This is the practical version: how to get Hay Day running on two phones with the two of you in the same session, and what to do when you cannot see each other in the friend list.
Before you start
You each need your own copy on your own phone. Hay Day is on both the App Store and Google Play, so it does not matter which of you is on iPhone and which is on Android.
It is free to download, so there is no reason for one of you to hold off and watch over the other's shoulder.
Step by step
- Install it on both phones. Do this before you sit down to play — first-launch downloads are always bigger than you expect.
- Add each other as neighbours or friends. This is the step that connects the two of you rather than putting you in a public lobby.
- Build and grow your world at your own pace.
- Stay on a call while you set up the first time. Working out one game's friend system together takes five minutes; doing it over text takes half an hour.
When you cannot find each other
- Make sure you are both fully signed in, not playing as a guest — guest accounts are the most common reason a friend request never arrives.
- Check you have both got the app updated. A version gap can hide one of you from the other.
- Have the person creating the session send the invite rather than both of you searching at once.
- Restart the app on both phones before assuming something is broken.
Making Hay Day work as a couple thing
Once the setup is done, the question becomes whether you keep playing. Hay Day is the kind of game you open at the end of a long day, and that shapes how to fit it into a week.
- Build and grow something together at a relaxing pace.
- Visit and help each other’s world any time.
- Cozy, creative and easy to dip into daily.
The couples who keep a game going are almost always the ones who attached it to something — after dinner, on the commute, before bed. The game matters less than the slot.
Similar games worth having installed
- FarmVille 3 — FarmVille 3 is the classic social farming game reborn, with animals to raise and a farm to grow at your own pace.
- Township — Township blends farming with city-building — grow crops, run factories and develop a bustling town.
- Our Flower Garden — Our Flower Garden is a cozy mobile game where you and your partner tend one shared garden — planting, watering and harvesting flowers to fill orders together.
More of the same kind on our category page.
Where to go next
One more suggestion, unrelated to Hay Day: keep something running that neither of you can lose at. Our Flower Garden is ours — a shared garden, tended a few minutes at a time.
- Games Like Hay Day to Play as a Couple
- Is Hay Day Cross-Platform? iPhone & Android
- Is Hay Day Multiplayer? How to Play It Together
- How to Play 2 Player Games: The Challenge With Friends
- Our full list of the best mobile couple games
Frequently asked questions
- How do I play Hay Day with my partner?
- Install Hay Day on both phones, add each other as neighbours or friends, then start a session together. The friend step is what keeps you out of a public lobby.
- Can you play Hay Day with friends as well as your partner?
- Yes — the same friend system that connects the two of you works for a wider group, so Hay Day scales up on the nights you want company.
- Why can't my partner see me in Hay Day?
- Usually one of you is signed in as a guest, or one copy of the app is out of date. Sign in properly on both phones, update both, then send the invite from one side rather than searching from both.
- Do we need to be in the same room to play Hay Day?
- No. Hay Day plays online, so the two of you can be anywhere as long as you both have a connection.
