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Stardew Valley

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Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley cover
Developers
ConcernedApe
Engines
Windows MonoGame[1]
OS X, Linux MonoGame[2]
Release dates
Windows February 26, 2016[3]
macOS (OS X) July 29, 2016[4]
Linux July 29, 2016[4]
Reception
Metacritic 89
OpenCritic 90
IGDB 91
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control, Point and select
Genres RPG, Building, Farming, Life sim
Art styles Anime, Pixel art, Stylized
Stardew Valley on HowLongToBeat
Stardew Valley on IGDB
Stardew Valley guide on StrategyWiki
Stardew Valley on MobyGames
Stardew Valley on Wikipedia

Stardew Valley is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and scrolling RPG, building, farming and life sim game.

As of September 2022,[5] the game is still being updated, with the latest version being Patch 1.5.6.[6]

General information

Official forums
Community Discord server
Official Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
DRM-free after installation through Microsoft Store client (notes may include more details)
Does not require Xbox Live log-in.[7]
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
[8]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions Game does not contain any microtransactions.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
Settings can only be changed when in-game or inside the startup_preferences file located in the configuration file(s) location.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\StardewValley\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X) $HOME/.config/StardewValley/
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/StardewValley/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\StardewValley\Saves\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X) $HOME/.config/StardewValley/Saves/
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/StardewValley/Saves/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
You can choose to zoom in and out in the menus to see more stuff on screen.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
Capped at 60 FPS.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Not applicable; a pixel sprite game such as Stardew Valley has its colors as definitive values, so it would not gain any fidelity by supporting HDR.

No Menu Buttons

Menu is too zoomed in/offset
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit startup_preferences.
  3. Change fullscreenResolutionX and fullscreenResolutionY to your screen resolution.
  4. Change <fullscreenResolutionX>2560</fullscreenResolutionX>< to <fullscreenResolutionX>1920</fullscreenResolutionX>.
  5. Change <fullscreenResolutionY>1440</fullscreenResolutionY> to <fullscreenResolutionY>1080</fullscreenResolutionY>.

Input

In-game controls settings.
In-game controls settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Based on your cursor settings in Windows.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Uses an analog stick (which switches depending on whether you're in-game or in a menu) to move a cursor.
Full controller support
As of the 1.5.4 version. Requires disabling Steam Input for the game to work.
Controller remapping
The control remapping section in the options only remaps keyboard controls.
Controller sensitivity
There is no option to adjust the cursor sensitivity on a controller.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Button prompts
Occasional prompts for XInput devices. If using a DualShock use Playstation Prompts Mod
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Can be enabled/disabled in the settings.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound, Ambient, Footstep
Surround sound
7.1
Subtitles
All dialogue is text-only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Fan translation by «DNKSH Team» mirror
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Official in-game localization.
Russian
Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team»
Spanish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Co-op
LAN play
4 Co-op
Online play
4 Co-op

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
OpenGL 2.0
Shader Model support 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
The legacy compatibility version on Steam is 32-bit.
macOS (OS X)
Linux

SMAPI

The mod loader for Stardew Valley. Required for most types of mod.

Easy to install and use.
Compatible with Linux/Mac/Windows. Works fine with GOG and Steam achievements.

Content Patcher

Loads content packs that change the game's data, images, and maps without replacing XNB files and make changes dynamically based on many in-game details.

Great for easy mod creation. Including a API that let modders create custom tokens for content packs to use.
Require SMAPI to use.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible
Shader model 3.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.9
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Graphic Card must supported the minimum resolution: 1280x1024 (for 4:3 aspect ratio) or 1280x720 (for 16:9)


References