

Stardew Valley
A beloved pixel-art farming sim that runs at hundreds of frames per second on practically any hardware — with a deliberately tiny graphics menu.
- Developer
- ConcernedApe
- Publisher
- ConcernedApe
- Released
- 2016
- Genre
- Simulation, RPG


A beloved pixel-art farming sim that runs at hundreds of frames per second on practically any hardware — with a deliberately tiny graphics menu.
Stardew Valley is ConcernedApe's hand-crafted farming and life sim: grow crops, raise animals, mine, fish and build relationships across the seasons in Pelican Town. Its 2D pixel-art presentation is extremely light on hardware, so it holds triple-digit frame rates on integrated graphics, handhelds and years-old laptops alike. Because the visuals are fixed pixel art, the options screen is intentionally minimal — there are no quality sliders to tune, only display and comfort settings like window mode, zoom, UI scale and lighting quality. Up to four players (more with mods) can share a single farm in co-op.