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Slime Rancher cover art

Slime Rancher

Monomi Park · 2017-08-01

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ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 01, 2017 (Xbox One), Aug 21, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jan 14, 2016 (Linux), Jan 14, 2016 (Mac), Jan 14, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.

Slime Rancher is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 157172 reviews).

678
playing now
98%
positive of 158k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
12
twitch viewers (latest)
2.4
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (246 ratings)
302
Nexus mods (7.4M downloads)
4.54★
PlayStation Store rating (26,931 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 65% recommend · from 27 critics
19h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 29h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

678 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Slime Rancher is a farm life sim video game developed and published by American indie studio Monomi Park. The game was released as an early access title in January 2016, with an official release on Windows, macOS, Linux and Xbox One on August 2, 2017. A PlayStation 4 version was released on August 22, 2018, and a Nintendo Switch version was released on August 12, 2021. A DLC named Secret Style Pack' was released on June 19, 2019 which added additional cosmetic appearances. A sequel, Slime Rancher 2, was released in early access on September 23, 2022, for Windows and Xbox Series X/S and was officially released on 23 September 2025. A feature film adaptation is in development.

Trailer

Slime Rancher trailer thumbnail

Slime Rancher - Official Launch Trailer

≈417,720 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 678 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9,534 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,192/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 4.0M–9.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 158,151 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.24-79%
IndieGala$4.28-79%
Fanatical$4.39-78%
Gamesplanet$4.84-76%
Humble Store$4.99-75%
WinGameStore$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$4.99-75%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-11-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 124 of 173 observed days · $2.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.4k4.4k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,145 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,773 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,862 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,959 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,132 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,500 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,092 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,211 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,003 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,990 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,430 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,793 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,113 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,810 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,235 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,891 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,770 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,233 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,641 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,417 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,153 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,442 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3,456 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,475 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,946 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,647 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,692 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,573 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,928 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3,216 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,595 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,418 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,545 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,436 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,624 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,896 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,340 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,772 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,662 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,555 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,216 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,163 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,200 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,142 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,091 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 971 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,010 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,377 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,128 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,216 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,000 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,298 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,435 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,113 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,172 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,237 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 948 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,385 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,623 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,025 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 973 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,392 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,399 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,796 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,079 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,435 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 787 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,254 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,218 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,443 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,348 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,511 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,217 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,305 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,476 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,651 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 896 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,480 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,162 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,030 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,368 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,283 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,098 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.0k5012026-09-14 19:00 — 1,390 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 904 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 1,014 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,573 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 1,263 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 707 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 1,098 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 843 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 748 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,412 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 958 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 501 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 1,007 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 792 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 1,289 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,988 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,051 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 900 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,240 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,234 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,089 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 805 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 980 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 678 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.3k253Jan 2016Aug 2026Jan 2016 — avg 970 · peak 2,684May 2016 — avg 351 · peak 898Sep 2016 — avg 253 · peak 741Jan 2017 — avg 801 · peak 2,299May 2017 — avg 709 · peak 1,448Sep 2017 — avg 1,895 · peak 4,387Jan 2018 — avg 1,094 · peak 2,943May 2018 — avg 825 · peak 1,611Sep 2018 — avg 837 · peak 1,654Jan 2019 — avg 1,441 · peak 3,618May 2019 — avg 759 · peak 1,452Sep 2019 — avg 687 · peak 1,315Jan 2020 — avg 1,108 · peak 2,254May 2020 — avg 1,537 · peak 2,512Sep 2020 — avg 1,363 · peak 3,855Jan 2021 — avg 1,774 · peak 3,800May 2021 — avg 1,230 · peak 3,478Sep 2021 — avg 1,433 · peak 3,375Jan 2022 — avg 2,365 · peak 7,189May 2022 — avg 1,253 · peak 2,814Sep 2022 — avg 1,651 · peak 4,358Jan 2023 — avg 997 · peak 1,921May 2023 — avg 784 · peak 1,604Sep 2023 — avg 957 · peak 2,035Jan 2024 — avg 947 · peak 1,770May 2024 — avg 740 · peak 1,396Sep 2024 — avg 924 · peak 2,002Jan 2025 — avg 1,739 · peak 2,944May 2025 — avg 1,209 · peak 2,550Sep 2025 — avg 1,459 · peak 6,807Jan 2026 — avg 1,451 · peak 2,532May 2026 — avg 1,024 · peak 2,121Aug 2026 — avg 1,115 · peak 1,976
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
48482026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 30 new positive2026-09-24: 18 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 21 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 19 new positive2026-09-28: 48 new positive2026-09-29: 16 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 11 new positive2026-10-01: 23 new positive2026-10-02: 36 new positive2026-10-03: 40 new positive2026-10-04: 33 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 48 new positive2026-10-06: 39 new positive2026-10-07: 35 new positive2026-10-08: 35 new positive2026-10-09: 27 new positive2026-10-10: 32 new positive2026-10-11: 30 new positive2026-10-12: 33 new positive2026-10-13: 45 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.992016-01-142026-10-142016-01-14 — best price $19.992017-05-11 — best price $13.392017-12-28 — best price $13.392018-08-06 — best price $19.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-07-22 — best price $19.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-05-07 — best price $7.992020-12-03 — best price $19.992021-05-26 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-02-02 — best price $19.992022-08-18 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-05-11 — best price $4.992023-09-14 — best price $4.992023-12-13 — best price $4.992024-02-12 — best price $14.392024-04-12 — best price $17.212024-06-24 — best price $5.002024-09-03 — best price $3.962024-10-31 — best price $5.002025-01-01 — best price $19.992025-02-21 — best price $19.992025-04-18 — best price $4.792025-06-26 — best price $5.002025-09-15 — best price $19.992025-10-28 — best price $3.962026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-05-21 — best price $4.282026-07-17 — best price $4.992026-09-07 — best price $4.992026-10-02 — best price $4.242026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

159602026-05-31 — 150 pageviews2026-06-04 — 159 pageviews2026-06-08 — 129 pageviews2026-06-12 — 122 pageviews2026-06-16 — 98 pageviews2026-06-20 — 65 pageviews2026-06-24 — 98 pageviews2026-06-28 — 111 pageviews2026-07-02 — 109 pageviews2026-07-06 — 87 pageviews2026-07-10 — 76 pageviews2026-07-14 — 105 pageviews2026-07-18 — 104 pageviews2026-07-22 — 109 pageviews2026-07-26 — 70 pageviews2026-07-30 — 77 pageviews2026-08-03 — 82 pageviews2026-08-07 — 88 pageviews2026-08-11 — 89 pageviews2026-08-15 — 95 pageviews2026-08-19 — 87 pageviews2026-08-23 — 119 pageviews2026-08-27 — 113 pageviews2026-08-31 — 99 pageviews2026-09-04 — 81 pageviews2026-09-08 — 111 pageviews2026-09-12 — 115 pageviews2026-09-16 — 136 pageviews2026-09-20 — 111 pageviews2026-09-24 — 102 pageviews2026-09-28 — 120 pageviews2026-10-02 — 106 pageviews2026-10-06 — 114 pageviews2026-10-09 — 114 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

35702026-09-30 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 130 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 12 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
78.4%
earned "Plort Peddler"
29.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing5 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2017-08-01, latest 2019-12-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)71,3945%31
Steam (Steam)65,9747%57
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)59,2322%57

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

CuteFunnyIndieCasualFantasySandboxColorfulAdventureManagementOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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