In theory, My Vineyard is a Facebook sim about owning your own winery. In practice, it's far more comparable to FarmVille than any sort of business-running game. You plant grapes, you stomp on them, the juice ages in barrels, and finally you sell of the barrels for cash that you use to… buy more grapes. The main things that set My Vineyard apart from other games are its pre-rendered 3D visuals and its slightly more adult approach to its subject matter.
The prospect of building a farm on a tropical island is a bit strange. After all, this is a setting that conjures up images of shipwrecks, pirates, bonfires, and foliage. But when you boot up Island Life for the first time, you're standing on a grid of farmland just waiting to be plowed. And after you've played it for a few minutes, you'll find yourself surrounded by beet and onion stalks, not thick jungle vegetation. Is this game really about being on an island--or is it just another farm in disguise?