Rank 01Why this
Same atmospheric mood as Slime Rancher.
- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
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.
Rank 01Why this
Same atmospheric mood as Slime Rancher.
Rank 02Why this
Same cozy mood as Slime Rancher.
Rank 03
Why this: Shares resource management with Slime Rancher.




Why this: Shares exploration and resource management with Slime Rancher.
Shares exploration and resource management with Slime Rancher.

Players highlight
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Slime Rancher.

Why this: Shares exploration and resource management with Slime Rancher.

Why this: Same relaxing mood as Slime Rancher.



Why this: Same whimsical mood as Slime Rancher.


Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Slime Rancher at current Steam store prices.

Why this: Shares exploration with Slime Rancher.

Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Slime Rancher.

Why this: Same relaxing mood as Slime Rancher.

Why this: Same cozy mood as Slime Rancher.


Why this: Shares resource management with Slime Rancher.


Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Slime Rancher.

Why this: Same cozy mood as Slime Rancher.





Why this: Shares exploration and resource management with 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.
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
People who play it also play: Slime Rancher 2, Stardew Valley, Ooblets
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.
Slime Rancher is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Slime Rancher are Slime Rancher 2, Stardew Valley, Ooblets.
Slime Rancher was developed by Monomi Park.