It ought to be no shock: Stardew Valley, regardless of being launched in 2016, continues to be wildly in style. In reality, it’s extra in style than ever. Following the Stardew Valley 1.6 replace revealed yesterday, the farm-and-life simulator hit a peak Steam concurrent participant depend of 147,612 — that’s greater than double the height concurrent gamers on the recreation’s launch in 2016. Stardew Valley’s earlier Steam file was slightly below 100,000 gamers after the 1.5 replace launched in late 2020, in accordance with SteamDB. Stardew Valley is the eighth most performed recreation on Steam on the time of writing, only a few thousand gamers beneath Grand Theft Auto 5.
Crucially, this doesn’t embrace folks that personal the sport via GOG, or the individuals who intend to play on Home windows PC via Xbox Recreation Cross. (Stardew Valley gamers on console have to attend a bit longer for the replace.) Although we don’t have actual numbers for all gamers, it’s clear that Stardew Valley is larger than ever.
So what’s within the replace that’s received everybody heading again to the sport? The patch is definitely greater than anticipated, and the patch notes are very lengthy. There are new festivals, a brand new farm sort particular to animals, new quest strains, a bookseller, and a whole bunch of latest objects. That’s not the point out the doubled multiplayer spots, steadiness modifications, bug fixes, and the secrets and techniques and Easter eggs that aren’t explicitly talked about within the patch notes.
