The Farmer Was Replaced

The focus is on problem-solving: write routines for a drone to handle farm work, then optimize them as new technology becomes available. The $7.99 price at Steam is easiest to judge by whether you want a solo programming challenge to return to; don't count on a co-op mode. The appeal is not a sequence of levels to clear, but a continuous farm that becomes more efficient through your solutions. At $7.99 from Steam, you can weigh the price against your budget; Dec 17, 2026 – Jan 4, 2027 is the next announced Steam sale window, with participation not guaranteed.

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95%Steam Reviews9.4K reviews

Released: Oct 10, 2025

Programming · Automation · Education · Idler · Logic

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01About The Farmer Was Replaced

Program a drone in a simple Python-like language to automate farm work. Gather resources, unlock technology, and devise solutions to increasingly complex tasks. Steam players rate the game 95%% positive across 9,446 reviews. Supported interface languages: Simplified Chinese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, and Russian. Released October 10, 2025.

Credits

Developer

Timon Herzog

Publisher

Metaroot · Timon Herzog

Steam player reviews

95%positiveOverwhelmingly Positive9,446 Steam reviews

Lowest recorded in 36 months

$4.992023-08-12 · SteamBase game · same records as the chart above; USD history, not a regional Steam low.

Language support

Language	Interface	Subtitles	Audio
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes	Yes

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Language	Interface	Subtitles	Audio
Italian	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spanish	Yes	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes	Yes
Polish	Yes	Yes	Yes
Portuguese-Brazil	Yes	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes	Yes

Steam PC edition data · 2026-10-20

02Before you buy

Programming and progression

Program a drone in a simple Python-like language to automate farm tasks. Farming earns resources for unlocking technology, with continuous progression rather than distinct levels.

Code and learning curve

The opening teaches programming concepts one at a time, but leaves you to solve the tasks. Code is stored in .py files and may be edited with an external editor such as VS Code.

Mode and languages

The Steam PC version supports single-player. Listed interface languages include English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

03Frequently asked questions

What do you do in the game?

You program a drone in a simple Python-like language to automate farming tasks.

How does progression work?

Farming earns resources that unlock technology. Progress is continuous rather than divided into distinct levels.

Can I use an external code editor?

The language is not Python, but it is similar. Code is stored in .py files and can optionally be edited in an external editor such as VS Code.

Popular Steam reviews

Native-language selection · 10 reviews

Selected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.

RecommendedSteam player

09/19/2025

Short story; Amazing game 10/10 Long story; I'm a professional software developer of like 15 years. I've worked in many different languages and in general because I code so much for work I've really lost that sense of fun and passion I used to have while coding. This game brought that back. I don't even know how properly to describe it. It's kinda like a more complex cookie clicker but you program the clicker and can get as clever as you'd like about it. It gives me the same satisfaction as a game like factorio while really letting me dig into the mechanics and rewrite the rules of how I'm "supposed" to play. This game is a must have for software developers imo. Make programming fun again- do it in an environment that actually rewards you for clever, efficient code.Show moreShow less

10.3 hours at review533 people found this helpful

Written during Early Access

Not recommendedSteam player

10/16/2025

This is, hands down, the best Python tutorial I've ever seen. Perhaps even the best programming tutorial in general. It applies the good ol' teaching rule that's common in game design: give people mechanics piecemeal, and slowly ramp up the complexity, pushing them to use more mechanics. In this case, mechanics being the elements of the language - loops, variables, functions. Such a great idea. So why the negative review, then? Let's put it like this. If you're looking to learn coding, this review won't be of much value to you. If you already know your way around the Arcane Tongues and like using them to solve more theoretical problems - math problems, algorithm design and so on - same thing. So if you fall into these categories, I actually recommend the game wholeheartedly. It's made for you. Me, however... I am an experienced, professional Arcanist, who's dabbled in many different branches of the Arts. Not much in Python, so I thought, hey, this might be a nice way to practice my chops. Right? Sadly, I see coding as merely a means to an end. I like it, I like engineering a good solution, I love it when your code that you spent the last 5 hours writing just works on the first try. But still, I code because I want to affect reality. I like building stuff. Coding is just an aspect of it. And this game really is just coding. And designing your algorithm. Your reward? Number go up - and that's fine, it's an idle game. But somehow in this case it feels pointless, and I have no idea why. You're writing code to write more code. I can only speak for myself, but in my experience the goal is to write less code. That's why we use libraries, that's why we write reusable functions, and this is why those of us of lesser Aracane affinity began summoning the fickle, unreliable demons to do their work for them: Vibe Wizards, we call them. Still, we share a goal. To summarise: As a coding tutorial? This is absolute peak. As a "coding for the sake of coding" challenge? You betcha. As an idle game? Eeeeh. Nah. And if you're one of the Ancients who once tasted the intoxicating ambrosia that is Colobot and has been looking for another sip for the past decade... move along, brother. This ain't it. Curator pageShow moreShow less

0.9 hours at review35 people found this helpful

RecommendedSteam player

09/19/2025

Had no experience with coding at all when I first played. The game taught me almost everything I needed to know to get through it.Show moreShow less

51.4 hours at review492 people found this helpful

Written during Early Access

Not recommendedSteam player

10/07/2025

It isn't a pure programming game. It's an idle-like game where you use programming to do stuff. You have to grind and wait to unlock language constructs. - The language is pretty much Python. - You start only with the bare minimum and have to unlock everything else, loop statements, comparators, variables, etc. - The UI is awful on 1080p. Text is too big and while you can scale it the resource indicators will pretty much disappear while text is still filling up the entire screen. I can't imagine playing this on a laptop. I don't get the target audience of this game. If you already know how to code it is boring (the early game at least). If you want to learn it's not user friendly and you would be much better playing with PyCharm and the thousand of learning resources which are better and available for FREE.Show moreShow less

0.8 hours at review26 people found this helpful

Written during Early Access

Not recommendedSteam player

06/29/2024

I really want to recommend it and it hurts me that i can't, at least not for the target audience: those who want to learn to code. The game just has some noticeable flaws. If you already know some coding are just looking for a game where you write code, then it's worth a try. Some of the most common issues i encountered: - Leaving off parentheses for a function does not throw an error, the code will execute and usually do things you didn't intend. Similarly adding a space between a function name and the parentheses will break the code in the same way, and once again you will not get an error message - Breakpoints stay at the same line number instead of the code if you insert or remove lines above it - in other words, you lose the breakpoints you intended when you work on your code and get new unintended breakpoints. Yikes! - Some other minor improvements i think could be made: I'd really like to see info on arguments when typing a function without having to hover the mouse over it. And i'd also like the autocomplete to work with strings that are out of order. Say, you have a function called "plant_carrots", if you start typing "carrots" autocomplete will not find the function name. This could just be personal preference to be fair. The main idea of the game is nice. And it mostly works. But there are some issues like this that come up a lot that I'd really like to see done better, have better warnings and more consistency. It also just feels much more like a chore than using a proper IDE. And i sadly cannot recommend this game for those who want to learn to code with this game. Because it's annoying enough dealing with these issues and figuring out what broke the code and how, while having some coding and bugfixing experience. This game needs some more polish and bugs fixed before i could recommend it to be used as a teaching tool. I do really hope this game will continue to be worked on, because a really good base is there and it's just falling a little bit short right now, and i'd love to see it with some of these issues fixed or improved.Show moreShow less

7.7 hours at review19 people found this helpful

Written during Early Access

Source: original Steam user reviews. Helpful votes are an archived snapshot, not live data. Last collected: 08/15/2026.