Steam Queue Thursdays: Stardew Valley (2016)

Review for Stardew Valley (2016)
Developed by: Concerned Ape
Published by: Chucklefish Games
Genre: Farming-Survival-RPG

Review
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Developed, Scored, Written by one person over four years, Stardew Valley is the debut (as far as I can tell) game of ConcernedApe. If E.Y.E. Cybermancy is a good case for how a first game can go awfully wrong, then consider this the opposite. Released roughly a month ago, Stardew Valley has remained a consistent bestseller on the Steam list, already breaking half a million copies sold.

I bought this game wanting to see what all the hype was about and found myself sucked in, knocking out several weeks of in-game play just by virtue of discovering everything I could do. This game has that appeal, and to cover exactly why, let's get into the reviewing.