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Slime Rancher

Slime Rancher

Released: 8/1/2017

Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes. With a can-do attitude, plenty of grit, and her trusty vacpack, Beatrix attempts to stake a claim, amass a fortune, and avoid the continual peril that looms from the rolling, jiggling avalanche of slimes around every corner!

Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes. With a can-do attitude, plenty of grit, and her trusty vacpack, Beatrix attempts to stake a claim, amass a fortune, and avoid the continual peril that looms from the rolling, jiggling avalanche of slimes around every corner!

Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes. With a can-do attitude, plenty of grit, and her trusty vacpack, Beatrix attempts to stake a claim, amass a fortune, and avoid the continual peril that looms from the rolling, jiggling avalanche of slimes around every corner!

Critics
80
Steam
98
Metacritic
81

Score Breakdown

80.2

Critic Average

23 reviews

98

Steam User Score

156,744 reviews

81

Metacritic User Score

511 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-17.8
Metacritic Disparity
-0.8
Combined Disparity
-9.3

Average of both sources

Review Timing

6 launch window (26%)17 late (74%)

Review summary

Updated Aug 30, 2026

Based on 23 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 80.2/100. Critics score this game 17.8 points lower than Steam users and 0.8 points lower than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 23)+
  1. Jon ScarrviaCloud Dosage
    Nov 27, 2024·Late review
    86/100View review
    Steam 98/100 · -12.0 ptsMetacritic 81/100 · +5.0 pts
  2. Achi IkedaviaNintendojo
    Oct 20, 2021·Late review
    100/100View review
    Steam 98/100 · +2.0 ptsMetacritic 81/100 · +19.0 pts
  3. Alex OlneyviaNintendo Life
    Aug 21, 2021·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 98/100 · -18.0 ptsMetacritic 81/100 · -1.0 pts
  4. Jonas KretliviaThe Game is a Lie
    Mar 1, 2019·Late review
    90/100View review
    Steam 98/100 · -8.0 ptsMetacritic 81/100 · +9.0 pts
  5. SpaceNerd.it StaffviaSpaceNerd.it
    Jan 19, 2019·Late review
    84/100View review
    Steam 98/100 · -14.0 ptsMetacritic 81/100 · +3.0 pts