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A modder known as GingasVR transforms the farming game into an action RPG that looks like a completely new experience.

Games like Stardew Valley have fully taken root on PC, so now we're thoroughly spoiled for choice on new games to plant parsnips in.

We’re starting a new series at IGN called The Long Game, where we focus on things you can invest in early in new or popular games that will pay off in the long run. We’re starting this series with Stardew Valley, which celebrated its 10-year anniversary this year and is one of the most successful indie games of all time.If you’ve never played Stardew Valley before, it’s a farming and life sim where you leave your job at a soulless corporation to manage a farm left to you by your deceased grandfather. The farm has seen better days, so it’s up to you to restore it to its former glory. That means

Somehow adding a third dimension made it claustrophobic.

After 10 years of cozy farm games copying Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon-style character stories, we're starting to see a much-needed change