This game is pure satisfaction. That is, if you're into a little grinding every so often, only to see that all your efforts are definitely paying off. Not to mention... "oooh, I could have done this a lot smarter!".

What is this all about?
The story is simple: your grandfather passed away and he left you with the family farm. Good times! Yah, unfortunately the place hasn't been looked after and it's actually a complete mess. Good to get you a little bit of instant cash, but after that it'll be up to you to make this place working and profitable again.

Start small, and work your way up!
First... everything in this game is going to cost you. Driving your car takes up fuel, which you can buy at the gas station. Running (most) machines also requires fuel. And while you can get your own wood by cutting trees and then sawing the logs into planks... you can only get your hands on metal and concrete by purchasing this in the hardware store. And you're going to need those if you plan on building some new buildings.

And the best way to start? A chicken coop! Get a few chickens, place 'm in their coop but don't forget that you also need to feed them and provide water for them to drink! You can then sell the eggs at the burger shop for some nice earned cash. How to make such a coop? Well, you're going to need wooden planks, lots of them, so that's a good place to start.

Also... growing and selling vegetables is also always a good idea! Maybe make some crop plots so that you can grow them? How do make those you ask? With planks of course!

Invest a little to better manage your time....
What I really like about this game is that you can play any way you want. It also happily allows you to do "dumb" things, but who cares? At first I would cut down trees, and bring the logs over to my garage one by one. Then I'd start cutting them. Only to finally realize that... "wait a second, I got a frickin' truck here!"... so then I drove my truck out, cut trees, filled up the truck with logs and then went back home. Saved me a lot of time!

Could I do even better? Of course I could! Because what happens if you don't want to (or can't!) saw all the logs right now? That's when I decided to get myself 2 log shelves: these can contain either 42 logs or 200 planks and it can easily be a time safer!

Beware of wrong custom key bindings! The game allows you to rebind your keys, which is a good thing, but it doesn't check for any overlap. And some keys... should be left alone. The 'f' key is used to start your car, but if you accidentally bind a key to "f" then you're in for a bit of a problem because you can't easily reset this.

And also... sometimes your character can find themselves stuck in walls if you perform actions too close to such areas. It doesn't happen often, but can happen.

So no, not perfect but then again... these are minor issues. You'll get over this soon enough.

This game is really satisfying. The build (and demolish) process is very straight forward: start by selecting the right tool. Building requires a blueprint: once you select your hammer a book with designs shows up. Select a design, place its hologram where you want it placed and then all that's left to do is to "insert" enough building materials.

And the best part is that this game goes a lot further than just being a farmer. There's also things to discover like becoming a hunter or a fisherman. Ever wanted to get your own bee farm? Well, time to build a hive and then find a nest in the wild to collect bees. Don't forget your smoker!

And yes, like I said: there's something very satisfying about pouring in effort, getting paid and then being able to use that money to expand on your activities. First I made a bigger chicken coop, then I added more chickens and eventually also added a rooster. So now I get fertilized eggs, which means: chicks, free new chickens!

If only those darn tourists and their fancy campers would learn how to drive.... lol.

PS

In case you're wondering about the title: that's Dutch (sorta) and also a song from a Dutch rockband called Normaal.