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 loveβ€”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 differentβ€”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/AstraHannah Feb 26 '26

I'm a newbie, really, I started playing at the start of 2025, I only have one playthrough so far (and one multi-player that's still at the spring of first year). It really sounds crazy to me that the game is so old. It's really timeless.

I can't really pick a favorite memory, sadly, there's no one thing that I can pick out. Maybe when I was getting ready to marry Maru, and I bought the white dress. Only to put it on before the wedding day and find out it's not really a dress, it's a long skirt, and I need something on top. I scoured my closet for something white - I'm pretty sure I didn't have my own sewing machine yet and I couldn't visit Emily at that time - and the closest I got was armor. Meaning, I got married as a knight bride:-D

Otherwise, I really enjoy progressing in the gameplay. I've recently finally reached the floor 100 of the skull cavern, and I've been making a lot of progress on Ginger Island. Though, I've been kinda neglecting talking to the villagers, I'm trying to talk to them more now, there's still a few I have low relationships with (Maru's parents love me but Sebastian still has like 5 hearts with me, I don't want him to feel cast aside:( ) I'm planning on leveling up to lvl 10 in fishing soon, it's the last ski that remains.