Stardew Valley

Combined with modding such as Stardew Valley Expanded, this game provides countless hours of either simple relaxing gameplay or self-imposed challenging management game where you maximize profit. Good game!

this game was stressful for me in the beginning. the day and night time was a huge irritation for me, espesial when you just wanted to relax. well, the love for the game came later after a few hours og gaming. and opening up the game. and got married, got a few kids, and ended up havning everything. xD luckily for me they have added a bunch of new stuff, so I can begin all over again. yay! just annoying that I lost my old saves. ;/ never mind, I still got no life, so that will be fixed in no time ;)

What is there to say about Stardew Valley that hasn't been said? It's the spiritual successor for Harvest Moon and one of the games that inspired the "cozy" genre, it's approachable as a farming sim with some light 2d action rpg elements and a dating sim mixed in. Whilst this approachability is great, its also Stardew Valley's biggest weakness, you'll find after getting to about mid-game the low difficulty and expectations encourages you to find your own fun, which might prove difficult and you could (like me) get burnt out because of the lack of a clear end-game with any significant difficulty change in the combat or in the farming system (closest difficulty change is plants you need to plant for multiple seasons and more enemies to fight, a task largely simplified through unlocks); fortunately Stardew Valley is extremely mod-friendly and the modding community is massive so you'll always find something to help prevent some of the burn-out and expand the lacking end-game. Overall I'd say Stardew Valley is worth getting if not just to see a piece of the modern "cozy" genre and for its mod support, though you might find vanilla somewhat better than I do if you take a slower pace through the game and embrace its main two mechanics, farming and dating the other residents of the valley.

I've had the game for two years. It just got another major content update. If you have ever enjoyed Harvest Moon, Rune Factory, or Farming Simulator, this will make you happy.

Lost patience with this title during my first playthrough, when my character collapsed two inches from his front door, unconscious. Why? Because of an arbitrary time limit on his day's activities. Alright, so a lot of work went into creating a good world atmosphere (nostalgic apparently, I have never played Harvest Moon or the like) but time limits are an almighty turn-off for this player. Buy if you like ... Harvest Moon, I suppose.