100 percent played through Stardew Valley: It even took the inventor eight years

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Stardew Valley inventor Eric Barone should actually know all the tips and tricks about his own game. Nevertheless, it took him forever to finish his game.

The inventor of Stardew Valley has via X published a post in which he proudly reports that he has earned all 49 achievements in his own life simulation. This means that he has officially completed 100 percent of Stardew Valley and can be quite proud of this, especially since the endeavor took him eight years.

An infinite game ended

Since the indie title is designed to be played endlessly, it’s hard to pinpoint an actual point at which it is 100 percent finished. The most useful thing here seems to be obtaining all 49 achievements. These cover many different areas of the game and make a progressmeasurable.

Stardew Valley creator and one-man developer Eric Barone has now achieved this, as he proudly presents on X:

The comments under the post also show how impressive this is. For example, user Ash writes that he has already spent 800 hours in Stardew Valley and still has some achievements left.

In addition to numerous congratulations, the comments below the post also contain numerous humorous allusions to the fact that Eric Barone is not only a player, but also the developer of Stardew Valley.For example, user Matt writes:

Hopefully the developer takes note of your success.

Eric Barone responded jokingly:

The developer patted me on the back for it.

Another entertaining comment comes from katsuyakku – illust:

Congratulations! Now you just have to hope that the developer doesn’t add any new achievements.

Now that Eric himself has achieved all the achievements, he will surely think twice about adding more afterwards. Or is that perhaps a good enough reason for him to create even more play time for himself?

Unfortunately, Eric Barone doesn’t explain why it took him eight years to play his own game 100 percent. In the end, it’s not that important, because video games are ultimately about having fun, not about achieving goals out of compulsion. Unless, of course, you’re passionate trophy hunters.