It's among the least intimidating games I ever played. You statt super simple and progress at your own pace. At any time you have different things you can do but you're free to focus on what you enjoy most.

Now you can optinize and rush certain rewards etc. But for the first playthrough just do whatever looks cool. It's such a fun game.

Guess I talked myself into another playthrough.

I played it with my kids in coop mode.
What's great is the progression system. You start very poor, having to cut wood, with nowhere to go that far. The areas and what you can do unfold themselves step by step.

It starts off slow but by the second year you need the wiki open on a second screen, mainly to know when and where certain fish show up.