ConcernedApe's Stardew Valley sets Steam record nine years after release

ConcernedApe's cozy farming game, Stardew Valley has always been a popular game with non-gamers even finding themselves sucked in to its charming pixel-art world, and now its popularity has been confirmed by statistics.

The details:

• Stardew Valley was released nine years ago and has attracted a huge following, and despite not receiving any further updates as ConcernedApe works on a new project, it continues to be extremely popular.
• Website, Steam250, tracks SteamDB metrics to calculate the 250 best games on Valve’s digital games storefront, and Stardew Valley now tops the chart ahead of Valve's own Portal 2.
• Stardew Valley has 98% positive user ratings and a score of 8.87

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