
I thought it looked pretty interesting so I decided to give it a try. And oh my gosh, it is GREAT! It’s not the traditional kind of game. There are traditional aspects but it is different from any other games you can play. All of the characters have a lot of depth and thought, the art and design is beautiful, and the world building makes it feel immersed! For a relatively small map and not too many characters, I’ve put dozens and dozens of hours into the game. To be honest, sometimes I need to take some breaks for a few weeks at a time because it can be slow paced at times. While the Xs are a seemingly random number, they actually represent the time, in seconds, after the game’s release date on Jthat the character was created).But otherwise, there is LOTS of content! It’s not some sort of game that you go through and finish once and then you’re done. Each character’s folder is named something like Charactername_XXXXXXXXX. Inside the folder you will find one sub folder for each of your Stardew Valley characters (if you only have one character there will only be one folder). Windows users can jump right to the folder by pasting %AppData%\StardewValley\Saves\ into the Run box and hitting enter.

That game save folder is located at the following places in different operating systems:

Regardless of your operating system, all Stardew Valley game saves take the same sturcture: a folder with some XML files inside (and, in fact, you can transfer your game saves between different operating systems with no issue). To manually backup your Stardew Valley game save, you first need to locate the game save directory on your computer. Players who purchased the game from outside of Steam and are playing it without activating it on Steam-or Steam players who simply wish to have multiple backups-need to manually backup their game saves. Note: If you purchased the game through Steam (and have not manually disabled Steam Cloud file saving) then every time you exit the game while your computer is online, a new copy of the save game is uploaded to the Steam servers. Stardew Valley is the kind of game you invest significant time into-it takes roughly 26 hours of real-world time to advance through the first in-year game.

Even if you don’t want a chance to roll back the clock or play with mods, having a backup of your game is important so you don’t lose all your progress.
