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Jul 30, 2026

The Ranchers

Divisive
Reactions
274
Score confidence
very high
Score trend
Platforms
PC · Mac · Linux
54
Score

The game

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.

Developer
RedPilzStudio
Platforms
PC · Mac · Linux
Screenshots

The Real Review

It's a real toss-up. The core farming and crafting loop is decent, but it's absolutely buried by performance problems and a frustratingly janky open world. Driving mechanics are a particular disaster, with people hating the cars and handling, and technical issues are widespread. You're probably only getting into this if you're desperate for a new farm sim and can ignore a lot of broken or poorly implemented features.

Synthesized from 274 real reactionsvery high confidence
PraisedGraphics
FaultedPerformance · Multiplayer · Difficulty · Value
DivisiveGameplay · Story

Sentiment split

53% positive
2% mixed
45% negative

By aspect

gameplay53
performance18
value36
graphics64
multiplayer27
difficulty27
story53

How opinion moved

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Buzz

Sep 49 reactions over two weeksSep 17

How much people are talking about this game: reactions counted per day they were posted.

Names & topics that came up

RedPilzStudiodeveloper63× · 57%+Steam Deckplatform10× · 50%+drivingfeature7× · 0%+chickenscharacter6× · 0%+carsfeature6× · 33%+multiplayerfeature5× · 60%+carfeature5× · 20%+vehiclesfeature5× · 40%+driving mechanicsfeature5× · 0%+PCplatform4× · 25%+Steamplatform4× · 0%+camera anglesfeature4× · 25%+controller supportfeature4× · 25%+AIfeature4× · 25%+policefeature4× · 50%+

Where the signal came from

Social Media
7
Steam
267

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