Stardew Valley’s 1.6 replace smashes its Steam participant file

Stardew Valley’s huge 1.6 replace has been out on PC for lower than 24 hours, and it’s already taken the sport’s recognition to staggering new heights. The comfy farming simulator hit 146,159 concurrent gamers on Steam in response to SteamDB information, smashing the sport’s earlier file as gamers flock to take pleasure in new content material — together with a brand new farm, festivals, and pets.

Stardew Valley’s earlier peak of 94,875 concurrent Steam gamers was achieved again in January 2021, shortly after the 1.5 replace was launched. Against this, its new file is greater than any of the concurrent participant stats reported for Palworld this week — which is fairly spectacular for a near-decade-old indie RPG. Developer Eric “Involved Ape” Barone had teased a few of the new 1.6 replace content material on X within the run-up to the patch being launched yesterday, which seemingly helped to entice new and current followers again to the sport.

You’ll be able to learn the complete Stardew Valley 1.6 replace patch notes right here. Some highlights embrace a large new “Meadowlands” farm optimized for animal rearing, with the ability to transfer the farmhouse to a brand new location, new pets (together with turtles and new cat/canine breeds) and help for a number of pets, and an entire bunch of latest NPC dialogue. You can too now drink mayonnaise.

The Stardew Valley 1.6 replace is presently obtainable on Steam and GOG. A 1.6.1 patch to repair just a few bugs has additionally already been launched. Barone hasn’t introduced when the replace shall be prepared for console and cell gadgets, however says the Gamepass replace is “incoming quickly.” Stardew Valley is discounted to for anybody not already swept in by the hype.