after long day at my job, i just wanna kick back and relax. maybe holding a controller instead of keyboard and mouse would be nice.
i like stardew valley but the experience with controller is just poor. it’s just not designed to work that way (even with the controller mod). thus the question. Any cool ideas?
Graveyard keeper is a little dark but good with controller
What don’t you like about it? I played it just fine with an Xbox controller
it’s fine i get it. but do you consider that a good/better experience than kb&m? that’s my it’s not built to work well without pointer…
My wife played that game for longer than I’ve played most games, and she only ever played it with a controller. She also liked Littlewood, Disney Dreamlight Valley, and Cozy Grove; she only ever used a controller for them.
The game is also on consoles so don’t know what you’d mean
It just… feels better with KBM. and I’m sad about that. I wanna sit back, but it just feels crunchier with a controller.
Yeah I tried playing it on console but it was pretty garbage compared to kbm. There’s a reason I’ve got about 30 minutes on console and 700 hours on kbm.
I never tried with KB/M so I can’t say. But I never really felt it was deficient. Selecting stuff from the menus certainly would have been faster with a mouse, but it was perfectly tolerable. If anything, like animal crossing, it adds to the slow play.
Give Spiritfarer a shot, full controller support and even a bit of harvest, fishing, and adventure to boot. 30 hours easy if you take your time, more if you want. Super chill game.
+1 for spiritfarer, but brace yourself for big sad
I also feel Stardew works insanely better on KBM. Terraria too. I WANT to use controller and sit back and be comfy, but I just feel like I’m fiddling more and not as relaxed as point and click.
I have only ever played Stardew with a controller so I’m just wondering in what way is it not good? Because for some menus the right stick is emulating a mouse? Or targeting things?
May I suggest turning the always face target (or whatever it’s called) option on? It makes a big difference in how using tools works with a controller.
It’s been a minute but i think i know what might be bugging you about the controls. If it’s the having to move and look with the same control, check the settings. There might be a way to adjust it.
As for other options…
-The Farming Simulator games are great for controller.
- Story of Seasons is on sale on Steam right now.
- Out of Ore
- Mini Metro
- Jalopy
- Shipbreaker
- the My Time At … series
- No Mans Sky
- Never Alone
- Hokko Life
- Staxel
- Rebel Galaxy
- Olli Olli
- Arctico
Looking on steam cross-referencing ‘casual’ and ‘good for steam deck’ is probably a good way to find some more.
I quite liked Fields of Mistria though its still early access.
KB/M is a little easier for placing things but its not at all bad with a gamepad.
The game that Stardew Valley blatantly copied - Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town.
It was made for the GBA, so has straightforward and precise controls, with none of the irritating camera or targeting complications that come with making the game 3D.
There are other later games in the Harvest Moon franchise with better graphics, but like Stardew Valley with a gamepad, they tend to have irritatingly imprecise controls. Friends of Mineral Town, with its isometric 2D, doesn’t have that problem.
Also, shout out to the female player character version of the game: Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town
Why do female player character have more friends than male player character? I feel discriminated!
The Japanese version is just called: Bokujo Monogatari: For Girl
(Bokujo Monogatari (Farm story) is just the series name in Japanese)
I was just joking, but thanks for the info, didn’t know that.
There’s a modern remake called Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. It’s isometric and cross-platform so I’m hoping the controller support would be decent.
thx! definitely going into my list:)
I’ve literally only ever played it with controller, except for about fifteen minutes with mouse and keyboard.
Hundreds of hours on the Switch, and now over a hundred hours on the Steam Deck (holy shit mods, even just QoL ones and being able to zoom out farther, make the game so much better).
What specifically do you have a hard time doing using controller? I know placing fences can be a big pain, but that’s pretty much it in my experience.
There’s roots of patcha. Its very similar.
roots of patcha. thanks! was not aware of this game. counting it in. also reviews are looking positive
Discounty has been fun, a supermarket simulator. It’s more story driven than Stardew and less open ended but similar vibes.
That seems nice, it’s even on gog
Eastward has been on my wishlist for ever. Not really a building sim, and not sure about controller support. But the pixel art might draw you in like Stardew did
Palia. It’s free on Xbox and PlayStation. Has in game purchases but I’ve never bought one. My fiancee started playing it recently and ask me to play. You can grow a farm, it’s 3D, get a glider, run around and do missions. (MMO) Play with others and get bonuses in XP. I’m only about 3 hrs gameplay so far. It’s cross platform because she plays Xbox, so if that helps… idk
Edit: also fishing, chopping wood, story lines idk. It’s worth checking out if you have time/access.
Edit 2: my fiance wanted me to say they have a Halloween event going on right now, and they have gatherings/events to encourage people to meet each other and team up and help each other grow
I only played the demo of it but Luma Island seemed quite nice.
Travellers rest is amazing. Still early acess but has tons of stuff already.
Coral island! Simpler than stardew but very pretty very wholesome and perfect for controllers
