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Stardew Valley

2016 · ConcernedApe · ~60h to finish

The only real pressure is the clock: every day you spend without a plan is a day the season quietly takes back.

farmingsimrpgPCPlayStation 5Xbox SeriesNintendo SwitchSteam DeckMobileMetacritic 89
GlobalUNRATED
Baseline difficulty4.2MODERATE

You will lose sometimes. You will not mind.

Price on Steam

$14.99

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The fingerprint

12.55.07.510
Grind
6.2
Obscurity
3.8
Strategy
3.5
Learning Curve
2.5
Puzzle
1.5
Punishment
0.8
Execution
0.8
Reaction
0.5
PUBLISHEDHARDEST DEMAND FIRST
  • Assist options shave roughly 0.2 points off, if you use them.

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Screenshots

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Where it bites

SPOILER-SAFE BY DEFAULT
START25%HALFWAY75%CREDITS
  1. 22% · ~12hStrategy

    the first winter, when the thing you have been doing stops working

    33
  2. 70% · ~45hPunishment

    the optional deep dungeon that ignores every rule the game taught you

    6

Assists & accessibility

0/2 SOURCED

MOTOR & INPUT

  • Fully remappable controls [unsourced]Full rebinding on PC, including the tool-use and menu keys.

VISION

  • Scalable UI & text [unsourced]Separate zoom and UI-scale sliders.

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What it is

You inherit a derelict farm and rebuild it across four seasons, splitting your days between crops, mining, fishing and the townspeople. There is no ending you can fail to reach.

Where to go from here

Argue with these asks

The same shape, one rung harder. The next thing, not the hardest thing.

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