The Latest Breaking News from Stardew

‘Stardew Valley’ Is Getting An Unexpected Crossover With Another Massive Cozy Game

Two cozy gaming giants are getting a crossover in a new update, but how exactly their worlds will collide is still unclear.

Inverse · Aug 21, 2025

Eric Barone says he doesn't get paid for Stardew Valley collabs, and that's the way he likes it: 'I wouldn't want to make money from a collaboration'

The Stardew Valley creator's strategy for collaborations is pretty simple—he works with games he likes.

PC Gamer · Aug 21, 2025

Stardew Valley is making an incredibly rare collaboration appearance in a cosy gacha game of all places

Infinity Nikki is crossing over with the farming sim next month.

PC Gamer · Aug 21, 2025

It's "more of an action RPG," but Eric Barone says Haunted Chocolatier is still "a life sim" and "similar to Stardew Valley in many ways" but with more "dark and mysterious" vibes

"Haunted Chocolatier is more dark and mysterious"

GamesRadar · May 12, 2025

"I might eventually make a Stardew Valley 2," says Eric Barone, but "I just don't care about money" and it's "so much easier" to update the original

Wait, did ConcernedApe just say Stardew Valley 2?

GamesRadar · May 7, 2025

Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone says Disney's farming RPG got him to take notice by its title alone: "Wait, it's called Dreamlight Valley? What's going on here?"

"It's great to see a resurgence of that kind of game"

GamesRadar · May 5, 2025

Eric Barone has regrets about not fleshing out Stardew Valley's characters more, but likes that it's so open ended since it makes things 'more personal' for each player

There could've been more to Stardew's unsolved mysteries.

PC Gamer · Apr 30, 2025

Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone hasn't 'really' played a lot of other farming and life sims, but he appreciates the impact the game has had on the genre—'it seems to have inspired a lot more people to consider this kind of game'

The routine of farm life won't be stopping any time soon.

PC Gamer · Apr 30, 2025

Eric Barone is "committed to not working on Stardew Valley until I'm done with Haunted Chocolatier," but he'll "never say" he's completely done with his magnum opus

Now that Stardew Valley's 1.6 update is "pretty settled," Eric Barone can focus on Haunted Chocolatier

GamesRadar · Apr 29, 2025

Eric Barone says Stardew Valley was about 'the fundamentals of human sustenance,' while Haunted Chocolatier is about 'what's next': 'There's another realm of the human experience'

What if making chocolate wasn't a traditional crafting system, but more "intuitive?"

PC Gamer · Apr 29, 2025