Rancher: A new life

Rancher: A new life

Steam Deck · unrated

Sim Farm S.A. · Life Sim · Aug 6, 2026

It depends on what you're after.

On sale at $16.99, but it has been as low as $16.99.

55%
Mixed
83 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Optimization: 3 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 83 player reviews · updated 7 hours ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 44 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise50% are divided25% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Graphics are what I expected, gameplay is stable, movement needs some tuning, but nothing game‐breaking.
6 of 44 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
Excited for this game but man oh man it needs to be optimized.
3 of 44 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 love2 themes
Gameplay6 reviews
Optimization3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface7 reviews
14%
Performance7 reviews
100%
Story and characters6 reviews
33%
Graphics4 reviews
75%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs12 reviews
50%
Crashes4 reviews
50%

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 you buy it now?

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

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $16.99 (−15%). The lowest we've tracked is $16.99.

1 points recordedtoday · $16.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
55%
Mixed
Playing right now
Not sampled yet

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

Achievements
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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

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