Steam: 39 Stardew Valley-Like Games Are Coming in 2026

Steam is getting ready to welcome 39 Stardew Valley-style farming sims in 2026 — at least according to a manual count of the upcoming lineup. The problem is not the lack of options, but the time: the calculation leaves just 234 hours for gaming, with crops already at risk of going unwatered.

The estimate is based on a generous gaming schedule: two hours on weekdays and four hours every weekend day, with a few extra days thanks to holidays. It is more of a humorous time budget than a strict plan, but it clearly reflects the volume of releases gathered for the same year.

The list includes games with very different estimated runtimes. Songs of Glimmerwick, Dragon Shelter, and Grave Seasons are estimated at 40, 20, and 20 hours respectively, while Nivalis Nights stands out with an estimated 500 hours. At the other end is Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea, with a listing of just 20 minutes — a difference that makes the total even more unpredictable.

Steam itself does not make the count especially easy. The platform allows upcoming games to be sorted by release date, but not filtered by this criterion. As a result, the 39 titles came from a manual and error-prone process, not from an official category or a Valve announcement.

There is also a second reason not to treat the number as a final schedule. The dates of games targeting 2026 can still change, and the available gaming time is itself hypothetical. Even so, the picture is telling: anyone who wants to try every new farming sim will probably need better time management than the daily care required by a digital farm.

In practical terms, 2026 already looks overloaded for fans of the genre, even before all the releases are finalized. Nivalis Nights alone far exceeds the available 234-hour limit, while delays can shift the entire schedule again. The crops may have to wait; Steam’s calendar, however, makes no such promise.

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