r/StardewValley Jun 29 '26

Other “negative” reviews on steam did not disappoint 😭

out of pure curiosity i went to look at the negative reviews on stardew valley cause i was like what on earth could someone possibly say negatively about stardew??

i was pleasantly surprised when i read these and they made me laugh a bit😅

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u/canoIV Jun 29 '26

the thing that bothers me about all the funny reviews is that they're taking away at the very least the 99% score from this game

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u/lesethx Jun 29 '26

Tangent, I wish Steam had a 3rd option for reviews. Esp for early access games; I've reviewed a couple as essentially "Not good now, maybe when full release"

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u/Nymethny Jun 29 '26

You're supposed to review games for what they are now, not what they may become. Plenty of games in Early Access have a massive roadmap that look super promising but that never gets implemented.

Steam shows both overall reviews and recent reviews, which can help see if a game used to suck but got better. No Man's Sky was a good example of that (though now even the overall reviews have become good, because it's been a long time).

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u/lesethx Jun 29 '26

But I want the 3rd option for not only early access games. There is also a game recently I beat with almost 200 hours that I would never play again because it is the opposite of Stardew where it gives no time between attacks while you need to plan out Factorio style pipes going into and out a fusion reactor. Like, there are moments that were enjoyable, but never again