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Slime Rancher 2

Monomi Park · 2025-09-23

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 22, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 22, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 23, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.

890
playing now
95%
positive of 50k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
26
twitch viewers (latest)
67/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
24h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 41h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

890 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Slime Rancher 2 is a 2025 farm life sim video game developed and published by American indie studio Monomi Park. Slime Rancher 2 is the direct sequel to its predecessor Slime Rancher (2017). It features the playable character and main protagonist of Slime Rancher, Beatrix LeBeau, exploring a new location called Rainbow Island. The game released in early access on September 22, 2022, with a version 1.0 full release for Xbox Series X/S and Windows via the Microsoft Store, and PlayStation 5 released on September 23, 2025.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 890 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,116 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~640/week).
  • · Review velocity down 49% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 995k–2.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 49,758 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.95 at GameBillet (2025-11-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 79 of 124 observed days · $15.04 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.5k7.5k20222026Week of 2022-09-01: 7,504 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 348 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,720 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3,269 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 702 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 930 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 650 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,034 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,129 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,313 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,140 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5,136 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 687 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 33 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k5982026-08-06 21:00 — 1,108 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 835 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,198 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,066 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 797 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,146 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,084 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 810 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,135 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,151 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 674 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,046 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 950 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 639 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,012 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 890 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 598 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 994 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,274 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 725 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 859 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,059 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 790 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 993 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,049 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 742 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 788 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,031 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 890 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$13.532022-09-222026-08-272022-09-22 — best price $29.992023-02-16 — best price $23.992023-04-20 — best price $29.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-10-10 — best price $22.492023-12-21 — best price $19.342024-01-18 — best price $20.992024-03-06 — best price $24.782024-03-28 — best price $26.882024-05-17 — best price $25.822024-06-20 — best price $15.992024-07-18 — best price $15.572024-09-02 — best price $18.492024-10-09 — best price $20.992024-11-03 — best price $20.992024-12-03 — best price $21.592025-01-04 — best price $19.992025-01-23 — best price $15.992025-03-03 — best price $19.792025-04-09 — best price $29.992025-05-06 — best price $20.492025-06-19 — best price $29.992025-07-25 — best price $19.792025-09-19 — best price $29.992025-10-16 — best price $15.992025-11-20 — best price $17.992025-12-12 — best price $20.992026-01-16 — best price $29.992026-03-13 — best price $29.992026-04-09 — best price $29.992026-05-20 — best price $13.532026-06-18 — best price $29.992026-07-15 — best price $17.992026-08-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

96262026-05-30 — 90 pageviews2026-06-02 — 50 pageviews2026-06-05 — 73 pageviews2026-06-08 — 56 pageviews2026-06-11 — 57 pageviews2026-06-14 — 52 pageviews2026-06-17 — 52 pageviews2026-06-20 — 54 pageviews2026-06-23 — 50 pageviews2026-06-26 — 51 pageviews2026-06-29 — 58 pageviews2026-07-02 — 57 pageviews2026-07-05 — 47 pageviews2026-07-08 — 42 pageviews2026-07-11 — 37 pageviews2026-07-14 — 43 pageviews2026-07-17 — 56 pageviews2026-07-20 — 50 pageviews2026-07-23 — 53 pageviews2026-07-26 — 46 pageviews2026-07-29 — 41 pageviews2026-08-01 — 39 pageviews2026-08-04 — 44 pageviews2026-08-07 — 37 pageviews2026-08-10 — 44 pageviews2026-08-13 — 46 pageviews2026-08-16 — 44 pageviews2026-08-19 — 43 pageviews2026-08-22 — 45 pageviews2026-08-25 — 46 pageviews2026-08-27 — 50 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

15002026-08-27 23:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 93 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 46 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 108 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 26 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
35.8%
earned "Tinkerer"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)9,0899%28
Steam (Steam)5,6259%27
Xbox Series (Xbox)69210%27

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DCuteCasualFantasyColorfulRelaxingAdventureOpen WorldSimulationEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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