Stardew Valley

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User Score
8.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1599 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,414 out of 1599
  2. Mixed: 101 out of 1599
  3. Negative: 84 out of 1599

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  1. mrclopes
    Apr 5, 2016
    0
    I'm shocked.
    - Graphics are pre-historic and the 2D sprites are "ok" at best.
    - Sounds and music are very basic and have MIDI quality. - Characters are bland and lack personality. - The gameplay mechanics are boring and repetitive. The combat mechanics is ridiculously uncreative. I felt insulted. The gameplay in general, lack any depth. Everything is a chore, and due poor time    I'm shocked.
    - Graphics are pre-historic and the 2D sprites are "ok" at best.
    - Sounds and music are very basic and have MIDI quality.
    - Characters are bland and lack personality.
    - The gameplay mechanics are boring and repetitive. The combat mechanics is ridiculously uncreative. I felt insulted.
    The gameplay in general, lack any depth. Everything is a chore, and due poor time management mechanics, it's impossible to not be stressed by this game, And if you want to gift those bland NPCs, be prepared for more stressful time trying to catch them.

    And about the story, well, I'm afraid I can't really complete a review because after the first year I stopped playing and deleted this game. Only the thought of going trough all this again was too much for me.

    I can't think of anything but give this game a solid 0.    … Expand
  2. legendarysnake
    May 22, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ele é um jogo que poderiam ser bom mas cheio de ideias mal executadas. Ele tenta ser megalomaníaco demais, e importa elementos de minecraft de uma forma que fica bem irritante. Pra zerar o jogo você tem que reerguer um centro comunitário que fica no quinto dos infernos do segundo mapa e tem que ir lá pessoalmente quando consegue um novo item necessário. Deveria dar pra administrar à distância mas não... Achou o peixe que vc quer? Vá pessoalmente no centro comunitário e vá num menu complicado inserir o peixe pessoalmente... É extremamente idiota.

    Ele comete o pecado de apresentar a robin que é a mulher com os sprites mais bonitos do jogo, e colocar ela como casada. Isso é um absurdo. Tudo nesse jogo é esquerdista. A maioria dos personagens em vez de serem caricaturados e agradáveis como num harvest moon/rune factory são todos cheios de defeitos e detestáveis. Eu poderia ficar listando mas eu não quero ser banido do metacritic. Os sprites são feios, as garotas são feias, a trilha sonora é chata, a movimentação é truncada, ele não anda na diagonal, o som dos passos é irritante, o jogo te limita a dar só 2 presentes por personagem o que limita seu progresso com ele, o design do mapa é confuso, ele não te mostra aonde está todo mundo. Deveria ser um jogo que abraça mais a fantasia, já que não é um mundo real que está lá(tem magia!!!). Deveria ter opções de teleporte como um teleporte pra praia ou pras minas, ou pra casa do feiticeiro, ou pro spa. Deveria ter menos items no jogo, é item pra caralho, e não tem como saber qual personagem gosta de qual item. Ele é um jogo incoerente, a maioria dos personagens não parece ser influenciada ou mesmo saber das minas mágicas com monstros, isso não afeta a vida deles, mesmo sendo uma cidade pequena...

    Pescar nesse jogo é uma porcaria,deveria ser apenas puxar quando a vara vibra, mas não, tem que ter o minigame idiota que ninguém pediu e ninguém quer lá.

    Se você é perfeccionista, NÃO jogue esse jogo, a lista de tarefas nele é algo de dar ansiedade ao extremo. A angustia de não saber aonde está um personagem que você quer presentear, esse sistema de poder perder a amizade com alguém com o tempo por não falar com a pessoa... é um jogo nao precisava trazer tanto a vida real a ele.
    Ele é um jogo feito pennsando em um grinding pesado, em uma repetição totalmente insana. Vc é recompensado com pequenas migalhas de progresso que não satisfatórias, pois como eu já disse, os personagens são estranhos, e são demais como pessoas na vida real.

    A única coisa que eu realmente acho legal nele é o sistema de irrigar com um irrigador automático. A única.

    Quer um jogo melhor? Jogue rune factory 3 ou algum outro harvest moon, os personagens apesar de serem caricaturas são mais agradáveis que qualquer um desse elenco feio e entediante de stardew valley.    … Expand
  3. shadowofforms
    Dec 17, 2016
    4
    It was promising, and I just get past the fact that the days are way too short and that I have to run back to my house to sleep every day. It really limits the flow of things.

    I prefer Animal Crossing much more.
  4. Chiggins06
    Apr 20, 2016
    3
    I think a lot of people must hold some kind of nostalgic view with this game. I couldn't play it more than 30 minutes.

    If you are into Harvest Moon (I was not) you will probably like this game. For me, the gameplay is boring, the story is not engaging, and the crafting system is clunky and confusing. It is incredibly frustrating trying to get into a game only to need to use a wiki    I think a lot of people must hold some kind of nostalgic view with this game. I couldn't play it more than 30 minutes.

    If you are into Harvest Moon (I was not) you will probably like this game. For me, the gameplay is boring, the story is not engaging, and the crafting system is clunky and confusing. It is incredibly frustrating trying to get into a game only to need to use a wiki article to figure something out like 5 minutes in.

    I wouldn't spend more than a couple of bucks on this game, and even then it wouldn't be worth it for me.    … Expand
  5. Pudges
    Sep 22, 2021
    0
    i spent hours on this game exactly almost 300hours I definitely recommend this for you to play
  6. aBronyPlays
    Sep 17, 2022
    0
    Actual trash. It's passing out and loosing your gold on your own property that did it in for me. **** these devs and their terrible game. After a year in game the game is pretty much all played out. You can probably get in about eight to twelve hours of game play before year two. The "game" isn't worth the price. Or any price.
  7. AlphaMale
    May 19, 2019
    1
    For most of my time in Stardew Valley I was sleeping. No, actually for most of the time I was in Stardew Valley I was watering my crops. I know I can get sprinklers but its just not worth it. The boring thing is talking to people, it's so boring, there should be an update that allows the player to hurt NPCs, also there should be multiplayer. Stardew Valley is a finished game with a lot ofFor most of my time in Stardew Valley I was sleeping. No, actually for most of the time I was in Stardew Valley I was watering my crops. I know I can get sprinklers but its just not worth it. The boring thing is talking to people, it's so boring, there should be an update that allows the player to hurt NPCs, also there should be multiplayer. Stardew Valley is a finished game with a lot of content missing.… Expand
  8. Winterspark
    Mar 6, 2016
    2
    I don't get it. It has graphics from the 1980s (which isn't cute, it's just **** It involves a large amount of formulaic grinding to water plants, mine bits of rock and collect other random crap (much like what I imagine farmville is like).
  9. freenik
    Mar 26, 2021
    0
    Seriously, before I even buy this game, I thought it will be a crappy copycat of Harvest Moon/牧場物語. This game turns out to be a superb piece and you can really feel how much passion the developer put into it. A lot of room for improvement but that does not hide this gem.
  10. KyawYelYint
    May 30, 2021
    0
    A MUST have game. Have fun with your friends or chill alone. Those who don't like this game is from employees from Joja mart. I knew it.
  11. PsychoJoona
    May 8, 2021
    4
    Really boooring, not fun at least for me. It has some fun things but after 40 hours it doesn't get better than that. Soundtrack is awful too and sound effects-
  12. SeyeerGame
    May 28, 2021
    0
    Игра очень скучна и в конце концов надоедает. К сожалению, но это так. Как бы я себя не заставлял продвинуться, никак не получалось. Игра могла быть хорошей, но не вышло
  13. Thanatos909
    May 7, 2021
    2
    ОЧЕРЕДНАЯ "ШЕДЕВРАЛЬНАЯ" ИГРА!
    Не смог удержаться перед огромным восторгом массы от этой игры и решил поиграть... Восторг не разделил.
    Атмосфера - хорошая. Музыка - конкретно под атмосферу этой игры - нормально. На этом, для меня, достоинства игры заканчиваются. Дальше начинается бесконечный гринд ВСЕГО подряд, разбавленный унылыми и неинтересными ивентами. =) Час собирал камни и    ОЧЕРЕДНАЯ "ШЕДЕВРАЛЬНАЯ" ИГРА!
    Не смог удержаться перед огромным восторгом массы от этой игры и решил поиграть... Восторг не разделил.
    Атмосфера - хорошая.
    Музыка - конкретно под атмосферу этой игры - нормально.
    На этом, для меня, достоинства игры заканчиваются.
    Дальше начинается бесконечный гринд ВСЕГО подряд, разбавленный унылыми и неинтересными ивентами. =)
    Час собирал камни и палки? Отлично, у нас тут ивент, пора бы собрать разбросанные по деревне яйца , м, ок...
    Рыбалка не отличается от остального унылого райт-клик гринда помойки в виде камней и т.д.
    Боёвка такой же унылый, деревянный, гринд.
    Ферма - тривиальное поливание.
    Персонажи совершенно не заинтересовывают, - болванчики с парой фраз.
    Всё же захотел взаимодействий с другими персонажами?
    Хорошо, друг, гринди с ними отношения и гринди им на подарки, потом авось поймёшь кому что дарить без помощи гугла, это же так интересно =D.
    Игра - тривиальная убивалка времени, не больше, о каком ещё увлекательном игровом опыте вы толкуете?! Ладно, раз народ действительно УВЛЕКЛО всё это(судя по количеству положительных отзывов) так тому и быть.
    В очередной раз убеждаюсь что не стоит вестись на оверхайп какой-либо очередной "гениальной"(посредственной) игры...
    Итог - 2 срубленных дерева из 1000.    … Expand
  14. elefsar
    Apr 22, 2021
    4
    Mediocre story, bad game play, boring, bad graphic choice for me. Didn't love the game simply.
  15. hisdemetleri
    Dec 17, 2021
    0
    bu oyuna ne desem az gerçekten. grafikleri, müzikleri insanı kadar rahatlatıyor ki. bu oyuna girdiğimde gülümseyrek ayrılıyorum.
    ben daha oyunun başlarında olmama rağmen çok derin bir hikayesi var. sonuçta oyun küçük bir kasabada geçiyor, sürekli aynı şeyleri tekrar ediyor gibi düşünmüştüm. ama hiç öyle değilmiş, hiç tahmin etmediğim zamanda yepyeni bir şeyler ortaya çıkabiliyor.    bu oyuna ne desem az gerçekten. grafikleri, müzikleri insanı kadar rahatlatıyor ki. bu oyuna girdiğimde gülümseyrek ayrılıyorum.
    ben daha oyunun başlarında olmama rağmen çok derin bir hikayesi var. sonuçta oyun küçük bir kasabada geçiyor, sürekli aynı şeyleri tekrar ediyor gibi düşünmüştüm. ama hiç öyle değilmiş, hiç tahmin etmediğim zamanda yepyeni bir şeyler ortaya çıkabiliyor. beklentilerimin çok çok üstünde bir oyun. fiyatı da gerçekten çok uygun.    … Expand
  16. aa_nayeem
    Jan 25, 2022
    4
    It's an extremely overrated game. It is boring and has a lot of control issues.
  17. Resoul
    Jun 21, 2023
    3
    (I dislike it but it's not bad per say)

    The map is way too big for how slow you move, it takes way to long to get around and the controls are also awkward as hell/bad as far as framing games go there is only one that i would rather play this over and thats framing sim but there are so many better framing games such as harvest moon
  18. Asparz
    Feb 11, 2023
    1
    the worst **** that can have tried I regret a lot and all because a friend recommended it to me, an indie with the same mediocre and poor design that all indies have, and the typical farm game where you do every **** day the same job as a slave and on top of that you earn nothing and with a boring story.

    I give it a point because it has many redhead female npcs.

Awards & Rankings

7
#7 Best PC Game of 2016
14
#14 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
10
#10 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. RPG Fan
    Jul 19, 2017
    92
    Stardew Valley is without a doubt the best game in the Harvest Moon genre in many years. It has a subtle message about what it means to live a good life and to flourish through a combination of hard work and human connection. The Harvest Moon games all basically boil down to managing a mix of time, tasks, and metrics, and recent entries in the series have relied heavily on exploiting a new gameplay gimmick with each iteration: in one it's crafting structures for the town, in another it's trading with foreign economies. The problem with this approach is that once these gimmicks are exhausted — all the houses built or all the goods traded — the games feel hollow. Stardew Valley succeeds by delivering a robust experience that does not merely rely on watching a meter go up. It has something to say and says it well, while never abandoning the core gameplay that attracted players in the first place.
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  2. GameGrin
    Sep 23, 2016
    90
    Don't start this game if you value relationships, your job, your social life, and having free time. Stardew Valley will take all of that away from you, but it's okay because it's a great game.
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  3. Gamer.nl
    Jul 25, 2016
    85
    Stardew Valley is a fine, smart farm simulation game. It is slow and it involves a lot of daily tasks, but in Stardew Valley there is something ingenious about those tasks.
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