Townsmen. Still waiting for My Time at Portia, Summer at Mara, Animal Crossing and Story of Seasons. This one will be a nice addition to that collection. There were more but these are the ones at the top of my head.
OOOOH!!! Let us not forget about Dragon Quest Builders 2 that is also coming next year.
Yep. I'm definitely getting this for me and my farmer girlfriend to play together - we went to a cattle market IRL yesterday. This way we can live on the farm on the Switch. Game on!
Or you could just play Stardew Valley
Now that we're all done ripping off Farmville, which in turn ripped off Sim Farm, we can move on to ripping off Stardew Valley, or, cutting out the middleman, ripping off Harvest Moon directly!
There's only so much farming simulation I can handle before I start to question the amount of hours I'm spending on pixelated vegetables, that could instead be spent on growing real vegetables in my garden. I think Stardew Valley is the limit for me I'm afraid!
Judging from the trailer and screenshots this game looks horrible. I would enjoy a good 3d farming sim (sort of like spiced up Harvest Moon on the GameCube), but this game will definitely not manage to get me away from Stardew Valley.
Technically, this will be the 2nd Harvest Moon game on the Switch. Harvest Moon: Light Of Hope was released not too long ago, and is a great one too (granted I own it on PS4 and now can't find it on Switch...retail). Still though, can't wait to play this one, as I've fully beat Light Of Hope on the PS4 with a platinum trophy! Does anyone know if this one is coming out as a retail release on Switch and if it's also being released for PS4 or XBONE too? Looking forward to a Harvest moon on xbox since light of hope never got there!
@Gibb Harvest Moon Light Of Hope was released for Switch a while ago...it's actually really good and plays just like the others and even has the same kind of play mechanism as Stardew Valley. I know it dropped down in price now and it's available as a retail release too! Check it out, it's a good one!!!!
Meh it looks too bland just like the actual Harvest Moon (and I don't mean Story of Seasons). Now if only we get a new Rune Factory game, I would so play that.
I like that you can put down furniture on a grid like that, but this doesn't look as good as Stardew Valley. Just waiting on the multiplayer update for that!
Or you just wait until the update launches.
Anyone know when that's coming?
@Ryu_Niiyama agreed. I thought Stardew Valley would tide me over but it turns out I only like Story of Seasons so I'll be skipping this one too
@Redax
I agree, the art style is bland. Stardew Valley might be 2D and retro looking, but it's way more appealing.
I've played this on pc.
It was very bad.
This gets very mediocre reviews on Steam. Nearly everyone who has played other games in the genre says you might as well just stick with HM/SOS or Stardew.
Not very appealing to me, there are plenty of truly great games in the same general sphere.
Physical release and I'll think about it.
@peanutbuttercup Stardew does some amazing things with the formula and it will always get playtime on my Switch. However there is something about the original series that means I am always longing for a new story of seasons. Or if NatsumeAtari wants to work out a deal so that they can redo a wonderful life....I’m in.
I’m rapidly falling out of love with these games. Harvest Moon on Switch is pants and Harvest Moon New Beginning on 3DS is absolute bums. Too grindy. JUST GIVE ME LOTS OF MONEY!
@Ryu_Niiyama Natsume manages Harvest Moon, not NatsumeAtari.
As much as I love farming sims, I’m going to givee this a pass - my gaming time is limited these days, what with the pesky side-effects of being an adult (like having to work a full-time job to pay bills), and I don’t fancy wasting it on what looks like a mediocre knock-off. Stardew will tide me over until My Time at Portia/Summer in Mara/RE:Legend/Garden Paws/Story of Seasons Switch (whichever one comes first) comes out.
The art style looks like a very cheap mobile game. Early polytonal 3D games looked nicer then this.
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