Stardew Valley

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 703 Ratings

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  1. andrew9
    May 4, 2022
    9
    stardew valley .
  2. TheGameIsALie
    Oct 5, 2018
    9
    Stardew Valley é um jogo relaxante e extremamente divertido. A variedade de atividades para realizar mantém o jogador preso à tela e torna esse um dos jogos mais viciantes dos últimos anos. Merece ser jogado por qualquer pessoa que tenha acesso a ele, principalmente considerando o seu preço atual.
  3. ijol
    Jan 9, 2019
    9
    It's definitely Harvest Moon with lots of refinements in the story and level design.
    I really feel like I belong in the valley.
  4. M3G4L
    Sep 15, 2022
    9
    The highlight in the farming game genre. Fun with hundreds of hours that can be spent learning about the characters in the game, making your farm better and better, and adventuring in the caves. It's the best combination of relaxing after a bad day at work and satisfactory progress in the town of the game. The game is really deserving of this score and your time.
  5. Madrinhax9
    Nov 16, 2019
    9
    Melhor jogo de fazenda que joguei na vida, como um fã de longa data de Harvest Moon eu recebi um jogo com todos os bons aspectos dos jogos antigos e mais algumas ferramentas novas, apesar de ser um jogo indie e leve estranhei que o jogo sofre de alguns problemas de desempenho e uns bugs estranhos, mas que nao afetam tanto a gameplay na minha opinião, chega até ser engraçado, e o fator deMelhor jogo de fazenda que joguei na vida, como um fã de longa data de Harvest Moon eu recebi um jogo com todos os bons aspectos dos jogos antigos e mais algumas ferramentas novas, apesar de ser um jogo indie e leve estranhei que o jogo sofre de alguns problemas de desempenho e uns bugs estranhos, mas que nao afetam tanto a gameplay na minha opinião, chega até ser engraçado, e o fator de poder jogar com amigos online foi uma otima ideia visto que eu nao sou muito amigável com os npcs da vila e sendo um jogo que possa ser repetitivo e monotono pra algumas pessoas depois de um tempo é uma boa dividir o espaço pra interagir e pedir ajuda de um conhecido.… Expand
  6. Clockworkenergy
    May 22, 2020
    9
    Pros:
    Good pacing and feeling of steady progression
    Beautiful music Lots of customization Lovely sound design Lots to do and collect Fun gameplay Good story (don't expect an epic amazing storyline but it's pretty good writing for a video game and has a lot of heart) Cons: Character portraits are sort of ugly Repetitive gameplay Combat isn't that great Controls are annoying (it's easy to    Pros:
    Good pacing and feeling of steady progression
    Beautiful music
    Lots of customization
    Lovely sound design
    Lots to do and collect
    Fun gameplay
    Good story (don't expect an epic amazing storyline but it's pretty good writing for a video game and has a lot of heart)

    Cons:
    Character portraits are sort of ugly
    Repetitive gameplay
    Combat isn't that great
    Controls are annoying (it's easy to accidentally skip an important cutscene, give away a priceless item or blow up half your farm by pressing the wrong button)

    Poured about 200 hours into this game and I still have lots left to do.    … Expand
  7. Graphicwave80
    Dec 6, 2019
    9
    I have played Stardew Valley on the PS4 and on my Ipad and I have to say, it fits really good on the Nintendo Switch. Especially on the handheld mode. Great relaxing game. Its a must have for the Nintendo Switch!
  8. fanmadeendings
    Feb 15, 2022
    9
    Perfect fit for the Switch! Very deep farming RPG and an effective time waster!
  9. dabooker
    Apr 11, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Every day the walls seem to get a little closer. Did they move the desks in the office last night?

    ....

    Your grandfather gave you a sealed envelope when you were young.

    Old guy said don't open it until you need to.

    ...

    Today's the day.

    Hey look, the old guy left you the farm. After he bought the farm. Sweet. Imma get some hoe time.

    Stardew Valley is the happiest little bubble universe you've ever landed in. Live the dream as you get a house and a ridiculous amount of land for free. You're immortal - you don't need to eat. If you die, you may lose some items to scavengers and scallywags. It may even cost you a tiny percentage of your wealth. But you will awaken safe and sound to nothing more than a little note in your mailbox explaining what miracle of cooincidence the universe needed to provide for you to LIVE.

    So, you don't need to eat and you can't die. And if you play long enough, you'll realize you don't age either.

    So what can you do? Make the land awesome. Grow stuff. Chop stuff. Milk stuff. Sell stuff. Eat stuff. Hit stuff. Dig stuff. Gather stuff. Kill stuff. Well no, you do that elsewhere.

    Meet all the cool people in town and learn their routines so you can show up before they do - when you choose one of the eligible marriage candidates and want to focus your efforts you will channel Bill Murray's Groundhog Day as you learn where they will be on which day... and be waiting for them. it's not creepy, it's romantic!

    Manipulate them through gift giving to love you like a dearest friend and share their innermost secrets with you. They'll also give you free stuff.

    Enslave animals to produce raw goods you can refine into more fattening ones to sell in your magic shipping box! Keep them locked in their quarters or allow them to roam free about the farm so that you can touch them as you pass. For you see, these animals respond to affection well.

    I particularly enjoyed the fact the game allowed me to choose if I wanted my animals to freeze over the winter or not. Once they love you enough the cold doesn't do enough to really affect their production, so you can save money on heating.

    Vegetable piracy is another great feature. You can purchase your seeds from the shop in town (ASSUMING IT ISN'T WEDNESDAY BECAUSE GOD FORBID HE'S EVER OPEN ON A WEDNESDAY) and grow them to term. Then you can use a machine to turn them into more seeds. Grow yer own!

    You do really get to know the villagers over time as you play the game, and that's what endears this game to me. They've been updating content constantly since I've been playing it to add new encounters, seeds, wacky stuff and new places to explore. It's a solid game on all platforms and the only thing that keeps it from 10/10 is no interplatform coop. I hope one day they find a way.

    One thing to note is you can port from PC to some of the mobile versions, and it's pretty cheap so we own it on a few different systems.

    Buy the farm, be happy. Chill out.    … Expand
  10. anonymous1112
    Mar 26, 2022
    9
    A beautiful and relaxing game.
    Run nicely on swith without bugs.
    A lots of hours spent on it !
  11. glittergoose
    Aug 24, 2020
    9
    Charming, calming, comforting. How many hours have I whittled away fishing, farming, and chasing the townsfolk with my signature Blueberry Jam? Countless. Have I "beaten" the game? No. How does one "beat" farming any way?

    Each day you wake up and go about your business, unless its a Wednesday and your business involves buying seeds at Pierre's. This game is like a zen garden. Just go    Charming, calming, comforting. How many hours have I whittled away fishing, farming, and chasing the townsfolk with my signature Blueberry Jam? Countless. Have I "beaten" the game? No. How does one "beat" farming any way?

    Each day you wake up and go about your business, unless its a Wednesday and your business involves buying seeds at Pierre's. This game is like a zen garden. Just go with the flow, do what makes you happy, just get home before you pass out in a cave. Every year, I'm a better version of myself. Life is good in Stardew Valley.    … Expand
  12. IrrelevantGeOff
    Jul 25, 2021
    9
    Truly an incredible game, and a real surprise for me! I never would’ve thought a farm / relationship simulator would pull me in but I’ve now played on 4 platforms across multiple saves. I love it!
  13. GVB
    Jan 11, 2023
    9
    I'm a busy man and I've spent more than 200 hours in this game. And now I'm married and happy... both in real life and in Stardew Valley... so yes, this is a 9.
  14. Otah
    Dec 18, 2020
    9
    A simply fantastic game, incredibly fun to play and along with the portability feature as well as the exciting, upcoming multiplayer feature, this game is simply a must have for all Switch owners!
  15. Dazeuniverse
    Apr 2, 2021
    9
    Sometimes I'm picky when it comes to pixel graphics and the idea of farming combined with pixel graphics made me hesitate to play the game. It looked so tedious. As a lover of farming games, I got past that fairly quickly and the graphics aren't even a downfall.
  16. wentos
    Mar 31, 2021
    9
    I basically love everything about this game. I grew up playing a lot of the older Harvest Moon games so this was incredibly nostalgic for me. Stardew Valley essentially takes the best pieces of those games and mashes them together. I don't really have anything else to say other than that.

    I only have one complaint and seems to be specific to the Switch version. There are occasional    I basically love everything about this game. I grew up playing a lot of the older Harvest Moon games so this was incredibly nostalgic for me. Stardew Valley essentially takes the best pieces of those games and mashes them together. I don't really have anything else to say other than that.

    I only have one complaint and seems to be specific to the Switch version. There are occasional frame rate drops and inexplicable pauses that are actually really disruptive. While walking around the mines, sometimes the screen will just freeze but my character will keep walking, sometimes right into enemies and I wind up dying. It's also caused me to miss getting to sleep on time by a few seconds once or twice. Frustrating but not the end of the world.

    Overall it's just an amazing casual game. I would skip the Switch version and get it on PC though. The PC version gets quicker updates and has mods, among other things.    … Expand
  17. Melodicdeathjaz
    Sep 12, 2021
    9
    Not a fan of most sim games, but thus one is definitely special..has a lot of rpg elements that keep my interests.
  18. SheldanxD
    Nov 27, 2022
    9
    Juegos de los god, recomendado para relajarse, no busquen tutoriales y guias, solo recorranlo y encuentren los detalles por ustedes.
  19. JoeyPL5
    Nov 16, 2021
    9
    I found the day-to-day chores tedious and couldn't find value in the in-game currency, but it has a lot of charm and is probably perfect for the intended audience.
  20. Nottodd
    Feb 6, 2022
    9
    This game is great it is so nice and kind. It helped my friend get his first girlfriend. She worked at the bar. It is so much fun to connect with digital people. I am so lonely.
  21. glennandre
    Feb 6, 2022
    9
    Amazing gameplay loop and great graphics. Bought first on PC - it’s even better on Switch!
  22. stupidopinion
    Jun 20, 2022
    9
    Imagine Animal Crossing if the player had an active role in progression. The game is super relaxing and engaging, providing plenty of options to the player at any given moment. Many ways to play and has a brilliantly made co op that makes it almost infinitely replayable. As a bonus it probably has the best fishing minigame of any videogame. Despite all this praise, the game isn't perfect,Imagine Animal Crossing if the player had an active role in progression. The game is super relaxing and engaging, providing plenty of options to the player at any given moment. Many ways to play and has a brilliantly made co op that makes it almost infinitely replayable. As a bonus it probably has the best fishing minigame of any videogame. Despite all this praise, the game isn't perfect, there are occasional graphical issues in some of the areas of the game that look kind of ugly and there are multiple npcs that are not at all fleshed out. The heart system is arbitrary for characters like Sandy and the Dwarf and the child system is both boring and pointless. It's much more fun to sacrifice babies than raise them tbh. This is my 4th favorite game out there and I'd highly recommend it. 300 hours in and I'm sure that number will continue to rise… Expand
  23. TheChalous
    Jul 23, 2022
    9
    Se nota demasiado el cariño con el que han hecho este juego, es espectacular, muy relajante y divertido, llevo 170 horas en steam.
  24. Kurolie
    Aug 20, 2022
    9
    Stardew Valley is a farming sim with combat (venture into the mines) and relationships (befriend the citizens of the valley and even marry!). Honestly everyone knows how great Stardew Valley is, so i'll list what I think makes this game so great, even many years later:
    - easy to put over a hundred hours into
    - memorable characters and npc's - variety in activities (i'm not only tied to    Stardew Valley is a farming sim with combat (venture into the mines) and relationships (befriend the citizens of the valley and even marry!). Honestly everyone knows how great Stardew Valley is, so i'll list what I think makes this game so great, even many years later:
    - easy to put over a hundred hours into
    - memorable characters and npc's
    - variety in activities (i'm not only tied to farming)
    - no end
    - a lot of content overall (crops, achievements, ginger island, etc).

    For the price of +- 15 euros I say: if you still haven't tried Stardew Valley, please do!    … Expand
  25. BritainButNot
    Oct 4, 2022
    9
    An astonishing labor of love made by one person. While it seems simple at first, the game becomes increasingly deep and complex. Super satisfying and relaxing to enjoy, plus the coop mode is a blast. Only minor complaints would be the clunky dialogue and non-existant NPC AI (villagers can't navigate obstacles).
  26. babette
    Oct 7, 2022
    9
    you do need to have the wiki open and do a bunch of research before being able to finish the game. This does not mean that the is not enjoyable. It's super fun. But I literally had to have a little real to do list and multiple tabs open to beat it. Kind of helped my depression in a way I don't fully comprehend as well. Just got me excited about doing mundane tasks.
  27. Abelardo14
    Jul 13, 2023
    9
    Para descansar, perderte horas y horas en tu pequeña granja, con tus vecinos, plantas y animales.

    No hay nada que pueda decir que no este dicho de este juego, solo puedo comentar lo que siento cuando juego este juego: "Es como vivir en ese pequeño condado en el que siempre soñaste estar, pasar veranos, inviernos, meses y años conociendo gente que tiene su propia vida pero que al mismo    Para descansar, perderte horas y horas en tu pequeña granja, con tus vecinos, plantas y animales.

    No hay nada que pueda decir que no este dicho de este juego, solo puedo comentar lo que siento cuando juego este juego: "Es como vivir en ese pequeño condado en el que siempre soñaste estar, pasar veranos, inviernos, meses y años conociendo gente que tiene su propia vida pero que al mismo tiempo puedes ser parte de ellos, ese pequeño pueblito que lo rodea un misticismo de magia, lleno de situaciones completamente cotidianas pero que al mismo tiempo tienen algo de especial."

    A pesar de que su apartado grafico sea PixelArt, es un juego que todos debemos jugar, que debemos escuchar, contemplar, disfrutar. Y tal ves sea esto parte de su magia, puesto que en un juego en 3 dimensiones no cabe mucho a la imaginación, aquí debes imaginarte situaciones, gestos, darle vida a ciertos seres, tienes que que ver mas allá de una malla de pixeles.    … Expand
  28. landi
    Jun 27, 2022
    8
    Good alternative to Animal Crossing as you have more to do and see the results :)
  29. wegie125
    Dec 8, 2017
    8
    Not a perfect game by any means but definitely a great port. It's amazing to be able to play a game like Stardew valley on the go. It's such a peaceful game but the only problems I have are the loading and saving times. I'm not sure what happened that made this so slow and I am also not sure if this happens on other console versions of stardew valley. Other than that it is pretty much theNot a perfect game by any means but definitely a great port. It's amazing to be able to play a game like Stardew valley on the go. It's such a peaceful game but the only problems I have are the loading and saving times. I'm not sure what happened that made this so slow and I am also not sure if this happens on other console versions of stardew valley. Other than that it is pretty much the same as the PC version but without mods… Expand
  30. MiracSpectac
    Dec 19, 2017
    8
    As a longtime fan of Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons, this game is delightful. Even putting those biases aside, it's a very fun games that's bound to suck up hours upon hours of your time. Only gripe would be that the actual content feels pretty thin at times, but what more could you expect from a $15 title?
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#8 Best Switch Game of 2017
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#19 Most Shared Switch Game of 2017

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
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  1. Cubed3
    Jan 2, 2018
    90
    The portability of the Nintendo Switch makes this undoubtedly the best way to play Stardew Valley. Unless you are really keen on modding the game, the combination of easy portability and excellent controls makes this a staple in any well-rounded Switch library. It's still the same great farm simulator it was on PC - robust, full of secrets, and comes with an inescapable charm that will keep pulling you back in, season after season.
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  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Oct 30, 2017
    95
    Run, don't walk. Visit the valley and lose yourself in nature like millions of other fans have! [Issue #30 – November/December 2017, p. 26]
  3. Switch Player
    Oct 20, 2017
    90
    The farming simulator genre is back and better than ever! Stardew Valley provides you an experience that just grows more and more as you play. Every little thing, from planting to befriending the community, becomes surprisingly meaningful as your hard works comes to life in front of you. With tons of content, it’ll keep you hooked into living this calm, pleasurable and magical second life, all made better with Switch’s portability.
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