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It's "more of an action RPG," but Eric Barone says Haunted Chocolatier is still "a life sim" and "similar to Stardew Valley in many ways" but with more "dark and mysterious" vibes

"Haunted Chocolatier is more dark and mysterious"

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After getting Stardew Valley to 'a good place' with update 1.6, Eric Barone is now fully focused on his next game: 'I'm committed to not working on Stardew Valley until I'm done with Haunted Chocolatier'

Eric Barone's got a plan for getting Haunted Chocolatier across the finish line—or at least an idea.

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Cozy game nerds can keep their Stardew Valley, I'll take this "nightmarish life sim RPG" with Zelda dungeons from Celeste's pixel artist where you're "the immortal herald of a dead god"

Neverway is my kind of cozy game

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The 'Stardew Valley-like' genre desperately needs a real name and I have the perfect answer

We can't keep calling them Stardew-like, farmlife without a farm, and "basically Animal Crossing" forever.

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Witchbrook's gameplay finally showed off the magical Stardew Valley-like life sim that's been 8 years in the making, and it was worth the wait

Opinion | It's been a long time since we had an update on Witchbrook, but the showing during the Nintendo Direct enchanted me all over again

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Hello Kitty Island Adventure is the latest example of how cozy games are secretly pretty dark at their core

From Stardew Valley to now Hello Kitty Island Adventure, cozy games are shockingly dark and it's time to give them the respect they deserve

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20 Tech & Gaming Valentine’s Gift Ideas For The Special Nerd In Your Life

From video games to smart devices, here are our Valentine's gift recommendations for the tech head or gamer in your life.

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Wanderstop is a cozy management sim about a burned-out warrior who'd much rather be fighting than running a tea shop

Big in 2025 | The creator of The Stanley Parable offers up his take on the cozy game genre

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One of the most enchanting games like Stardew Valley I played in 2024 just got a big new update, placing the medieval life sim RPG back on my radar

The Night of Falling Stars is here for Mirthwood

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Haunted Chocolatier will receive new updates "in time," as Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe says he's currently "focused" on fixes for his farming sim

The long-awaited patch 1.6 just dropped on console and mobile platforms

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Stardew Valley creator reveals "secret, experimental mobile multiplayer feature" hidden behind the most famous cheat code in video game history

The Konami Code never dies

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Stardew Valley's latest update added a 'secret, experimental mobile multiplayer' mode, and you have to use the Konami code on a bunch of leaves to unlock it

It's experimental and may not work well under some conditions, but Stardew multiplayer has now come to mobile devices.

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This co-op farm sim is a whimsical blend of games like Minecraft and Stardew Valley, and I'm obsessed after playing the Steam Next Fest demo

Luma Island is downright delightful

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Tales of the Shire: All you need to know about the Hobbit cosy game

The game set in Bywater could be a must-have for Lord of the Rings and Stardew Valley fans

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The long-awaited Stardew Valley 1.6 update will finally arrive on console and mobile in November

It's been a long wait for console fans

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Final Fantasy 16's Clive actor thinks the action RPG's brooding lead should make a comeback in something way more chill: "Stardew Valley, but with Clive. Why not?"

That, or a "monorail driver in a dying world"

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Cozy co-op crafting game with Stardew Valley and The Sims vibes obliterates Kickstarter with 8x its funding goals - now there's fishing, a dog, and a character editor

Escape with a campervan that hides the base of your dreams in its roof

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Cute and cozy Lord of the Rings life sim Tales of the Shire delayed to early 2025

Tales of the Shire's original release window was Fall 2024

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"This is definitely my biggest life achievement": Idle Stardew Valley-like Rusty's Retirement hits top 50 highest-rated Steam games among the 11,000+ released this year

That's 11,219 and counting

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The Wholesome Games Celebration comes to Steam, putting some of my favorite relaxing Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley-likes on sale

Time to get my cozy fix

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Behind the scenes of the Stardew Valley concert, creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone was living his pre-game dev dream: "Music has always been my primary thing"

"I always wanted to be a composer," Barone says

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'Maybe this new Stardew Valley-like game is pretty good' I said to myself after blearily noticing I'd played it until 2 in the morning

Farming life sim Everafter Falls sunk its cozy hooks into me pretty quickly.

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Finally, a farming RPG where you can harvest a wolf like an ear of corn is coming to Nintendo Switch in November

Farmagia looks a bit like a blend of Pokemon and Stardew Valley

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Stardew Valley creator says he's "doing everything within my power" to get update 1.6 out for console and mobile players, and a new PC patch is coming too

The upcoming patch is "mainly some bug fixes"

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Haunted Chocolatier characters: everyone we know about so far

We still have a lot to learn about Haunted Chocolatier, but here are a few characters we've met so far.

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