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Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
54 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Was a big fan of this game until the ♥♥♥♥♥ dlc which you have to buy. not worth it”
“The game was fun but now most updates are DLC, Want more then 1 map? DLC, Want cool looking cows? DLC, leaving the main game to lack anything of interest update wise, the game is rough round the edges and lacks these…”
“Honestly this is a game I can just come back to whenever I feel like relaxing. There are plenty of bugs and glitches that could definitely use fixing, but at the end of the day it's still fun for what it is. Much better…”
17 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Honestly this is a game I can just come back to whenever I feel like relaxing. There are plenty of bugs and glitches that could definitely use fixing, but at the end of the day it's still fun for what it is. Much better…”
“I really enjoy this game! I highly recommend it to anyone who likes sim games. It's great to play with friends. There have been some issues with performance but over all the dev team seems very active and on top of…”
“I've been playing ranch sim with my partner and we've been having a lot of fun with it! Starting from scratch and slowly building up the ranch feels really satisfying. There are a few bugs here and there, but nothing…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“The game is alright quite abit to do world is a little empty but does not matter when you are concentrating on your ranch the main problem i have is the driving i do only own the starter car/ATV but it drives like its…”
“++++ Great Game alot of stuff that you can do - Hope to get more interaction in the city”
“New here? Please read! I give this game 3.9/5 as it is *right now* It is fun, esp with a group, but also fun solo too. Theres no shortage of things to do, but there is a shortage of things to customize. The grind is…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I've been playing ranch sim with my partner and we've been having a lot of fun with it! Starting from scratch and slowly building up the ranch feels really satisfying. There are a few bugs here and there, but nothing…”
“If you’re looking for a satisfying loop of hard work and rewarding expansion, this is it. Moving from a broken-down shack to a thriving industrial ranch feels incredibly earned. The building mechanics are intuitive, and…”
“Decent enough game just 100% it. To avoid it being slow as some have complained the key to fast money is to allow animals to breed like crazy then sell them off eventually you cannot keep up but beware i bought 1 male…”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Very nice game to live like experience as a rancher, Unfortunately the graphics is better only with high end PCs .”
“The graphics are top notch, they are always adding new things to the game. I love having a farm where I can do whatever I want, and they also have some side quests to get additional items. You can have farm animals such…”
“The story is 3.8/5, Graphics = Storage is 4.5/5 and Gameplay is 4/5”
19 of the 102 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Played this game today for the first time. The driving is best compared to bambi on ice. Zero control and you just fly from left to right while your steering has little to no impact. My car fell on its side near a lake,…”
“The devs are more interested in selling you reskinned animals for $3 a pop than fixing the glaring issues with the actual game. This is just the straw that broke it. The cars don't adhere properly to physics, the…”
“Great premise, but the developers are moneygrabing hard instead of fixing the issues and actually making the game a finished product”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“As it stands right now, the vehicles drive like they're on ice and are a nightmare to control as a result (made worse as soon as a trailer is added to a vehicle). I put the game aside for (checks receipt) 10 months to…”
“Played this game today for the first time. The driving is best compared to bambi on ice. Zero control and you just fly from left to right while your steering has little to no impact. My car fell on its side near a lake,…”
“The devs are more interested in selling you reskinned animals for $3 a pop than fixing the glaring issues with the actual game. This is just the straw that broke it. The cars don't adhere properly to physics, the…”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“The devs are more interested in selling you reskinned animals for $3 a pop than fixing the glaring issues with the actual game. This is just the straw that broke it. The cars don't adhere properly to physics, the…”
“I wish I could say you should buy this game but sadly it has way too many glitches/bugs, lack of content, poor game mechanics, etc, to even be worth the price on a sale, let alone full price. On top of that the Devs…”
“I do enjoy playing ranch sim but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else. the physics suck, the graphics suck and most of the objects are just assets. I love the concept behind the game but the devs could do so much…”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“zero optimisation, zero stability, bigger pain in my ass than the parasites crawling alongside the rim of my rectum”
“making people pay for cows is just sad and this just shows the developers have fallen off, content sure but cows should be included as a free update just buy farming sim its a better more well optimised and cared for…”
“I really enjoy this game! I highly recommend it to anyone who likes sim games. It's great to play with friends. There have been some issues with performance but over all the dev team seems very active and on top of…”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“As it stands right now, the vehicles drive like they're on ice and are a nightmare to control as a result (made worse as soon as a trailer is added to a vehicle). I put the game aside for (checks receipt) 10 months to…”
“Played this game today for the first time. The driving is best compared to bambi on ice. Zero control and you just fly from left to right while your steering has little to no impact. My car fell on its side near a lake,…”
“The devs are more interested in selling you reskinned animals for $3 a pop than fixing the glaring issues with the actual game. This is just the straw that broke it. The cars don't adhere properly to physics, the…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 79.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“i was there for the death of boss hog. long live cool ranch.”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“Personally i love and would suggest this game after 100+ hours though these are a two big things that kind of bothered me - Sheep I made a new world to play with the sheep, super cute and both yield wool and milk. but after having getting around ten sheep sheering and selling…”
— a player, Steam review · 118 hrs played“great game but devs are more worried about making paid dlc than fixing basic game mechanics like vehicles feel like your driving on ice.”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Hotfix - 1st September 2026
Hey Ranchers We have another small hot fix for you today. This addresses the issue which prevented people from joining Southwest worlds, while not owning the DLC themselves. Players should now be able
Hotfix - August 28th 2026
Hello Ranchers We have another small hotfix out today. Trees should no longer spin in the majority of cases. Although if they fall onto objects they may still bounce around a little. We have also fixe
Hotfix - August 26th 2026
We have a small hotfix out today which begins to address the issue with spinning trees. Although this doesn't entirely fix the issue, it should be a lot better. A more permanent fix is being worked on
Vehicle Physics and Handling Update - OUT NOW
Hello ranchers, We've just launched an update for Ranch Simulator which improves upon vehicle handling! We know that the quality of vehicle handling has been an issue for many of you, so we're excited
June 30th Hotfix
Fixed an issue with the version of Nvidia Streamline being used (DLSS + Upscaling) was incompatible with newer GTX/MX video drivers.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Multiplayer · Online Co-Op · Open World · Farming Sim · Farming · Job Simulator · Co-op · Realistic · Hunting · Sandbox · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Full controller support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Korean, Polish |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 39 |
| Official site | https://www.excalibur-games.com/ranch-simulator |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD FX-8310 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX series / Radeon 500 series or above DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 15 GB available space