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Released Jul 30, 2026

The Ranchers

2026 · Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
RedPilzStudio · PC · Mac · Linux

The Ranchers is an open world country-life sim for 1-4 players. Raise animals, grow crops, craft machines, build your dream house and explore the gigantic open world where mines and dangerous monsters abound. Earn the villagers' respect and esteem. And who knows, maybe find love and start a family.

Real Score
54
Divisive
from 284 reactions
very high confidence
53% positive2% mixed45% negative
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What people are saying

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The Real Review

The Ranchers is a divisive open-world life sim where the farming and crafting loop is decently received, but the game is widely criticized for its poor performance and questionable value. People are especially vocal about the technical state, calling out constant bugs and crashes, and the driving mechanics are almost universally panned. There's some appreciation for the developer's vision and the concept of multiplayer, but overall, it's seen as a rough, unfinished experience that's hard to recommend at its current price.

Synthesized from 284 real reactions · very high confidenceGraphicsGameplayStoryPerformanceDifficultyMultiplayerValue

Sentiment split

Every qualifying reaction, weighted.

53%positive
  • Positive53%
  • Mixed2%
  • Negative45%

By aspect

What people scored, piece by piece.

graphics64
gameplay53
story53
value38
multiplayer29
difficulty28
performance18

How opinion moved

The Real Score, night by night.

525456Sep 2427Oct 15105454

Buzz

19 reactions over two weeks, counted by the day they were posted.

012Sep 26: 1 reactionSep 26Sep 27: 1 reactionSep 28: 0 reactions28Sep 29: 0 reactionsSep 30: 0 reactions30Oct 1: 0 reactionsOct 2: 0 reactions2Oct 3: 2 reactionsOct 4: 0 reactions4Oct 5: 1 reactionOct 6: 0 reactions6Oct 7: 0 reactionsOct 8: 0 reactions8Oct 9: 1 reaction9

Where the signal came from

Volume and platform mix only.

Steam276
Social Media8

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Names and topics that came up

Mentions across all reactions, with the share that were positive. Anything mentioned fewer than twice never shapes the review.

RedPilzStudiodeveloper67×60%+
Steam Deckplatform10×50%+
drivingfeature9×0%+
chickenscharacter6×0%+
vehiclesfeature6×33%+
carsfeature6×33%+
multiplayerfeature5×60%+
carfeature5×20%+
Steamplatform5×20%+
driving mechanicsfeature5×0%+
policefeature5×40%+
PCplatform4×25%+
camera anglesfeature4×25%+
controller supportfeature4×25%+
Discordplatform4×100%+

Trailer and screenshots

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