Stardew Valley

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8.8

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  1. Zophibee
    Sep 8, 2020
    7
    This game is entertaining and provides hours of fun. However my only issue is it gets boring FAST once you've discovered most things. Even once you get into using Mods, the game is no longer as enjoyable as when you first started playing. They need regular content updates to keep it fun.
  2. tufekciero
    Mar 12, 2021
    7
    GÜMÜŞ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  3. Wondux
    Jan 3, 2022
    7
    Amazing art style. The game felt extremely relaxing. It was very stress-relieving and enjoyable. I loved interacting with the characters, grinding, and crafting new material. It did not become boring with time - games similar to this usually tend to do that to me.
  4. mariavkj
    Mar 11, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Legalzinho, mas infelizmente não tenho paciência pra fazer o real objetivo do jogo que é cuidar da fazenda, mesmo com cheats.
    Depois que você casa não tem mais nada pra fazer com o npc, e os bebês não crescem :/    … Expand
  5. Jayces
    Jan 6, 2022
    7
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    ☐ Impossible to play    … Expand
  6. ErixKing
    Apr 7, 2023
    7
    Un juego muy tranquilo, con mecanicas sencillas y muy relajante. Disfrutable si sos de la clase de jugadores que no les gusta andar traihardeando
  7. Triblue
    May 21, 2023
    7
    Je suis détendu. Le jeu est si banale que je ne comprends pas pourquoi je l'adores.
  8. Twyng
    Aug 17, 2023
    7
    É um bom jogo. No começo você vai ficando lotado de coisas para fazer e a medida que passa se torna mais algo repetitivo e lento. No entanto, é um jogo com uma boa ambientação, trilha sonora e personagens. Bom para jogar com os amigos, anima muito mais o jogo.
  9. kuehnau
    Mar 7, 2016
    6
    I bought and spent most of my time playing Stardew Valley this weekend. I wish STEAM had a better system then simply to recommend it or not, because a lot of times, that isn't the best or easiest answer.

    Stardew Valley is a 'Harvest Moon' inspired farming/realtionship simulator with a dash of dungeon crawling and crafting thrown in. The graphics are appealing and the music is well done.    I bought and spent most of my time playing Stardew Valley this weekend. I wish STEAM had a better system then simply to recommend it or not, because a lot of times, that isn't the best or easiest answer.

    Stardew Valley is a 'Harvest Moon' inspired farming/realtionship simulator with a dash of dungeon crawling and crafting thrown in. The graphics are appealing and the music is well done.

    Unfortunately if you are already familiar with this kind of game play and mechanics, Stardew Valley really isn't all that creative, unique or innovative.

    The biggest problem with this game is, there has been many, many games, like this before it, that has done a significantly better job at what Stardew Valley is trying to achive. It's a farming simulator, but anyone aware of Harvest Moon can tell you it does a better job. It's a dungeon crawler, but only in the lightest of senses.

    And even then, Rune Factory not only did it better, but offered a huge selection of spells, skills, abilities, weapons, varying dungeons and even bosses. It's a crafting game, but the fact is, it offers much less then more traditional crafting games such as MineCraft or Terraria.

    It suffers from classic issues such as vague quests, plots and more. It can be a massive grind at times and can end up being incredibly tedious, to the point some people may become frustrated. And while multiplayer was initially announced, it's been pushed back for a later date (if we ever see it). Is it just me or is that completely disappointing? The one thing it could have done to really set itself apart from it's predecessors and it doesn't do it. And now that the game has been fully released, how can we expect to see that feature? 'Don't Starve' had to do a completely separate release to account for multiplayer aspects.

    What it boils down is, Stardew Valley isn't a bad game. I enjoyed the time I spent so far with the game, but, it doesn't really do anything new or innovative for a genre that has been around since the 90's. Stardew Valley is really very mediocre. Hopefully, in time, with a few updates pushed out, they'll prove me wrong.    … Expand
  10. CenkAlp
    Jan 3, 2018
    6
    Hikaye = 7
    Oynanış = 7
    Grafikler = 5
    Sesler = 5
    Keyif = 6
    Atmosfer = 6
    Süre = 6
  11. Mister_Jey
    Jan 31, 2021
    6
    → Papy me lègue sa ferme !
    Stardew Valley est un petit jeu chill/tranquille. Ici, le grand-père nous laisse sa ferme et son (immense) terrain en piteux état, ainsi il faut rénover, cultiver et gagner de l’argent pour développer le tout. Si le gameplay est agréable, j’ai quand même l’impression d’avoir fait le tour des choses à découvrir/faire après un peu plus de dix heures de jeu,    → Papy me lègue sa ferme !
    Stardew Valley est un petit jeu chill/tranquille. Ici, le grand-père nous laisse sa ferme et son (immense) terrain en piteux état, ainsi il faut rénover, cultiver et gagner de l’argent pour développer le tout. Si le gameplay est agréable, j’ai quand même l’impression d’avoir fait le tour des choses à découvrir/faire après un peu plus de dix heures de jeu, surtout après avoir atteint le niveau le plus profond de la mine. Je regrette notamment que le plus gros des quêtes consiste a récupérer des objets perdus (je me demande encore pourquoi le short du maire était chez ma voisine !), ou encore de donner des œufs, ou autres… ça finit par perdre de l’intérêt. Stardew Valley est une belle petite aventure à vivre mais manque en mon sens de quelques éléments supplémentaires pour m’attirer plus qu’il ne l’a fait.

    Sortie en février 2016.
    Développé par Chucklefish.    … Expand
  12. ZetaJiffils
    Dec 21, 2019
    6
    Llega a aburrir con el tiempo y si haces cultivos muy grandes, te pegas todo el día cogiendo los cultivos....un rollo.
  13. AlexMakesToast
    Jan 4, 2023
    6
    Stardew Valley = 6/10
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  14. ScienceAdvisor
    Jan 21, 2018
    5
    This is an excercise in reuse of coding, with RNG as the main gameplay mechanic to fill in some (very limited) sense of unexpectedness. Most of the artifical game mechanics are hidden, forcing you to be yet another wiki-warrior, wading through countless pages of information that shows how little logic or balancing is in Stardew Valley. When you realize the lone developer designed this toThis is an excercise in reuse of coding, with RNG as the main gameplay mechanic to fill in some (very limited) sense of unexpectedness. Most of the artifical game mechanics are hidden, forcing you to be yet another wiki-warrior, wading through countless pages of information that shows how little logic or balancing is in Stardew Valley. When you realize the lone developer designed this to allow you to easily maximize profits if you already know what you are doing, most of the crops can be skipped as they are only useful for in-game achievements which have not actual gameplay value except as the freemium gold star which is what this should be most famous for. Basically, Stardew Valley is a freemium-like game that pats you on the head repeatedly for doing very little, which seems to be exactly what many people apprectiate (or do not realize what is happening to them).

    When examined as a whole it does not really qualify as a game since there is no way to win, or to lose. Once you realize that, you can skip days at a time which quickly robs this of any meaning at all. If you have endless hours (50+) and OCD, then this piece of software is for you. If you actually want a game, a sim, or some combination thereof, look somewhere else (as of Jan. 2018).    … Expand
  15. r3venans
    Apr 11, 2016
    5
    8 for effort, decent though unoriginal gameplay, the art style, and mostly nice general aesthetics and feel
    -6 for disgusting cuck content that substantially damages the aforementioned aesthetics and feel
    +3 for moddability
  16. Hippie629
    Jul 13, 2018
    5
    The game starts off with a will from your dead grandpa, who has left you a property in the country that was dear to him. So that you can get away from your desk job (where you use a monitor larger than yourself) and get back to nature and enjoy the simple things in life.
    Once you arrive at the property you find it in a unkempt state, strange that place grandpa love so much was so run    The game starts off with a will from your dead grandpa, who has left you a property in the country that was dear to him. So that you can get away from your desk job (where you use a monitor larger than yourself) and get back to nature and enjoy the simple things in life.
    Once you arrive at the property you find it in a unkempt state, strange that place grandpa love so much was so run downed. And you begin rebuilding it by doing various tasks and jobs, while getting to know the towns people.

    The game tries to give off an atmosphere of relaxing and getting back to nature and the simple parts of life, but the mechanics make this a number cruncher were you're trying to maximize your efficacy with each in game day.
    The in game time moves so fast, that you'll always feel like you need to rush everything in order to get things done in time.
    To find out what you need to do, you need to go the bulletin board in town, which wastes time getting to and information like characters birthdays are not saved in your journal.
    So you have to go back to town to keep track of things, which gets repetitive.

    One of the most time consuming things is socializing with NPCs, so you can get gifts in the mail and progress their story.
    You increase your friendship with them by giving them gifts, you need to find them first, which can be a challenge as they move around following a schedule that you can only find out about through trail and error.
    Then you go through more trail and error trying to find out what gifts they like.
    And character interaction only gives you a single line that repeats until you increase your friendship.

    Your characters skill progression is really slow, and doesn't show progress to the next level.
    The skills feel like they should be split up as the foraging skill unlocks the lightning rod and magic totems, while the mining skill lets you transmute metals and unlock cooking recipes.
    Feels like there should be more skills magic, building, cooking Etc.

    The game only saves when you sleep, the menu only exits to the desktop and not the main menu,
    and the map is poorly detailed. The crafting menu is cluttered as it uses the in world sprites for the items.
    The game uses a grabs every item in range if you have inventory room system, that can be a pain to manage.
    Doing precise things can be a problem as you interact with items, which either relies on what direction you are facing or where the cursor is. Miss clicks can happen when you use items causing you to waste resources. The game always asks to confirm you eat something.

    The Fishing mini game is just poorly made and is not fun to play. Mining is can be annoying, as enemies will continue to respawn. A notable bug is, when multiple exit ladders can spawn in a single level but go to the same place. The torches are awkward to use.

    The art of the game ranges from ok to bad. This game has no focus, it tries to be a relaxing game with its tone and dialog, but its pacing and mechanics make you rush through stuff to avoid wasting resource and chances to progress.

    I would like to a more focused game from the developer.    … Expand
  17. Nexre
    Nov 5, 2016
    5
    super friggin slow, like what do I do other than walk around and water plants?

    I dont want meaningless relationships with the npcs, feels like im wasting my time for something to happen and it never does
  18. bar0yka
    Dec 24, 2022
    5
    minecraftın 2d hali tam olarak ama oyunu rpg yle harmanlayıp sunmuşlar bana hitap etmedi 2d olduğu için usta...
  19. 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.
  20. 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-
  21. elefsar
    Apr 22, 2021
    4
    Mediocre story, bad game play, boring, bad graphic choice for me. Didn't love the game simply.
  22. aa_nayeem
    Jan 25, 2022
    4
    It's an extremely overrated game. It is boring and has a lot of control issues.
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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).
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. 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
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Awards & Rankings

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#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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