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Slime Rancher 2

Monomi Park · 2025-09-23

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ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Slime Rancher 2 is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2025, priced at $29.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (94% of 49980 reviews).

766
playing now
95%
positive of 51k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
67/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
69
Nexus mods (472k downloads)
4.32★
PlayStation Store rating (7,529 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 57% recommend · from 22 critics
24h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 41h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

766 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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.

Trailer

Slime Rancher 2 trailer thumbnail

Slime Rancher 2 - Official Launch Trailer

≈414,780 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 766 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 2% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.0M–2.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50,550 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$17.99-40%

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 69 of 113 observed days · $3.04 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

1.8k6912026-09-15 12:00 — 826 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,126 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 829 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,170 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,541 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 833 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 843 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,535 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,254 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,189 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,299 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,070 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 763 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,279 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,377 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 804 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,124 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,100 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 797 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,262 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,521 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 842 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 718 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 766 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9.6k330Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 9,575 · peak 20,472Nov 2022 — avg 607 · peak 1,226Jan 2023 — avg 569 · peak 1,564Mar 2023 — avg 613 · peak 1,169May 2023 — avg 356 · peak 727Jul 2023 — avg 446 · peak 753Sep 2023 — avg 391 · peak 867Nov 2023 — avg 642 · peak 1,748Jan 2024 — avg 453 · peak 1,056Mar 2024 — avg 504 · peak 931May 2024 — avg 390 · peak 1,098Jul 2024 — avg 525 · peak 825Sep 2024 — avg 381 · peak 726Nov 2024 — avg 367 · peak 926Jan 2025 — avg 970 · peak 2,173Mar 2025 — avg 575 · peak 1,083May 2025 — avg 553 · peak 1,120Jul 2025 — avg 617 · peak 1,059Sep 2025 — avg 2,139 · peak 11,545Nov 2025 — avg 1,390 · peak 2,689Jan 2026 — avg 1,373 · peak 2,720Mar 2026 — avg 1,118 · peak 2,035May 2026 — avg 1,176 · peak 2,398Jul 2026 — avg 1,070 · peak 1,720Aug 2026 — avg 944 · peak 1,578
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
33332026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 15 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 28 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 27 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 9 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 20 new positive2026-09-28: 8 new positive2026-09-29: 21 new positive2026-10-01: 24 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 15 new positive2026-10-03: 12 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 21 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 19 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new negative2026-10-06: 14 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 16 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 8 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 11 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 33 new positive2026-10-12: 18 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 12 new positive2026-10-14: 11 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$13.532022-09-222026-10-152022-09-22 — 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 $17.992026-09-17 — best price $29.992026-10-15 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

90312026-05-30 — 90 pageviews2026-06-03 — 67 pageviews2026-06-07 — 78 pageviews2026-06-11 — 57 pageviews2026-06-15 — 84 pageviews2026-06-19 — 55 pageviews2026-06-23 — 50 pageviews2026-06-27 — 54 pageviews2026-07-01 — 50 pageviews2026-07-05 — 47 pageviews2026-07-09 — 46 pageviews2026-07-13 — 40 pageviews2026-07-17 — 56 pageviews2026-07-21 — 57 pageviews2026-07-25 — 41 pageviews2026-07-29 — 41 pageviews2026-08-02 — 38 pageviews2026-08-06 — 40 pageviews2026-08-10 — 44 pageviews2026-08-14 — 32 pageviews2026-08-18 — 33 pageviews2026-08-22 — 45 pageviews2026-08-26 — 47 pageviews2026-08-30 — 54 pageviews2026-09-03 — 38 pageviews2026-09-07 — 47 pageviews2026-09-11 — 61 pageviews2026-09-15 — 41 pageviews2026-09-19 — 48 pageviews2026-09-23 — 53 pageviews2026-09-27 — 58 pageviews2026-10-01 — 39 pageviews2026-10-05 — 43 pageviews2026-10-09 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6902026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 1 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-09-22, latest 2025-09-23 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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