Sun Haven, how much time can I spend in the game

[Kost]

Hey I have a question about content and Im going to ask you to compare it to stardew for me, so I can understand approximately how much time I will be able to spend in Sun Haven.

Ive played stardew for years, and I know some people say you can play the game endlessly, and although this is true, I have completed everything in 2 different play through, I think one play was at year 14, I have done literally everything in stardew and I just keep coming back to it to start over once again.

So when I ask you to compare them I mean in terms of total content, not just the idea that you can play multiple years but TOTAL content

With stardew I have literally 100s maybe 1000s of hours and ive done absolutely everything there is to do multiple times, so im looking for an honest compare.

So yeah, im wondering, if you were to compare the TOTAL amount of things to do in sun haven to stardew, which game do you think has more?
I also understand stardew has been out longer and has had some updates so I kind of expect stardew to have more time invest, but thats ok I just want to hear how they stack up , so I know what to expect.

Also try not to be biased or convince me to buy sun haven, as im probably going to buy it anyways, I just want to know what I can expect because im the type of player that will play games like this for ages and repeat til I have everything and do everything.

Part of the reason I played so much stardew is juts making a cool farm, and changing it over and over, decorating house, ect, its the customizable things that bring me back so keep that in mind i guess when you compare them for me :)

You probably know there are a bunch of stardew clones out there, and although I will probably try them all eventually just trying to pick my next one.

Also if you have any suggest for games like stardew but with more customization for example , big farms more crops, gear to collect, decorate options stuff like that, feel free to suggest

Ive been looking at games like SunHaven, Moonstone island, hokko life, garden story, story of seasons, and ive played harvest moon games, my time at portia, yonder games, moonlighter and few others

TLDR:

So yeah, if stardew content is a 10, what would you put SunHaven at?

thanks :)

[Sanguine]

Im playing slow, at my own pace and im at 45~hours and I feel like im 20-30% done with the game.

[Silyon]

I'm currently sitting at 130 hours and have almost cleared the "Main story", so to speak. I will require a second playthrough to get an alternate ending/achievement, which if I'm as through as I was this run would roughly double my time. There's also apparently a recently added "epilogue", that I know nothing about but will likely further extend my time on both files.

Once finished this would put me in the area of 300 hours before I settle in for multiplayer sessions (which imo are handled better than Stardew's) and just-because playing. Sun Haven's got comparable content to current Stardew, but does keep you feeling busier with assorted quests and general running about. Hell, early on I felt the need to extend the day timer to 40 minutes just to feel like I was fitting enough into each day and not running back to bed after every shopping trip.

So yeah, Sun Haven's got plenty of content. It's also got a few bugs and other weirdness that might be hammered out in later patches, since the game's only 1.1 right now and so far as I can tell is still being actively developed.

[Bravo]

If Stardew is a 10, I would put Sun Haven at an 8 or 9.

Sun Haven's biggest let down vs Stardew is a less interesting cast which is probably going to be particularly noticeable on repeat play-throughs; that said there is probably more content for a *single* play-through as the game offers basically everything Stardew does, with better combat, magic and less tedious fishing.

For perspective on the content - I think I've barely done earlier than a 10pm finish on each day so far and that was normally end of season where in all these titles you just prep for the next season. I've taken 42 hours and not even finished the first year. There's a *lot* to do; and I struggle on some days even with a massive speed boost (about 250% at this stage I think...) from the buffs you can get.

Given that the next best contender (Story of Seasons - I forget what the next one is called) is likely to be priced far higher, and has no guarantee of being good (Marvelous aren't exactly the most reliable of developers) if you like the genre Sun Haven is a pretty safe bet.

[Karumati]

you can spend 100s of hours here.

[Feenie]

I am about to hit my 100th hour when I start the game up this morning and I just beat the main story of the game. I would have a lot more hours if I had set the day settings to run 40 mins every day; I did do that for a majority of days, but sometimes I set it to like 20 mins depending on my schedule in real life and what part of the year I'm trying to get to, what quests I have etc. I was 40 hours in the game before I even started the story because I was busy making a cool farm and decorating it and making my house look awesome and getting married lol.
I feel like I can keep playing that same save file even after beating the story. You want more crops? Sun haven has like over 100. Or at least close, if not. Definitely a lot more than Stardew, along with more furniture and decorations, there's even over 100 pets. Also tons of clothes and ways to customize your character unlike Stardew, and if you're cool with spoilers (I won't spoil the story but this could spoil what to expect in the game, but it affects my rating of it-) you get three farms eventually and three living spaces, all fully customizable and all with their own charm so if you love the decorating then you have lots of space to do that and time you'll need collecting furniture for them. You'll be busy. You will also be able to change your character's appearance as you please later as well.
So, I feel like not only is this a game that you can enjoy over and over by making new files and playing them all differently than how you did before (whereas in Stardew you feel compelled to do the community center a lot and get bored or Joja when you can't take the grinding anymore, yet that's a grind in itself), but you can also enjoy it for many many hours collecting various things on one save file even after you complete the main storyline.
i'm 100 hours in and still going strong, further than I used to get in one Stardew save, honestly. I know people are rating Sun Haven lower, but for me personally? Sun Haven is way more addicting and worth putting hundreds of hours in.

[Ilucie]

640h tracked hours in Stardew (and many more offline)
140h in Sun Haven so far

Tbh i give both a 10/10 in this genre.

Yes I played the hell out of Stardew, but in the end I just started my farm over and over and tried different ways to maximize my income and/or try fun stuff like surviving with foraged items or with sheep only.

Contentwise Sun Haven has much more to offer. The story itself is really long even if you rush like I did on my second farm. You have multiple farms, houses, animals etc. There is a carnival, lots of side quests every day, multiple mines and so much stuff you can do every day, that most of the times 40 minutes is not enough. Bonus the fighting system is way funnier than the system in Stardew (if you can even call it fighting there). And: Magic. No more sprinklers, LET IT RAIN!

There isnt really an endgame besides farming/buying furniture, pets, whatever you want, but its the same with Stardew. Whats missing for me is the ingame achivements, like earn 10000000G or whatever. But besides that... go for the game.

edit: dont forget one thing: Stardew was - as far as I remember - the first really good farming game after Harvest Moon (failed :D). It was really popular when it came out and made almost everything better, what farming games back then did wrong. Now its different. There is a whole other audience and there are many good farming games.

[Feenie]

Originally posted by Ilucie:

640h tracked hours in Stardew (and many more offline)
140h in Sun Haven so far

Tbh i give both a 10/10 in this genre.

Yes I played the hell out of Stardew, but in the end I just started my farm over and over and tried different ways to maximize my income and/or try fun stuff like surviving with foraged items or with sheep only.

Contentwise Sun Haven has much more to offer. The story itself is really long even if you rush like I did on my second farm. You have multiple farms, houses, animals etc. There is a carnival, lots of side quests every day, multiple mines and so much stuff you can do every day, that most of the times 40 minutes is not enough. Bonus the fighting system is way funnier than the system in Stardew (if you can even call it fighting there). And: Magic. No more sprinklers, LET IT RAIN!

There isnt really an endgame besides farming/buying furniture, pets, whatever you want, but its the same with Stardew. Whats missing for me is the ingame achivements, like earn 10000000G or whatever. But besides that... go for the game.

edit: dont forget one thing: Stardew was - as far as I remember - the first really good farming game after Harvest Moon (failed :D). It was really popular when it came out and made almost everything better, what farming games back then did wrong. Now its different. There is a whole other audience and there are many good farming games.

Vouch, Stardew's hours mainly came from playing it over again with friends but in Sun Haven I find myself still finding so much to do on the same save. I wanna make a new farm but I'm just not nearly done with the 3 I have here!