The Ranchers

The Ranchers

Steam Deck · unrated

The Ranchers · Farming Sim · Jul 30, 2026

It depends on what you're after.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $22.49.

58%
Mixed
546 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Multiplayer: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 546 player reviews · updated 9 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 216 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise33% are divided25% are caveats
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
The fact that multiplayer is helper only, well, it doesn't affect me because I play alone.
26 of 216 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I think I have played most farming simulator/management games possible and have been looking for something to scratch an itch with a slightly updated ui/graphics to Stardew and I think this is it!
16 of 216 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
A button customisation menu would be really useful since I still can't figure out how to rotate the camera on my laptop without doing that annoying setting.
13 of 216 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
With playing on Handheld, it's controller for me.
10 of 216 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I played this game on PC and Steamdeck which both perform great but not being able to make some changes really stinks, especially for some who may be impaired.
9 of 216 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Multiplayer26 reviews
Graphics16 reviews
Interface13 reviews
Controls10 reviews
Steam Deck9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters41 reviews
51%
Gameplay21 reviews
43%
Co-op19 reviews
53%
Monetization8 reviews
13%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs20 reviews
70%
Crashes16 reviews
63%
Performance8 reviews
63%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should I buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $22.49.

2 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
58%
Mixed
Playing right now
Not sampled yet

Crit has not sampled this game’s concurrent players yet.

Achievements
1
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.