After selling 1.4m copies on Steam, Stardew Valley-inspired Dinkum hits Nintendo Switch this November

You may not be aware of it, but the Australian-themed Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley-inspired title, Dinkum, was one of the breakout Steam games of 2022. The game sold over 350,000 within a month, and the title has gone from strength to strength since, racking up a total of over 1.4m sales since its 14th July early access launch in 2022.

What’s the story behind the game’s success? There was a late marketing push for the title just before it hit Steam – aided along by IGN’s Summer of Games show in the same year – and some YouTubers that focus on cozy life-sim games helped nudge the audience higher, too.

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Solo developer, James Bendon, is now keen to push his growing audience even further by releasing the game on Nintendo Switch (and playable on Switch 2). Whilst the initial development efforts on PC were all handled by Bendon, publisher Krafton has supported with the Switch ports, with members of the team at studio 5minlab coming in to help with porting the title to the handheld machine.

“As a massive Nintendo fan, having my own game on a Nintendo console has been a lifelong dream for me,” Bendon says in a press release. “I feel that Dinkum is a good fit for Nintendo Switch players, and it’s been the most requested console from players who have been waiting a long time to play Dinkum. I am certain that launching on the Switch will bring a lot of new players to Dinkum.”