Good PC games like Stardew Valley?

MightyUnclean

Hey folks, are there any decent PC games along the lines of Stardew Valley, but not quite so involved?  Single or multi-player, not P2W, not browser based.  Crop raising, animal rearing or both.  I loved SDV at first, but it started to pull me in so many directions, I actually found it frustrating after a while.  Thanks for any info!

Ridelynn

Check out Banished. It's not exactly like SDV, it's closer to Majesty, and remotely similar to Civilization. 

Also, Farming Simulator. Surprisingly addictive, not at all like SDV though, but definitely excels at crop raising and animal rearing.

3DS has Animal Crossing, which is probably the closest thing to SDV that I know of.

MightyUnclean

Yeah, I loved how charming SDV was, but I couldn't find a balance between farming/friendship/mining/exploring/fishing, etc.

MightyUnclean

Banished does look pretty cool, as an odd survival/strategy city builder!

Ieliar

Harvest Moon, but only consoles

Mikeha

https://ooblets.com/

Elsabolts

MightyUnclean said:

Hey folks, are there any decent PC games along the lines of Stardew Valley, but not quite so involved?  Single or multi-player, not P2W, not browser based.  Crop raising, animal rearing or both.  I loved SDV at first, but it started to pull me in so many directions, I actually found it frustrating after a while.  Thanks for any info!

I've never heard of Stardew sorry I can not help.

Copperfield

airport simulator
stoneheart
oxyen not included

SEANMCAD

Check out this new one:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/612720/SAELIG/

its like Banished + NPC social/family/generation management

Jazzika

stoneheart

centkin

Portia.

sunandshadow

If you want a game where you farm as fast as you can, I love Ranch Rush

Scorchien

...........http://store.steampowered.com/app/253250/Stonehearth/

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MightyUnclean

Thanks for the help, guys!  Lots of choices.

MightyUnclean

Anyone know a safe place to buy Ranch Rush?  I can't find it on GOG or Steam.

sunandshadow

MightyUnclean said:

Anyone know a safe place to buy Ranch Rush?  I can't find it on GOG or Steam.

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Games-1191-Ranch-Download/dp/B001TK3VWY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1500167840&sr=8-2&keywords=ranch+rush+pc

MightyUnclean

Thanks!

sunandshadow

MightyUnclean said:

Thanks!

If you enjoy Ranch Rush, you will be in luck, because there are a lot of games of this type - some farming, but a lot of good ones associated with food, such as the Cake Mania series.

MaxBacon

I think Stardew Valley is a unique game that in recent times as nothing else was around it resulted in its huge popularity.

I like the casual cuteness of Slime Rancher:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/Slime_Rancher/

Tiller

DMKano said:

Stardew Valley was inspired by Animal Crossing.

There are other farm simulator games - that are far more frustrating than SDV - so if OP thought that SDV was frustrating I am out of ideas.

Actually he said it was inspired by Harvest Moon; though it does share some similarities to Animal Crossing.

SEANMCAD

guys.. really really really really really need to look at this title

http://store.steampowered.com/app/612720/SAELIG/

its RTS city building + Sims basically.

cure01

http://store.steampowered.com/app/580200/Yonder_The_Cloud_Catcher_Chronicles/

Siveria

MaxBacon said:

I think Stardew Valley is a unique game that in recent times as nothing else was around it resulted in its huge popularity.

I like the casual cuteness of Slime Rancher:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/Slime_Rancher/

Stardew Valley also takes alot of stuff from Rune Factory series, actually I'd say its more from rune factory than anything else. I reallllly want a rune factory game that is closer to the RF series than stardew is. STardew is very close but its missing the level up/stat (str etc) systems as well as the better combat rune factory had. Seriously, Rune Factory 4 for 3ds is one of my fave games on the system. You can also gender swap the main char visually, or turn him/her into almost any other npc in the game in the town. you can catch, raise, and party with monsters some are even mountable, the very first boss can actually be tamed as can most of the monster bosses, and shes one of the better monsters to tame in the game, you need a giant toyherb IIRC and some luck. You bascally feed the monster the item it likes and hope for the bosses, for most normal monsters you can usually toss almost anything at em, though some do generally have preferences that makes it easier to tame. You can even have said monsters do farm work for you, like watering crops, cleaning debris, or even harvesting/replanting.

SEANMCAD

Torval said:

Kingdoms and Castles is a simple builder. It's like a very simple SimCity with graphics that kind of look like Trove. It doesn't really hold your hand, but there is a very casual mode where you can experiment with ideas before trying harder modes.

https://www.gog.com/game/kingdoms_castles

or

http://store.steampowered.com/app/569480/Kingdoms_and_Castles/

SAELIG

is a game that combines social prinicples with city building. your 'sims' live and die, fall in love and have childern.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/612720/SAELIG/

MaxBacon

Torval said:

Kingdoms and Castles is a simple builder. It's like a very simple SimCity with graphics that kind of look like Trove. It doesn't really hold your hand, but there is a very casual mode where you can experiment with ideas before trying harder modes.

I have played it, it's fun but doesn't really lasts long as it just keeps the same loop after you upgrade stuff and build up. 

Siveria said:

Stardew Valley also takes alot of stuff from Rune Factory series, actually I'd say its more from rune factory than anything else. I reallllly want a rune factory game that is closer to the RF series than stardew is. STardew is very close but its missing the level up/stat (str etc) systems as well as the better combat rune factory had. Seriously, Rune Factory 4 for 3ds is one of my fave games on the system. You can also gender swap the main char visually, or turn him/her into almost any other npc in the game in the town. you can catch, raise, and party with monsters some are even mountable, the very first boss can actually be tamed as can most of the monster bosses, and shes one of the better monsters to tame in the game, you need a giant toyherb IIRC and some luck. You bascally feed the monster the item it likes and hope for the bosses, for most normal monsters you can usually toss almost anything at em, though some do generally have preferences that makes it easier to tame. You can even have said monsters do farm work for you, like watering crops, cleaning debris, or even harvesting/replanting.

Yeah around that, it just had that special thing about it that just worked and people liked it up that big popularity, very few games achieve that; Stardew Valley has one immense potential with multiplayer co-op being added, shall be interesting.