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Games like Slime Rancher

  • 31 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked Slime Rancher also play

The closest matches to Slime Rancher: Slime Rancher 2, Stardew Valley, Ooblets, My Time at Portia, and Coral Island. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Same atmospheric mood as Slime Rancher.

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • 2025
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Same cozy mood as Slime Rancher.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • 2016
  3. Rank 03
    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • 2023
  1. Rank 04

    My Time at Portia

    Why this: Shares resource management with Slime Rancher.

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2019
  2. Rank 05

    Coral Island

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2023

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Slime Rancher

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Slime Rancher 2

    Same atmospheric mood as Slime Rancher.

    • 94% of 22,958 reviews
  2. 2
    Stardew Valley

    Same cozy mood as Slime Rancher.

    • 99% of 384,187 reviews
  3. 3
    Ooblets

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation

    • 92% of 936 reviews
  4. 4
    My Time at Portia

    Shares resource management with Slime Rancher.

    • 92% of 12,030 reviews
  5. 5
    Coral Island

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 89% of 13,473 reviews
  6. 6
    Disney Dreamlight Valley

    Genres: Action, Adventure, Simulation

    • 91% of 15,187 reviews
  7. 7
    Grow: Song of the Evertree

    Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual

    • 86% of 1,106 reviews
  8. 8
    Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition

    Shares exploration and resource management with Slime Rancher.

    • 95% of 18,495 reviews
  9. 9
    A Short Hike

    Shares exploration with Slime Rancher.

    • 99% of 12,104 reviews
  10. 10
    Kynseed

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation

    • 82% of 2,516 reviews
  11. 11
    Ale & Tale Tavern

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 88% of 3,804 reviews
  12. 12
    Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 81% of 1,533 reviews
  13. 13
    No Man's Sky

    Genres: Action, Adventure

    • 82% of 180,011 reviews
  14. 14
    Two Point Museum

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 96% of 4,522 reviews
  15. 15
    SPORE™

    Same whimsical mood as Slime Rancher.

    • 93% of 37,494 reviews
  16. 16
    Farming Simulator 22

    Genres: Simulation

    • 93% of 25,222 reviews
  17. 17
    Jalopy

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation

    • 76% of 4,035 reviews
  18. 18
    Parkasaurus

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 93% of 1,905 reviews
  19. 19
    Planet Coaster 2

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 72% of 7,716 reviews
  20. 20
    Fae Farm

    Genres: Action, Simulation, RPG

    • 77% of 1,783 reviews
  21. 21
    House Flipper

    Same relaxing mood as Slime Rancher.

    • 94% of 45,160 reviews
  22. 22
    Chocolate Factory

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 53% of 78 reviews
  23. 23
    Pure Farming 2018

    Genres: Simulation

    • 69% of 311 reviews
  24. 24
    Cat Quest

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 95% of 3,491 reviews
Slime Rancher — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2017
  • Developer: Monomi Park
  • Price: $19.99checked Nov 3
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 98% of 64,472 reviews
  • Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation
  • Metacritic 81
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux

Players highlight

  • Build and decorate your ranch
  • Collect every slime type
  • Explore vast alien biomes
  • Atmospheric
  • Cozy
  • Relaxing

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About Slime Rancher

The closest matches to Slime Rancher: Slime Rancher 2, Stardew Valley, Ooblets, My Time at Portia, and Coral Island. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Slime Rancher is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slime Rancher 2, Stardew Valley and Ooblets — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, cozy and relaxing, and single out its exploration and farming expansion. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

Slime Rancher is a first-person action-adventure simulation developed by Monomi Park, released in 2017 at $19.99. Set on the Far, Far Range, an alien world thousands of light years from Earth, players build and expand their ranch through mechanics including exploration, resource management, slime-breeding, plort-harvesting, ranch-automation, and farm-expansion. The open world features colorful alien biomes to explore while tending to various slime species. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric, cozy, relaxing, and whimsical. Players pursue goals like collecting every slime type, harvesting plorts for profit, building and decorating their ranch, and experimenting with largo slime creation. The game holds a 98% positive rating from over 64,000 Steam reviews and is marked as playable on Steam Deck.

About Slime Rancher: 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.

Is Slime Rancher worth buying?

  • 98% of 64,472 Steam reviews are positive.
  • Last 30 days: 97% positive across 949 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
  • Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 9).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 22 h when they wrote their review.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

People who play it also play: Slime Rancher 2, Stardew Valley, Ooblets

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Frequently asked about Slime Rancher

Can I run it?

Does Slime Rancher run on Steam Deck?

Slime Rancher is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.

How much does Slime Rancher cost?

Slime Rancher is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to Slime Rancher?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Slime Rancher are Slime Rancher 2, Stardew Valley, Ooblets.

Who developed Slime Rancher?

Slime Rancher was developed by Monomi Park.