Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley
Game
Game2016
Valley
Developer Blue Isle Studios
Valley is an action-adventure game developed and published by Blue Isle Studios. It was released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on August 24, 2016. OS X and Linux were added with patch 1.02 on October 3, 2016. It was released on Nintendo Switch on March 7, 2019. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
697 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
92
LovedLoved
167 positive · 15 negative
95% range 87–95%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 61 | 18 | 398 |
| Steam reviews | 167 | 15 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 2 | 33 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
4,168 of 4,563 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
92% recommend · 168 yes, 15 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 183 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (6,130 of 6,703 positive).
Players praise the game's movement and traversal as exhilarating and satisfying. [1][2][3] Many reviewers highlight the beautiful visuals and fantastic soundtrack. [4][5][6] Some players note the short length and lack of depth in story and exploration. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
I finished the game in 3.4 hours and I have to say I'm not really sure what they were going for. The game is littered with collectibles but the fast paced traversal made me not want to search through every nook and cranny but rather keep up the momentum and keep going. Exploration didn't feel very fun and the rewards for the collectibles are just more energy which never felt really relevant. The giving and taking …
- [4]
Absolutely breathtaking. An incredible experience with gorgeous visuals, superb movement and traversal, wonderful music, and a fascinating story. Honestly one of the best games I've played in a hot minute, and one I can't recommend enough, go give this a try, you won't regret it.
- [2]
Ultimately a "gotta go fast" game like this is useless if it doesn't have buoyancy, speed and momentum on its side, but Blue Isle Studios did nail it, and almost ten years(!) after release that feeling of floating fun holds up. Don't expect a great deal of creativity in your platforming, there's a strong linear path, and I made the mistake of exploring in an open area before I was supposed to unlock an ability to …
- [3]
This is an easy recommendation, but calculate your own price-to-value ratio as it only took 6 hours to finish, and I’m not going back for a 2nd playthrough. It’s a first-person exploration game, with the main gameplay being super human traversal. There’s a little combat, but it’s very simple: just aim and shoot. On the other hand, traversal is wildly fun: you’ve got super human speed, you can jump hundreds of feet …
- [1]
Valley is a first-person 3d platformer and parkour game. There's a little shooting later on, not really difficult, but that's not the focus of the game. Great running and jumping. Can be exhilirating when you go at full speed and jump high and far. Beautiful in the outside areas. Acceptable but too dark in the inside areas. Decent level design overall but with lusterless lighting. Would have benefitted from ray …
Summarised from 34 of the 313 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Valley sits at 92% positive across 182 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Valley received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic, calculating an average score of 72 out of 100 based on 15 reviews for the PlayStation 4 version, 68 out of 100 based on 11 reviews for the Xbox One version, and 63 out of 100 based on 3 reviews for the PC version. The game was criticized for technical issues, length, and pacing, but heavily praised for its exhilarating gameplay and interesting world. User reviews on Steam are "Very Positive", on Metacritic they vary between each platform (all of the user review averages are in the range between 7 and 8). James Stephanie Sterling, reviewing the PS4 release, heavily praised Valley, saying that, "Despite a…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 697 · most liked firstA new Stardew Valley patch for the Switch is out, please update your game. You can put hats back on pets now. It also fixes the bomb crash, disappearing chickens, and more. There will be further patches on console to fix additional bugs and get it in sync with where PC is at.
neutral · AI labelView post →I keep trying to play Stardew Valley to relax only to get stressed out by planning the days for maximum farm efficiency and worrying about getting all the chores packed into the days. It's a more stressful game to me than Elden Ring or any survival horror game
negative · AI labelView post →Mutuals interested in -Art -Splatoon -Hades (game) -Project Sekai -Musicals -Twisted Wonderland -Art -Our Life -Monster Prom -Alien Stage -Milgram -Ace Attorney -Poetry -Stardew Valley -Guilty Gear -Nintendo games
neutral · AI labelView post →Eric Barone, the creator of Stardew Valley, keeps updating his video game. And has no plans of stopping.
neutral · AI labelView post →Getting back into Stardew Valley cause wife is playing it and it's kinda funny cause she nearly 100%'d the game in two weeks and I'm over here waiting for nine potatoes to grow like "Computer- how do I rizz Elliott"
neutral · AI labelView post →I have put over 1100 hours into Stardew Valley. I have achieved perfection in the game multiple times including once with in the first two in game years. And yet, I can not get passed the FIRST level of Journey of the Prairie King.
neutral · AI labelView post →From "The Beatles: Rock Band" game intro + outro (2009). Directed by Pete Candeland at Passion Pictures, with Robert Valley (animation) and Alberto Mielgo (backgrounds). Full HD videos >> www.catsuka.com/player/the_b...
neutral · AI labelView post →Silicon Valley wasn't solely a shell game until the tech media started calling idiots like Musk and Zuckerman geniuses, two guys who notoriously didn't create shit. But they didn't know that because they were idiots too who shouldn't have been reporting on things they didn't understand.
neutral · AI labelView post →The survival of American democracy depends on taxing billionaires. From the technological Olympus of Silicon Valley to the urban canyons of Wall Street, a narrow club of vastly wealthy plutocrats sits on a ballooning share of the nation’s resources. One percent of Americans at the apex of the economy are hoarding over 31% of the nation’s total wealth, a cool $55tn in net worth. Getting them to share with the rest of society, to fund redistribution or pay for public goods, is proving pretty…
neutral · AI labelView post →My friend @dandychest.bsky.social’s game GORGE VALLEY just launched a new stable version!! Check it out! And of course I had to draw my favorite character from the game to celebrate!
neutral · AI labelView post →postcard I made for a frog climbing game called Valley Peaks #pixelart
neutral · AI labelView post →Stardew Valley is free to own (not a limited PS+ license) if you have a PS Vita and PS+ -Claim Stardew Valely (PS4 version) on PS+: buff.ly/oVgwxmL -Use a PS Vita and search for Stardew Valley. It'll be free via cross-buy. Can confirm game is not tied to PS+ once you claim it for free on Vita
neutral · AI labelView post →I did not know that Harvey from Stardew Valley experienced twink death before the game launched www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XB7...
neutral · AI labelView post →Raise your hand if you have restarted Stardew Valley/Animal Crossing/insert cozy game of choice here because… *gestures broadly* and escapism is real.
neutral · AI labelView post →Not true, I hear that Ian Miles Cheong is coming out with a non-woke game. It’s a first-person shooter called “Divorce Court.” And Charlie Kirk is promoting a cozy farming game “in the spirit of Stardew Valley” set in 1859 rural Alabama.
neutral · AI labelView post →Wait a minute.. You can marry an NPC in Stardew Valley?! I need to play this game immediately
neutral · AI labelView post →Haunted Chocolatier 'More of an Action RPG' Compared to Stardew Valley, ConcernedApe Says. Barone announced Haunted Chocolatier back in 2021, but amid ongoing work on his phenomenally successful Stardew Valley, progress on the follow-up has been slow going. Indeed, in June, Barone admitted to feeling somewhat embarrassed to have to keep on saying he was still working away on the game. “Feels kinda dumb posting this same thing over and over, but that’s the reality,” he said at the time. In a…
neutral · AI labelView post →game idea: a Stardew Valley game where some city jerk moves onto your village's farm and starts dating everyone and winning all your festivals
neutral · AI labelView post →Stardew Valley with the superpower of making a 3 hour stream feel like 5 minutes THIS GAME IS POWEFUL Y'ALL YOU WILL LOSE YOUR DAYS TO THIS GAME
positive · AI labelView post →Had someone on Twitter tell me if ConcernedApe could make Stardew Valley alone, I can make the games I want without AI. He spent ~70 hours a week for over four years making the game while partially being financially kept afloat by his partner. This is NOT an ideal to uphold.
neutral · AI labelView post →“New indie farming game is like Stardew Valley meets-“ SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP
neutral · AI labelView post →Starlink is a confidence game/soft ponzi that requires new up front contracts to bamboozle Silicon Valley VC idiots into throwing more capital into the incinerator, if the rate of growth plateaus or decreased, it's game over lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Can someone make a game like stardew Valley but with vampires?
neutral · AI labelView post →"He played a game about destroying corporations through grass-roots terrorism and subterfuge. The game, Stardew Valley, is...."
neutral · AI labelView post →fine yeah I do like taking my little 2mg "weed for babies" mint and playing the Stardew Valley fishing game for a while
positive · AI labelView post →It’s wild how that game has proven itself as harbinger. The entire story is about a Silicon Valley techbro ruining civilization
neutral · AI labelView post →the teen experience Mixtape imagines isn't a universal one. for example, there's nobody in the game who spends 600 hours in Alterac Valley
neutral · AI labelView post →unlike the Silicon Valley cultists, I do weird sex stuff for the love of the game
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey remember when I said Stardew Valley was a chill game? Yeah I lied... www.twitch.tv/not_so_super... #TwitchClips
negative · AI labelView post →OpenAI promised investors an AI gold rush. Now its projected annual revenue is reportedly $20 billion below earlier expectations. That’s not a rounding error: that’s an entire business empire missing from the spreadsheet. Silicon Valley keeps calling it a revolution, but increasingly it looks like a trillion dollar game of musical chairs, with investors hoping the music never stops.
neutral · AI labelView post →Stardew Valley the most stressful survival horror game i have ever played
negative · AI labelView post →Sprout Valley: A simple casual game about harvesting and gathering resources. Now 50% off on the #ItchHalloweenSale! zefrost.itch.io/sprout-valley by @ZeFrost
neutral · AI labelView post →She played a game about forcing everyone into a commune called Stardew Valley.
neutral · AI labelView post →[Linux] Nexus Mods with Amethyst-Mod-Manager (first steps starting guide). cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/54821902 > * Nexus Mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/ > * Amethyst-Mod-Manager: https://github.com/ChrisDKN/Amethyst-Mod-Manager > > So I'm new to modding PC games. I wanted to recommend a way using a mod manager called Amethyst-Mod-Manager, which installs and manages game mods from Nexus Mods. It has native support for almost 100 games listed at…
neutral · AI labelView post →Grand Valley State showing up to their huge playoff game with Harding shirtless.
neutral · AI labelView post →I wanna do some cozy gaming streams this winter (I wanna stream art too, but also game); would you rather I play Stardew Valley or Minecraft?
neutral · AI labelView post →Papa and I played a fun board game called Maple Valley! #abdl
neutral · AI labelView post →I am married to Alex from the hit game Stardew Valley
neutral · AI labelView post →Texas HS 6 Man football game between Water Valley and Westbrook ended 102-100. LOOK AT THE SCORING DRIVE SUMMARY.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nexus Mods with Amethyst-Mod-Manager (first steps starting guide). > * Nexus Mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/ > * Amethyst-Mod-Manager: https://github.com/ChrisDKN/Amethyst-Mod-Manager > > So I'm new to modding PC games. I wanted to recommend a way using a mod manager called Amethyst-Mod-Manager, which installs and manages game mods from Nexus Mods. It has native support for almost 100 games listed at https://github.com/ChrisDKN/Amethyst-Mod-Manager/wiki#supported-games . But one can add…
neutral · AI labelView post →Stardew Valley Board Game + Parm Parm
neutral · AI labelView post →Nexus Mods with Amethyst-Mod-Manager (first steps starting guide). * Nexus Mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/ * Amethyst-Mod-Manager: https://github.com/ChrisDKN/Amethyst-Mod-Manager So I'm new to modding PC games. I wanted to recommend a way using a mod manager called Amethyst-Mod-Manager, which installs and manages game mods from Nexus Mods. It has native support for almost 100 games listed at https://github.com/ChrisDKN/Amethyst-Mod-Manager/wiki#supported-games . But one can add manually more…
neutral · AI labelView post →Pelican Town Game: Stardew Valley Dev: ConcernedApe Release: February 26, 2016
neutral · AI labelView post →MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE MEN WON A BASKETBALL GAME
neutral · AI labelView post →No shit? Breed dependence, then squeeze. That has always been the playbook and business idiots keep falling for it. Now instead of squeezing your workers you get fucked by Silicon Valley. If you bent over for that, all I can say is enjoy that 6 foot cock of consequences, assholes.
neutral · AI labelView post →Big Tech will not broadcast your dissent. > For all our billionaire social media leaders’ claims to be free speech warriors, they seem to have spent the last few days cracking down on it. > > As the midterm elections approach—a high-stakes race not only for both parties but for Silicon Valley, which faces the prospect of AI regulation under a Democratic House and Senate—reports are streaming in that suggest major social media and messaging platforms have become distinctly political in their…
neutral · AI labelView post →Stardew Valley is a horror game.
negative · AI labelView post →This game is how my east coast childhood self learned the California landmarks. I wanted to drive through a giant Silicon Valley computer so badly...
positive · AI labelView post →Big Tech spent years designing platforms that steal our attention, then sold us AI tools to compensate for the time we lost. Now apparently even spending time with your kids is inefficient. The endgame is becoming obvious: humans do the work, AI gets the attention, and Silicon Valley collects the subscription fees. Apparently being a parent is just another productivity bottleneck.
neutral · AI labelView post →Grilled a wild goose breast, which I bagged with Jeff Norris's Fox Valley Guide Service in January. Used MeatEater's basic game marinade, topped it with an Amish black raspberry jam. Plated with cucumber and tomato slices from Van Der Griend Farm Stand in Lynwood. Paired with mid-range Malbec. Yes.
neutral · AI labelView post →This weekend's jigsaw triumph: Video Game Valley!
neutral · AI labelView post →If you are looking for a calm and beautiful puzzle game to play on your phone today I can recommend the Monument Valley series. There are three of the now and they only get richer and more gorgeous as they progress. Number three is making me practically zen like today.
positive · AI labelView post →Flower Fields is my next Paper Mario 64 chapter, but it's my least favorite so I'm like. hmm. The layout and otherworldly, almost trippy feel to it just isn't to my taste. on the other hand it's followed by my favorite chapter in the game (Starborn Valley and Crystal Palace <3)
neutral · AI labelView post →The game will eventually be released, but in the meanwhile, I'm pretty sure he will release a few more Stardew Valley updates, because he just can't leave that game alone. Not that I am angry, if anything, I find it funny; because he is working on this game but every now and then, he'll come "Hey, so... I know I said Stardew was done but..." and drops another absurdly big update nobody asked for that makes you go "I know I said I finished playing Stardew but... one more run!". I wish…
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve been wanting to get back into Stardew Valley for a while. Hopefully, I’ll remember what I was doing with the farm, I don’t want to start a new game again. There’s a rainstorm going on outside, which is the perfect time for games like these, I think.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm streaming Stardew Valley!! Haven't played it in over a month! Have really missed this game! Come join, it'll be chilled and relaxed and we may have a lil drink or two! www.twitch.tv/nostalgia_tw...
positive · AI labelView post →brain instantly switching into game rec mode and going "if you like E.V.O: The Search for Eden, you might also wanna try:" -L.O.L - Lack of Love (music by ryuichi sakamoto!) -Ace of Seafood (not an evolution game, but like the early fish area on steroids) -Cubivore -Space Station Silicon Valley
neutral · AI labelView post →Big Tech will not broadcast your dissent. For all our billionaire social media leaders’ claims to be free speech warriors, they seem to have spent the last few days cracking down on it. As the midterm elections approach—a high-stakes race not only for both parties but for Silicon Valley, which faces the prospect of AI regulation under a Democratic House and Senate—reports are streaming in that suggest major social media and messaging platforms have become distinctly political in their…
neutral · AI labelView post →Said it before, but cozy Stardew Valley game where you play as a foundling on Mandalore working to rebuild (following on from Mando season 3) the planet’s flora/fauna, would be incredible. Another RTS is well past due. Also, give us a Scott Pilgrim/TMNT style side-scroller set during High Republic
neutral · AI labelView post →I have a lot of respect for Stardew Valley though I never got into it like many have, from what I played of it, the game is great, but I just never approached it at the right time where I didn't have a billion other games I wanted to play first. Won't make that mistake with Haunted Chocolatier.
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