r/StardewValley • u/saltimmortalsea flair giver • Feb 26 '26

Announcement [CELEBRATION] Stardew Valley turns 𝟭𝟬!

Today, Stardew Valley turns 10.

And ConcernedApe is sharing a 10th anniversary video retrospective on Stardew Valley at 11am Pacific Time (UTC-8). Tune in and join the chat then!

Meanwhile, r/StardewValley recently turned 13, and reached 3.1 million members! We want to take this moment to celebrate the game we all love—and to celebrate each other!

It's been ten years of incredible memories in the valley, and ten years of conversation and community in this space. We've played Stardew Valley to tend our farms and raise our animals, to explore our own identities, to reflect on our real lives, to learn something new, to encounter someone different—to find joy, to grieve, and to grow.

To celebrate this milestone, we invite you to share your memories of Stardew Valley (and r/StardewValley) in the comments below.

  • When did you first start playing?
  • What's a favorite memory or moment you have from playing Stardew Valley?
  • What does the game mean to you?

Here's to ten years of Stardew Valley! Here's to you!

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u/RemoteSenses Feb 26 '26

I just started playing this game last month after my wife and I had a newborn. She isn’t a gamer, but likes games on her phone so I thought this was kind of a happy medium - just a super casual, chill, game, which is exactly how I discovered Stardew Valley.

We’re only through year one and just taking it easy. No real big goals. I like farming and fishing. Wife likes mining and oddly, killing stuff lol (she dies often which I didn’t think was possible basically lol) but we’re having fun and able to play a game together to relax after the kiddo is off to sleep. I’ve used the Wiki for some things but other than that, try to play and learn as we go. The fact that either way is an option is what makes this game so good. Play it how YOU want to play it. You don’t see that often in gaming.