What is Butterbean Farm?
Butterbean Farm is a free top-down farming simulator set on a British farm, played in your browser. You work the fields through the farming year, cultivating, drilling, spraying and harvesting crops such as winter wheat, spring barley, oats, oilseed rape, potatoes, beet and vegetables, then sell the grain and produce.
Alongside the crops you keep cattle, sheep and pigs, breed them, call the vet when they fall ill and decide when to sell, all while keeping an eye on a five-day weather forecast. Machinery, seed, livestock and supplies come from an in-game shop called FarmZon. Its tagline is "Let's take life a little slower shall we?", though the game also hides tongue-in-cheek extras such as grenades and supercars.
Main Features
- A full British farming calendar, with planting and harvest windows for each crop
- Arable crops and vegetables, from winter wheat and oilseed rape to cabbages and carrots
- Cattle, sheep and pigs to breed, move between fields and sell
- Animal illnesses and vet call-outs
- A five-day weather forecast and a calendar of jobs that lets you skip ahead
- Tractors, combines, drills and other implements to buy, hitch and drive
- The FarmZon shop for machinery, seed, feed and selling your harvest
How to Get Started with Butterbean Farm
- Open butterbean.farm in a desktop browser; it does not work on phones yet.
- Open FarmZon with B and buy a cultivator to start on the fields.
- Drill a crop such as winter wheat in its season and look after it with fertiliser and spray.
- Harvest with a combine, sell the grain at FarmZon, and expand into livestock.
Butterbean Farm Pricing
Butterbean Farm is free to play in the browser, with no paid plan.
Who Should Use It?
- Fans of Farming Simulator and Stardew Valley who want a quick browser farm
- Players who enjoy slow, management style games
- Anyone curious about how a British farm year actually runs
- Casual gamers on a desktop computer looking for something relaxing
Butterbean Farm Alternatives
- Kittens Game: a free browser idle game where you build a civilisation of kittens.
- Cookie Clicker: a free browser idle game about baking ever more cookies.
- Trimps: a free open source idle game about gathering resources and breeding Trimps.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Butterbean Farm free?
Yes. Butterbean Farm is free to play in your browser, with no paid plan.
Can I play Butterbean Farm on a phone?
Not well yet. It is made for desktop browsers, and early players reported it does not work on mobile.
What can you farm in Butterbean Farm?
Arable crops such as winter wheat, spring barley, oats, oilseed rape, potatoes and beet, vegetables like cabbages, carrots and cauliflowers, and livestock including cattle, sheep and pigs.