Stardew Valley exceeds 41 million copies sold

Eric «ConcernedApe» Barone has updated Stardew Valley sales to report that the simulator has managed to exceed 41 million units across all platforms. The figure is incredibly high (and the envy of practically any AAA game) if we take into account that we are dealing with a title indie created by a single person.

In addition to reviewing Stardew Valley sales, Eric Barone has indicated that more than 26 million copies have been sold on PC, while 7.9 million are on Nintendo Switch. There is no data from other platforms, which leads us to think that these two are where the game has managed to have the most commercial success. It is not surprising that this is the case if we take into account that the PC is the platform on which Stardew Valley debuted in 2016, and that a portable device like the Switch adapts very well to the gaming experience it offers. This also explains why Stardew Valley is one of the most played titles on the Steam Deck.

The 41 million copies that Stardew Valley has sold compares to the 30 million it had shipped in February of this year. In other words, the simulator has managed to sell 11 million copies in ten months. There are very few games that manage to reach these figures after eight years on the market. Going from 20 million to 30 million units sold took two years. This latest boost in sales is possibly due to the launch of update 1.6, which has been available since last March.

The success of Stardew Valley can be explained for many reasons and one of them is that Eric Barone has not stopped paying attention to its title. In addition, whoever buys Stardew Valley knows that they will receive updates and all additional content without going through the checkout, since its creator has committed to not charging never for a DLC. With update 1.6, among other elements, a new major festival, two minor festivals, new content were added. late gamenew items and recipes and more than 100 new lines of dialogue.

For Eric Barone, working on Stardew Valley seems like a kind of hobby while he continues to develop Haunted Chocolatier, his new project that he presented to us in 2021. Haunted Chocolatier is also a role-playing and simulation game, but instead of a farm the player manages a grocery store. chocolates. Barone works alone and when he presented the title he said it had been in development for a year and was in its early stages.