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Stardew Valley

ConcernedApe

Quick read

Stardew Valley is the Steam definition of a cozy farm RPG: seasons, villagers, mines, and a farm you actually keep. Multiplayer exists; the soul is still a solo day-night loop.

What kind of game is it?

Life/farm simulation with light RPG dungeons. No fail state: the town stays when a day goes badly.

Who is it for?

For players who miss a town that does not delete itself when they fail.

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How it plays

Loop: Farm life
Sessions: Medium sessions
Progression: A world that stays
Players: Solo or co-op
Structure: Sandbox
Tone: Cozy · Accessible

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression80
Estimate
Social55
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Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 13 Sept 2026.

Release

released

2016-02-26

Review score

98.5%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

1,038,081

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Store price

$14.99

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Languages

Demo

Early Access

Players

Single-player and co-op

How many people play Stardew Valley?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

26M – 57M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55.

Estimated gross revenue

$190M – $680M

Copies × current price × 50–80% (sales, regional prices). Before Steam's cut, refunds and tax.

All-time peak players

236,614

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

62,132

Peak that month: 111,665.

Median playtime

59.8 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 19–168.2 h. 2% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English37%
Simplified Chinese29%
Portuguese (Brazil)11%
Russian7%
Korean3%
Spanish (Spain)2%

Stardew Valley players also play

Games played for more than an hour in 32 public Steam libraries of recent reviewers. Each one is played by at least 4 of these players and is more common here than across all libraries we read (× how much).

Chained Together19% · ×3
60 Seconds! Reatomized13% · ×5.2
Overcooked! 216% · ×2.6
DEVOUR13% · ×2.4
Little Nightmares13% · ×2.1
theHunter: Call of the Wild13% · ×2
Undertale19% · ×1.5
House Flipper13% · ×1.7
Plague Inc: Evolved13% · ×1.7
Green Hell13% · ×1.6

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

ConcernedApe shipped depth without a live-ops calendar.

Core mechanics

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Genre / subgenre

Subgenres: Farming sim, Life sim.

Steam genre: simulation.

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Stardew Valley — launch intelligence

Farm RPG that still defines Steam's cozy promise. 26 February 2016 release, 1,032,133 reviews at 98.5% on 17 August 2026. Price 14.99 USD.

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Sources

Store price checked 13 Sept 2026.

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