Stardew Valley update 1.7 officially announced

Stardew Valley is easily one of the biggest indie success stories ever, with the 2016 farming sim currently sitting as one of the best-selling games of all time at over 41 million copies sold. Despite being almost a decade old, the game has continued to receive major updates on a semi-regular basis – with developer ConcernedApe having now announced update 1.7.

Following an initial announcement at the recent Stardew Valley Concert, developer ConcernedApe took to Twitter to confirm that the game is set to receive another major update in the form of 1.7 – writing:

“Okay, I revealed this at the concert last night and now the cat's out of the bag, so I will confirm for everyone: There will be a Stardew Valley 1.7 update. No release date, no estimate. But it's happening.”

For context, update 1.6 arrived back in March of 2024, and so the announcement of another update came as a welcome surprise.

That said, alongside Stardew Valley updates, ConcernedApe has also been working on their upcoming follow-up game ‘Haunted Chocolatier’, which was announced back in 2021.

Fortunately, unlike the previous 1.6 update, it seems as though the upcoming 1.7 release should not hinder development on Haunted Chocolatier – with the dev saying as much in response to one fan’s request.

Stardew Valley’s 1.x updates have all been pretty substantial, with the ‘smaller’ 1.6 patch bringing in hundreds of changes alongside new festivals and events; a new mastery system; a new farm type; tons of new dialogue; and dozens of new items – to name a few.

As such, while we currently know next-to-nothing about Stardew Valley’s 1.7 update, expect it to be quite substantial.

KitGuru says: Are you surprised that Stardew Valley is getting another update? When do you think Haunted Chocolatier will finally release? What will be the last major Stardew update? Let us know down below.

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