Games Like Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm

Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.

Why similar: Co-op 15.6%, Open World 14%, Sandbox 13%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Multiplayer 12%

Why You'll Like It: Like Ranch Simulator, it revolves around carving out a life in the wilderness through building, hunting, farming, and steadily expanding your homestead.

Create your farm and let the good times grow! Harvest crops, tend to animals, manage productions, and take on seasonal challenges.

Why similar: Farming Sim 18.1%, Horses 18% ★, Co-op 8.6%, Economy 8%, Online Co-Op 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It nails the realistic, hands-on farming and co-op sandbox side of Ranch Simulator better than almost anything else on Steam.

Farming Simulator 25 invites you to join the rewarding farm life, single-handedly or cooperatively in multiplayer. This Farm is Your Farm!

Why similar: Farming Sim 22.5%, Farming 18.3% ★, Economy 9.9%, Realistic 7.7%, Simulation 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Ranch Simulator is running a realistic farm with vehicles, livestock, and multiplayer support, this is a natural upgrade.

Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.

Why similar: Open World 51.2%, Multiplayer 36%, Management 10.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is one of the closest matches on Steam, combining frontier homesteading, building, farming, hunting, and multiplayer survival in a shared open world.

🌾Unleash the Farmer within. 🚜 Dive into the rustic charm of rural living in "Farmer's Life," where you'll experience the joy and challenges of life on a vibrant farmstead. Plant, grow, and embrace a country living in a vast open world. You choose from diverse mechanics and endless possibilities.

Why similar: Farming 32.8% ★, Farming Sim 19.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Immersive Sim 8.2%, Open World 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its scrappy first-person farming, animal care, rural chores, and rough-around-the-edges life sim energy overlap strongly with Ranch Simulator.

Live – Build – Farm: Enjoy a unique mix of farming, constructing and life simulation that takes you to the countryside and holds plenty of challenging gameplay in stock!

Why similar: Farming Sim 46.6%, Simulation 12.5%, Open World 10.8%, Management 9.7%, Realistic 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This similarly mixes restoring a rundown property, first-person farm work, rural life sim elements, and gradual homestead growth.

Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.

Why similar: Farming 32.4% ★, Farming Sim 20.9%, Co-op 10.2%, Online Co-Op 10%, Sandbox 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the open-world build-farm-hunt rhythm of Ranch Simulator, just with a more stylized and cozy presentation.

In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.

Why similar: Farming Sim 27.2%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Co-op 11%, Sandbox 10.9%, Management 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This offers a similarly chill co-op loop of building up a homestead, managing crops, and shaping a frontier world at your own pace.

Discover an atmospheric hunting game like no other in this realistic, stunning open world – regularly updated in collaboration with the community. Immerse yourself in the single player campaign, or share the ultimate hunting experience with friends.

Why similar: Hunting 35.5% ★, Open World 10.4%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Sandbox 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: If the wilderness hunting in Ranch Simulator is your favorite part, this is the best pure hunting sandbox to branch into.

The best-selling franchise takes a giant leap forward with a complete overhaul of the graphics engine, offering the most striking and immersive visuals and effects, along with the deepest and most complete farming experience ever.

Why similar: Farming Sim 33.7%, Simulation 10%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Open World 8.6%, Realistic 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It remains a strong pick for players who want the realistic equipment-heavy farming side of Ranch Simulator without the hunting emphasis.

Become the new owner of a hunting lodge nestled among gorgeous habitats and rich animal populations. Explore vast open world environments and hunt with a premium selection of firearms. Enjoy the perfect hunt on your own or with friends in co-op.

Why similar: Hunting 45.8% ★, Realistic 11.8%, Open World 10%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Co-op 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the slower, more grounded hunting and exploration feel that complements Ranch Simulator’s outdoor sim side.

Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!

Why similar: Open World 21.5%, Online Co-Op 20.3%, Co-op 18%, Management 15.3%, Multiplayer 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: It blends open-world survival, village construction, farming, and hunting in a way that scratches a lot of the same self-sufficient sandbox itch.

Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in the long awaited sequel to the cozy, relaxing farming experience!

Why similar: Farming Sim 33.3%, Economy 15.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Co-op 12.8%, Management 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: While lighter and more relaxed, it delivers the satisfying co-op farming progression and property expansion that Ranch Simulator players often want more of.

Escape the stress of the big city and enjoy the country life. Take care of your farm, explore the open game world and create your farming paradise. Take care of your animals, cultivate the fields, produce useful and decorative items and build your dream ranch.

Why similar: Horses 34.2% ★, Farming Sim 23.3%, Trading 20.3%, Open World 8.9%, Relaxing 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is another open-world farm life game built around tending land, raising animals, crafting, and settling into a small rural sandbox.

Take on the role of a modern farmer in Farming Simulator 17! Explore farming possibilities in a new North American environment. Drive over 250 farming vehicles and equipment from over 75 manufacturers, including new brands such as Challenger, Fendt, Valtra or Massey Ferguson.

Why similar: Farming Sim 36.3%, Economy 10%, Simulation 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Open World 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Even as an older entry, it still captures the satisfying co-op farming and equipment-based sandbox progression that overlaps with Ranch Simulator.

ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.7%, Open World 17.1%, Multiplayer 16.7%, Co-op 15.8%, Sandbox 11%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op gameplay of wilderness survival, hunting, crafting, and base construction appeals to players who like Ranch Simulator’s frontier-work vibe.

Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.9%, Multiplayer 20.4%, Open World 16.5%, Co-op 11.7%, Sandbox 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Although harsher and more survival-focused, it shares the loop of building shelter, hunting, gathering, and mastering a dangerous natural environment.

Welcome to the new generation of Farming Simulator!With a brand new graphics and physics engine, Farming Simulator 15 offers an immense open world, filled with details and visual effects transporting the Farming Simulator franchise to a new era.

Why similar: Farming Sim 43.1%, Simulation 11%, Multiplayer 8%, Open World 7.7%, Economy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is another solid option if you mainly want more straightforward, realistic farming and land-management gameplay.

Grow your own farm all by yourself, or cooperate with your friends in this unique, relaxing farming experience!

Why similar: Farming Sim 23%, Horses 18.3% ★, Online Co-Op 13.8%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Co-op 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is a more casual take, but the constant loop of expanding land, tending crops, and building up a farm remains very compatible with Ranch Simulator fans.

Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.

Why similar: Hunting 46.7% ★, Open World 17.2%, Sandbox 17.2%, Co-op 16.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world survival sandbox emphasizes building, gathering, hunting, and establishing a sustainable settlement, much like a more combat-heavy Ranch Simulator.

Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).

Why similar: Open World 28.1%, Multiplayer 24.6%, Sandbox 16.2%, Co-op 14.3%, Online Co-Op 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This also centers on building a remote base, surviving off the land, hunting wildlife, and gradually becoming self-sufficient in an open world.

The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.

Why similar: Open World 26.8%, Sandbox 24.2%, Realistic 21.4%, Simulation 13.1%, First-Person 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines first-person base building, resource gathering, hunting, and farming in a lonely wilderness setting that feels mechanically familiar.

Use the latest technology and state-of-the-art licensed machines to manage all aspects of modern farming. Travel between Europe, Asia, and both Americas to plant region-specific crops such as hemp, coffee beans, and olives. Farm your way thanks to three unique game modes tailored to both simulation veterans and newcomers to farming games.

Why similar: Farming 27.1% ★, Farming Sim 21.2%, Economy 10.7%, Open World 9%, Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into the realistic farming side with crops, vehicles, and property management for players who enjoy Ranch Simulator’s workmanlike routine.

A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.9%, Sandbox 19.9%, Co-op 15.6%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Open World 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op wilderness builder shares the appeal of starting from nothing, constructing a settlement, hunting, and creating a self-sustaining life outdoors.

An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.

Why similar: Farming 65.6% ★, Sandbox 16.4%, Open World 16%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends co-op base building, exploration, gathering, and farming into a flexible sandbox that should appeal to players who like Ranch Simulator’s build-up loop.

The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.2%, Economy 13.2%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Trading 12.6%, Management 11.7%

Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.

Why similar: Economy 18.1%, Trading 17.4%, Management 15.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Multiplayer 10.7%

Old Market Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you manage your market by ordering goods, growing produce, raising animals, fishing, and crafting items in your workshop, while hiring employees and expanding your business.

Why similar: Farming 20% ★, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Trading 12.5%, Management 11%, Immersive Sim 9.3%

Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.

Why similar: Farming Sim 31.3%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Sandbox 13%, Open World 11.3%, Co-op 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person mix of farming, building, town improvement, and multiplayer gives it a gentler but mechanically relevant resemblance.

Ok Scout, it's time to show us what you’re made of-break free from your city life and live like a real outdoorsman. The wilderness isn’t for the faint of heart, but if you work hard, learn how to use the environment and be one with nature, you too can become a Master Outdoorsman.

Why similar: Hunting 30.2% ★, Open World 18.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Co-op 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong fit for players drawn specifically to Ranch Simulator’s outdoorsy hunting, exploration, and living-off-the-land atmosphere.

A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.

Why similar: Farming Sim 43.7%, Sandbox 18.1%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Relaxing 11%, Simulation 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a lighter, more whimsical farm-and-animal game, but its open exploration and rural daily-life loop still make it a reasonable last-stop recommendation.

“Cowboy Life Simulator” is an immersive and relaxing ranching sim where you step into the boots of a failed businessman starting fresh on the frontier. Buy your first goat, meet the locals, explore vibrant lands, and build your dream ranch in a world full of stories and adventure!

Why similar: Farming Sim 36.6%, Sandbox 17.4%, Open World 16.5%, Relaxing 10.2%, Simulation 9.4%

Grocery Store Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you build and manage your own supermarket by stocking shelves, setting prices, hiring staff, and customizing your store, all while expanding your business and keeping customers happy.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 15.9%, Economy 13.9%, Co-op 11.7%, Management 10.8%, Sandbox 10%

Welcome to Wrap House Simulator! Run your own wrap shop, chop, grill, and serve in this cooking adventure. Customize your shop, master the grill, and survive the rush solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Keep up with orders, satisfy customers, and build your dream restaurant!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 14.3%, Co-op 13.5%, Economy 12%, Sandbox 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9.9%

Play as one of the bidders for abandoned warehouses and uncover hidden treasures! Storage Hunter is a garage auction simulation game. Bid, win, and sell for profit! Become the king of storage auction.

Why similar: Job Simulator 24.5% ★, Trading 15.6%, Economy 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Immersive Sim 7.8%

Construction Simulator has returned – larger and more impressive than ever! Fulfil your ambition to become a successful construction entrepreneur by establishing your business from scratch, assisted by your mentor Hape.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.2%, Open World 15.2%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Realistic 12.2%, Simulation 12.2%

Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

Why similar: Economy 22.7%, Management 16.8%, Simulation 15.9%, Open World 14.2%, Realistic 12.4%

Plan, design, build, and decorate your dream house in an open-world. Smash walls, sketch your layout, then build and decorate every inch—inside and garden. In an open world, tackle each renovation solo or with up to 4 friends. Pick up that hammer and start creating - Your dream house is waiting!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 16.6%, Economy 15.6%, Open World 12.8%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Management 11.4%

Car For Sale Simulator 2023 - Developed for car enthusiasts, grow your own car sales business by buying and selling different car models. Drive the purchased cars as you wish, repair them, modify them, and sell them to customers at affordable prices.

Why similar: Trading 33.7%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Open World 11.7%, Simulation 8.5%

Enjoy the experience of running your own ranch and store from the ground up. Grow crops, raise livestock, and keep your customers stocked with fresh products. Defend your farm from wild animal attacks. Hire employees and grow from a humble beginning into a thriving business.

Why similar: Farming Sim 27.6%, Economy 12.9%, Sandbox 12.7%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Realistic 8.9%

Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING! Play with friends, feed and quench the thirst of the entire world!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 21.3%, Economy 15.9%, Management 14.8%, Co-op 13.5%, Sandbox 12.1%

House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!

Why similar: Sandbox 16.1%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Economy 11.9%, Simulation 11.7%

Saddle up and build your own horse ranch! Raise foals, care for your horses and train them as you explore the countryside. Participate in cross country competitions and become your town's champion! Befriend the villagers who'll help you on your adventure at the Ranch of Rivershine!

Why similar: Horses 49.7% ★, Farming Sim 27.4%, Simulation 9.8%, Job Simulator 6.3% ★, Management 6.2%

Create your own farm. Harvest crops, take care of animals, sell goods, set prices at your discretion, hire staff, expand, design, and build your dream farm.

Why similar: Farming 26.9% ★, Job Simulator 18.5% ★, Trading 11.5%, Farming Sim 11.5%, Immersive Sim 7%

Take over the gas station and convenience store at a roadside rest area and expand by purchasing new businesses. Manage a living world shaped by dynamic economy and random events. Upgrade your facilities, satisfy your customers, and play solo or with friends.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 16%, Economy 15.5%, Co-op 13.2%, Management 12.2%, Sandbox 12.1%

Embark on a relaxing yet challenging journey to manage your own supermarket. Grow organic crops, care for your animals, and sell products to your customers. Build and expand your shelves. Can you transform your supermarket into an empire?

Why similar: Farming Sim 26.2%, Economy 17.4%, Management 12.8%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Sandbox 9.1%

Manage your own park facility in a huge open world in Park Ranger Simulator. Take on all the tasks that need to be completed as a park ranger - alone or together in cross-platform multiplayer! You have a variety of vehicles and equipment at your disposal to complete the challenges ahead!

Why similar: Hunting 23.4% ★, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Sandbox 12.2%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Simulation 9.1%

In Smart Farm you take over an abandoned farm bought at auction and rebuild it with hard work, smart planning and modern agriculture. Restore fields and buildings, care for animals, process your harvest and turn ruins into a profitable farm.

Why similar: Farming Sim 36.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Open World 8.1%

Uncover a goldmine in the used car market! Sniff out deals, buy low, modify, and sell high. Your journey from amateur grease monkey to car dealer magnate awaits. How fast will you rise in this lucrative venture?

Why similar: Trading 31.2%, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Open World 13.3%, Management 13.1%, Realistic 11.1%

Camping Simulator lets you experience what camp means by preparing your backpack wisely for challenging conditions of nature. You can play all the experiences with up to 8 friends in multiplayer mode or single player mode.

Why similar: Co-op 21.8%, Sandbox 20.9%, Management 13.9%, Simulation 12.7%, Relaxing 9.1%

You’ve got land, time, and a whole lot to figure out. Start small, work hard, earn what you need, and build the kind of farm you’d never want to leave.

Why similar: Farming 25.8% ★, Farming Sim 24.3%, Economy 11.9%, Open World 10.2%, Immersive Sim 7.9%

Kebab Chefs! is a Co-Op, cooking and restaurant management game that can be played up to 4 players. Design your own restaurant. Cook delicious foods, fill your menu with various recipes, feed customers and become the biggest kebab restaurant in town!

Why similar: Multiplayer 18.5%, Management 16.1%, Sandbox 13.9%, Simulation 11.9%, Immersive Sim 11.7%

Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.

Why similar: Economy 15.4%, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Co-op 13.7%, Immersive Sim 13%, Sandbox 11.4%

Animal husbandry, crops, sales… It's up to you to manage and grow your own farm in a huge, totally new world!

Why similar: Farming Sim 42.6%, Farming 21.1% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Open World 5.4%, Multiplayer 5.2%

A unique life simulation where you are a lumberjack building up a business and founding a lasting dynasty for generations to come.

Why similar: Simulation 49.8%, Open World 22.8%, Realistic 10.8%, First-Person 7.2%, Relaxing 7.2%

This is a simulator of life in the Russian countryside, where the player will be engaged in the garden, picking mushrooms and berries, collect firewood, hunting and fishing, brew moonshine and much, much more.

Why similar: Farming 24.2% ★, Hunting 18.3% ★, Farming Sim 16.6%, Trading 12.8%, Economy 6.4%

Welcome to Feign, an intriguing role-based game that blends mystery, strategy, and deception. Step into a quirky, small town where Innocents, Impostors, and Neutrals navigate suspenseful gameplay. Your mission unfolds under the cover of night - then it's up to the village by day to vote someone out!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 45.4%, Multiplayer 29.8%, Co-op 24.8%