Similar games?

[Barnobestabn]

Ive got a hunger for more games like this whats the best pc games like this? Is Eastward anygood?

[Giblets]

Graveyard Keeper

[Sunny]

SDV "clones" (they aren't, but easiest to describe that way, the core loop is basically the same):

Sun Haven (more fantasy than SDV)
Blue Oak Bridge (more fantasy, 3D, super buggy but good enough that it overcomes itself)
Brookhaven Grimoire (slower paced, darker story)
Coral Island (devs are scammers, I do not actually recommend)
Gleaner Heights (slower paced, darker story, you can kill the townsfolk)
Rune Factory Series (these have WAY more combat and more story but core loop is basically the same; some of them are older than SDV)
Roots of Pacha (stone age, but otherwise pretty close)

Sort of similar (genre adjacent):
Dinkum (Aussie! 3D. Core loop is different)
Harvestella (3D, party based action RPG on top of farming sim, story focused; farming is to make food for adventuring purposes)
Forager (gather mats, build machines, no villagers)
Kynseed (SDV and a really old school CRPG had a pixel graphics farming villager baby)
Littlewood (building the town not a farm)
My Time At Portia / My Time At Sandrock (both are villager games but you're a builder/crafter instead of a farmer, more story/guidance/railroading, 3D)
Potion Permit (core loop is a little different)
Spirit of the Island (3D, building a resort and not farm)

[Biggs]

If you want pretty much the same thing as Stardew but with different towns and characters, you should try some of the old Harvest Moon games this was inspired by.

Back to Nature, Animal Parade, Friends of Mineral Town, and A Wonderful Life are all great. You can emulate them super easily, but the latter two actually have remakes on steam.

Rune Factory is also good, I def recommend 4.

[NBOX21]

Never played Eastward, but here are a few other games that may or may not catch your interest:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/Slime_Rancher/
The game is in first person and has much less of a focus on farming even if similar gameplay elements are still there, but provides a very chill experience much like this game does. The main focus is on ranching slimes you find, feeding them with either grown crops or chickens depending on their diet, and selling their plorts for money. This game does have a sequel, but it is currently in early access, hence why I only suggested the first one for now.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/972660/Spiritfarer_Farewell_Edition/
Most of the game takes place on a boat, which is where all your spiritual guests will stay. While you can grow your own crops on the boat, you'll mainly be using the food supplies to cook meals for your guests while helping them out with their troubles, gathering resources from the various islands and building homes on the boat for them to live in, until you eventually send them to the Everdoor where you'll have to say goodbye to them forever. This game is very chill the whole way through, just try not to cry if you decide to pick it up.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313140/Cult_of_the_Lamb/
Half of this game is actually very chill much like Stardew is and is about tending to your cult as you grow crops so you can cook meals for them to eat so they don't starve to death, all the while cleaning up after them and performing rituals to increase the strength of your cult. The other half is more of an action rogue-like with a far better combat system than what this game provides, which is where you'll be gathering most of your resources to use back at the cult.

[Nakos]

My Time At Portia and My Time At Sandrock have a very similar feel to Stardew Valley. They're 3D, and you play a "builder" but the feel where you're going around the town working on various things and interacting with the villagers is very similar.

[Barnobestabn]

thanks for the tips all i will check out some of these.

[hazelrah]

check out core keeper

[Coffee Addict]

Originally posted by Sunny:

)Coral Island (devs are scammers, I do not actually recommend)

never heard this before, i was thinking about getting it awhile back but all i hear is how difficult it is to make any money in that game

[Sunny]

Originally posted by Niki Lauda:

Originally posted by Sunny:

)Coral Island (devs are scammers, I do not actually recommend)

never heard this before, i was thinking about getting it awhile back but all i hear is how difficult it is to make any money in that game

they released from EA to 1.0 without the game's main story being finished or all features complete

there are quests and conversations that still have 'WIP' on them instead of the actual text

and oh, the bugs -- go look at the first page on the game's forum

There is no warning regarding the game's incomplete state on their steam page; all of the graphics and announcements just say it's the 1.0 release.

They released it well before it was ready so that the little thumbnail said 1.0 for the Winter sale.

[paul_durkin1988]

One lonely Outpost is another. It's Stardew valley but you are setting up a wee colony on a new planet. It's early access but check it out. I am sure it's on sale just now too

[Mabbie]

Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons, My Time at Portia / Sandrock, Wylde Flowers, Graveyard Keeper

[weird name]

theres a bunch of copycats but sadly none of them even come close to stardew valley. even the OG harvest moon is trash panda compared to stardew. animal crossing is kinda likew this game but id say is worse also.

i think next best thing will be the chocolate game he is making lol

[Armstrong]

The farming DLC for Eastward is great.

The fullgame is required to start the DLC. You don't need to know the story of the main game. But I would recommend it as many characters from the story return.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2305370/Eastward__Octopia/

I play it on switch. After 10 hours of play, I can say that it is as addictive as Stardew Valley. Some mechanics have been simplified. Some new ones have been added. A big focus is on cooking. I like the wide variety of seeds.
The story is fun. Good ideas. A lot of funny and surprising events.

The map is more compact. However, the individual areas are designed to be a little more detailed and lively.

However, there are hardly any customization options as in Stardew Valley, so I don't know whether the game can motivate you in the long term.

[Queen Droxxanna]

Garden Paws got me totally hooked , it is large world you can build on and interact with lots of npc's with several years worth of quests and achievements. You can eventually raise and train dragons to fly around the world. They are really cute and come in 74 colors.

[SirKingJof]

Eastward is good but the core game isn't very Stardew like.

Sun Haven is the closest you'll get, it's pretty much Stardew in a fantasy setting with slightly more story focus.

Graveyard Keeper isn't as much of an off the wall recommendation as it may appear, it's core gameplay loop is very similar to farming games.

Coral Island is Stardew if everyone in town was a 10. It's great but very much not finished, 1.0 is a lie and the back 3rd of the game basically doesn't exist yet. Best avoided until they actually finish it, probably end of the year.

Roots of Pacha will scratch the same farming itch, it's good, but be aware it has no combat.

Gleaner Heights is hard to recommend if you want more Stardew. It's a good farming game but it's pretty dark and serious in tone. The feel is very different.

Littlewood is an interesting one, no actual farming but it does feel very similar.

Faefarm is pretty good now it's had the bugs patched out. Less farming and more crafting, it's loop is similar though. My time at Portia/Sandrock fall in to the same category, crafting not farming but the loop is familiar.