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Slime Rancher is its own enemy: everything good it offers has a counterpart of equal magnitude. However, in the end, the experience is enjoyable and, despite its notorious flaws, turns out to be a pretty fun mix of FPS, adventure and farming simulator.
75
CD-Action
If you need more relaxation and laughter in your life, Slime Rancher is the game to choose. [11/2017, p.54]
Slime Rancher oozes personality and style, being a clear labour of love. It comes highly recommended and is sure to please young and old alike.
10
GoopyGod
Slime rancher is a very fun and relaxing game for those who like peaceful games, and even for those who don’t. It is a very good experience all around.
10
gamerrview
i love all the cute little guys the slime's are all cute in diff ways and all the areas fit the slime's perfectly i love this game
9
jthh1
Very solid for a slime based game. My only issue with it is that at one point you dont really have all the many reasons to play the game anymore. You only get more slimes to get more money to then buy upgrades and collect keys to go to new areas in order to get more slimes and more money. It's a loop that starts to get very repetitive at one point

Slime Rancher

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Aug 1, 2017
Metascore
Generally Favorable
81
User score
Generally Favorable
8.1
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
81
89% Positive
8 Reviews
11% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Aug 10, 2017
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CGMagazine
I absolutely loved Slime Rancher, from the colourful start to the bittersweet ending that literally had me sobbing—something that is quite hard for video games to achieve.
Oct 27, 2017
85
Meristation
Slime Rancher oozes personality and style, being a clear labour of love. It comes highly recommended and is sure to please young and old alike.
User score
Generally Favorable
8.1
73% Positive
393 Ratings
22% Mixed
121 Ratings
5% Negative
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Jun 2, 2026
10
GoopyGod
Slime rancher is a very fun and relaxing game for those who like peaceful games, and even for those who don’t. It is a very good experience all around.
May 11, 2026
10
gamerrview
i love all the cute little guys the slime's are all cute in diff ways and all the areas fit the slime's perfectly i love this game
Aug 2, 2017
85
Game Informer
Slime Rancher has the ability to keep you hooked for hours; I often looked out over my ranch, felt pride at my accomplishments, and eagerly ventured back into the wilderness to see what other strange things I could find.
Aug 31, 2017
78
Everyeye.it
Relaxing and relaxed, Slime Rancher is a funny "adventurous manager" with rather atypical traits.
Aug 11, 2017
77
New Game Network
Slime Rancher successfully taps into the addictive nature of farming simulators, while managing to make the gameplay loop more engaging and instantly rewarding. Seasoned vets of the genre may find some aspects to be lacking, but if you’ve never really found the appeal in maintaining your own virtual farm – this may be the game to change your mind.
Nov 16, 2017
75
CD-Action
If you need more relaxation and laughter in your life, Slime Rancher is the game to choose. [11/2017, p.54]
Aug 7, 2017
65
PC Gamer
A slight and repetitive but cute farming game, Slime Rancher doesn't quite reach the heights of its sub-genre.
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Nov 7, 2025
10
Aloriu
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
Apr 23, 2025
7
BenjaminIB
Juego divertido pero extremadamente repetitivo, la historia no aporta mucho, pero es interesante para pasar el rato
Apr 16, 2023
7
samorsalmon
its slime rancher. thats it just slime rancher. good. i like. very relaxin. slime rancher
Nov 15, 2025
4
Dangusse
cute, relaxing, yes. balanced, absolutely not. it's just a collect a thon where you have little to no control over your slimes, they break out of pens instantly so there's no point in building the majority of the structures. because you cant restrain them, this basically always results in a bunch of the bad over mixed slimes taking over your farm, which you basically can't do anything about other than slowly toss them one by one off the map. easter eggs are basically just the same cosmetic floating item over and over again, and you have artificially limited inventory and too many collectibles to carry. the plorts should just pick themselves up automatically, because there is essentially no way to ensure what you vacuum up and you end up grabbing slimes or items you dont want every time. it just seems like they didnt develop the bread and butter of the game enough, and just kept building more areas under the belief that it would just sort of generate more content. the map is actually too big for the amount of content here. you dont even really get a tutorial, sfx are all royalty free basics. this game just screams lazy asset flip, and that **** because the atmosphere is all there for a better game. there's just nothing to do besides grind out more plorts, and the systems for doing so are horribly unoptimized. yes, i think the chaos is a bit cute to start, but the lack of control means that you are inevitably going to lose all your slimes at some random point and you will have no way to prevent it. i'm pretty well convinced that anyone rating this highly simply hasn't played the game for more than a few minutes.
Jan 31, 2023
4
pretzelq
**** the stupid ass butterfly slimes i hate those mfs like u really need a solar shield walls and a roof like tf **** boys
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SummarySlime 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.
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Aug 1, 2017
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