Six years after its preliminary launch, Stardew Valley has bought greater than 20 million copies. Creator Eric Barone shared information of the accomplishment in an replace posted to the sport’s press web site and an interview with PC Gamer. “The 20 million copies milestone is absolutely wonderful,” he advised the outlet.
But what’s much more spectacular is the rising tempo of Stardew Valley’s gross sales. It took 4 years for the sport to promote its first 10 million copies. Since September 2021, it has bought 5 million items. “The common day by day gross sales of Stardew Valley are larger right now than at any level,” Barone mentioned. “I’m not precisely positive why that’s. My hope is that the sport is simply persevering with to unfold by way of phrase of mouth, and the extra individuals which can be taking part in it, the extra individuals will share the sport with their buddies.”
Barone advised PC Gamer he plans to proceed engaged on Stardew Valley however is now primarily centered on Haunted Chocolatier, a brand new motion RPG he introduced final fall. “Ultimately I’ve to comply with my coronary heart or else the standard of the content material will undergo,” Barone mentioned.
Twenty million copies bought is a powerful feat for any recreation, not to mention one {that a} single particular person developed. Barone started engaged on Stardew Valley after graduating with a pc science diploma from the University of Washington Tacoma. He discovered that he couldn’t land a place in his subject following the 2008 monetary disaster, so he began growing the sport to hone his craft. He then spent the subsequent 4 years engaged on the challenge earlier than lastly releasing Stardew Valley initially of 2016. Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier paperwork all the saga in his wonderful 2017 guide Blood, Sweat, and Pixels.