it has multiplayer yes. while its experimental, it runs smoothly for me and my partner 98% of the time, and I only play on mobile. its designed to be played by people on the same wifi but if you use Nord VPN you can play with your friends anywhere as long as their devices are linked.

watch this video and it will explain how to do it: https://youtu.be/qycdffT1d5w?si=RGrn34fMS7LNcsT7

I don’t think multi player works on mobile

The latest update includes experimental multi-player mobile: https://www.stardewvalley.net/mobile-multiplayer-guide/

I did about 20 days of single player on my let's play, then added a friend. 4 days in with her, and I'm having way more fun! Having someone else to good around with is a blast.

We finally power leveled my SO to get the recipe for quality sprinkles and my love for him has never been stronger.

My main Year 6 farm is where I relax, our multiplayer farm is where I have fun.

I prefer single player, unless my husband gets through his first solo run and we can start one up together. I just like doing things at my own pace and pausing whenever I want to.

I play with an IRL friend and it’s so much fun whether we are on our laptops sitting right next to each other on the couch or playing from our own separate houses all the way across town, it’s really great.

I wanted multiplayer to work, but getting anyone to actually play longterm is like pulling teeth... so yea lately it's just been me and the hubby playing.

• You would both need to own it for the same system, no cross-play
• There is no multiplayer on mobile
• On PC you generate an invite code to join a friends farm after someone has hosted the game. I assume console is the same.

as long as you're both on the same platform then it's easy to set it up.

Will she have it on the same platform that you do?

Depends on what systems you are playing on. Currently there is no cross system compatibility so if you are on PC and she is on Switch you are out of luck. I’m familiar with Switch so I can explain that and I suspect other systems have similar options (though there is no multiplayer on mobile).

Multiplayer works by having one player with the ‘host farm’ and others who can join in as ‘farm hands’. The host can play on the farm at any time, even solo. The farm hands can only play if the host is also playing. You can have up to three farm hands. All the data for the host and the farm hands is saved on the hosts device.

You can play with a local connection (via WiFi) if you are in close proximity or you can play via an internet connection even if you are apart (which naturally means you all have to be on line).

Each farm hand can level up skills and befriend townsfolk just like in a normal farm. You both contribute to the community centre/museum. You can chose at the set up of the host farm to have a shared money pot or to each have your own ‘purse’. There are a few other options you can set up too.

If you have friends who play Stardew on the PC, then get it on that.

It's great! I've probably spent 1/4 of my SV time on multiplayer.

Pros, you have more hands doing different things with separate energy bars. More fun with more people.

Con, The person who owns the farm has precedent when triggering events and coordinating those events sucks because time doesn't stop no matter what. You literally cannot pause the game. It's fine with casual playthroughs, but difficult when you try to optimize efficiency.

If you want to leave every cutscene and its magically 1 am and leave every building and your horse magically disappears, then yes. It really is a ton of fun, it's just hard to get used to with time constantly rolling

MP with gf/bf = wholesome and romantic MP with friends = chaotic

Your call.

There is a host yes. They will get the normal farm house. You’ll have to build cabins for everyone else. You can choose to have them pre built and have them automatically placed spread out or close together, or place them in your own and collect the minimal supplies it takes to build them.

When my sister and I play after the initial invite code she can just join the farm when I load it up. I’m pretty sure you have to have a good connection for any online game as well! So just keep that in mind. It would suck to lose connection in the middle of a good day.

Stardew Valley does not support cross-platform play

No

It’s pretty configurable, basically you all share the farm (up to 4 people) and you can also open up your single player world to people. . You can chose in a new world how many cottages spawn if their far apart or close together. You can mess with money, weather it’s shared or individual and even toggle the profit margins. The one thing to know though is that in single player when you are interacting with something or in a cutscene/dialog time pauses but not in multiplayer.

I pretty much only play multiplayer! It might b kinda rough bc you're not accustomed to things yet. Like, I'm fairly familiar with the heart events' content from singleplayer, so I can skip/rush thru them in multi since time still passes and I don't want to pass out and lose our stuff. Or how I know the pace I should be making money at from singleplayer, and I try to earn similar levels in multi even tho it can be easy to let other players do all the work while you chat. It's not a big deal tho, the only real downside is you're not always able to play when you want to and even that can have its benefits lol

It's completely worth it multiplayer only. It's a great game to play with friends and family.

It's still fun, although it will make the game a little bit more difficult, since time doesn't pause in menus, during cutscenes, or while fishing i nmultiplayer. But unless you're trying to min-max, it shouldn't really affect anything

Yeah

I bought it for my wife, and two kids and then let my two kids borrow two crappy laptops to play it on (with Xbox controllers, since they haven’t mastered the way of the mouse yet, damned touchscreens making everyone soft).

We have a 4 person farm and it’s lovely. Downright fun.

So yeah, I bought it 4 times, but at $9 right now, it’s awesome and they love it. (And if ya’ll haven’t used Steam’s “Family View” mode, it was a sinch to get under 13 users to be nice and ��cozy. :)

I'd say it's really good, and can be both actual coop or drop in/out, i'll list a few:

pros:

A multiplayer farming + life-sim game, not too heavy on pc/network requirements either.

Allows independence, but encourages cooperation very much.

cons:

shared money, this can be bad (esp if your friends are the kind that splurge or not tell when spending money), but shouldnt be an issue with proper communication

time trouble, time isnt handled that well in multiplayer, and cutscenes and such wastes a lot of time (time never freezes in multiplayer due to balance reasons, but even cutscenes won't freeze em)

It's pretty fun with multiple people. People can come and go as they please and everyone gains villager affection and skills differently. The big shared thing is money and resources you all farmed and put away.

It's drop in/out but the host of the farm always needs to be present

Not on the xbox. Just sayin. The one place you would expect it to be coop and its not.

It’s a lot of fun, in my opinion!