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Released Oct 10, 2025 $9.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

The Farmer Was Replaced

By Timon Herzog · published by Metaroot

Followers —
Reviews 9,488 Overwhelmingly Positive
Players yesterday 31 at the busiest moment
Owners 200K–500K estimated

About The Farmer Was Replaced

The Farmer Was Replaced is a game tagged Programming, Automation and Education by Timon Herzog, released Oct 10, 2025. It has 9,488 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Farmer=nil, Programmer Dungeon Knightress and import robots.

Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.
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Everything Steam lists for The Farmer Was Replaced · record updated 18 minutes ago

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Overview

App ID2060160
Release dateOct 10, 2025
Last change number40260476
Last record update18 minutes ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Timon Herzog
Publisher
Metaroot, Timon Herzog
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise
Metaroot
Technologies
Unity detected

Platforms

Windows macOS 64-bit
Steam Deck
Playable

Features

5
Single-playerSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Related apps

Prices

Price · US$9.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$9.99Oct 25, 2026
Checked1 day agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Patch notes

8
  1. Apr 21, 2026 Hotfix for the mac keybinds

    Fixed the bug that reassigned cmd + f to just f and caused the search function to pop up everytime you press f.

  2. Dec 5, 2025 Hotfixes

    Fixed links in the info window showing before they are unlocked. Fixed the error message when calling `spawn_drone` with a function that takes arguments. Make sure only one item is used when multiple drones try to reposition the treasure a…

  3. Dec 4, 2025 Quality-of-Life Update and Leaderboard Rebalance

    Hey folks, As promised, this update balances the leaderboards and introduces highly requested quality-of-life features, such as the option to enable all language features at the beginning of the game.First some general improvements:Added a…

  4. Oct 29, 2025 More Bug Fixes

    Here's one more batch of bug fixes! The update after this one will address some of the boring, unintended strategies people use on the leaderboards. Be ready for a leaderboard reset soon.Various documentation fixes and improvements.The unl…

  5. Oct 14, 2025 More Bug Fixes

    A bug that prevented the full number of items from being accounted for in the "Big Bone Farmer" and "Big Maze Farmer" achievements has been fixed.The cactus single leaderboard has been fixed to use the 8x8 size instead of the full farm siz…

  6. Oct 12, 2025 More Bug Fixes

    Fixed a few more things.Fixed a bug that prevented the Japanese localization from being automatically applied based on the Steam language.Updated the builtins file. Fixed a few more minor mistakes in the documentation.The "Unlock All" achi…

  7. Oct 11, 2025 More Bug Fixes

    Some more bug fixes are out!The game-breaking import error message in the Simplified Chinese and Portuguese localizations has been fixed.Various documentation errors have been corrected.Some broken achievements were fixed in an earlier pat…

  8. Oct 10, 2025 Hotfix: Addressed crashes and freezes when playing in Chinese or Japanese

    Hey folks, Thank you all for playing the game! 🥰 We've had some hectic hours over here while I searched for the cause of the crashes and freezes experienced by players using Chinese or Japanese localisations. 😅 This issue should now be r…

Builds

3
BuildBranchUpdated
26080525betaOct 26, 2026
26100945publicOct 21, 2026
14934045jul-2024Dec 12, 2024

Packages & DLC

DLCs

1
IDNamePrice (US)
4521700 Not on the store yet —

Depots

Depots

2
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
2060162 — All 252.0 MB 88.7 MB 2654584366552554209
2060163 — macOS 269.9 MB 104.7 MB 473813572414377798

Branches

3
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 26100945 Oct 21, 2026 Open
beta beta branch 26080525 Oct 26, 2026 Open
jul-2024 Old version! This is not the beta branch! 14934045 Dec 12, 2024 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/The Farmer Was Replaced

Launch options

3
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
TheFarmerWasReplaced.exe Windows · 64-bit
TheFarmerWasReplaced.app macOS
TheFarmerWasReplaced.x86_64 Linux

Cloud saves

Space per player95.4 MB
Filesup to 10,000
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataLocalLowTheFarmerWasReplaced/TheFarmerWasReplaced*All

Update history

Changes to the Steam record

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  1. Oct 26, 2026 · 19:03 #40260476
    • common.name_localized.tchinese added 程式農場
    • depots.2060162.manifests.beta.download added 117000048
    • depots.2060162.manifests.beta.gid added 6060707340006994359
    • depots.2060162.manifests.beta.size added 297078577
    • depots.2060163.manifests.beta.download added 132863616
    • depots.2060163.manifests.beta.gid added 8602144559100605984
    • depots.2060163.manifests.beta.size added 314063639
    • depots.branches.beta.buildid added 26080525
    • depots.branches.beta.description added beta branch
    • depots.branches.beta.timebuildupdated added 1792503915
    • depots.branches.beta.timeupdated added 1793011287
  2. Oct 25, 2026 · 14:53 #40204983
    • appid removed
    • common.ReleaseState added released
    • common.releasestate removed
    • common.store_tags.10 4520 → 8945
    • common.store_tags.9 8945 → 4520
    • config.launch.2.config.BetaKey added dev-branch
    • config.launch.2.config.betakey removed

News

  1. Oct 20, 2026 · Community Announcements The Farmer Was Replaced is coming to mobile on November 2! 📱

    Hey everyone We’ve got another announcement for you today: The Farmer Was Replaced is coming to mobile! 🥳 I know programming on mobile sounds weird but Ateo, the studio that made the mobile port, ha…

  2. Sep 9, 2026 · Community Announcements ⛏️ The Miner Was Replaced releases November 2!

    Hey everyone! We’re incredibly excited to finally announce that The Miner Was Replaced, the DLC for The Farmer Was Replaced, will release on November 2! 🎉 https://store.steampowered.com/app/4521700/…

  3. Jun 25, 2026 · Community Announcements The Miner Was Replaced – Work in Progress Video

    Hey folks, We are busy working on the new mining DLC. Since the mining is already looking quite nice, we thought we would share a short video showing a early work in progress of the new mining mechan…

  4. Apr 13, 2026 · Community Announcements The Typer Was Replaced, Tap Tap Loot Release and Improvements

    Hey everyone 👋I’ve got something fun to share today.A few months ago, we had a fun idea: What if you could use The Farmer Was Replaced to automate another game? Here’s a little experiment we did on …

  5. Mar 20, 2026 · Community Announcements The Miner Will be Replaced! – DLC Teaser

    Hey folks 👋, Yes, I'm currently working on replacing the miner in my first DLC!At the moment, everything is still in the early stages and the exact features have not been decided upon yet. What I do…

  6. Feb 17, 2026 · Community Announcements 🎨 Custom Themes, Editor Improvements 🎨

    Hey folks, 👋 I have just pushed a new update and this one is especially interesting if you like to customize the colors of your coding environment. You can now choose between different color themes,…

  7. Dec 18, 2025 · Community Announcements The Farmer Was Replaced is Now Available on macOS 🍎

    Hey folks 👋,I’ve got some really good news to share today. 😊 First of all: The Farmer Was Replaced is now available on macOS! 🍎 The Mac build is finally live, so you can now play the game natively…

  8. Nov 24, 2025 · Community Announcements Please nominate the Farmer Was Replaced for Best Game You Suck At

    Hey folks 👋The Steam Awards are just around the corner! Every programmer knows the feeling. When the code works as expected, you feel like a genius. If not, well, you know how it is. That's why I th…

  9. Oct 22, 2025 · GamingOnLinux The Farmer Was Replaced is a satisfying way to learn a little programming with automation

    Learning a little programming doesn't need to be boring, and The Farmer Was Replaced makes it quite fun actually with you coding a little farming drone. Read the full article here: https://www.gaming…

  10. Oct 12, 2025 · PCGamesN This ultra-satisfying farm automation sim can actually teach you how to code

    Games can be a great way to learn real-life skills. Minecraft is often held up as a fantastic tool for encouraging creativity, and Stardew Valley teaches good habits for time management. The Farmer W…

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