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Slime Rancher

Monomi Park

Quick read

Slime Rancher is a cute vacuum: ranch slimes, don't mix the wrong ones. A corral is a save, and a plort is the coin you farmed by being kind to goo.

What kind of game is it?

Collection fantasy with a ranch loop. You vacuum slimes, feed them, and sell plorts. The ranch is the save. The colour you mix is the economy.

Who is it for?

For players who prefer vacuuming slimes and bringing them home to a ranch.

How it plays

Loop: Farm life
Sessions: Medium sessions
Progression: A world that stays
Players: Single-player
Structure: Sandbox
Tone: Cozy · Accessible

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression80
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Social18
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Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 17 Aug 2026.

Release

early access

2017-08-01

Review score

98%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

156,396

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Store price

€18.99

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Languages

Demo

Yes

Early Access

Yes

Players

Single-player

How many people play Slime Rancher?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

3.9M – 8.6M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55. For a free game: players, not sales.

All-time peak players

16,943

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

1,115

Peak that month: 1,976.

Median playtime

15.8 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 8.9–28.1 h. 2% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English30%
Russian28%
Spanish (Spain)16%
Simplified Chinese7%
Spanish (Latin America)5%
Portuguese (Brazil)4%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

A corral holds the slimes, and a plort is the coin you earn by not mixing the wrong colours.

Core mechanics

Farming

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Related games

Nearby games. Not always a direct substitute.

Shared: Farming, Cozy, Management

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Genre / subgenre

Steam genre: adventure.

Related rankings

Sources

Store price checked 17 Aug 2026.

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