Stardew Valley’s large 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 comfortable farming simulator hit 146,159 concurrent gamers on Steam in accordance with SteamDB knowledge, smashing the sport’s earlier report 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 report is larger 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 number of the new 1.6 replace content material on X within the run-up to the patch being launched yesterday, which doubtless helped to entice new and present followers again to the sport.
You may learn the total Stardew Valley 1.6 replace patch notes right here. Some highlights embrace an enormous 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 a complete bunch of recent NPC dialogue. You can even now drink mayonnaise.
The Stardew Valley 1.6 replace is at the moment 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 will probably be prepared for console and cell units, however says the Gamepass replace is “incoming quickly.” Stardew Valley is discounted to only $11.99 proper now on Steam for anybody not already swept in by the hype.