Big Farm Story

Big Farm Story is a cozy PC farming RPG and life simulation game from Goodgame Studios. The current official storefront name remains Big Farm Story on Steam, with no verified rebrand or replacement edition identified. Its focus is rebuilding a neglected family farm, searching for a missing grandfather, caring for animals, and helping a small rural community.

Farm restoration with a story-led routine

The central loop combines crop farming, animal care, gathering, crafting, cooking, exploration, and village requests. You begin with an abandoned property in poor condition, then gradually clear overgrown areas, restore damaged buildings, improve the land, and turn the farm into a more useful home.

The game uses an isometric camera that keeps fields, buildings, animals, and nearby resources visible at once. Daily activities are straightforward rather than simulation-heavy: plant and harvest crops, collect materials, look after livestock, make useful goods, and use the results to complete requests or unlock further progress.

Beyond the farm, the surrounding countryside provides space for foraging, wildflower gathering, mushroom picking, and other light exploration. The story gives these activities more direction than a purely open-ended sandbox, with characters such as Benny and Sam helping define the village’s community-focused structure.

Skills, animals, and personal progression

Progression is built around skill development rather than combat or complex economic management. As you follow the storyline, you collect stickers that allow you to choose skills for your character. These choices can support different play styles, including stronger farming, crafting, or cooking abilities.

This system gives Big Farm Story a modest RPG layer without turning the game into a stat-heavy farming simulator. Players can shape their character toward producing better farm goods, preparing food, or handling resource work more effectively. The emphasis is on steady improvement and convenience, not demanding optimization.

Animal care is one of the game’s more distinctive features. The farm supports chickens, cows, and alpacas, while breeding can reveal rarer animal varieties. You can also nurture baby animals, rescue a rabbit, and take a loyal pet with you during exploration. This makes the livestock system more personal than a simple production menu.

Farm and house customization add another long-term loop. Resources can be used to repair or improve the property, while collected furniture and decorations let you change the look of the farmhouse. The result is a gentle blend of practical upgrades and visual personalization.

Paid base game and optional content packs

Big Farm Story is a paid base game rather than a free-to-play farming title. Its official Steam description states that the full-access version has no microtransactions, so the main progression is not built around a cash shop or paid shortcuts.

Steam currently lists five optional DLC packs: Far Eastern Idyll Pack, Peaceful Nature Pack, Pet Paradise Pack, Shiver Night Pack, and Fluffy Snow Pack. These additions primarily expand the decoration, building-skin, seasonal, and pet-focused side of the game rather than replacing the core farm-and-story structure.

The base experience therefore contains the main restoration storyline, farming activities, animal care, village relationships, exploration, crafting, and local co-op. The DLC is best viewed as supplementary customization for players who want more visual themes, themed furniture, or additional pet content.

Who should play Big Farm Story?

Big Farm Story suits players looking for a relaxed farming RPG with a clear narrative path, approachable systems, and a colorful 3D presentation. It is especially suitable for families, newcomers to farm simulations, and players who prefer collecting, decorating, and helping characters over punishing survival mechanics.

The game is also a natural fit for players who want farming to remain the main activity. There is no verified combat-focused progression system, dungeon loop, or competitive economy at the center of the experience. The challenge comes from organizing tasks, developing the farm, choosing useful skills, and deciding how to spend resources.

Players seeking deep seasonal planning, intricate market simulation, extensive relationship systems, or highly technical agriculture may find the design too lightweight. Compared with more demanding farm-management games, Big Farm Story favors accessibility and story prompts over realism.

PC features, co-op, and localization

The PC version supports single-player and shared or split-screen local co-op. The co-op structure is unusual: the second player controls the host’s helping pet rather than creating a fully independent farmer. This allows two players to experience the complete story together while giving the supporting player a distinct role.

Steam also lists Remote Play Together, which can extend the local co-op format through Steam’s streaming ecosystem. It is not the same as a persistent online multiplayer farm, so players looking for a separate shared-world server or competitive online mode should set expectations accordingly.

Big Farm Story offers full controller support on Steam, along with keyboard and mouse play. The storefront also lists Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing, and a third-party EULA. An internet connection is required according to the official PC listing, while no dedicated anti-cheat system is advertised for this primarily cooperative and single-player game.

Interface and subtitle localization covers English, French, German, Polish, Czech, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish from Spain, and Latin American Spanish. The listed localization is text-focused rather than full audio dubbing.

Related farming games on PC

For players who want a similarly low-pressure cooperative farming experience, easygoing multiplayer farm builders such as Farm Together offer a more open-ended decorating and production structure, with less emphasis on a mystery-driven story.

If the animal-care and creature-management side is more appealing than crop cultivation, first-person ranching adventures like Slime Rancher provide a stronger focus on collecting, feeding, and managing unusual creatures. Big Farm Story remains the more traditional choice for players who want a village, a family farm, crafting, and local co-op in one package.

Big Farm Story FAQ

Is Big Farm Story still called Big Farm Story on PC?

Yes. The current Steam listing and Goodgame Studios’ official game page use Big Farm Story. No verified PC storefront rebrand or definitive replacement edition was identified.

Does Big Farm Story have local co-op?

Yes. It supports shared or split-screen co-op for two players. The second player controls a helping pet, while the main player controls the farmer. The official listing says the co-op format covers the game’s story.

Does Big Farm Story support online multiplayer?

The PC listing specifically confirms local co-op and Steam Remote Play Together. It does not present Big Farm Story as a persistent online multiplayer farm or competitive multiplayer game.

Is Big Farm Story free to play?

No. It is sold as a paid base game. The official Steam description states that the full-access version has no microtransactions, while five optional cosmetic and themed DLC packs are listed separately.

What animals can you raise in Big Farm Story?

The official game information identifies chickens, cows, and alpacas, along with baby animals, animal breeding, and a rescued rabbit companion. The pet can accompany the player outside the farm.

Does Big Farm Story have controller support on PC?

Yes. Steam lists full controller support, as well as keyboard and mouse controls. Steam Remote Play Together is also listed for the local co-op experience.

What kind of progression does Big Farm Story use?

Progress combines farm restoration, story requests, crafting, cooking, animal care, exploration, and character skills. Sticker-based skill choices let players emphasize farming, crafting, cooking, or other support abilities instead of following a single fixed build.