I never actually tried farm sims so I'm not sure if I'll like it. Maybe I should get it for my phone so I have something to play when I'm outside or not on the computer.
its a farm sim but not just a farm sim. it has a cave you dive into that involves combat and mining. it has fishing. its an economy game in a sense that you have buying/selling of stuff. it has quests to go and do stuff. etc
the best part of the game is there's no real wrong way to play. you can go the meta game route and try to max things as fast as possible, or you can just play casually for fun. you can decorate, build buildings, buy livestock, craft items and recipes, it has in game events like festivals and things, etc. and the dev still does updates.
i would highly recommend it, its the best single play time killer game ive ever seen tbh. the only "negative" i can say is it's not a good play for 5 min game. its more of a 15 min to 1 hour type sit and play game.