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title: "Version history"
summary: "Stardew Valley's major free updates — from the XNA-to-MonoGame migration to the 1.6 content update."
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# Version history
Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has kept [[Stardew Valley]] growing through major free updates since its 2016 launch. The milestones below are the ones documented by the developer's own announcements.

## Major updates

| Version | Date | What it did |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1.0 | 26 February 2016 | Initial Windows release[^1] |
| 1.5.5 | 30 November 2021 | Migrated the game from XNA (targeting .NET Framework 4.5.2) to MonoGame (targeting .NET 5), which Barone described as futureproofing the game and letting mods access more than 4 GB of RAM[^2] |
| 1.6 | 19 March 2024 | Major free content update, released first on PC[^3] |
| 1.6.9 | 4 November 2024 | Brought the 1.6 update to consoles and mobile[^3] |

## Notes

The 1.6 update arrived roughly eight years after launch — part of why the game passed 50 million copies sold by its ten-year anniversary in February 2026.[^3]

## See also

- [[Stardew Valley]] — the main encyclopedia article

[^1]: ConcernedApe. ["Press"](https://www.stardewvalley.net/press/) — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^2]: ConcernedApe. ["Stardew Valley 1.5.5 released on PC"](https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-5-5-released-on-pc/) — stardewvalley.net, 30 November 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^3]: ConcernedApe. ["Blog (1.6 release and 10-year anniversary posts)"](https://www.stardewvalley.net/blog/) — stardewvalley.net. Retrieved 9 July 2026.