Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley Mobile Review: The Whole Farm for $4.99, Minus Co-op

The Full 1.6 Game — Farm, Mines, Marriage, Community Center

Nothing is cut. You inherit a grandfather's overgrown plot outside Pelican Town and build it however you like — crops by season, animals, artisan goods, a customised farmer and house — while the town runs on its own calendar of festivals, villager quests and 12 marriage candidates who lead to a family. The mines and Skull Cavern supply the combat and the treasure, the rivers and sea the fishing, and the Community Center bundles give the whole thing a spine: an August 30, 2026 Play reviewer is 56 hours in on year four with two bundles left and a ton of dungeons still to do, and calls it a gem for mobile while wishing the combat were smoother. The mobile build carries the 1.6 update — new town upgrades, dating events, crops, fishing ponds, hats — and the March 2026 iOS patch added Game Center leaderboards for Junimo Kart endless mode and deepest Skull Cavern floor.

Auto-Select Tools, Janky Sticks, and a Screen That Misses the iPhone 17

The port's own ideas divide players. Auto-select swaps to the right tool for whatever you tap and auto-attack handles monsters, and a September 8, 2026 five-star says it is the best feature — the reviewer has got further on mobile than on PC. Others find the touch options janky: an August 22 three-star loves the game and says the controls remove any hope of a PC-like experience, a September 16 five-star calls it hard on mobile, and a September 9 four-star asks for controller support although joy-cons have connected since 2023. The newest problem is the display: three September 2026 reviews report the interface not fitting the iPhone 17 — toolbar blocked, energy bar and date box cut off — with the in-game scaling options not fixing it. Bugs on record: a beach-farm house move that leaves the mail icon behind, and a September 16, 2026 cloud-save prompt that loaded a Winter Year 3 save over Spring Year 4.

$4.99, Nothing Else, No Data — and No Multiplayer

The price is the whole model: $4.99 once on either store, no advertising, no in-app purchases and, on Google's data-safety card, no data collected or shared; Apple lists no tracking. A 2019 App Store reviewer's reason for five stars was exactly that it is not a repeat of every other mobile game. The omission is co-op: the mobile version is single-player only, and a September 16, 2026 three-star asks for it — PC, console and Switch have four-player farms, phones do not. The iOS build is 464 MB on iOS 13 or later, with iPad and Apple Vision listed; Android goes back to 5.0, one of the lowest floors on the store, with 11 languages. Rated Everyone 10+ on Play for simulated gambling, alcohol and tobacco, 13+ by Apple. Android is on version 1.6.15.3 from June 27, 2026, iOS on 1.6.15.1 from March 19. Prices are regional.