While some Stardew Valley theories analyze the most microscopic elements of the game, others take a look at it as a whole. For example, some players have posited that the player actually died at Joja at the beginning of the game and are actually in a form of limbo, the afterlife, or their own head the entire time. This would explain a number of classing farming simulator elements, but it's also a bit of a cop-out that can be applied to many fictional stories and can even pull interest.