Stardew Valley

More wholesome, no DLC, free updates don't break previous systems.

Never played Skyrim ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ So, don't know about but it have so much content. It get free update every few years. It's highly moddable and a loving community what do you need more from a game.

What a weird, somewhat contrarian comment to make. If it's a good game, why wouldn't it be a good investment, as compared to any other game?

I wouldn't say a better investment, but for me it's an equivalent investment. Both have a solid replayability on their own and both benefit from a huge assortment of gameplay enhancing mods.

Skyrim is owned by Microsoft which isn't great place to be sending money. But ignoring that I don't think this is saying you can't spend on other games just that Stardew is a good option

it has multiplayer, so you can play it with your friends :)

Some games have more replayability value than others or a bigger modding community for sure, but you also have to consider personal preferences. For the person who loves action RPGs, open worlds, and doesn't really like farming simulations, Skyrim is the better investment. For the person who likes cozy games and pixel graphics but is not too big on medievalish fantasy, Stardew is the better investment. For what it is worth I like both, but currently have far more hours logged in Stardew.

Also, the meme might technically imply that Stardew > Skyrim given the kid is buying Stardew and not Skyrim, but it never explicitly compares Stardew to any other game, let alone puts a different game down.

Just like you don't have to like every game out there you also don't need to seek out posts about it to tell everyone who likes the game how awful you think it is, just let people enjoy it man

Hey, some games aren't for everyone. Just like I don't like CoD or Halo, some of the most popular shooters out there, while immensely enjoying TF2 and Tf2

Hey, it's also a dating simulator.