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Slime Rancher

First-person ranching sandbox about collecting, feeding, and combining colorful slimes

Monomi Park · Released Aug 1, 2017

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
98% of 155K
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
97% of 959 in 30 days
Players
909
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Oct 16, 2025
Minimum PC
512MB VRAM
4 GB RAM · 1 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 81/100 (critic reviews)

What is Slime Rancher?

A single-player, first-person ranching sandbox set on the distant Far, Far Range, where Beatrix LeBeau takes over an inherited ranch. You use a vacpack to collect slimes and resources, grow food, sell plorts, upgrade the ranch, and explore an open world for secrets.

For you if...

  • +you like casual farming, creature collecting, and exploration
  • +you enjoy feeding and combining creatures into hybrids
  • +you prefer cute, colorful games with low-stakes management

Not for you if...

  • −you expect multiplayer or cooperative ranching
  • −you prefer directed levels over open-ended exploration
  • −you want ranch work to run itself

What players say

98% of 154,684 reviews are positive · 97% of 959 in the last 30 days

Players praise the cute art and distinct slime designs, along with the interactions involved in feeding and crossbreeding them. The most common complaint is that the mid- and late-game become repetitive, with frequent backtracking and ranch chores that limited automation does not remove.

Players over time

▼ -21% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 1,269 players on Oct 4, 2026.

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DayPlayers
Nov 7, 2026909
Nov 6, 2026642
Nov 5, 2026658
Nov 4, 2026705
Nov 3, 2026829
Nov 2, 2026889
Nov 1, 20261,119
Oct 31, 20261,156
Oct 30, 2026822
Oct 29, 2026819
Oct 28, 2026795
Oct 27, 2026926
Oct 26, 2026980
Oct 25, 20261,250
Oct 24, 20261,075
Oct 23, 2026914
Oct 22, 2026831
Oct 21, 2026842
Oct 20, 2026731
Oct 19, 2026748
Oct 18, 2026922
Oct 17, 2026819
Oct 16, 2026686
Oct 15, 2026680
Oct 14, 2026733
Oct 13, 2026752
Oct 12, 2026965
Oct 11, 20261,067
Oct 10, 2026941
Oct 9, 2026897
Oct 8, 2026990
Oct 7, 20261,039
Oct 6, 20261,022
Oct 5, 20261,123
Oct 4, 20261,269
Oct 3, 20261,068
Oct 2, 2026865
Oct 1, 2026731
Sep 30, 2026723
Sep 29, 2026707
Sep 28, 2026818
Sep 27, 2026933
Sep 26, 2026959
Sep 25, 2026880
Sep 24, 2026821
Sep 23, 2026607
Sep 23, 2026850
Sep 22, 2026950
Sep 21, 20261,254

How many players finish Slime Rancher?

14% of Steam players have unlocked «The Adventure Continues!», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Slime Rancher screenshot 1

Slime Rancher system requirements

Minimum: 512MB VRAM, 4 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7+
Processor
2.2GHz Dual Core
Graphics
512MB VRAM
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
1 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Does Slime Rancher have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Slime Rancher run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
57
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Russian, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Spanish - Latin America.

Does Slime Rancher use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

5 DLC available.

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