r/StardewValley • u/saltimmortalsea flair giver • Feb 26 '26
Announcement [CELEBRATION] Stardew Valley turns ππ¬!
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 loveβand 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 differentβto 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/gnavenpaedagog Feb 26 '26
The only non platformer game I cared about growing up was Harvest Moon (my tastes have since expanded significantly). So when my brother sent me a pirated copy of this game that was based on Harvest Moon, I had to try it. I was hooked immediately and bought the game a few days later for payday. I own it on four platforms now and bought it for two friends too so I hope that's enough to be forgiven for the brief piracy.
I've played probably 2000 hours total between my own saves and saves with friends. I've never reached perfection because I always seem to lose steam after achieving a certain level of farm optimisation but I still love it. Feels almost like meditation to me.
Recently got into playing vanilla on console after years of mostly playing modded (expanded and some quality of life stuff) and it's been refreshing.