Grave Seasons is the terrifying Stardew Valley clones you’ve been waiting for

“I think this feeling of unease has always been lurking under the genre’s surface as part of the natural tension of farming,” Son, one of the studio’s cofounders and writers, told Polygon over a Zoom call. “Y’know, animals would die in the older Harvest Moon games, and I remember when the music would cut at night, and it’s ambiance and you alone in the world, it felt pretty eerie and isolated.”