Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm
by Toxic Dog · 3 Nov, 2023
419 downloads
About the Game
Join over 2 million players who have already purchased Ranch Simulator on Steam!
It was once your grandfather’s pride-and-joy, but your family ranch has fallen on hard times and it’s up to you to turn things around. Sitting in a remote forested valley, the dilapidated homestead will test all your abilities as you attempt to turn it into the most prosperous ranch in the region – either alone or in up to four player co-op multiplayer.
Rebuild Your Ranch
The years have not been kind to your family ranch and it will take time and money to restore it to its former glory. Buy tools from the local hardware store and purchase a range of vehicles from the garage to help with your rebuilding projects. Renovate the main house, decide what livestock you want to farm and construct the barns, pens and runs you’ll need to keep them safe and secure.
Look After Your Livestock
Grand building projects are one thing. Paying for them? That’ll come down to your ranching skills. Overseeing a profitable operation is all about the day-to-day. Once you’ve selected and taken on your livestock, regular feeding and watering will keep them healthy. Successful breeding and careful rearing of the young will help boost the numbers in your herds and flocks — and the more produce you have to sell, the more income you’ll receive for all that hard work.
Expand your ranch enterprise by farming crops, producing sausages and cheese and even training and selling horses.
Head Out on the Hunt
There’s a large open-world environment outside your cosy homestead and it’s teeming with wildlife. So when you feel like slowing the pace, why not grab your trusty rifle and head out into the forest to stalk deer and hunt bears? But remember, the wilderness lives by its own laws and you aren’t the only skilled hunter in the neighbourhood. Sometimes your steady hand and sharp eyes will also be needed back on the ranch to stop hungry wolves turning your off-grid dream into a nightmare.
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Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
We have another small hot fix for you today.
This addresses the issue which prevented people from joining Southwest worlds, while not owning the DLC themselves. Players should now be able to join games hosted on the South West map regardless of DLC ownership.
We have also fixed the issue related to using hex numbers for the paint mixing machine.
Build 1.36
- Fixed an issue which prevented people from joining games hosted on the Southwest DLC map when clients did not have the DLC
- Fixed an issue where Hex numbers could not be used with the paint mixing machine
We have another small hotfix out today.
Trees should no longer spin in the majority of cases. Although if they fall onto objects they may still bounce around a little.
We have also fixed issues relating to the Milk Can filling with water in the rain, Vehicle modifications not saving correctly, and the Highland cows being purchasable even without owning the DLC.
Build 1.351
- Trees should no longer spin out of control in the majority of cases, however there still may be some issues if they fall onto certain objects
- Milk Cans will no longer fill with water when left out in the rain
- Vehicle modifications now save correctly in Multiplayer when clients modify vehicles
- Fixed an issue where the highland cows could be purchased even when not owning the DLC
Although this doesn't entirely fix the issue, it should be a lot better. A more permanent fix is being worked on.
We have also addressed a crash issue related to newer Intel processors.
Patch notes
- Fixed a crash issue related to newer Intel processors
- Partial fix to spinning trees. Trees may still spin, but should happen much less often. A more permanent fix is still being worked on.
- Fixed animals disappearing from the trailer.
- Chinese localization fixed.
- Possibly fixed the shovel selection disappearing.
- Fixed jittering when the client moves in co-op.
- Addressed an issue where some animal navigation and behaviours were not triggering correctly on load
- Fixed a crash issue when constructing very large buildings and large quantity of blueprints have been placed
Southwest Ranch & Farm Expansion Pack Fixes:
- Further fixes to the muscle car quest
- Fixed an issue where players would get launched away from their vehicles when exiting them.
- Vehicles no longer spin or react strangely when items or animals are placed in them
- Sleep animation fixed
- Correct icons for Oil well
- Can now use E when naming ranch or animals
- Further UI Fixes and Adjustments
- Addressed an issue with selling items at the general or hardware stores
- Axe animation fixes
- Rifle can now be selected correctly when using a controller
We have another update to the unstable branch for you today.
We have made some adjustments to the weather and extended the ranch area to encompass all the fields.
See below for the full changes and fixes.
Changes
- Further tweaks have been made to vehicles and trailers
- Chance of bad weather reduced
- Further changes made to UI for better controller support
- Extended buildable area for the ranch to encompass all farmable fields
Fixes
- Now able to scroll through items in cooler and basket (again)
- Purchased items no longer blend with the paint in the selling/buying areas
- Fixed lighting in more areas (Car dealership, houses, etc)
- Clients are now able to interact with prefab house items correctly
- You can now empty trailers manually (Seeder etc)
- Adjustments made to help prevent flying off when exiting vehicles (Not completely fixed)
We have been hard at work addressing these issues and our second round of fixes is now here.
We have made some changes to the load/save game area in the menu. Save games will now track the version number they were last used with. Certain warnings will be displayed for incompatible or older saves, or saves created during the unstable testing campaign.
Previous unstable saves from version 0.95/96 should still load regardless of being marked as outdated. Once they are loaded and you save next time, this will update with the latest version number.
Fixes
- Headers are now able to be connected to the Harvester
- Fixed issues with the rifle reticule
- Hints which are viewed should no longer be displayed
- Hints should now have the correct buttons
- Fixed issues with scrolling through items in coolers
- Fertilizer trailer now works as intended
- Wild animals will no longer spawn in the ground
- Adjusted vehicle lights
- Moved the quest marker when visiting the hardware store for the first time
- Pour feed quest mark should now be closer to the ground
- Camera should be the right way when waking up
- Small pickup tail lights are no longer on all the time
- Can no longer clip through the walls of the green building near best burger
- Bees are now lower on their trees
- Oil rig production speed shouldn't be affected by game load
- Updated the map on bus stops
- Engine sounds for the large pickup are now correctly affected by volume controls
- Addressed an issue with the Oil Rig UI
- UTV now has slightly more power
- Best Burger multiplier screen should now always show
- Load game button on death screen fixed
- Fixed issues with character clothing not always fitting the character depending on their size
- Rain will now show correctly during storms
- Can no longer turn on table saws when still in their box
- Lighting in barn buildings adjusted
Current Release
Build 25053632
Uploaded Sep 02, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
Ranch_Simulator.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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