FarmVille -- yes, that FarmVille -- is buying the farm at the end of 2020 (2024)

FAQs

Is there an end for FarmVille? ›

On September 27, 2020, Zynga announced that it would discontinue the first FarmVille on Facebook on December 31, 2020, as Facebook was to stop supporting games running on Flash Player—required by FarmVille—on that day.

The sad news comes due to Adobe's decision to stop distributing and updating Flash Player for all web browsers starting Dec 31, 2020. Since FarmVille required the Flash Player plugin, it dies along with the Flash Player.

Zynga is expected to launch Farmville 3 in 2021. The original version of FarmVille, which was once the most popular game on Facebook, is officially shutting down.

The easiest and safest way to recover an old account is to have it connected to Facebook, a Zynga email address or an Apple ID. This way, your progress is saved in the cloud. When starting a new game, you will see a 'Sign In' button at the beginning of the tutorial.

If found to have used a bot, cheat, hack, or other 3rd party tool, your account may get suspended or terminated from Zynga's games and services.

Currently, FarmVille has 28M daily players and 75M monthly players 9 months after launch. That makes the monthly player base of FarmVille larger than the entire population of France.

One of the major reasons for Farmville's downfall was the actual gameplay itself. Farmville felt like a mindless farming simulator after a point rather than an actual game. The game elements quickly became repetitive, and there wasn't much players could do outside of farming.

It seems like the social games bubble has started bursting. According to TechCrunch , Zynga is shutting down, stopping accepting new players, or pulling from the app stores 11 of its games.

The quarter showed losses, flat revenue and declining bookings for Zynga, but the company seems to have had some success with the online FarmVille series, with the original game hitting $1 billion through in-game revenue. Zynga's revenue came in at $311 million with a net loss of $48.6 million in Q4 with.

The less obvious reason that millions of people are addicted to "FarmVille" is that there's a sense of social obligation to play. If you don't play "FarmVille," your "FarmVille" friends suffer. Zynga makes it your duty to play. Getting ahead in the game depends on having plenty of Facebook friends who are also playing.

Will I lose my progress if I uninstall FarmVille 2? ›

Now, after removing the game from the device, your progress will not be removed. And when you reinstall the app, you can continue to play on your farm. You can also connect the game to your Facebook account to better protect your progress.

As of May 9, 2019; the level cap is 480.