Games like Stardew Valley
If Stardew Valley is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sunkissed City, The Ranchers and Planet Party Time — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its farm layout shapes playstyle, mods expand content endlessly and cozy. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Stardew Valley: You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Players who liked Stardew Valley also play
Steam players who put hours into Stardew Valley also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Sunkissed City
WHY THIS
Top pick for Stardew Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Sunkissed City is a life-sim set in an upbeat, sun-kissed seaside metropolis full of funky vibes and quirky characters. Stake out your new life in the city, tending to DIY gardens, learning new skills, and making life-long friends and help bring life back to its once-vibrant streets!
The Ranchers
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Stardew Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
The Ranchers is an open world country-life sim for 1-4 players. Raise animals, grow tasty crops, craft helpful tools and build your dream house. Explore the open world and earn the villagers' respect and esteem.
Planet Party Time
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Stardew Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Stardew Valley.
"Planet Party Time" combines social sim & party games. As an alien, team with robot PADI to restore a planet via unique recruits. Become a Cube Galaxy Hero Candidate: explore space, play minigames for rewards. Build custom minigames via intuitive editor & host parties!
Savory Seasons: Brizmere
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Stardew Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Escape to Brizmere, a simple and cozy haven for the beginning of a new life. Expand your farm, master the harvest and decorate through the changing seasons. Get to know the new world and neighbors, share the fresh harvests and discover the stories that make Brizmere so special.
Coral Island
WHY THIS
Shares a peaceful mood with Stardew Valley.
Ranked #5 for Stardew Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
My Time at Portia
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Stardew Valley.
Ranked #6 for Stardew Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Dinkum
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Stardew Valley.
Ranked #7 for Stardew Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Littlewood
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Stardew Valley.
Ranked #8 for Stardew Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Stardew Valley
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Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Stardew Valley.
Reviewers of Stardew Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation and RPG with Stardew Valley.
In celebration of Harvest Moon's 20th Anniversary comes an all new Harvest Moon title for Steam! Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition! The game encompasses twenty years of the spirit that have made the franchise what it is today!
Fields of Mistria
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Stardew Valley.
Reviewers of Stardew Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!
Graveyard Keeper
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Stardew Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Valheim
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Stardew Valley.
Reviewers of Stardew Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Stardew Valley.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Core Keeper
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Stardew Valley.
Reviewers of Stardew Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Coral Island
WHY THIS
Shares a peaceful mood with Stardew Valley.
Reviewers of Stardew Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Stardew Valley.
Reviewers of Stardew Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.
My Time at Sandrock
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Stardew Valley.
Reviewers of Stardew Valley cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stardew Valley at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Stardew Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Stardew Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Stardew Valley.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Stardew Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stardew Valley.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Stardew Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stardew Valley.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Stardew Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stardew Valley.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Stardew Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Stardew Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Stardew Valley on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stardew Valley.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stardew Valley.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stardew Valley.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stardew Valley.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stardew Valley.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about Stardew Valley
- Is Stardew Valley verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Stardew Valley is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Stardew Valley cost?
- Stardew Valley is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Stardew Valley have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Stardew Valley supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Stardew Valley?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stardew Valley are Sunkissed City, The Ranchers, Planet Party Time.
- Who developed Stardew Valley?
- Stardew Valley was developed by ConcernedApe.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Stardew Valley.
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