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Score Breakdown Based on 484 ratings
  1. 10 (107)
  2. 9 (62)
  3. 8 (105)
  4. 7 (86)
  5. 6 (28)
  6. 5 (29)
  7. 4 (18)
  8. 3 (8)
  9. 2 (5)
  10. 1 (36)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

  • Rating:8.8

    The only Farmer!

    This is game is a definate original game. You won't find any farming game like it. They do have some glitches with it but they have worked most of them out. I am I real farmer and it is pretty true life. This game has po... Read Full Review

    5 of 5 users found the following review helpful

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  • Rating:5.7

    They should have called it: Patience.

    ...Unfortunately , the name was already under copyright protection. I really tried to like this one. I found it very soothing, at first. Then I understood, that what I have done in the first 2 years, will be repeated o... Read Full Review

    2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:4.2

    Very Disappointing

    I played this game at my cousins house and after the firsthour or so it started to get really boring. There wasn't enough to do, I found myself "fast forwarding" through half of the planting season. The livestock were re... Read Full Review

    4 of 5 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.8

    All series of Harvest Moon owned this game

    This would be another clone of Harvest Moon. But unfortunately, there is no Harvest Moon PC. Gameplay 5/10 The greatest farming game, from Natsune, Harvest Moon, is far more better than American Farmer. Harvest Moon... Read Full Review

    0 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.1

    Challenging to play. Teaches how to conserve money.

    This game will teach you not to spend money quick because you will not be able to pay your employees and you wont be able to pay off loans if you have any. The game is good for anybody who, likes farming. So if you takin... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.3

    Fun to play for about 10 hours

    Yes its fun to play this simple game for about 10 hours, but to some point you might get bored due to the lack of options, and besides it really needs some polishing. The real reason I tried this game is that I was a maj... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.8

    Good For Quick Fun

    Its A good game If you Have no Idea on how to farm. It builds the basics for farming. Like how to sell when market when price is high, and how weather pays a big role in the bushels per acre. and ton wise for the hay. It... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5.2

    Proves how boring farming really is.

    In this game you make a farm with about 4 different types of crops and a few types of animals. With very little money. To get mon you must have lots of patience. More like 4hours. Also having o buy alot of usless stuff ... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.7

    A good game if you have never farmed before.

    John Deere American Farmer is overall a decent game. Me being a farmer, and having some background in farming, knows that this isn’t like the real deal. But hey, how can you accurately portray life on the farm? Americ... Read Full Review

    3 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.2

    Nice game 8) Lots of glitches 8(

    Its worth buying or downloading it off a friend seeing how its so cheap. Pretty fun and addictive like any decent sim game. Seems like dairy cows are the easiest way to riches. Could be alot more realistic but hey what c... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.7

    Cute and fun

    The pluses certainly outweigh the minuses with this game. To start with the game is very realistic. Even down to having real John Deere farm equiptment. The charactors are great and feel like real country people. The hel... Read Full Review

    4 of 4 users found the following review helpful
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