Stardew Valley

That title perfectly describe this game. You really need to play this masterpiece. It soothes your nerves, it settles your stomach, it puts you in a warm, comfy place where everything is okay for a few minutes.

Your real-life job keeps getting undone by incompetents who expect you to fix their mistakes. Your friends on social media are at each other's throats. You're part way-through a grim sepia first-person shooter and an adventure game whose creators think making you choose between three different bad options, all of which have predictable tragic consequences, constitutes good writing.

Come to Stardew valley. Learn how to fish. Mull the benefits of planting a mess o' corn versus a patch of amaranth. Settle down and marry a nice girl or fella. Throw your baby into the air and watch them speech bubble hearts at you. Bring the town's old misanthrope fried mushrooms and watch him slowly unclench around you. Pet your cat, or dog.

What could go wrong? Well, you might overextend yourself in one of the (entirely optional) dungeons and wake up in the clinic with some stuff missing. You could catch a busted pair of glasses in the river instead of a salmon. You might accidentally swing your axe and destroy the fruit tree you'd been saving for all week. You might discover that the person you'd been buttering up to be your sweetheart really doesn't like poppies.

It's okay. You'll pick yourself up and try again. You'll figure it out. It's going to be all right. Your work will pay off, you'll expand your house, and soon enough, everyone is going to wonder how the town ever got by without you.

...And then you'll look up and discover that you just spent an hour cracking geodes and aging your latest batch of mead.

It's all just so... nice. I've spent way too much time in Stardew Valley, exploring all the things you can do.

Put down the plasma rifle, and grab a hoe. A gentler life is calling...

Very early on, it is a great game. But as you progress, because of the in game time speed, all fun is sapped away, until you don't want to play it at all because you never have enough time to do what needs to be done in a single game day. Multiplayer is worse because the game can not be paused in multiplayer, and even a single player passing out because they aren't in bed before a certain time means you loose resources and gold.

What really sucks is that if the developer enabled an option to completely disable time, the game would be one of the absolute best games available. However, because of the in game time, there is no fun to be had.

Example. When you progress to a point of being able to plant on at least 1/4 of your farm, you will not have enough time to harvest all your crops.

At a point, you can build to have an AI harvest. The game lags to bad you can not do anything on that map.

Oh man, where do I even start with Stardew Valley? If you're looking for a chill game that feels like a warm hug, this is it. Released in 2016 but still adored today, it's essentially a love letter to farming sims with a heap of cozy vibes.

You inherit your grandfather's dilapidated farm and jump into the good life of planting crops, raising animals, and making friends in the quaint little town of Pelican Town. The pixel art is charming, the soundtrack is super relaxing, and the gameplay just feels satisfying-there's something so rewarding about watching your little farm flourish after you've put in the work.

One of my favorite things is the community aspect. There are all these quirky townsfolk to befriend (or romance!) and tons of festivals throughout the year that give you a reason to step away from your farm now and then. Plus, you can dive into the mines for some combat and resource gathering if you're in the mood for a bit of adventure. So if you're looking for a game that can eat up hours of your life while you plant carrots and fish for the biggest trout, Stardew Valley is your jam. Trust me-once you start, good luck trying to stop!

I can see why people think this game is so good and I tried to like it so bad but what I played was just so tedious and unfun, there is no problem with the game itself in my opinion I just simply find it boring. Its a shame because I kept feeling as if I just played a little more then it would become great but every time I felt like that it just didn't happen.

I love this game, it's so fun to just play and I commonly just lose track of time playing it. I love how there is no real end to it and you can play it forever. I love how you can form relationships with the townspeople and just overall never get bored with the game. It's a masterpiece, I will always come back to. The characters are so cleverly designed and Stardew has the CUTEST GRAPHICS! Love the vibes!!!!!! I spend hours a day playing it, I love it, I just love everything! This is in my top 3 games of all time (it may be number 1 actually) it's a slow moving game, but that's what's amazing about it!