{"rewrite":{"id":"r_04364583672f51543314ad7e","clusterId":"c_e98597f238092f2b9569a56e","slug":"the-farmer-was-replaced-gets-the-miner-was-replaced-dlc-and-a-mobile-version","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"The Farmer Was Replaced Gets The Miner Was Replaced()_ DLC And A Mobile Version","summary":"Metaroot and developer Timon Herzog released the first major DLC for the farming automation game The Farmer Was Replaced on November 3, 2026. The expansion, titled The Miner Was Replaced()_, is available on Steam for PC and Mac at 1,100 yen including tax. An Android and iOS version launched the same day as a complete edition that includes the DLC from the start; the app is free, with charges applied if players continue after a free trial ends. The base game and the DLC are both 30 percent off for the release, at 840 yen and 770 yen including tax respectively. The Farmer Was Replaced has passed 1 million cumulative sales since its October 2025 Steam launch. In the DLC, drones move into an underground world, with a new technology tree section and eight underground resources including coal, crystal, mushrooms, and dynamite.","whyItMatters":"The mobile release bundles the paid expansion from the outset, so a free-trial app carries the same content a PC player pays 1,100 yen for, and Metaroot is using a 30 percent launch discount to bring both audiences in at once.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eA free update to the base game shipped alongside the DLC. It overhauls the documentation, adds interactive code examples, makes the autocomplete more accurate and adds official Traditional Chinese support.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mobile edition carries a custom keyboard built for writing code on a touchscreen. The store lists Japanese, English, French and German among 11 supported languages. Developer Timon Herzog started the project as a small non-commercial game about farming while studying computer science, then put it on Steam after a strong community response.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe underground work adds objectives beyond extracting ore. Players program drones to dig without damaging ancient ruins, sort colorful mushrooms and clear a Minesweeper-style puzzle without blowing up their drones. Coal and dynamite feed new automation systems specific to underground mining.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelease day prices:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase game: normally 1,200 yen, cut to 840 yen at 30 percent off.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Miner Was Replaced()_: normally 1,100 yen, cut to 770 yen at 30 percent off.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMetaroot is a family-run independent micro-publisher based in Zurich. Its catalogue includes the restaurant action sim Goblin Sushi, the steampunk auto-shooter Airships: Lost Flotilla and the nature simulation Of Life and Land. It plans to release the traffic programming game If Red Then Stop and the factory-building strategy game The Factory Must Fall.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The mobile version of The Farmer Was Replaced ships as a complete edition with the new DLC included from day one. The app is free, and charges start only after the free trial ends.","twitterPost":"The Miner Was Replaced()_ sends the drones underground: eight resources including coal, crystal, mushrooms and dynamite, plus a Minesweeper challenge you clear without blowing up your drones.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"The Farmer Was Replaced got its first major DLC on November 3, 2026, and an Android and iOS version arrived the same day with the expansion bundled in. The base game and DLC are both 30 percent off for the launch.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/952/G095288/20261102049/\",\"title\":\"Large DLC \\\"Miner was Replaced()_\\\" for \\\"Farmer was Replace()d\\\" Now Available; Smartphone Version Also Launches Simultaneously\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2611032s\",\"title\":\"Programming farming automation game 'The Farmer Was Replaced' gets its first major DLC today, November 3, with a mobile version including the DLC also released the same day\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":12114,"outputTokens":1296,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793643242,"createdAt":"2026-11-02T18:08:23.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T18:12:59.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T18:12:59.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e98597f238092f2b9569a56e","canonicalTitle":"「農家は Replace() されました」の大型DLC「鉱夫はReplaceされました()_」が配信開始。スマホ版も同時に登場","representativeArticleId":"a_51bb4b2b703033328c462277","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"The Farmer Was Replaced\",\"The Miner Was Replaced\"],\"studios\":[\"Metaroot\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-02T15:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-02T15:00:29.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T18:13:00.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/952/G095288/20261102049/","title":"「農家は Replace() されました」の大型DLC「鉱夫はReplaceされました()_」が配信開始。スマホ版も同時に登場"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2611032s","title":"農場を“プログラミング”で自動化するゲーム『農家は Replace() されました』初の大型DLCが本日11月3日より配信。DLC収録のモバイル版も同日リリース"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["The Farmer Was Replaced","The Miner Was Replaced"],"studios":["Metaroot"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Metaroot and Timon Herzog released The Miner Was Replaced()_ for The Farmer Was Replaced on Steam on November 3, 2026, priced at 1,100 yen including tax.","An Android and iOS version of The Farmer Was Replaced launched on November 3, 2026 as a complete edition that includes The Miner Was Replaced()_ from the start.","The Farmer Was Replaced has surpassed 1 million cumulative sales since launching on Steam in October 2025.","The base game is discounted to 840 yen and The Miner Was Replaced()_ to 770 yen, both 30 percent off, during the release sale.","The Miner Was Replaced()_ adds eight underground resources, including coal, crystal, mushrooms, and dynamite, plus a new section of the technology tree."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["the-farmer-was-replaced","the-miner-was-replaced","metaroot"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"the-farmer-was-replaced","supported":1,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"green","story_count":2,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"the-miner-was-replaced","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":2,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"metaroot","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":1,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}