The Mysterious Allure of Stardew Valley

Cat Webling
5 min readAug 28, 2020
A wooden sign on a starry sky background that reads, “Stardew Valley” in plain wooden planks.
Stardew Valley’s logo

Your beloved grandfather has just passed on, and to your surprise, has left you his farm to take care of. In a letter you received just after his death, he tells you that it will be there for you when you are ready to escape the corporate rat race of working for a megacorporation in a big city. Thus, you start your adventures in Stardew Valley, an idyllic town far away from the civilized world, where life is simple but…

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Cat Webling

Hello! I’m Cat, a writer and editor based out of Kansas. I write about literature, theater, gaming, and freelancing. Personal work: catwebling.com.