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Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm

Toxic Dog · Excalibur Games · 2023-11-03

SteamEpic Games Store

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.

3,607
playing now
79%
positive of 48k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40
twitch viewers (latest)
50/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.74
steam price (US)

3,607 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,607 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,280 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~910/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 6,704 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 959k–2.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 47,942 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 12 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.4k3.4k20212026Week of 2021-03-01: 997 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 613 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,448 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 609 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 805 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 308 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 282 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,089 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 630 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,036 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 339 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,168 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 607 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,074 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 421 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 97 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.6k2312026-08-06 21:00 — 757 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 283 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 692 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 812 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 319 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 788 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 859 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 396 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 987 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 901 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 233 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 738 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 827 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 283 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 761 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 766 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 231 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 752 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,009 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 440 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1,135 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 2,139 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 971 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,812 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 2,773 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,353 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,456 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 2,646 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,799 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 3,607 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.492021-03-042026-08-202021-03-04 — best price $15.992021-04-27 — best price $24.992021-05-26 — best price $24.992021-07-08 — best price $24.992021-08-13 — best price $19.992021-10-01 — best price $19.992021-11-22 — best price $19.992021-12-13 — best price $19.992022-02-07 — best price $24.992022-03-24 — best price $19.992022-04-25 — best price $24.992022-06-23 — best price $16.742022-08-23 — best price $16.742022-11-01 — best price $24.992022-12-02 — best price $24.992023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-03-06 — best price $16.742023-04-06 — best price $16.742023-04-24 — best price $24.992023-06-30 — best price $16.742023-08-10 — best price $24.992023-11-10 — best price $24.992024-01-10 — best price $24.992024-02-14 — best price $16.092024-05-06 — best price $24.992024-07-18 — best price $8.492024-10-15 — best price $24.992024-12-20 — best price $6.242025-03-05 — best price $24.992025-05-28 — best price $5.742025-07-17 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992025-12-22 — best price $2.492026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-20 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

36802026-08-26 19:15 — 64 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 30 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 304 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 40 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
67.1%
earned "First step"
14.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Korean, Polish

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opEconomyFarmingHuntingSandboxTradingRealisticManagementOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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