Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley is a breath of fresh air into the genre of what can only be described as "farm life" sims. First pioneered by the Harvest Moon series and later continued and expanded upon with the Rune Factory series, this genre of games is among the most relaxing and laid back genres on the market. Stardew Valley takes this genre to a new level by introducing new mechanics and choices into the realm while maintaining the overall feel that made this style of game so wonderful. Prepare to farm, fish, ranch, forage, and mine your way to success as a farmer while building relationships with the local townsfolk and even marrying the guy or gal of your choice after romancing them. Stardew Valley is without a doubt the current pinnacle of the genre's evolution and will continue to be so for quite some time thanks to the selfless efforts of the one man dev team, ConcernedApe. SIDE NOTE - A word of caution though about purchasing this game on GOG. I prefer, whenever possible, to purchase my games on GOG rather than Steam due to their much more consumer friendly practices; however, there are a couple of issues which are causing concern among those who have purchased the GOG version. Those being the inability of developers to get updates published on the platform over the weekend and the agonizingly slow publishing of uploaded updates on normal weekdays, The game's developer, Concernedape, has been working tirelessly since release to squash bugs and address community concerns with numerous updates coming out in short order only to be in essence, exclusive to Steam users for a quite some time due to these concerns. This is not a marring on the game but rather on GOG's policies which I hope to see resolved quickly.

You liked Harvest Moon on GB/GBC ? Then you will love Stardew Valley! It has a lot to offer for those, who like to build their own farm in their own pace. There are a lot of characters, animals, sidequests, events and cutscenes. And especially for the still incoming (free!) content updates it never gets boring. At start you can choose if you want to play als a man or woman and you can choose the "farm style" (Classic, more river-based, more wood-based etc.) Heck, there's even a big Stardew Valley Wiki in the internet, where you can look everything up and you can mod the game by yourself if you want to. You can also see that the pixel art and the graphics in general were made with love and so much detail - so if you love those kind of graphics, this game is perfect :) Personally, the game has a great value for a relatively low price :)

+285 hours played on Nintendo Switch are not enough. Lost my console and save files. I want this wonderful game to be mine forever.

I saw this game a few years ago, and I was dying to get it. I downloaded it, and looking back now, I've already got 400 hours in. I love this game, and I love everything about it. ConcernedApe (the developer) is amazing and loves to interract with the community. Learning that he made this game alone makes this all the more astounding. The detail is incredible, the lore makes the game more complete and its just all around great. The mechanics are easy to follow and the huge community make mods a way to refresh the game just when you think you're getting bored. The Stardew Valley Wiki has amazing references and help. Love this game and always will.

Great game, great dev. I own this game on virtually every platform possible and spent hundreds of hours playing. A perfect blend of farming sim and life/dating sim with a good bit of fighting, mining, fishing and foraging, very relaxing solo and engaging in multiplayer.