Gaming🎮 Stardew Valley's concurrent players skyrocket following collaborative 1.6 update with popular mod maker

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The long-awaited Stardew Valley 1.6 update was released yesterday, and tons of players were excited to jump into the game and experience the new content.

On Steam, the update’s release helped Stardew Valley reach 147,612 concurrent players, a 139.3% uptick from the game’s previous all-time high of 94,879 in January 2021. If you include players who purchased the game through GOG, that figure will be even higher.

Alongside news of the player count, comes word that FlashShifter, creator of the popular mod Stardew Valley Expanded, helped develop the 1.6 update with the game’s creator Eric “ConceredApe” Barone. FlashShifter announced the news on X, while also confirming a patch making Stardew Valley Expanded fully compatible with the update was released and comes with some new additions.

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