Ranking updated
Best farming games for iPhone in 2026
For a cozy farming board game where you roll dice through the seasons and rebuild an inherited farm, offline, The Lucky Acre. For an open-ended farming RPG with crops, animals, caves, festivals and a village to belong to, Stardew Valley. For a farm simulator built around making goods, trading and playing with neighbors, Hay Day. For a pixel farm RPG with exploration, romance and multiplayer, Harvest Town. Full breakdown below.
How we picked: we read each game’s own App Store description for how the farming works, what surrounds it, whether it plays solo or with others, and how it is paid for. We do not quote prices; check them in the store for your country.
A farm on a board
The Lucky Acre turns farming into a cozy board game: you inherit a broken farm, roll dice around a looping seasonal board, plant crops, manage storage and sales, take loans and deposits, fill market orders, hire managers, learn skills and upgrade buildings. Good luck, disasters, repairs, bad weather, market swings and neighbors with very confident opinions keep each month different, and every new game reshuffles the board and events. It is built landscape-first for phones and plays offline as a single-player game with local saves.
A farming RPG to lose yourself in
Stardew Valley is an open-ended farming RPG: you turn overgrown fields into a working farm, raise and breed animals, grow seasonal crops, customize your farmer and home, join seasonal festivals and villager quests, fish, forage, cook, and explore caves with monsters and treasure. On iOS it adds auto-save, even if you close the app, and a choice of touch-screen or virtual joystick controls, and it says it has no in-app purchases.
Farm simulators with other players
Hay Day is a farm simulator where crops never die, you turn harvests and animal products into goods at a bakery, sugar mill or cake oven, and trade by truck, steamboat or your roadside shop; you can join or create a neighborhood of up to 30 players. It is free to download, with some items for real money. Harvest Town is a pixel farm RPG: build and decorate your farmhouse, raise livestock and adopt cats or dogs, explore caves and hidden treasure boxes, get to know NPCs with their own stories, romance and marry, and join multiplayer races and market trading. For more relaxed games, see cozy games, and for games without a connection, offline games for iPhone.
| Game | Kind of farming game | Solo or with others | How it is paid for |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lucky AcreCensuusApp StoreGoogle Play | farming board game with dice | single-player, offline with local saves | see the store |
| Stardew ValleyApp Store | open-ended farming RPG | single-player content, auto-save | no in-app purchases |
| Hay DayApp Store | farm simulator with trading | neighborhoods of up to 30 players | free, some items for real money |
| Harvest TownApp Store | pixel farm RPG | multiplayer races, market trading | see the store |
Frequently asked questions
What is a cozy farming game for iPhone?
The Lucky Acre is a cozy farming board game with dice and seasons, and Stardew Valley is an open-ended farming RPG with festivals, fishing and a village community.
Which farming game plays offline?
The Lucky Acre says it plays offline as a single-player game with local saves.
Is there a farming game without in-app purchases?
Stardew Valley says in its App Store description that it has no in-app purchases. Hay Day is free to download, with some items for real money.
Which farming game can I play with friends?
Hay Day lets you join or create a neighborhood of up to 30 players, and Harvest Town has multiplayer races and market trading.