Whatever game it is that you are playing, a Farm game will never become one that it is if you won’t be starting up “a plot of land” to farm. Either you're thrown into a countryside setting, or even over some distant galaxy to create farms from recycling waste materials, a plot of land to put up the farm is always a staple among the elements of a legit farming game. After all, what is there to plant, care about, and harvest if you don’t have a space to do anything at all? With farming game staples, the plot of land is second to none.

Next we have “the crop variety” as the second staple of farm games. Often times, farm game titles enlists several crops to cycle through your planting fields. They usually vary in selling price, and the time it takes until you get to harvest them. Mainly providing you yields of items to sell and earn a profit with. Crops in some farm games can even be further processed in certain farm facilities to sell for a higher price. Say for example harvesting berries and making them some kind of jam later on. Varieties of crops also usually dictate the progress you currently hold in the game. The better yielding the crop is (time versus profits) the deeper progress you have in the game.

Another staple in farm games are the “Farm Facilities”. Farm facilities range from livestock housing, processing plants, storage houses, etc. Facilities in the game dictate the things that you are capable of doing inside the farm. Like mentioned in the previous example, a Jam that sells for a higher price would not be possible if you don’t have a facility to process the berries with. Some facilities are needed to house special livestock – from where you gain additional profits or range of raw materials to add in to your processing ingredients.

One more significant staple in the lot of farm games is the “series of quests or tasks” to deliver in the game. These objectives play a significant role in shaping you to do the chores in the farm, for they will guide you with the proper steps towards obtaining some items to yield in the game, from where you earn your profits with. Additionally, most games reward you with bonuses for successfully carrying out objectives handed out to you. The farther you get into the game, the harder the sets of tasks are given to you to keep you learning the more complex batches of tasks to pull through in the game.

Finally, we have the “prized ornaments” for motivation to play the game. As it is seen with most farming games, ornamental structures in the game usually provide you with a status symbol therein. As people usually get to visit your farm in most farming games, it is just but common knowledge to show off the achievements you have already earned in the game. With titular ornaments or facilities in the game, it displays your prowess as the owner of the farm.

Playing through countless number of farm games in the past, we came across hundreds of interesting titles to play with. Hence, we have drafted these key aspects that we call ”staples” - that makes up a great game out of them.