Remember Farmville? Here’s why it finally got shut after 11 years (2024)

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Why did they shut down FarmVille? ›

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. Looking for a smartphone? To check mobile finder click here.

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. Following the existing FarmVille 2, FarmVille 3 focuses on mobile devices.

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.

The company will continue to operate FarmVille 2: Tropic Escape and FarmVille 2: Country Escape, and says players can look forward to the upcoming worldwide launch of FarmVille 3 for mobile.

If you were one of the many fans who were heartbroken when FarmVille shut down last year, you can rejoice that you won't have to wait very long before FarmVille 3 is available for you to dig into. It will be available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store to download on your device in just under a month.

The Flash-based game created by Zynga, designed to be played within Facebook, shut down on Thursday — yes, there were people still playing it — though its sequels that can be played through mobile apps will survive. (Flash, the software that powered the game, also shut down at the end of the year.)

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.

FarmVille, the once-popular Facebook game that was played by millions, is shutting down on December 31st, the game's developer Zynga announced in a blog post on the game's website.

The original version of FarmVille, which was once the most popular game on Facebook, is officially shutting down.

Why is FarmVille so addictive? ›

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.

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.

Fortunately, you no longer have to be logged in to the social network to play since Zynga has made FarmVille 2 available through its own website and mobile app. You can also play the original FarmVille while not on Facebook via the Zynga website or on Kindle Fire.

FarmVille 2: Country Escape is a farming simulator based on the original FarmVille which was released in 2009 by Zynga. FarmVille 2: Country Escape is the mobile app version of FarmVille 2.

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.

In November 2012, Facebook ended its special agreement with Zynga. Effective March 31, 2013, Zynga was bound by the standard Facebook Platform policies.

You can also log into FarmVille 2 using your Facebook account if you prefer. In order to continue playing FarmVille 2 after December 2020, when Adobe Flash is set to expire on all browsers, you must download and install the FarmVille 2 Launcher+.