Stardew Valley Game Information

Game Information

Overall Rank: 540

Average Rating: 4/5

# of Ratings: 4

US Release Date: 02/26/2016

Platform: PC (Steam)

Genres: Role Playing (RPG), Strategy (Simulation)

ESRB Rating: E10+

Multiplayer: No

Developer: ConcernedApe

Publisher: ChuckleFish

Also Available On: Nintendo Network, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Synopsis: You have inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. With only some old tools and pocketful of coins, can you turn this overgrown plot of land in to a home? Stardew Valley itself has seen better days as the Joja Corporation has moved in and all but eliminated the old ways, with the Community Center lying in shambles. If you can restore your home, why not all of Stardew Valley? And maybe you can even find love... Explore a vast world and improve five areas: farming, mining, combat, fishing, and foraging. Engage with over 30 unique characters, each with their own stories, explore a vast, mysterious cave and get lost in the open world as you explore all the possibilities around you.

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Chris Kavan
Chris Kavan
Sandbox Addict

Rating of
4/5

Farm with Friends for Relaxing Fun

Chris Kavan - wrote on 08/29/2021

While farm-sim type games haven't been around forever, they have enjoyed plenty of iterations over the years from Harvest Moon (or Story of Seasons to more modern gamers) to the more realistic Farming Simulator series - and, yes, a lot of mobile games as well, perhaps none more popular than FarmVille back in the day. Stardew Valley, from ConcernedApe, takes most of its inspiration from the classic Harvest Moon series, but manages to stand on its own. It offers a wide variety of things to do - but, more importantly, it also offers up to four-player cooperative gameplay and while it's a chill, calm game, having more people along just makes things go along much more smoothly.

Looks and Stuff: The game was inspired by the classic Harvest Moon and so is the look. The top-down models look …

Nelson Schneider
Nelson Schneider
Epic Reviewer

Rating of
3/5

I’ve Been Culturally Appropriated

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 12/11/2020

Way back in 1997, Japanese publisher, Natsume, released the first game in what would become the long-running ‘Harvest Moon’ franchise. Over the course of the last 20+ years, ‘Harvest Moon’ has rarely been without a new release, though it has morphed from a console game to a dedicated handheld experience. Recently, Natsume and its former developers went their separate ways, and thanks to the idiosyncrasies if trademark and copyright law, Natsume was able to retain the rights to the ‘Harvest Moon’ title, while the developers, now Marvelous Entertainment and that company’s publishing arm Xseed Games, was able to re-localize the original Japanese title to ‘Song of Seasons,’ and begin churning out modern remakes of their old work.

‘Harvest Moon’ had a surprising …

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