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Rune Factory 5
As the newest ranger of a peacekeeping organization known as SEED, protect your community by rounding up rowdy monsters and going on special missions. Cultivate your farm and friendships alike while unravelling rune-related mysteries!
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 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
30 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“I absolutely love this series, with beautiful graphics and tons to do I wonder why more people don't know about this series. Monster taming (including some bosses) crafting and forging, cooking and farming, all things…”
“You get to chop wood.”
8 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“Rune Factory 5 has been fairly enjoyable so far. The story has been interesting and the gameplay is smooth and relaxing. You can focus on exploration and adventure, or live a more domestic lifestyle with farming and…”
8 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“Good Game, runs better on PC then on switch.”
“Harvest moon with story and monster tamer or should say it look similar to stardew valley but i didn't play that game too much so not sure about it. - Graphic good not bad also not that over - Performance excellent -…”
7 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“I genuinely love this game's music, ambience, world, infinite leveling system, post-story content and Ludmila (My favorite character/wife in the series). That said, the game has some serious design issues that hold it…”
“I absolutely love this series, with beautiful graphics and tons to do I wonder why more people don't know about this series. Monster taming (including some bosses) crafting and forging, cooking and farming, all things…”
“I did played over 70hrs on Switch, but i couldn't stand the optimisation issue (and, one of my joycon decided to give a sleep). Thanks god i had a model that could benefited me to continue my run through Steam. This is…”
6 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“I absolutely love this series, with beautiful graphics and tons to do I wonder why more people don't know about this series. Monster taming (including some bosses) crafting and forging, cooking and farming, all things…”
“Harvest moon with story and monster tamer or should say it look similar to stardew valley but i didn't play that game too much so not sure about it. - Graphic good not bad also not that over - Performance excellent -…”
12 of the 76 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I genuinely love this game's music, ambience, world, infinite leveling system, post-story content and Ludmila (My favorite character/wife in the series). That said, the game has some serious design issues that hold it…”
“too much talk like all Marvelous farming games, a lot of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that dont make any sense and if you try to skip they put a little guides in it to force you to read all that ♥♥♥♥, even if you try to skip with this…”
10 of the 76 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I genuinely love this game's music, ambience, world, infinite leveling system, post-story content and Ludmila (My favorite character/wife in the series). That said, the game has some serious design issues that hold it…”
“Rune Factory 5 is a love it or hate it kind of game. I have put in over 250 hours into it on Switch and still in the first year which give you an idea of how slow the days go in the game. One thing that has got me…”
9 of the 76 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I'll be honest, I wanted to like this. I've only heard good things about the rune factory games buuut... this felt legitimately painful to play. Okay, I’ll admit, starting out and finding that I was having to play as a…”
“Rune Factory 5 is a love it or hate it kind of game. I have put in over 250 hours into it on Switch and still in the first year which give you an idea of how slow the days go in the game. One thing that has got me…”
“Only playable with mods. Honestly, I don't think I would have played as many hours as I didn't if I hadn't added mods to fix basically everything. Even the graphics were awful before I found a mod to smooth everything…”
9 of the 76 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I'll be honest, I wanted to like this. I've only heard good things about the rune factory games buuut... this felt legitimately painful to play. Okay, I’ll admit, starting out and finding that I was having to play as a…”
“too much talk like all Marvelous farming games, a lot of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that dont make any sense and if you try to skip they put a little guides in it to force you to read all that ♥♥♥♥, even if you try to skip with this…”
“As a fan of JRPGs in general, and a fan of Rune Factory since the DS days, I want to start this review off by saying that Rune Factory 5 is not a bad game and I recommend giving it a go if you are a fan of the series.…”
8 of the 76 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“too much talk like all Marvelous farming games, a lot of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that dont make any sense and if you try to skip they put a little guides in it to force you to read all that ♥♥♥♥, even if you try to skip with this…”
Counted across 76 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 76.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Ruined Factory 5….-__- and no this is not an error considering that I would still recommend it. If you are a fan of the franchise and want to keep abreast of the story, then only purchase when it is on sale. You have been forewarned. If you are not a fan, go play Rune Factory 4…”
— a player, Steam review · 231 hrs played“Overall a pretty solid game. I'm going to compare it to the previous entries a bit, because there are a number of differences. The good points: - The 3D with regards to fighting. Like going from 2D Zeldas to 3D, the fights feel more engaging. - Being able to have 3 party members…”
— a player, Steam review · 284 hrs played“If you played RF4, RF5 does everything...worse. If you haven't, its not a baaad game...just not a particulary great one. While you have to keep in mind this was their first PC title so something new for them, this isn't a critique of technical limitations. Having all the great…”
— a player, Steam review · 337 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Latest official news
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Patch Notes - Dec. 12, 2025
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | RPG · Farming Sim · Romance · Adventure · Simulation · Anime · Fantasy · Creature Collector · Magic · 3D · Combat · Fishing (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Japanese * , Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Achievements | 47 |
| Official site | https://www.runefactory-5.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8.1 or later Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 660 Ti DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 9 GB available space