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After inheriting an overgrown farm, grow crops, explore mines, fish, and build relationships at your own pace.
Released 26 Feb 2016
Restore the Community Center
Farm With Seven Friends
Explore Monster-Filled Mines
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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You inherit your grandfather’s overgrown farm and begin a new life in Stardew Valley. There is no single required way to spend your days: you can shape the farm, explore the valley, and decide whether to help restore the community center or support Joja.
Grow seasonal crops, raise animals, plant an orchard, and craft machines and other useful items. You can also fish, forage, gather resources, and explore monster-filled caves for materials and treasure. Skills in farming, mining, combat, fishing, and foraging improve as you play, unlocking recipes, areas, and professions.
Meet townspeople with their own schedules and stories, build friendships by talking and giving gifts, and pursue romance, marriage, and family life. Seasonal festivals add events to the calendar, and online co-op lets up to seven other players join your farm and work together.
Many supplied reviewers value the game as a comforting escape with a pace they can set for themselves, whether they spend their days farming, fishing, exploring, or getting to know the townspeople. They also describe its range of activities and long-term progression as absorbing, and some especially enjoy playing with friends. A smaller number find the repeating routines or open-ended goals less appealing, while one reviewer mentions limited dialogue and events later in a save.


| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 49 |
| Age ratings |
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| Players | 1–8 |
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| Multiplayer | Stardew Valley supports single-player and cooperative multiplayer. The official description states "8 Player Farming," where 1-7 invited players can join online, for up to 8 total players. Steam features list Online Co-op, LAN Co-op, and Shared/Split Screen Co-op. Players work together on a shared farm, can share resources, and reviews mention options for shared or separate money. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Mods exist and can affect multiplayer. Reviews mention an unofficial multiplayer mod before the official update, general mod support, and some mods adding content or quality-of-life features. No provided text confirms cross-compatibility requirements or specific multiplayer mod behavior beyond that. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 89/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |