Stardew Valley

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Stardew Valley

Developers
	ConcernedApe
Engines
	MonoGame
Release dates
Windows	February 26, 2016
macOS (OS X)	July 29, 2016
Linux	July 29, 2016
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 is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and scrolling RPG, building, farming and life sim game.

As of March 2024, the game is still being updated, with the latest version being Patch 1.6.15.

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
GOG.com
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Does not require Xbox Live log-in. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam		DRM-free on Linux when Steam is not installed or by creating a steam_appid.txt containing its Steam App ID number 413150 in the game's installation directory.

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.

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\default_options
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\
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.

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.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

No Menu Buttons

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

Input

In-game controls settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Based on your cursor settings in Windows.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
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 support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Button Prompts		Occasional prompts for XInput devices. If using a DualShock use Playstation Prompts Mod
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		Can be enabled/disabled in the settings.
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
Belarusian				Fan translation: NexusMods, mirror, install guide. Available in both official orthography and Taraškievica.
Simplified Chinese
Czech				Fan translation, download.
Dutch				Fan translation
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		8	Co-op
LAN play		8	Co-op
Online play		8	Co-op
Asynchronous multiplayer
Crossplay		Supported platforms: Android, iOS Added with patch 1.6.9

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Game fails to launch on MacOS

Open terminal and run the command 'sudo chown -v “$USER” ~/.config' then restart your computer. This should correct the ownership of a folder that Stardew Valley needs to write under allowing the game to launch properly.

Native Linux version fails to launch (Steam version)

In Steam, open the 'Properties' of the games entry, go to the 'Compatibility' tab, enable 'Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool' and select 'Legacy runtime 1.0' in the drop-down list.

Native Linux version stuck on "Connecting to online services' in Co-Op (Online) option

1.The package 'execstack' needs to be installed from your distributions repository. Fedora: sudo dnf install execstack Ubuntu: sudo apt install execstack Arch: yay -S execstack 2. Navigate to the Stardew Valley folder: i.e /home/user/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Stardew Valley/ Then, in a terminal, run the following command: execstack -c libGalaxy64.so && execstack -c libGalaxyCSharpGlue.so.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows				The legacy compatibility version on Steam is 32-bit.
macOS (OS X)
Linux				ARM support: see ValleyCore

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

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	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
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	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
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	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)