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The Ranchers
The Ranchers is an open world country-life sim for 1-4 players. Raise animals, grow tasty crops, craft helpful tools and build your dream house. Explore the open world and earn the villagers' respect and esteem.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“If you don't like games that are still in early development (Remember, Steam only lets developers list their games as EA - this includes games that are in Alpha, Beta, etc etc.), please don't get this game. Too many of you expect way too much out of games that are still in a…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“I enjoy this game! I think people are forgetting this is an early access game and it's got great potential to become a top tier cozy game. The negative comments, imo, seem to be overly critical. I'm seeing complaints about some valid things which I think are fair and hopefully…”
— a player, Steam review · 53 hrs played“So far i like the game and the art style you guys using, Edit 2026-08-05: No update or fixes for 6 days btw. not a good sign Edit: Still not updating this game fast enough, sorry dev. you gotto do better The vehicles can get a little upgrade and polished, its a little buggy and…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 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 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. 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 (2026-09-25). 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.
🎥 Major Camera Improvements & New Camera Settings, 0.8.10.871
Hello Ranchers! 👋💚 A new update is now available! Make sure your game is updated to version 0.8.10.871 . 🎥 Camera Improvements This update brings a major round of improvements to camera controls, resp
🌱 FOUNDATION UPDATE, PART 1
Hello Ranchers! First of all, thank you to everyone who has purchased and supported The Ranchers since our Early Access launch on July 30. Whether you've been playing since day one, recently joined us
Update 0.8.10.868, Plantation Improvements & More
Hello Ranchers! 🤠💚 A new update is now available! Make sure your game is updated to version 0.8.10.868 . 🌱 Plantation Improvements This update brings another big clarity pass to plantations, especiall
🔥 Major Ranching, Multiplayer & Building Update, 0.8.10.858
Hello Ranchers! 🤠💚 A new update is now available! Make sure your game is updated to version 0.8.10.858 . 🐄 Ranching This update brings another major stability and balancing pass to ranching. Addressed
A new update is now available! - Version 0.8.10.842
Hello Ranchers! A new update is now available! 🔥 Please make sure your game is updated to version 0.8.10.842 or later. This update focuses heavily on quest progression, ranching stability, and quality
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Farming Sim · Life Sim · Agriculture · Simulation · Animals · Relaxing · RPG · Multiplayer · Crafting · Building · Sandbox (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Danish, Dutch, Turkish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 1 |
| Official site | https://www.ranchers.game |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7+ / 8.1 / 10 64 bit Processor: Intel i3 Processor Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, AMD Radeon R9 270 Storage: 12 GB available space