Stardew Valley 2 was in the works at one point, says Eric Barone, and he'd still love to make it happen: "It would just be fun to work on a whole new set of characters, a whole new world"

Stardew Valley character Haley, a blonde young woman with long wavy hair and bright blue eyes, against a blurred backdrop of a farm.

Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone once started "work on a Stardew Valley 2," but eventually left the sequel behind in favor of Haunted Chocolatier. That doesn't mean he'd be opposed to returning to the idea in the future, though.

Speaking in a new interview with IGN, Barone responds to a question asking if he'd ever consider making a Stardew Valley sequel instead of just updating the original 2016 farming sim like he's been doing for the last 10 years. Previously, the dev has explained that while he might eventually make a direct follow-up, it's "just so much easier to just add more stuff to Stardew Valley than to make a whole new game from scratch" – especially when he doesn't "care about money that much."