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**Sun Haven** is a fantasy farming and life sim with RPG elements by Pixel Sprout Studios: build a farm, form relationships with townsfolk, and pursue a questline involving magic, monsters and dragons.[^1] Crowdfunded on Kickstarter in 2020, it entered Steam early access in June 2021[^2] and reached its full 1.0 release on 10 March 2023.[^1]

## Gameplay

Character progression runs through skill trees covering farming, combat, exploration, fishing and mining. Up to eight players can share a farm online, across three towns — Sun Haven, the elven forest Nel'Vari, and the monster city Withergate — plus the underwater Brinestone Deeps region.[^1]

## Development and release

At early-access launch the developers planned roughly six more months to finish the main questline and add new areas and a playable race;[^2] the 1.0 release ultimately came about 21 months in. A Nintendo Switch version launched on 29 November 2024 in Americas eShops (with other regions to follow), matching the PC 1.7.1 patch but shipping without multiplayer or PC↔Switch cross-save at launch.[^3][^4]

The game is supported by an unusually large catalog of cosmetic DLC on Steam — 43 items as of July 2026, from the *Dreamy Pet Pack* (April 2023) to the *Starlight Pack* (June 2024).[^5]

## Reception

Sun Haven's pitch — [[Stardew Valley]]'s rhythm with dragons, magic and big co-op — made it a staple of the post-Stardew farming-sim wave alongside [[Fields of Mistria]] and [[Dinkum]].

## External links

- [Official website](https://playsunhaven.com/)
- [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/)

[^1]: Valve. ["Sun Haven"](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/) — Steam store data. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^2]: PCGamesN. ["Sun Haven on Steam (early access launch coverage)"](https://www.pcgamesn.com/sun-haven/steam) — PCGamesN, 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^3]: Siliconera. ["Move Into the Sun Haven Switch Version in November"](https://www.siliconera.com/move-into-the-sun-haven-switch-version-in-november/) — Siliconera, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^4]: GoNintendo. ["Sun Haven releases for Switch Nov. 29th, 2024"](https://www.gonintendo.com/contents/42850-sun-haven-releases-for-switch-nov-29th-2024) — GoNintendo, 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
[^5]: Valve. ["Sun Haven — Steam DLC page"](https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/1432860/Sun_Haven/) — Steam. Retrieved 9 July 2026.