Farlands
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Farlands

Congratulations, you’ve bought your own planet! An agrarian rock at the edge of the galaxy that, for some reason, was practically being given away for free. So the time has come to leave your hectic, stressful life in an overcrowded metropolis for a more rural and rewarding life.

DEV: JanduSoft, Eric RodríguezPUB: JanduSoft, AnotherindieAppID 2252680
UPDATE PULSEevery ~65d·last 30d ago·15 recent on record

Is Farlands still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

96.5
Exceptional

Elixir Rating

89.9% of 1,750 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 88.4. The developers have shipped 7 substantial updates in the past six months, adding 8.1.

reception 88.4·support +8.1·Exceptional

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$17.99

Development

Actively supported

Last heard from developers

29 days ago

Usual rhythm

every ~25 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

7

Current silence

within normal range

The developers post roughly every 25 days and were last heard 29 days ago — within their normal range. 7 substantial updates landed in the past six months, 2 of them major.

Distilled by the oracle

Our coverage

1 dispatch written from this game’s announcements

releaseAug 18, 2026

Farlands Reaches Version 1.0 After Three Years of Development

Farlands has launched into full release, closing out a development cycle that spanned three years — two of which were spent in Early Access.

Author Eric, writing on behalf of the Farlands team, was measured in the announcement: the game is content-complete, meaning everything promised in the roadmap is now present, but version 1.0 does not mark the end of active work.

What changed

  • All content outlined in the development roadmap is now in the game
  • Farlands is available on all major platforms as of the 1.0 release
  • The team expects "a couple of months" of continued bug-fixing, community feedback, and polishing ahead

The announcement struck a notably candid tone, acknowledging issues that arose during Early Access and thanking players who reported problems and waited through fixes. There was no extended feature breakdown — the post is brief by design, with the team apparently letting the release speak for itself.

For players who held off during Early Access, this is the intended entry point the developers had in mind. For those who followed along throughout development, the message is simply: the game is done.

Two years of development

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20 announcements · 13 substantial · 8 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

30 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsSep 2, 2026
Patch Notes 1.0.5

Multiple optimization improvementsRemoved thousands of unused files and scriptsAdjusted tilesets for more efficient space usageChanged the sprite compression systemRefactored the resource loading systemRemoved dozens of debug messagesFixed …

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Community AnnouncementsSep 1, 2026
Farlands Soundtrack update, and more is on the way

Hello everyone!Even though Farlands 1.0 is already out, we want you to know that we're still working hard to improve the experience as much as possible. In fact, we're even working on more content for the game, but you'll start seeing more …

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Community AnnouncementsAug 5, 2026
Patch 1.0.4

Events, weddings, and romanceable characters Weddings should now work correctly in both Terbin and Galea. Spike's and Eddy's event 5 should now trigger correctly. Tables reactivate correctly after Siona's event. Alisha now sends the correct…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 23, 2026
Patch 1.0.3

Patch Notes 1.0.3Bug FixesAchievements-The "harvest all vegetables" achievement should now be awarded correctly.Crafting-Added the Icomelon recipe. -Items can no longer be crafted with a full inventory, preventing item loss. Matter Processo…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 17, 2026
Patch Notes 1.0.2

Removed the spawn for an insect that was cut during Early Access (the Vanadian wasp). Adjusted several areas and layers in Vanadian so rocks and other details display correctly. Restored the pyramid layers in Vanadian. Fixed collisions near…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 16, 2026
Farlands Is Out Now!

And that’s it: Farlands is complete.At least as far as content is concerned. In practical terms, we still have a couple of months ahead of us to fix bugs, listen to community feedback, and continue polishing the game until it is as good as …

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Community AnnouncementsJun 18, 2026
Farlands 1.0 release date!

After three years of development, which were theoretically meant to be two, the day has finally come to release the final content update for Farlands: the one that will complete the game and bring its development to a close.But don’t worry!…

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Community AnnouncementsApr 1, 2026
Farlands 0.9 is here: The Wedding Update

The 0.9 Update focuses on just two things: Weddings and the Ark rework. And while this update may seem smaller on paper, both features are extremely important and come with a lot of additions to Farlands. Let’s go step by step.With this upd…

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Community AnnouncementsFeb 18, 2026
Livestock has arrived in Farlands!

With each update, we’re getting closer to 1.0, and this time the focus is on farm animals and the end of the story.That’s right, it’s now possible to “finish” Farlands. The story will continue in future updates, but once you reach 70% of th…

Community AnnouncementsDec 29, 2025
Update 0.7 is here!

This update was supposed to arrive soon, but I will not lie to you: We got carried away adding things and may have gone a bit overboard.Version 0.7 was meant to be the “quality of life update”, so we spent these past months reviewing all th…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 9, 2025
The 0.6 update is here!

This update brings two big new features, plus a bunch of smaller ones that make everything feel more polished. Let’s start with the big ones.NEW PLANET: VANADIANVanadian, the labyrinth-like desert of SR755, comes to Farlands with new resour…

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Community AnnouncementsAug 15, 2025
How are things going?

From the ashes emerged a developer. Sluggish and sore, as if he hadn't moved in a decade… and his first words after a silence that felt eternal were:EVERYTHING IS GOING GREATSorry for the radio silence since version 0.5. We've been complete…

Community AnnouncementsJun 11, 2025
Patch Notes 0.5.7

Alpha Patch Notes 0.5.7New creatures available in the minesCiempeldañosCrystal BeeGatopoCopper TurtleSilver TurtleCelestium TurtleGold TurtleFixesFixed a bug where the teleporter to the Ark would sometimes disappear.Various fixes to both an…

Community AnnouncementsMay 19, 2025
Patch Notes 0.5.6

Hotfix Fixed a bug that caused the mine levels to be calculated incorrectly. The camera issue in Zoe’s event has been resolved. The portal to access the Ark in Oola’s event should now display correctly during the sequence. Minor UI fixes fo…

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Community AnnouncementsMay 6, 2025
Alpha 0.5.4 | Patch Notes

Alpha 0.5.4 | Patch Notes Added Turtle enemy in the Bohr mine. Fixed a bug that caused a warning message to appear when placing a duplicate item in the toolbox. The fire lizard should now behave correctly after attacking. Enemies should no …

Community AnnouncementsApr 25, 2025
Hostile Mobs Have Arrived in Farlands!

After the update that introduced social relationships, the whole team jumped straight into the next big thing: version 0.5, which brings hostile mobs to the mines. In this Steam post, I’ll walk you through what’s new and how we’re planning …

Community AnnouncementsMar 3, 2025
0.4 is here!

Originally this update was scheduled for February (because of love, Valentine's Day and all that stuff). But ultimately, we decided to delay it a couple of weeks with the purpose of releasing a fully finished and well rounded update. And I …

Community AnnouncementsFeb 11, 2025
A big update is coming!

Hello everyone! It's been a few weeks since the last update and it's about time we bring you all up to date, so let's get straight to the point: In two weeks update 0.4 will arrive! This update focuses mainly on NPCs, bachelors, dialogs and…

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Community AnnouncementsDec 19, 2024
We have a Christmas present for you!

After the release of 0.3, the next scheduled update is 0.4 which focuses on social relations with neighbors. However, since that update is still some time away, the Farlands team has prepared an intermediate update with some special Christm…

Community AnnouncementsNov 27, 2024
0.3 UPDATE IS NOW AVAILABLE!

Let's not pretend, in the last few weeks the whole Farlands team has been a bit hidden and not saying much. But it was for a reason: Update 0.3 is already available, and the amount of content it adds to the game is dizzying. In this post we…

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Community AnnouncementsOct 19, 2024
The tool upgrade system!

Hello everybody! I'm bringing you a little preview of what we are preparing for the 0.3 update! Although the last few weeks have been somewhat silent on our part, we are still working at 200% following the roadmap that will lead us to Farla…

Community AnnouncementsSep 23, 2024
Farlands update 0.2 is now available!

It's been two months since the Early Access launch of Farlands and the whole team is thrilled with the reception it's had, so we'd like to thank you for your support right from the start! But even though the launch went very well, we haven'…

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Community AnnouncementsAug 14, 2024
The 0.2 update is coming!

It's been three weeks since the Early Access launch and we've been working hard to ensure that the experience is as stable as possible in this period when the game is still quite young. We have fixed dozens of bugs. While there aren't updat…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 24, 2024
Farlands Early Access is OUT NOW!

After a year and a half of development, and with the whole team equally nervous and exhausted, the Farlands Early Access is OUT NOW! It comes with a base price of $14.99 and 10% discount (Price adjusted to different regions). We are a small…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 6, 2024
Early Access Roadmap

Below you will see a detailed list of all the updates coming during Early Access and what systems and content they will bring: This roadmap is tentative and subject to change during development, community feedback is very important and it i…

Community AnnouncementsJul 2, 2024
Farlands Early Access arrives on July 24th!

After the success of the demo, and as we announced at the Future Games Show, Farlands will be released in Early Access next Wednesday, July 24th, three weeks from now as of this post. The whole team is excited and nervous in equal parts (so…

Community AnnouncementsJun 17, 2024
Steam Next Fest comes to an end

The Farlands demo is no longer available, thank you all for giving our game a try! During this week we have had more than 20.000 players downloading the demo, almost 15.000 new wishlists have been added and we have received more than 600 bu…

Community AnnouncementsJun 14, 2024
Check out the demo of Farlands!

The Farlands demo has been available since we announced it last week, but it's now Friday and the Steam Next Fest is coming to an end in a few days. Which means that the demo... will no longer be available. Oh no! Why? Simply because we hav…

Community AnnouncementsJun 8, 2024
We have shown Farlands at the Future Games Show!

Farlands has been announced at the Future Games Show during the Summer Games Fest week. And in that announcement we have taken the opportunity to announce EVERYTHING: On one hand, you already have the DEMO available, it will be playable dur…

Community AnnouncementsMar 22, 2024
Come and try Farlands at GUADALINDIE!

Thanks to ICOA (The Catalan Institute of Alternative Leisure), next 3rd and 4th of May, Farlands will have a small booth at Guadalindie in Malaga, a new fair focused on the world of independent videogames. Farlands development is now in a t…