[3] The game was originally revised, expanded, and re-released every two years, (excluding their newest two releases) with better graphics, a larger array of vehicles, and more interesting tasks for the user to perform.

Their tasks depend on expanding and upgrading dated equipment and machinery, which can be achieved by harvesting and selling crops.

Players are free to explore the surrounding areas of the map, grow from their choice of several crops, and invest their money in additional fields and equipment.

There are dynamically generated missions that consist of the player performing various tasks within a time frame such as mowing grass, fertilizing fields, or delivering cargo.

It had a lot of new features such as new crop types (corn, rapeseed/canola, and barley), modding support and much more machinery, while having the same map as 2008, but remastered.

[4] Almost a year after its PC release, it received a large update and re-release under the title Farming Simulator 2013 Titanium Edition, on October 10, 2013.

It contains all of the previous assets from the first iteration, with new content of a US-based environment in the form of a map called "Westbridge Hills" and new vehicles.

[9] It features the return of Fendt since its last debut in Farming Simulator 2009, and also Massey Ferguson, Challenger, and Valtra.

Some key new features include a redesigned graphics engine and the addition of horse farming as well as oat and cotton crops.

Farming Simulator 19: Ambassador Edition, which includes the base game, along with its two expansions and six DLC, was announced is due to release on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on June 21, 2022.

It includes a new forestry-themed map "Silverrun Forest" as well as 40 new machines (mainly Volvo BM branded), most of which are for forestry use.

The expansion also includes new factories and production chains, over 35 new and specialized machines that contain 15 brands, 4 of which are new to the series: Dewulf, Gorenc, Agrio & WIFO.

Farming Simulator 14 was released for iOS, Android, Nintendo 3DS, Windows Phone and PlayStation Vita on November 18, 2013,[18] and gives a more polished and more casual gaming experience on mobile platforms than its predecessors.

Interestingly, the game was updated in November 2023 to include a John Deere 7230 R tractor, despite the brand not being in the franchise until 2018's Farming Simulator 19.

Unlike recent versions, Farming Simulator 20 includes new features such as varied terrain, vehicle suspension, first person, the ability to walk around, several new profitable crops livestock, an updated economy, and a brand new rendering engine resembling that of Farming Simulator 19.

Like Farming Simulator 22, it sees the introduction of weeding, production chains, and new crops: grapes, olives, and sorghum.

Instead of running a farm like the objective in the game series, the competitions are a 3v3 match to obtain the highest score of hay bales dropped off within a given time limit.

[25] Reception of the Farming Simulator series has been mixed across all titles, with critics praising its sense of relaxation and array of realistic machinery and vehicles.