Would probaply have to say japan. They got SquareEnix, Capcom and Shigeru Miyamoto. Cant get much better than that imo

If you had fun with Stardew Valley and want to play a similar game but with survival mechanics and in-depth crafting/sandboxing take a look at Core Keeper on Steam. It has a friendly communtiy with active developers as well, can't get much better in todays day and age

Yay! Another opportunity to recommend my favorite game of all time!

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a Meteoidvania with a great story, that starts off really casual and gives you the opportunity to move through the game at your own pace, get uses to combat, familiar with combos and aircombat, etc.

The game does pick up in difficulty a bit after the first two areas when you go to fight the first boss (overall the bossfights are quite challenging, even now when I speed through the game for the 100th time they still give me some trouble), but if you don't feel ready yet, you go and complete some side quests and come back when you have improved.

For a metroidvania, it's very forgiving and great to pick up and play for an hour or two and then put it down again, since you dont need quite as much skill or reaction time as in other Meteoidvanias to be successful in combat

It's also not very expensive (15 bucks on steam I think), so if you want to make me happy go try it and tell me how you liked it when you're done :)