I've only played for 4 hours so far, but here are my initial thoughts:

I purchased this game as a "first game" for my 6 year old son. As a 35 year old man, I also enjoyed it. If you're addicted to "farming games" and you're an adult, it's a lot of fun as an adult, too.

It's definitely "kid friendly", if you're a parent, and provides a wonderful first game for a child. It is a good opportunity to practice basic reading skills, and learn the basics of a first video game for a child, and it's not too difficult, nor does it appear to have adult-only themes. Anyone can do it.

This game is pseudo-historical, in that it provides a springboard to have discussions about pre-historic humans with your child. It also provides some good sociological topic entry points about trading, economics, religion as a anthropological topic, etc.

For me, I've been focusing on reading my son children's history books from 3 years old to the present on classic civilizations in Egypt, Greece, Israel, Rome, and Gaul, and he's 6.5. This game provides a wonderful opportunity to work backwards to human "pre history" with my son, and delve into topics like trading, economics, etc, and tie it into his video game.

It's a wonderful first video game for a kid. If you, like me, prefer leading your child toward historical topics, this is a top-rated game for children, in my humble opinion.

Honestly, if you like stardew, you'll like this game. Especially if you wanted more focus on pets and animal interactions. Or you wanted more community needs. Because while stardew focused on money and farming. You have racing and constant community interaction. Without the need for mods. It's cute, small devs, and plenty of replay ability. And with the updates to come, it's worth it's price tag, in my opinion. I played roughly 8 hours straight the first day i bought the game. Mostly spent trying to see how high i could get my score on the bone game mini game, lol. <3 <3 <3

A lot like stardew valley but instead of nobody interacting with you while your busy mining for days, you get gifts from the villagers randomly and they come up with your upgrades when you unlock their ideas.
Also animals have stats you can breed other animals with to improve. - imo as a pokemon fan this is an improvement.