#25Harvest Moon: A New Beginning
2012Primary genreSimulation › Farming Life Sim
Supporting signalsSandbox · Farming · Relationships
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#25Primary genreSimulation › Farming Life Sim
Supporting signalsSandbox · Farming · Relationships
#26Primary genreSimulation › Farming Life Sim
Supporting signalsOpen World · Farming · Crafting
#27Primary genreSimulation › Farming Life Sim
Supporting signalsSandbox · Farming · Crafting
#28Primary genreSimulation › Farming Life Sim
Supporting signalsSandbox · Farming · Crafting
#29Primary genreSimulation › Farming Life Sim
Supporting signalsFarming · Relationships · Community Building
#30Primary genreRPG › Farming Life Sim
Supporting signalsRelationships · Community Building · Shopkeeping
#31Primary genreSimulation › Farming Life Sim
Supporting signalsFarming · Relationships · Community Building
#32Primary genreSimulation › Farming Life Sim
Supporting signalsOpen World · Sandbox · Farming
#33Primary genreSimulation › Farming Life Sim
Supporting signalsSandbox · Farming · Crafting
#34Primary genreSimulation › Farming Life Sim
Supporting signalsFarming · Crafting · Relationships
#35Primary genreRPG › WRPG
Supporting signalsFarming · Relationships · Community Building
Primary genreRPG › WRPG
Supporting signalsFarming · Relationships
#37Primary genreRPG › WRPG
Supporting signalsFarming · Relationships · Exploration
#38Primary genreSimulation › Farming Life Sim
Supporting signalsFarming · Community Building
Observed alongside this lens
Why these games appear
A farming-and-life lens spanning Simulation, RPG, Adventure, Platformer, and Action-Adventure hybrids when farming participates in recurring progression, relationship, or community loops; not equipment-led agricultural realism.
Include when
A farming-and-life lens spanning Simulation, RPG, Adventure, Platformer, and Action-Adventure hybrids when farming participates in recurring progression, relationship, or community loops; not equipment-led agricultural realism.
Leave out when
Do not assign Farming Life Sim from theme, presentation, camera, or a minor mechanic alone; its defining interaction and progression pattern must recur through the core game.