Stardew Valley has now bought over 20 million copies.
Meaning the healthful farming simulator has doubled its 10 million gross sales since January 2020, and bought 5 million copies since September 2021 alone.
“The 20 million copies milestone is de facto wonderful,” Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone stated in an electronic mail to PC Gamer. “I can not consider the sport has reached this degree.
“The common every day gross sales of Stardew Valley are larger at the moment than at any level,” he added. “I am not precisely certain why that’s. My hope is that the sport is simply persevering with to unfold through phrase of mouth, and the extra individuals which can be enjoying it, the extra individuals will share the sport with their pals. Regardless, I am very pleased that Stardew Valley continues to be so widespread.”
Curiously, Barone confirmed that the bounce in gross sales additionally comes all the way down to a “extra correct rely this time round”, as he’d undercounted to “err on the facet” of warning again in September.
“The outdated 15 million quantity was an undercount, as a result of I did not have full data and needed to err on the facet of being too low. With the total transfer to self-publishing this 12 months, I used to be in a position to do a extra thorough gross sales rely.”
ICYMI, speedrunner Olenoname has completed Stardew Valley in just 17 minutes.
Taking part in the sport as a part of final 12 months’s Superior Video games Completed Fast charity marathon, Olenoname warned viewers that “this run’s gonna transfer fairly quick and it is gonna get began actually rapidly” – and so they weren’t incorrect.
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