It is a RIP off of Stardew. But it's an alternative for someone out there whose looking to try before getting Stardew. Harvest Town is still lacking in many more departments before they can call themselves a fully fledge game, though they're still under development, so I can't say much. Also it's made under a Chinese company, I don't know where they're going with the microtransactions, but if they are anything like any other games available on the chinese market, global players will deter away from it.