Eric Barone, the creator of Stardew Valley, has confirmed that the game's next update, version 1.7, will add two more romance options, while also teasing more marriage-related content. Stardew Valley's last major patch, version 1.6, launched on March 19, 2024, introducing a range of new features and driving a massive spike in the game's player count.
According to SteamDB data, Stardew Valley hit a new concurrent player record on Steam on the day the 1.6 update launched, surpassing 235,000 users. At the time, many believed Stardew Valley 1.6 would be the final update because Barone was working on Haunted Chocolatier. However, as the beloved farming sim neared its tenth anniversary, Barone teased one more content update for Stardew Valley.
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In an interview with IGN celebrating ten years of Stardew Valley, developer Eric Barone, also known as ConcernedApe, teased some features coming in update 1.7: two new romanceable Stardew Valley NPCs and changes that will make children "a little more interesting." Barone mentioned, "I'm trying to not reveal too much because I like it to be a...
