Stardew Valley is a landmark game in the indie scene, garnering tens of millions of sales and establishing the cozy farming sim as a beloved sub-genre. Naturally, considering its huge success, people have already played it extensively, putting in hundreds if not thousands of hours into their customizable farms. Fortunately, Stardew Valley inspired a plethora of new farming life sims, many of which either capture what made it great or, on a rare occasion, exceed it.

Many of these cozy games are some of the best indie games ever made, meaning they're worth playing regardless of whether they manage to achieve Stardew Valley's level of brilliance or come just shy of it. From offering magical twists on a familiar farming formula to completely reinventing it, these life sims are the very best games to play for those who love Stardew Valley.

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