Farming Simulator 26 Mobile: Release Date, Platforms and Updates
Updated October 2026: Farming Simulator 26 came out on 19 May 2026 for iPhone, iPad, Android and Nintendo Switch. The first part of this article was written in October 2024; what happened since is in the update at the end.
As the entire farming simulation community awaits the release of Farming Simulator 25 on PC and consoles, mobile gamers are already looking further ahead, to the next handheld edition: Farming Simulator 26.
Farming Simulator 25 will be released on 12 November for PC, MacOS, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. GIANTS Software has been announcing a mobile version about 1.5 years after each new Farming Simulator, so Farming Simulator 26 could arrive in the middle of 2026.
We expect to see simpler versions of the innovations in Farming Simulator 25 in the mobile adaptation. Farming Simulator 23 already moved the handheld series to larger 3D environments, and the gap between the PC and mobile games keeps getting smaller. FS26 should continue that.
How GIANTS times its mobile games
The handheld series has its own numbering and its own release slot. Each mobile game follows a PC and console release, and the dates below come from GIANTS’ App Store listings and launch announcements.
| Mobile game | Released | Platforms | PC/console game before it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farming Simulator 14 | 18 November 2013 | iOS, Android | Farming Simulator 2013 (October 2012) |
| Farming Simulator 16 | August 2015 | iOS, Android | Farming Simulator 15 (October 2014) |
| Farming Simulator 18 | 6 June 2017 | iOS, Android, 3DS, PS Vita | Farming Simulator 17 (October 2016) |
| Farming Simulator 20 | 3 December 2019 | iOS, Android, Switch | Farming Simulator 19 (November 2018) |
| Farming Simulator 23 | 23 May 2023 | iOS, Android, Switch | Farming Simulator 22 (November 2021) |
| Farming Simulator 26 | 19 May 2026 | iOS, Android, Switch | Farming Simulator 25 (November 2024) |
Until 2019 the mobile game came out every two years, in the gap between PC releases. When the main series moved to a three-year cycle with Farming Simulator 22, the handheld games moved with it. FS23 and FS26 both arrived in May, roughly 18 months after the PC game they draw from. Since FS20, the Nintendo Switch version has launched on the same day as the mobile one. Our Farming Simulator 20 update coverage shows how GIANTS kept adding free machines to a mobile game for more than two years.
What GIANTS announced for Farming Simulator 26
GIANTS revealed the game on 26 March 2026 with a release date of 19 May for Nintendo Switch, iPhone, iPad and Android. The announcement listed two new maps, one in Europe and one in North America, and more than 120 licensed machines from brands including Case IH, CLAAS, DEUTZ-FAHR, Fendt, John Deere, KRONE, Kubota, Massey Ferguson, New Holland and Valtra.
There are 15 crops, forestry with heavy equipment, production chains, and cows, sheep, chickens and goats along with their offspring. The new part is an optional challenge system: guided tasks with rewards, plus weekly and seasonal challenges.
Update (October 2026)
Farming Simulator 26 launched as planned on 19 May 2026. GIANTS sells it on the App Store and Google Play as a premium game; the App Store price is $7.99, with optional coin packs as in-app purchases. The iOS version needs iOS or iPadOS 18 and a device with an A12 Bionic chip or newer, and the download is about 2.7 GB.
The game has had regular patches since launch. Version 1.3.0 in July added the Case IH Steiger 785 Quadtrac and the John Deere 9RX 830, version 1.4.0 in August added an option to hide AI lines, and version 1.5.0 followed on 10 September. When we checked on 29 October 2026, the Google Play listing showed more than 50,000 downloads. GIANTS also brought the mobile game to its gamescom 2026 booth in August.
There is no PC or console version of FS26. Players on those platforms stay with Farming Simulator 25, which sold more than two million copies in its first week. More news on the handheld game is collected on our Farming Simulator 26 page.
