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Farming Simulator 17 cover art

Farming Simulator 17

GIANTS Software · 2016-10-24

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 25, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Dec 08, 2016 (Mac), Oct 25, 2016 (Xbox One), Oct 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take on the role of a modern farmer in Farming Simulator 17! Explore farming possibilities in a new North American environment. Drive over 250 farming vehicles and equipment from over 75 manufacturers, including new brands such as Challenger, Fendt, Valtra or Massey Ferguson.

159
playing now
93%
positive of 26k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

159 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 159 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 572 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~72/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 648k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 25,928 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.49-23%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Fanatical (2024-03-15) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 72 of 89 observed days · $6.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
68368320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5131112026-08-06 21:00 — 282 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 125 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 410 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 320 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 161 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 384 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 337 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 169 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 499 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 338 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 154 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 411 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 307 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 157 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 407 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 296 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 142 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 465 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 387 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 111 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 365 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 456 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 141 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 478 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 511 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 148 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 328 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 498 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 159 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.29$4.792016-07-122026-08-292016-07-12 — best price $34.992016-11-10 — best price $30.042017-01-05 — best price $34.992017-04-17 — best price $26.242017-07-05 — best price $34.992017-09-14 — best price $20.992017-11-27 — best price $24.992018-02-15 — best price $14.992018-04-09 — best price $24.992018-05-28 — best price $21.192018-08-12 — best price $10.272018-11-16 — best price $12.502019-01-09 — best price $19.992019-03-27 — best price $16.992019-05-18 — best price $19.992019-08-29 — best price $24.992019-11-12 — best price $14.992020-06-29 — best price $8.992021-07-30 — best price $13.482022-03-01 — best price $15.662022-05-24 — best price $13.482022-08-02 — best price $13.222022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-04-18 — best price $10.472023-07-30 — best price $7.992024-01-30 — best price $11.482024-04-10 — best price $11.892024-06-04 — best price $12.742024-11-28 — best price $11.482025-05-08 — best price $11.892025-11-01 — best price $14.992026-04-28 — best price $14.992026-07-15 — best price $5.992026-07-31 — best price $5.352026-08-15 — best price $11.492026-08-29 — best price $11.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
49.1%
earned "Make 'em Grow"
30.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing4 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)13,1956%17
PS4 (PlayStation)12,97315%18
Steam (Steam)8,7867%17

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Co-opDrivingEconomyModdableRealisticManagementOpen WorldSimulationAgricultureFarming Sim

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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