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Pilot a customizable mech to farm alien crops, build a homestead, gather resources, and supply distant colonies.
Released 19 Mar 2024
Farm From a Mech
Rotate Alien Crops
Build an Exofarm
You arrive on an alien planet and use a mech as your main tool for establishing a homestead. Its equipment lets you work fields, gather materials, and travel around the open world.
Plant, water, and harvest alien crops, using crop rotation to manage soil nutrients and improve yields. Gather resources from the landscape, process them into crafting materials, and raise livestock as your farm develops.
Build and decorate your base, craft upgrades, and modify your mech for different tasks. Deliver produce and resources to remote colonies to advance through milestones and unlock further technology; you can also explore and build with up to three friends.
Developed by FRAME BREAK · Published by FRAME BREAK, Coffee Stain Publishing
Players who enjoy the game often praise its relaxed atmosphere, the distinctive feel of farming from a mech, and the freedom to build and play cooperatively. Some also enjoy crop planning and exploring the planet. Common criticisms include repetitive manual farming and resource gathering, automation arriving late or feeling limited, and long trips across a world some players find sparse. Reviews also differ sharply on the game's current direction, especially among players who preferred an earlier version.
Settle your interstellar homestead in this open-world mech farming adventure!
Build your farm, customize your mech, grow alien crops, and explore a vast new world full of promise with up to three friends!
Farm, build, and explore in a customizable mech! Craft new parts and mod chips to tweak your mech's performance to your specifications. Choose from an array of options to build your trusty all-purpose vehicle.
Settle on a verdant exoplanet in the Lightyear Frontier, a cluster of habitable worlds in the far reaches of the galaxy. Overcome its environmental challenges in order to thrive on your new home.
Take farming to a new level with the power of the mech. Use its mighty tools to plant, water, and harvest vast fields of alien crops with ease. Mastering crop rotation is key to optimize your yield!
Create the exofarm of your dreams! Make your mark on the world as you build your homestead piece by piece into a handcrafted retro-futuristic farm. Make your place your own with alternative color palettes and decorations.
Send resources to remote colonies, befriend interplanetary neighbors, and build a stable of alien livestock. Use the bounty of your harvest to benefit those around you and create a better tomorrow.
While your mech can handle anything the world throws at you, feel free to invite up to three friends to join you on this journey of settling and exploration! Pool your resources to create the perfect homestead, and share the rewarding feeling of a good harvest with your pals!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 45 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
| DRM / EULA |
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| Website | Official website |
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