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Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley — Genres, rating & game data

The hero (in the beginning you can choose gender, name and appearance) - an office worker who inherited an abandoned farm. The landscape of the farm can also be selected. For example, you can decide whether there will be a river nearby for fishing. The farm area needs to be cleared, and it will take

Stardew Valley is a sandbox game developed by Chucklefish, 2016. It stands out for cozy gameplay and a fantasy setting. Available in multiplayer and single-player mode. With an NextGameLike Score of 91/100, it ranks as an exceptional title in our catalog.

About Stardew Valley

The hero (in the beginning you can choose gender, name and appearance) - an office worker who inherited an abandoned farm. The landscape of the farm can also be selected. For example, you can decide whether there will be a river nearby for fishing. The farm area needs to be cleared, and it will take time. The hero has many different activities: plant and care for plants, raise livestock, practice crafts, extract ore, and also enter into relationships with residents of the neighbouring town to earn game money. Relationships with characters include communication, performing tasks for money, exchanging, searching for fossils and even military actions and marrying. The character is limited by the reserve of strength and health - both parameters are visible on the screen, and the game automatically puts the hero to rest if the limit of his capabilities is close. The game does not set any ultimate or primary goal, its many possibilities are designed for an unlimited time.

How Stardew Valley was received

Of the 1,005,073 Steam player reviews, 98% are positive. Critics score it 89/100 on Metacritic, reflecting acclaim.

Players

  • Steam players1,005,073 reviews98%Overwhelmingly positive
  • IGDB community1,738 reviews86/100

Critics

  • Metacritic89/100
  • OpenCritic76 reviews90/100
  • IGDB13 reviews91/100

Aggregated from public ratings on Steam, IGDB, Metacritic and OpenCritic. NextGameLike does not host its own reviews.

NextGameLike Score

91/100 ↗

Rating

👍 88%

2K votes

Type

Sandbox, Simulation, RPG

Released

2016

Updated May 2026

Developer

Chucklefish

Avg. playtime

~13h

Platforms

PC, PlayStation, Xbox, iOS, Android, Apple Macintosh, Linux, Nintendo

Official trailer for Stardew Valley

Screenshots of Stardew Valley

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