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The Ranchers
The Ranchers is an open world country-life sim for 1-4 players. Raise animals, grow crops, craft machines, build your dream house and explore the gigantic open world where mines and dangerous monsters abound. Earn the villagers' respect and esteem. And who knows, maybe find love and start a family.

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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“We want to share this journey with you, the community. The Ranchers brings the charm of an indie studio driven by a dream to give players what they’ve been missing from other country-life sims. Years of passion have gone into this game, and we’re counting on your involvement and feedback, both before, during, and after Early Access, to help make The Ranchers the best possible version of our original vision.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“A final date for the full release has not yet been decided. Our goal is to continue improving the game throughout Early Access, both through our planned milestones and the feedback we receive from you, so that the full release is something we can all appreciate and enjoy.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“While players will be able to experience the core gameplay and soul of The Ranchers during Early Access, we plan to make the full experience much richer. With a strong focus on expansion, exploration, and depth across our planned milestones, the full version will place you in a larger, more feature-filled world.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version of The Ranchers closely mirrors the demo version. With a focus on extensive content and exploration, we will continue polishing performance throughout the entire Early Access period.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“The Ranchers may see a slight price increase after Early Access, but our goal is to keep it accessible to as many people as possible.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“You, the community, are an important part of the game. We value your feedback and appreciate the engagement of our Ranchers, which is found mainly on our Discord channel. Additionally, we have an Insider Program for players who want the opportunity to follow the game even more closely.”
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Planned Release Date: Q2 2026

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About This Game

The Ranchers is a country-life sim in an open world sandbox for 1-4 players.

After years of living in the metropolis' stressful and hectic life, you finally decide to leave everything behind to buy your first lot of land in the country and start a new life, in the quiet, close to nature. However, your skills as a farmer and manager will be put to the test to make your Ranch a prosperous business and earn the villagers' respect and esteem. And who knows, maybe find love and start a family.

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CREATE YOUR RANCH

Raise animals, grow crops, reclaim resources, buy new lots of land, and much more. You'll have plenty of space to create the Ranch of your dreams.

DEVELOP YOUR RANCH

Craft objects, machines, and transform your basic resources into elaborate products to attract villagers, fill daily orders, or sell them in different markets for maximum profit.

MANAGE YOUR RANCH

Optimize your Ranch's resource consumption, sign water, electricity contracts, or build your water wells, wind turbines, and solar panels and sell your surplus to the village.

ONLINE COOPERATION

Invite 1 to 3 players to join you in your Ranch online! Your friends can help you develop your Ranch, fulfill your goals, or explore the vast open world of The Ranchers together.

AUCTION MARKET

You can sell your resources to other players via the online auction market to maximize your profits. The auction market is directly accessible from within the game and from the companion application on iOS and Android. It seems that in The Ranchers, money never sleeps!

TRADE GUILD

The Trade Guild offers you new and exciting challenges every real-world season to test your Rancher skills and collect rewards, exclusive new animal breeds, new seeds, and new in-game content - all to make your Ranch the greatest and most powerful empire ever built.

A GIGANTIC OPEN WORLD

On foot, horseback, scooter, pickup, or yacht, explore a gigantic open world where mines, wild islands, shipwrecks, and dangerous monsters abound. Use your skills to recover ultra-rare minerals, gems, etc., to make and improve your tools, donate them to the village museum, or sell them at the auction market to other players.

IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS

Enhance your character with various skills that will serve you in your adventures. Choose to develop your farming, ranching, crafting/building, combat, or hunter/fisher skills depending on your play style.

BUILD THE HOUSE OF YOUR DREAMS

By the seaside, in the middle of the prairie, or on top of a hill, choose your decor and place your furniture to create a house that reflects your image and that your friends will love.

JOIN THE COMMUNITY

Meet many colorful characters and discover their atypical personalities, everyday life, and fascinating stories. They go to work, go to the park, go to the restaurant, play sports, and interact with each other in many different ways. Take the time to get to know them, make friendships, and who knows, maybe love will be there, and you can move in together, have children and start a family?

AND SO MUCH MORE

There's something for everyone in The Ranchers! Take part in the frequent festivals and many other activities. Just let your imagination run wild. Want to hone your culinary skills and prepare delicious dishes? Try your hand at game hunting, insect hunting? Or relax and spend the afternoon fishing? It's up to you!

A GAME IN CONSTANT EVOLUTION

The Ranchers is a game that is continuously developing. Come back each month to discover new content additions.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

We sometimes use procedural and AI-assisted tools during development, mainly to help us create content that a small team like ours could not produce on its own. These tools support us, they do not replace us. Every part of The Ranchers still reflects the creativity, care, and hands-on work of our team.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7+ / 8.1 / 10 64 bit
    • Processor: Intel i3 Processor
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, AMD Radeon R9 270
    • Storage: 10 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64 bit
    • Processor: Intel i7 Processor
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX960 +, AMD Radeon R9 380 +
    • Storage: 12 GB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Mac OSX 10.10+
    • Processor: 4-core CPU, Apple M1 or higher
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 equivalent
    • Storage: 10 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Storage: 12 MB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS+
    • Processor: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 equivalent
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Storage: 10 GB available space
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