Stardew Valley

Inheriting an old farm has never been so much fun. In an age where people feel the need to gun down everything or spend hours online this is a nice and simple game that proves to be fun for all ages. You start with a small bundle of seeds, an overgrown farm, no money and some simple tools. Making money in the early game requires a bit of discipline: some things are worth keeping whilst others can be sold to make some quick money. I love the fact that the player can choose to ignore the farm completely and choose to make money via foraging, fishing or mining. You can choose to become a social butterfly in the community, form your on clique or ignore everyone. Making friends will change how people interact with you. The community centre challenges the player to donate items, but each bundle will provide rewards, usually seeds or a tool for the farm. But completing every bundle in a set unlocks a piece of the map that was previously unattainable. The mining produces plenty of resources and quick money early on but also provides combat. Nothing too severe, just the player battling a variety of monsters with a sword, which is upgraded every ten levels, or you can buy one at the Adventurers Guild. The more that you do an activity, the more experience you will gain and as you level up more options open up to the player. The graphics are cute and friendly, certainly nothing that will push your graphics card, but they fit the game perfectly. The sounds are nice and the controls are very straight forward, using mainly WASD and the mouse, although I have heard that it works fine with a gamepad. For some family time then anyone with a computer can join in for a hosted game. This is great for developing the farm in the early game as this can prove quite challenging on your own. There are many hours to pass in this modern classic. Not one for those who want a frantic action game, but well worth a place in anyone's library.

I bought Stardew Valley, at least at first, for my son to play. We got through the first stages of setting up a farm (leave it to him to pick the one with monsters), started farming for a few in-game days, then he... asked to play a racing game. A few weeks passed, and my wife and I were out of town and I wanted to play something relaxing. Before I knew it, I'd spent twenty hours on Stardew Valley, and grown from a tiny operation to a serious farm pulling in 10,000 g a day. Now, forty hours in, I'm nowhere near done building my farm or expanding my business, let alone exploring the various relationship possibilities available, delving into the caves, or unlocking the end-game content. The game just sucks you in, and more often than not you'll forget the time while constantly trying to go "one more day". Yes, the fishing mechanic can be tricky, and yes, the harder monsters late in the game can result in frustrating cases where you lose important equipment, but overall the game is a great way to relax. Easy five stars; I'd give it six out of five if it had achievement support here on GOG.

the game is awesome, days after days, you just can't stop! and the developer is the best! so hardworking by releasing many free contents after the initial release.

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 ;)