Family Farm Seaside

Family Farm Seaside
Developer(s)FunPlus
Publisher(s)FunPlus
Platform(s)Facebook
Release20 March 2012
Genre(s)Simulation, RPG

Family Farm Seaside, one of the top grossing mobile games developed and published by the Beijing-based videogame company FunPlus, is a farming game available for free on both iOS and Android platforms, and available in 18 languages.[1]

The game has received positive reception from the public, and according to CNET "it was ranked around 100 on Apple's list of highest grossing apps on the App Store, and around the 135th most downloaded free software, according to data compiled by App Annie".[2] In 2014 Social Times also reported that "Family Farm Seaside has a DAU/MAU engagement of over 35 percent, compared to 18 percent for Farmville, and 20 percent for Farmville 2".[3]

By June 2015, Family Farm Seaside had more than 60 million active users.[4]

Gameplay

Starting with a small farm near a beach, players need to take care of their farms through planting and harvesting crops, feeding animals, and constructing buildings and machines. In-game items may be sold for "Coins", a virtual currency.[5]

References

  1. ^ Yahoo! Finance (18 March 2014). "FunPlus Raises $74 Million Series B Led by Orchid Asia Group". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 3 June 2016
  2. ^ Sherr, Ian (19 August 2014). "FunPlus strikes nearly $1B deal to sell a game subsidiary to a Chinese company". CNET. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. ^ Zhang, Mona (21 March 2014). "DataPoint: Is Family Farm the Next Farmville?". Social Times. Retrieved 3 June 2016
  4. ^ appPicker (27 June 2015). "Family Farm Seaside app review: become a successful farmer who runs the family farm". appPicker. Retrieved 17 June 2016
  5. ^ Android Pit (nd). "Family Farm Seaside: the only farming simulator you'll ever need". Android Pit. Retrieved 23 June 2016