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Sunday, February 18, 2018

How Eric Barone, Stardew Valley developer became a millionaire with one game a Harvest Moon rip off

Eric Barone, who goes by the handle ConcernedApe, is Stardew Valley's sole developer. He programmed the game, wrote the story and dialogue, created all art assets as well as all sound effects and music.



Stardew Valley was downloaded tens of thousands by PC Steam users. It sold more and more in the days that followed. Most games who played it were hooked - and they told their friends...

Stardew Valley was one of the least expensive games released in 2016 at $14.99. The game hit the number one spot on Steam's Top Seller. Nearly a year later Stardew Valley was released on consoles in December and made it onto the Xbox Store and PlayStation Store best-seller lists. At the close of 2016 the game was estimated to have sold more than two million of the PC version estimated revenue of over $25. On Xbox One and PS4 its sales revenue is more than $35 million.

Past Cure game release and trailer - PC PS4 XOne

PAST CURE — which releases worldwide on February 23, 2018 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One digitally and in store.


PAST CURE is a dark tale that follows Ian, a former soldier turned lab experiment who must face his demons — both inside and out. Search for the missing pieces of Ian’s mind in a game where action and stealth-based gameplay meets mind-bending telekinetic abilities; unravel the mystery and explore a world where the line between dreams and reality is dangerously thin.