

While the game's primary focus is farming, Stardew Valley also features fishing, foraging, mining, a combat system and scripted social events. Eventually the player can keep livestock, which are not slaughtered for their meat, but instead generate animal products such as eggs and milk. Farming gameplay involves tilling soil and planting various seeds, as well as maintaining and eventually harvesting the resultant crops. The core gameplay of Stardew Valley is a farming simulation and employs the typical conventions of many simulation games, such as a day/night cycle and seasonal changes. It was later ported to the Nintendo Switch on Octoand will receive a PlayStation Vita port sometime in 2018. As a special Collector's Edition, the retail release features a soundtrack CD and poster of the in-game map. The game was also ported by Sickhead to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on December 14, 2016, with a retail release by 505 Games on April 11, 2017.

These include new late-game content, more game mechanics and events, improved UI and polish, and multiplayer support (for up to four players). Originally a solo project that took four years of development, Stardew Valley later received numerous post-release updates with assistance by both Chucklefish and Playism (for localization). While maintaining their farmland, players can build relationships (both friendly and romantic) with the villagers in and around Pelican Town, learn new trades (including mining and fishing), encounter numerous fantasy creatures (some of which are friendly), and attempt to revitalize the region (by either restoring the town's Community Center or paying the antagonistic Joja Corporation to refurbish it).

After feeling burdened by their office job in the city, the player character moves to the region after obtaining the deed to their grandfather's neglected farm, where they work to get it restored. It was made available to Mac and Linux platforms on Jand was later ported to numerous consoles (alongside numerous updates).īuilt in the same vein as the Harvest Moon and Rune Factory series, players control a customizable resident of the isolated rural region of Stardew Valley. Stardew Valley is a top-down modern-fantasy life-simulation action-RPG created by indie developer Eric Barone (under the studio name ConcernedApe) and digitally published by Chucklefish for the PC on February 26, 2016.
