Ranking ALL of the Stardew Valley Marriage Candidates!

here are my (entirely subjective... pls dont be mad) dateable rankings!!!

[kiterafrey]

Haley is a great example of, "Being with someone who inspires you to be the best version of yourself." We inspire her and she embraces that inspiration to better herself. She's probably the most realistic relationship to IRL that still has a character development arc.

[sweettaterfries]

I think the reason Shane doesn’t have the post marriage progress is due to him being added as a candidate after everyone else. I really hope they fix this in 1.6

[sofiagarcia]

Shane is “I can fix him” walking around

[marceloasensiofilho]

The reason why Abigail is my favorite is literally because she is unique and "weird" without being batshit insane (I mean like Emily whose heart events are insanity)

[YourLocalIdiot._.]

Haley is basically every lesbians crush (that includes me)

[chibivampiregirl]

Definitely agree that Alex is better for male farmers! I pretty much always marry him when I play as a male farmer. Alex actually does seem to be confused about having feelings for another man, and George will even comment that a man marrying another man is "unnatural" until you max out hearts with him. The depth that it adds to his character and storyline as a spouse is subtle, but makes a big difference. Overall, Alex's transition from slightly misogynistic jock to sweet himbo farm husband is great on a male farmer. Highly recommend.

[YenB_prplka]

Sure, Harvey is boring and not that attractive... But hey, I think his cutscene with hot air balloon is one of the best! He's overcome his fear of high for Farmer, he spend probably a lot of money for that ballon, plus when you two are in pink skies it looks sooo cute and romantic... Not even my favourite poetic Elliott did someting that romantic :( So it means something

[finchblue]

I never got the sense that Elliott thinks he is better than the farmer. Quite the opposite, actually! He greatly admires you and the work you do. I think, a bit of a paradox, but I think he is a bit socially awkward. I think he's good with words, but less so in expressing emotion towards people he is getting to know. But once you become great friends/partners, that's when you get the poetry :)

[derekreading]

As someone who immediately went for Harvey, I'm so offended 😭😭😭

[Britishrimp]

As a male farmer, my personal top 3 are:
1: Haley
2: Abigail (Even if she eats rocks)
3: Alex- I just like being friends with him for the most part

[meleksaldz]

I don't know why, but for me Sebastian has always been 1 and Maru has been 2. To change that, I married and divorced all the characters, but those two remained special in my heart.

[MaddieThePancake]

I agree with everyone on your list except Sam. He feels immature to me.

You can literally have children with him, but his ten heart scene has you sneaking in through the window and him hiding you from his mom in his bed. Like, dude, what are you sixteen? Why are you so afraid to talk about your relationship with your mother?

I don't know, I'm only 22 which is young I know, it still feels like he's too young for me, and not really mature enough to handle an adult relationship yet

[limediamond]

Somehow I completely disagree with a lot of your rankings, yet I agree with most of your reasoning

[miriams.]

I like Elliot, because he actually seems to have all his ducks in a row. He seems like an adult romancing another adult. Alex is cute, but he also seems about 13 to me from his behaviour…which is not romance territory O.O Maybe I’m just showing my age though with my preferences.

[mafeweigel]

Keep my husband Harvey’s name out of your filthy mouth. He’s the sweetest, most loyal husband in the whole Pelican Town. ❤️

[Stongna_Bologna]

I do wish they had more scenes with Maru standing up for Sebastian, like Demetrius making him get rid of his snowgoon but letting Maru keep hers, it makes me mad at Demetrius every winter!

[celestial]

I know Shane is low on the list but i like to marry him! I think its perfect for his story: he doesnt have to work at Joja mart anymore, he can move out of his aunts house, he LOVES chickens.
But... still i wish i could marry Gus! 😭😭😭

[MrDynamite]

At some point in the video I stopped caring about the ranking and started caring about that skull caverns clip. It played so many times! If I took a shot every time it played I'd be wasted by the end of the video and the video isn't even that long!

[lordnmaster]

As a Haley husband, I love that you recognize how far my ditzy bimbo baby girl comes. Her character arc is lowkey precious.

[Aleafeah]

I feel like with Alex the only reason why he acts differently to the female farmer is because his mother probably didn't like sports as much, his grandmother (Evelyn) is too old to play sports with him, and we all know Haley's the type of girl to just watch from afar, or like a cheerleader. Which is why he is surprised when you actually want to in one of his heart cutscenes. However, he has a change of heart when you get married, and becomes more inclusive. Although he had to drop his dream job (which I find really sad), he did it for the farmer, which is why I'd say Alex as a husband is a pretty good choice, although I agree with you that he's better with the male farmer