About r/StardewValley
In its own words:
Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG with support for 1–8 players.
Community guide
r/StardewValley (#313, about 3.3 million) covers the Stardew Valley country-life RPG (1–8 players). Rules require respect; ban sensitive/political topics, memes, NSFW, unmarked spoilers (and spoilers in titles), piracy/free-game asks, IRL exchanges; posts need relevance, descriptive titles, no recent dupes/removed topics; English posts; flag mods/questions; promo limits. Image/Text (~108 ppd).
Cozy farm RPG talk
Game help, farms, and art fit; politics, memes, and NSFW do not.
Spoilers and English posts
No spoilers in titles; mark spoilers; English for posts; flag modded content.
Practical pointers
Image/text/gallery heavy; Discuss/Question/Art flairs.
SubMouse Editorial
The community was created on Feb 12, 2013, which makes it 13 years old. Since Oct 26, 2026, it has gained 3,483 subscribers (+0.11%). It sits just behind r/PeopleFuckingDying (#312) and ahead of r/webdev (#314) in our ranking.
What sets r/StardewValley apart
r/StardewValley is far more image-driven than most big subreddits: 45% of its recent posts are images, against a median of 17% across the Top 100. For its size it is unusually busy: about 32.4 new posts a day per million members, more than 87% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.74% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 93% of the Top 100. Its rhythm is strongly tied to time zones: the busiest hour (17:00 UTC) sees about 4.3× as many posts as the quietest (07:00 UTC).
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, r/StardewValley climbed from 3,305,863 to 3,330,312 subscribers (+24.4K, +0.74%). That is about 556 new members per day. The chart uses our weekly snapshots (9 so far), so it gets longer every week.
What r/StardewValley talks about
Looking at the titles of 688 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “stardew”, “farm”, “valley”, “game” and “help”. Other frequent themes are happy, halloween, perfection, skull, eve and love. Recurring phrases include “stardew valley”, “skull cavern”, “spirit eve” and “happy spirit”. By format, 45% are images, 35% are text posts and 13% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: Discuss (325), Question (142), Other (53), Design (31), Art (30), Achievement Get! (23).
Activity and best time to post
r/StardewValley gets about 110 new posts a day. The public archive holds 654,492 posts and 8,569,086 comments in total, about 13.1 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Monday (116 posts) and the quietest was Wednesday (88). Posting peaks around 17:00 UTC and is lowest around 07:00 UTC.
Rules of r/StardewValley
The moderators of r/StardewValley list 12 rules. In short:
- Be respectful.
- No sensitive, political, or controversial topics
- Posts must be relevant, have a descriptive title, and not duplicate a recent post.
- Posts must not be a removed topic.
- No Memes.
- No NSFW content or discussion.
- No unmarked spoilers, and no spoilers in post titles.
- Limits on promotion.
- No piracy or asking for free games.
- All posts should be in English. Non-English comments are allowed.
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/StardewValley and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/StardewValley have?
r/StardewValley has 3,330,312 subscribers (Nov 2, 2026), which makes it the #313 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 24,449 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026.
When was r/StardewValley created?
r/StardewValley was created on Feb 12, 2013, so it has been around for 13 years.
Is r/StardewValley still active?
Yes. r/StardewValley gets about 110 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 654,492 posts and 8,569,086 comments. In a sample of 688 recent posts we counted 560 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/StardewValley?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Monday and the quietest Wednesday, and most posts arrive around 17:00 UTC, with the fewest around 07:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/StardewValley?
The community describes itself as: “Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG with support for 1–8 players.” Recent post titles often mention stardew, farm, valley, game and help. Most posts are images (45%).
Is r/StardewValley SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/StardewValley as an 18+ (NSFW) community, and its own rules forbid NSFW content. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/StardewValley?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/StardewValley accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos and galleries enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Be respectful.”; “No sensitive, political, or controversial topics”; “Posts must be relevant, have a descriptive title, and not duplicate a recent post.”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/StardewValley?
Communities with similar topics include r/Eldenring (4.9M), r/homestead (3.6M), r/LifeProTips (23.1M), r/Genshin_Impact (3.9M) and r/pokemon (4.9M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 2, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/StardewValley.