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Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic Portal 2 as Steam’s top-rated game (www.dexerto.com)
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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I think it's fair, and sometimes good. I've been playing Stationeers recently and it's fantastic. It's priced reasonably, and it's an amazing game. They have a few DLCs, which are purely there to give support, not new content. It's for you to pay the devs more if you have the money to give them and want to.

However, they're also losing money on the game and have said they never expect it to be profitable*. Most games aren't Stardew Valley, and they're struggling to survive. Stardew doesn't need to make more money. Most small/indie studios do.

*It's the studio making Kitten Space Agency, which they've said they want to be free, with the option to donate. I think they're allergic to making profit and only like making cool games. I'd highly recommend checking out their games, if only because they seem to be doing development for the sake of the games.