Stardew Valley

I like to review things using simple maths. Harvest Moon + Rune Factory x PC = Stardew Valley. If you liked Harvest Moon and enjoyed Rune Factory, chances are you're gonna love this too.

Farm, Farm, Farm, Winter, I don't know why, but I have to farm! I just keep playing every night. I started off with 15 parsnips and now my 2nd year farm is going strong and making some money. The wife will sometimes perform some work that's helpful. The combat is not really any fun, but you need to dig "too" deep in order to get rare ore. You should play this.

A relaxing farming game, no stress involved. Your character escapes the city to farm on his grandfather’s estate. You grow and sell crops, go fishing, get married (same-sex marriages allowed!), fight monsters and mine ore, and upgrade your house. The primary gameplay mechanic is planning out your day, week or season (depending on how far out you like to plan – not too far if you are me). My only complaint is that the artifact system is broken – it requires too much grinding. But if you just ignore this (it's optional anyway), it’s a great game.

Deceptively complex yet charmingly simple. Hundreds (if not thousands) of hours of enjoyable gameplay for low price. The kind of game you start playing and before you know it the sun is rising again and you have no idea where the last 12 hours went.

Picked this game up for full price based off of reviews. Loved it and would pay full price again! Other reviews have gone into various features of the game itself, so I'll skip that. However, I figured I would mention a bit about the Controller support. The game was definitely made with the keyboard/mouse interface in mind. However, I have been playing using an Xbox 360 Controller with only minimal difficulty. The right thumbstick controls the curser just like a mouse would. Unlike some games, the thumbstick/cursor isn't slow or clunky. Switching between items in your inventory is done using the L and R triggers and is quick and easy. The only downside is that you need a keyboard to name yourself and if you want to give custom names to your animals. Controller support isn't perfect on it, but its very playable. I've spent 40+ hours playing using the controller and its been quite a comfortable experience.